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Sunday, February 16, 2025
Amended SB1150 Still Legalizes Kidnap of Children for Sex-Change
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 641 Views :: Family, Health Care

... This bill allows children to be legally stolen from the Mainland, and from American Samoa, Guam and other US territories where juvenile sex-change is not legal ....

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Sunday, February 16, 2025
Candy Crush
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 329 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... it’s being pushed very hard as a sweet deal, but it has the potential to really stomp our economy ....

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Sunday, February 16, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 14, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 1:34 AM :: 166 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
This Week in Hawai'i: Freedom to Read, Gender Affirming Health Care, Marijuana & Gambling
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:00 PM :: 263 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Drugs

... sex change for children still moving in the Senate ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
If we're not careful, nearly everything will become "historic"
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:01 PM :: 255 Views :: Development

... state law defines any building, structure, object, district, area or site over 50 years old as historic ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
LIST: Dozens of Bills That Could Affect Cost of Living
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:58 PM :: 392 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living

... measures related to housing, healthcare, taxes and government accountability ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Policies that could help turn the tide of people leaving Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:44 PM :: 406 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... Hawaii’s high housing costs are due mostly to Hawaii’s excessively strict land-use and zoning regulations, as well as its long permitting wait times ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
California wildfire recovery lessons from Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 223 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

“...Lessons from Maui as LA Begins to Rebuild....”

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Case, Moylan Introduce Jones Act Reform Bill
By Ed Case @ 1:03 PM :: 243 Views :: Jones Act

... The median annual cost of the Jones Act to the Hawai‘i economy is $1.2 billion ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Busted on Guam: Federal Juror Took Bribe from Dirty ex-Cop
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 299 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police, Drugs

... After a mistrial was declared, Boom met with Tyquiengco and gave him $1,100 ....

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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Releasing Mosquitoes to Help Kauai Forest Birds
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 224 Views :: Kauai County, Environment

... first release of sterile male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau ....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidate Registration Ends Feb 21
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 230 Views :: Honolulu County

... Friday, February 21, 2025 – Candidate Filing and Voter Registration Deadline ....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Report urges changes to cut review delays at State Historic Preservation Division
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 259 Views :: Development

... Updating the definition of “historic property” would speed up permitting for homebuilding while protecting Hawaii’s history ....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
18 Months Later: Maui Council Begins to Loosen Rebuild Restrictions
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 268 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Maui County Council considering multiple housing-related bills, including one aimed specifically at making it easier for older buildings to be rebuilt after the 2023 wildfires ....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Frustrations, ironies of ‘Princeville Market Saga’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:00 PM :: 309 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Small Business

...zoning complaints led to the market’s closure in January, and now, other farmers markets across the county face a similar fate unless the Kauai County Council takes action....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Navatek ex-CEO Gets 87 Months for Fraud
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 307 Views :: Ethics, Military, COVID-19

... Kao pressured the bank to expedite approval of the fraudulent application by repeatedly claiming that he had discussed his application with United States Senators and their staffs who would intervene on Kao’s behalf if the bank did not quickly approve his loan ....

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Friday, February 14, 2025
How to Maintain DEI Programs: Hawaii AG 'Guidance' for State Contractors
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 351 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii State Government

"... guidance to help businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations ...."

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Hawaii AG Wins Injunction Against Trump's 'Birthright Citizenship' Order
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 248 Views :: National News

"... we will continue to fight every single step of the way until President Trump is permanently prevented from trampling on the Fourteenth Amendment ...."

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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues to Stop Musk
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 284 Views :: National News

... The lawsuit argues that President Trump has violated the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, which ensures that executive appointments are subject to congressional oversight and Senate confirmation ....  

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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Feds Release Red Hill Health Study
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 236 Views :: Health Care, Military

... This report examines incident cases of conditions that have been reported by Red Hill, Hawai’i community members to Defense Health Agency (DHA) Public Health following the JP-5 fuel release ....

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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Lahaina FEMA Housing: Rent to be collected starting March 1
By News Release @ 11:45 AM :: 266 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... The rental requirement will be in effect for the remainder of FEMA’s housing assistance program, which has been extended through Feb. 10, 2026 ....  

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Thursday, February 13, 2025
“You cannot run from the facts” Miske half-brother gets 20 years
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 319 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs

... Judge Watson found Stancil to be  “among the most culpable” of those in the Miske Enterprise ....

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
McConnell: 'Unworthy' Gabbard an 'Unnecessary Risk' to America
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 538 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

"... unworthy of the highest public trust ...."

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Honolulu Bankruptcy Courthouse: Oral Argument at Ninth Circuit Against SEC’s Illegal Gag Rule
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 238 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business

... The US Securities and Exchange Commission enacted Gag Rule in 1972 without notice and comment after falsely framing it as an internal “housekeeping” measure that would not affect third parties ....

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Honolulu 4th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 336 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Honolulu inflation is up 1% in just the last two months ....

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Feds Begin to Pull 'Project Labor Agreements'
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 429 Views :: Labor, Military, Small Business

... U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate ....

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Hawaiian Electric claims to be 36% 'renewable'
By News Release @ 12:40 PM :: 286 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

... In 2022, the state law determining the process for calculating RPS changed ....

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Hawaii AG Joins Suit Against Trump administration for ‘indiscriminate’ public health research funding cuts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 AM :: 271 Views :: Higher Education

... “Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs” ....

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Hawaii Supreme Court gives green light to $4 billion Maui fire settlement
By Court House News @ 11:32 AM :: 347 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary

"...Subrogating insurers, the insurance companies argued, have rights that cannot be dismissed or negotiated away by other people or other parties...."

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
What Lingle v Chevron Missed: Eminent Domain Pretext
By Robert Thomas @ 11:00 AM :: 309 Views :: Land Use

... some tantalizing crumbs about how to raise a claim that a taking lacks a public use or purpose ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Indictment: Developer Behind False-Name Contributions to Amemiya, Pine
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 548 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians

... Timothy Lee, 48, was indicted by the O`ahu Grand Jury and charged with nine counts of False Name Contribution that occurred in 2020 ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings on Wednesday
By NRA ILA @ 8:50 PM :: 269 Views :: Second Amendment

... Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs will hold a public hearing on several bills that will restrict Second Amendment rights in Hawaii ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
FULL TEXT: State Supreme Court Ruling Goes Against Maui Wildfire Insurers
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 573 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary

“…now comes the crisis in property insurance - much higher insurance premiums and insurers ceasing to write property insurance….” 

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Federal Court Upholds Hawaiʻi’s firearm age restriction laws
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 337 Views :: Second Amendment

... A state law in effect since 1994 prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from acquiring a firearm, with certain exceptions for hunting and other purposes ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted February 7, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 3:07 PM :: 382 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Hawaiʻi Water Safety Plan to address drowning crisis
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 331 Views :: Tourism

... Hawaiʻi’s resident drowning rate is the second highest in the nation behind Alaska ...

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Feds Collect $1.7M in Hawaii Forfeitures
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 347 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $1,742,014.13 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2024 ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Dedicated Funding?!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 592 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... There.  Is.  No.  Such.  Thing.  As.  A.  Dedicated.  Funding.  Source!  ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Don't tax me, bro!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:16 AM :: 653 Views :: Taxes

“...So, how many tax hikes are they trying to pass this time?”

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
ACLU, Judiciary Plot to Release Hundreds of Criminals onto the Streets
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 953 Views :: Justice Reinvestment

"Assessing Hawaiʻi’s Justice System: Addressing Over-Incarceration, Disparities, and Pathways Forward"

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
SB1150 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 3213 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement

... Set for a February 11, 2025, hearing before Senate HHS/CPN committees, SB1150 grants a de-facto immunity and asylum in Hawaii for any kidnapper who claims to be helping a child receive so-called ‘gender-affirming’ treatments ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
First Christian Good News Clubs in Hawaii Schools after Court Victory
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 1812 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion

... Hawaii State Department of Education had previously denied every Good News Club request submitted over the last three years while approving non-Christian groups ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Legislature Votes on Abortion, Vaccines and Marijuana--Sex Change Next
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:25 AM :: 968 Views :: First Amendment, Life, Drugs

... Obtain child custody to provide "Gender Affirming Health Care Services" --SB1150 hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 11 ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
‘Enough is enough’ says Case regarding Jones Act and Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:45 AM :: 892 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... Case announced he was reintroducing three bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii of the burdens of the century-old maritime law ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Monday: Salary Commission to Hear Testimony on Salary Increases
By Video @ 1:26 AM :: 544 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... should legislators get a 64% pay hike? ....

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Friday, February 7, 2025
GE Tax Imposed on 119% of State Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 3:14 PM :: 541 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists Pay 14.1%--not 30% ....

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Friday, February 7, 2025
Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on recommended fare hikes
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 349 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Cost of Living

... Feb 10, 11 and 13 ...

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
PHOTOS: 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Show Off Luxe European and Asian Vacations
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 2864 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Register Again as 'Our Hawaii' Lobbyists and Continue the Grift Amid Eroding Community Support ....

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Lahaina Rebuild: Green's Latest Emergency Order Gives SMA Exemptions Mauka of Front Street
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 533 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Properties mauka of Front Street or outside of the erosion hazard line are now exempt from SMA rules, which typically require lengthy review processes ....

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Proof of Concept Study Completed for New Oahu Jail
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 409 Views :: Honolulu County, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement

... Built in 1916, the OCCC is a tad outdated ....

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