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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 166 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

... Hawaiʻi Gas' synthetic natural gas (SNG), made from naptha produced by the Par Pacific oil refinery on Oʻahu, contains up to 15% hydrogen—the highest percentage of any natural gas utility in the United States ....

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 173 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... 64,490 additional units are needed through 2027 but only 13,471 units are currently in development pipelines and anticipated to be available by 2027 .... 

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 165 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 11.6% of Honolulu rentals are under under 348 square feet ....

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Monday, May 19, 2025
Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:33 PM :: 299 Views :: Development

... A new report from the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization shows that Hawaii permit delays in 2024 were at some of the worst levels ever ....

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Monday, May 19, 2025
Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 242 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the third-lowest percentage of single-mother households at 3%.  Single-father households make up 1.4% of the 493,898 households in Hawaii ....

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 1154 Views :: Republican Party

... Delegates should vote NO on all proposed party rules changes ....

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
2025 Legislative Also-Rans
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 453 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... a few bills that passed both houses of the legislature, but did not make it through conference, may come back to haunt us next year .... 

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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 547 Views :: National News

... “friend of the court” brief supporting the plaintiffs in National Association of Diversity Officers v. Trump ....

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Saturday, May 17, 2025
UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
By UHERO @ 2:53 AM :: 353 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... Most participants work in low-wage, non-unionized jobs—often seasonal or gig-based—in sectors like hospitality, domestic work, and landscaping ....

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Friday, May 16, 2025
Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 924 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living

... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....

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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3639 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs

... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms.  Where are the rest of the millions? ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 670 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

... 14 years after the wrongful arrest ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 573 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Small Business

... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
By UHERO @ 4:21 PM :: 668 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 763 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 6:05 PM :: 562 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

.... Hawaii extracts $9,503 per person ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 816 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 427 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes

“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 585 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... Customers in states such as Hawaii and Connecticut, where retail electricity prices are relatively high, paid more than $200 per month for electricity ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 683 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

... $204 million project to design, construct, operate and maintain a 1.7 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant ....

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Monday, May 12, 2025
Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 390 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics

... States With the Best Budgeting Education in High Schools ....

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Monday, May 12, 2025
2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:05 AM :: 558 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... there were a few tax increases and a bill that is kind of a tax cut ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 6:51 PM :: 724 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 639 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes

... SB1296 will allow most Lahaina residents in the area’s Special Management Area to rebuild without having to go through the burdensome SMA permitting process ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:06 PM :: 773 Views :: Maui County, Development

... rebuilding Lahaina ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 548 Views :: Judiciary

... nomination deadline is June 23, 2025 ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 756 Views :: Honolulu County

... Only residents living in contested areas are able to vote ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Another chance to make things right
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 1575 Views :: Judiciary, Police

... the police seize your car because someone stole it and used it in a crime ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 862 Views :: World News, Military

... US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations ....

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Saturday, May 10, 2025
State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 815 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary

... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....

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Saturday, May 10, 2025
BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 782 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military

... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....

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Friday, May 9, 2025
Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 893 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Military

... the lab’s operations are managed by Laulima Government Solutions, an (8a) Native Hawaiian LLC based in an office park in Orlando, Florida ....

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Friday, May 9, 2025
Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 PM :: 708 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Politicians

"...While Democrats posture about taking on 'Big Oil,' they’re shielding Par Hawaii—a top fossil fuel donor to their own party—from climate lawsuits...."

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Friday, May 9, 2025
UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession
By UHERO @ 2:09 PM :: 580 Views :: Economy

... volatile fiscal and immigration policies are undermining consumer confidence, raising inflation expectations, and worsening the business outlook ....

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Thursday, May 8, 2025
DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 758 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police

... If a license plate is deemed actionable, it can be added to a hotlist—triggering real-time alerts the moment the vehicle is detected by a Cloudrunner camera ....

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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Reflections of Gene Ward
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 715 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party

... reflecting on a person I got to know over my years of participation in the political world of Hawai‘i ....

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 11:03 PM :: 700 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... In the long-awaited preliminary decision, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi awarded 17 plaintiffs damages ....

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 2594 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs

... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 2138 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness

... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 811 Views :: Second Amendment

... The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 951 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism

"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."

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Monday, May 5, 2025
​Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 1609 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 726 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police

... in the criminal case of United States v. Raymond Martinez and Juanita Moser, 15-CR-00031 ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 1272 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... strategic reorganization to centralize and accelerate the City’s housing initiatives ....

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Legislature on a housing-reform streak
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 PM :: 683 Views :: Development, Land Use

... Bills that will help mitigate Hawaii’s housing crisis include ....

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:13 PM :: 748 Views :: Family, Gambling, Life

... Marcus Oshiro and Eva Andrade go over the session ....

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 11:57 AM :: 780 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
The Major Raid that Wasn’t
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 853 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... Senate Draft 2 of the bill proposed to raid ninety-seven special funds for $320M  ....

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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 1309 Views :: Second Amendment

... a sweeping ban on a range of common firearms, including semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, semi-automatic shotguns holding more than five shells, and any handgun capable of holding more than ten rounds ....

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 2329 Views :: National News, Ethics

... to obtain tuition assistance payments from the VA for ghost students ....

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