Entries for October 2025

... the general excise tax (GET) has an extremely broad base that includes virtually all business inputs, both goods and services, leading to significant tax pyramiding ....

... Since March, HDOT has sent over 500,000 warnings ....

... Hawaii public pension debt is $9,784 per person ....

... there were 690,858 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in September 2025, a 2.5 percent decline compared to September 2024 ....

... Applications for the $250 Hawaiʻi Relief Program will be accepted beginning today, Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ....

... A Hawaii lawmaker who allegedly pocketed $35,000 in exchange for political favors remains unnamed and uncharged, despite federal court records confirming the transaction ....

... The opening of the metallic silhouette range represents the final range to be reopened at the Koko Head Shooting Complex since its initial closure in September 2022 ....

... This year’s concert features a lineup of acclaimed Hawai‘i artists ....

... Green became the first governor in the nation to declare their state’s housing crisis a statewide public emergency in summer 2023 ....

... The process would closely follow steps taken by the council in 2002 to replace Council Chair Patrick Kawano, who passed away while in office ....

... following the resignation of Chair Colleen Hanabusa on September 26, 2025 ....

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

... Coalition Urges Court to Immediately Restore SNAP Funding Relied Upon by 42 Million Americans ....

... Kauanoe Batagan is Executive Director of the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization ....

... Pentagon chief told purge of PLA generals was linked to Party disloyalty, as well as corruption ....

... Awa's state senate seat is not up in 2026 so he does not have to resign to run ....

... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed ....

... Out of 94,000 votes cast during the 2025 session of the Legislature, 92,000 were “Yes.” ....

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

... DHHL's carryover balances, and these high annual re-appropriations that they have, kind of made it low-hanging fruit for the Trump Administration ....