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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 100 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Higher Education

... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 206 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... only San Jose and Washington, DC are worse ....

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 204 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 AM :: 799 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

... Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Patty Murray of Washington are also seen by some Senate insiders as potential candidates ....

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 AM :: 499 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii Residents Spend the Highest Percentage of Income on Housing ....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 449 Views :: Hawaii County , Police

... years of trauma can lead to a complex set of injuries: sleep disorders, PTSD, hormonal imbalances, pain, depression and more ....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 146450 Views :: Environment, Religion

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 80502 Views :: Environment

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 814 Views :: Jones Act

... Trump has signaled interest in some kind of reforms and floated working with Congress to pass legislation authorizing the purchase of ships from foreign countries ....

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Friday, April 18, 2025
SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1115 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment

“...provide a new, specific cause of action...."

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 920 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs

... Hawaii ranks #50 among states for the share of its population seeking treatment ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CNN: Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 4659 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Tulsi Gabbard

... Gabbard could face a challenge to her registration or an investigation into her vote in the 2024 election ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Hawaii Taxes: $145K salary needed to take home $100K
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 873 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... you need a gross salary of roughly $145,000 in order to actually take home $100,000 in Hawaii.  This is the third-worst in USA ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Hawaii most expensive state to raise a child
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 964 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest annual costs associated with raising a small child, at $36,472 ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaii #1 Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 842 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii residents pay nearly 14% of their income in taxes: 4.2% on income taxes, 2.6% on property taxes, and 7.2% in sales and excise taxes ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues DHHS to Keep the COVID Money Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 555 Views :: COVID-19

... AGs claim DHHS “illegally” terminated billions in “critical” health grants ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii: Work 17 days of month to afford mortgage payment
By Selected News Articles @ 6:29 PM :: 624 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... at $796,947, homeowners purchasing a home at this price point will need to work 17 days each month just to cover the payment of $5,222 ....

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Monday, March 31, 2025
Barking Sands: Next step in Hypersonic Missile Defense
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 788 Views :: Kauai County, Military

... demonstrated the ability to detect, track and perform a simulated engagement of an advanced maneuvering hypersonic target ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
VIDEO: Green Slams Anti-Vax Celebrutard
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 1291 Views :: COVID-19

... HI Gov. on Djokovic Playing with RFK: ‘Hope Someone Hits Him with an Overhead’ ... ‘Shows Him What It Means to Hurt Somebody’ ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive State to Start a Business 
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 979 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest average commercial rent at $36 per square foot (#51) and the second-highest monthly electricity cost at $1,514.20 (#50) ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 875 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... it is time to develop a round table and look to modify the Act to keep pace with global technology and geopolitical events ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii to Charge EVs a Road Usage Tax Starting July 1
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 1124 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s road usage charge will become mandatory starting July 1, 2028, at which point the $50 flat fee will be discontinued ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 1648 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs

... he had earned millions of dollars from insider trades involving shares in a company that merged with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1541 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits

... Devon Archer cooperated with congressional investigators as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 899 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...Tax Day can be a painful reminder of how much we have to invest in federal, state and local governments, though many of us aren’t sure exactly what we get in return....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1149 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... It’s a situation formed by both negligence and design ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 1146 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranks dead last for medical environment ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 2281 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... including the Hawai‘i State Hospital, Hawai‘i State Capitol, and Hawai‘i Convention Center ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 18231 Views :: Hawaii History

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 1638 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's 204 blacklisted condo projects make us 4th-worst in USA.  Since the other top states are much larger, Hawaii probably has the most blacklisted condo units per capita ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
9th Circuit Rules Hawaii Gun Registration Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 983 Views :: Second Amendment

... Ninth Circuit (Finally) Rules Hawaii’s Gun Purchase Permit and Registration Time Limits are Unconstitutional ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 961 Views :: Higher Education

... Columbia U knuckled under SIX DAYS after Trump cancelled $400M in federal funds to the university.  How long will it take for the UH system to get rid of its’ anti-Semites?  ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Man arrested in Utah nursing home may not be extradited for 1977 McKinley HS murder
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 770 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement

... Hawaii authorities are reportedly deciding to not extradite Castro from Utah, according to a spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 1050 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... for at least seven years the parcel has been used rent-free by Pacific Biodiesel ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 PM :: 1138 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranked dead last for the amount of square footage $300,000 can buy -- 443 square feet ....

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 1287 Views :: Second Amendment

... the remaining gun control bills have now crossed over between the House and Senate ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
How the century-old Jones Act is hurting Hawaii’s economy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 910 Views :: Jones Act

... Every Hawaii-based company that ships its goods outside of the state has come up against the Jones Act ....

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Sunday, March 2, 2025
Gabbard Lahaina Charity Spends only 34% on Fire Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 AM :: 2879 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tulsi Gabbard

... Despite promising “every dollar” would go to fire relief, the organization spent only about 34 percent of funds raised ....

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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Debt: Honolulu 4th Worst 'Sinkhole City'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:33 PM :: 1002 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes

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

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Leaving Hawaii: Over Half Immediately Able to buy Home on Mainland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 2142 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 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 ....

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Monday, February 24, 2025
Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 PM :: 946 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs

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

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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Hawaii Among Worst States to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 949 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Hawaii ranks 44th ....

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Friday, February 21, 2025
Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Closure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 672 Views :: National News, Small Business

... The bureau was started in 2010 during the Obama administration ....

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Monday, February 17, 2025
Rising Costs on the Horizon: How Increased Tariffs on China Will Impact Hawaiʻi
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 1356 Views :: National News, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... the Trump administration is reintroducing a 10% tariff on all imports from China ....

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Monday, February 17, 2025
House Report: 60 Chinese espionage cases in three years
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 998 Views :: Military

"... Espionage threats increased as more than 176,000 Chinese illegally entered U.S. under Biden ...."

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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 :: 4641 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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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Honolulu 4th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 983 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
Hawaii AG Joins Suit Against Trump administration for ‘indiscriminate’ public health research funding cuts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 AM :: 660 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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Saturday, February 8, 2025
SB1150 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 4453 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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Thursday, February 6, 2025
PHOTOS: 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Show Off Luxe European and Asian Vacations
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 4370 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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