Entries for February 2025

... Senate Bill 401 and Senate Bill 308 ....

... a debt burden of $2.25 billion, translating to $17,400 per taxpayer ....

... An anthropologist testified at the copyright infringement trial about the similarities between "Moana" and "Bucky" that aren't found in traditional Polynesian stories ....

... This bill was created to address potential negative impacts of the federal funding freeze ....

... The report says the fees are not needed, are likely unconstitutional, have never been spent, and are driving up Hawaii housing costs ....

... Authorities arrested Gideon Castro at a Utah nursing home and charged him in the 1977 murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara at McKinley HS ....

... akamai readers will remember that fire officials were at a summit like this when Lahaina burned ....

... Lawson’s expressive freedoms date to a faculty meeting back in February 2023, where he voiced vehement objections to a scheduled Black History Month event ....

... former Hawaii residents are finding it easier to buy homes—especially in Washington, where a whopping 56% of movers from Hawaii achieve homeownership shortly after relocating ....

... argues century-old shipping law violates the Constitution’s Port Preference Clause ....

... Jones Act means that the Aloha State obtains most of its energy from far more distant and costlier foreign sources ....

"Since taking office on January 20, the new federal leadership has released a series of EOs and directives that could significantly impact the 10-campus system."

... Civil forfeiture allows the government of Hawaii to take your property and sell it for profit without proving you did anything wrong ....

... Honolulu, Hawaii: essential expenses consume 87% of residents’ income ....

... Vaccine Exemptions: 1,000 testimonies were submitted in opposition to HB1118 ....

... some lawmakers think the TAT fixes everything ....

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

... You might not have realized this, but Hawaii residents are living in multiple, continual states of emergency ....

"...determine whether roughly $4 billion in taxpayer money should remain committed to the proposed project to build high-speed rail...."

... Hawaii ranks 44th ....