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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Hawaii AG Fights to Keep Trannies in Female Sports
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 AM :: 1038 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Higher Education

... AGs from 13 Democrat states signed on to amicus brief ....

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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Trump Restricts Tongan Travel to US
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 907 Views :: National News, World News

... According to the Overstay Report, Tonga had a B-1/B-2 visa overstay rate of 6.45 percent and an F, M, and J visa overstay rate of 14.44 percent ....

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
End or reduce capital gains tax on housing to incentivize home sales
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:19 PM :: 874 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living

... the More Homes on the Market Act would double exclusions for home sales and adjust them annually for inflation going forward ....

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Friday, December 12, 2025
Undercover Video Exposes 8a Contracting Scam
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 1130 Views :: National News, Ethics, Military, OHA

“...And remember, there's no competition.…”

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Sunday, November 30, 2025
SNAP Confusion…On Us
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1015 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government

... the new guidance says that immigrants in certain categories, namely Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, Parolees, and Deportation Withheld are “Not Eligible” for SNAP ....

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Thursday, November 27, 2025
Hawaii joins Attorneys General suing to keep SNAP for legal immigrants
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 AM :: 965 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government

... Although the Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated SNAP eligibility for individuals who entered the U.S. as refugees or were granted asylum or humanitarian parole, it did not end the eligibility for noncitizens who became legal permanent residents, Bonta said....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Hawaii AG Wins Federal court order blocking Trump from dismantling four agencies
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 AM :: 1106 Views :: National News, Homelessness, Judiciary

... The agencies are the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness ....

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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Hawai'i AG Demands Trump Admin Allow Food Stamps for Non-Citizens
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 1071 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... the USDA guidance, which would exclude noncitizens who are permanent residents from eligibility for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The USDA manages SNAP ....

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Alleged Chinese Spy Given Hawaii Mansion
By Court House News @ 1:15 PM :: 1747 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, COVID-19

... Linda Sun was formerly a high-ranking aide in New York’s government. Now, she and her husband face potential prison time ....

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Saturday, November 8, 2025
Just the beginning: 36-40 Flights Cut over Weekend
By News Release @ 6:29 AM :: 3318 Views :: National News, Tourism

... We expect to cancel roughly 36-40 flights each day through Sunday, Nov. 9 ....

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Hawaii AG joins suit over Trump’s limits for FEMA grants
By Court House News @ 11:18 AM :: 1109 Views :: Maui County, National News, Hawaii State Government

...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Hawaii Joins 22 States Suing to Keep Welfare Cash Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 1074 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government

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

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Hawaii Joins Democrat States' Tech Anti-Trust Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 1166 Views :: National News

(CLUE: Stupid Democrats still don't understand what turned Big Tech against them.)

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Sunday, September 21, 2025
Peaceful disagreement and civil discourse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:42 PM :: 2664 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Higher Education

... an outpouring of confusion, speculation and misinformation ....

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Schatz: “It’s true that we put some sand in the gears on purpose”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 4841 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation

“President Trump is the first president in history not to have a single nominee confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent”

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Feds End Funding for Racially Discriminatory Programs at UH
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 5345 Views :: National News, Higher Education, OHA

" ... the Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas .... ”

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Hawaii State Flags to be Lowered for Charlie Kirk
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5204 Views :: National News, Republican Party

... Governor Green has ordered that the the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the state of Hawaiʻi effective immediately through sunset on Sunday, September 14, in memory of Charlie Kirk ....

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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Appeals Court Rules Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5590 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living

“...For the second time in this case, a federal court has held that the President’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are unlawful....”

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Friday, August 8, 2025
VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 3900 Views :: National News, Labor, Military

... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 3918 Views :: Environment, National News, World News

...The Government of the United States of America has begun discussions with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the research necessary to inform seabed exploration and responsible development within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 27436 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 3110 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

... No other states have a specific law establishing birthright citizenship there ....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Former CEO of Guam Helicopter Company Sentenced to 405 Months in Federal Prison for Criminal Aviation Violations
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 2651 Views :: National News, Ethics

... $58M worth of fraudulent aircraft parts ....

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Friday, May 30, 2025
Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 3469 Views :: National News, Ethics, Congressional Delegation

... 13,500 safety incidents from 2016 to 2017 at Job Corps centers, nearly half of them drug-related episodes or assaults ....

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 AM :: 2857 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... Multiple Chinese nationals have been indicted ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
By News Release @ 12:52 PM :: 3223 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business

... This marks the first such action by Interior in over 30 years ....

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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 1980 Views :: National News

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

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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 :: 4548 Views :: National News, Ethics

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

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 2949 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

... The American Flag was raised for the first time above the islands of American Samoa on April 17, 1900 ....

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Conservative Legal Foundation Sues to Stop 'Illegal' Trump Tariffs
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 2077 Views :: National News

... Under art. 1, § 8 of the Constitution, Congress has sole authority to control tariffs ....

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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 :: 3784 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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Friday, March 7, 2025
Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 3432 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education

“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
VIDEO: Trump Speech to Congress
By Video @ 9:04 PM :: 1637 Views :: National News

... Trump speech to joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, 4pm HST ....

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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Jury in ‘Moana’ copyright trial gets primer on Polynesian, Hawaiian culture on day 1
By Court House News @ 12:12 PM :: 2648 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

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

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
UH Trump Watch: New website on federal policy updates
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 2406 Views :: National News, Higher Education

"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."

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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 :: 2169 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 :: 3877 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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Friday, February 14, 2025
How to Maintain DEI Programs: Hawaii AG 'Guidance' for State Contractors
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 2538 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 :: 1535 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 :: 1966 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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Friday, January 31, 2025
Hawaii AG Claims Victory--Sued to Overturn Trump Funding Freeze
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 2627 Views :: National News

... coalition of 22 attorneys general suing to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Hawaii AG: Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered by Trump
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 2173 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement ....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Birthright Citizenship? Hawaii AG Joins Suit Challenging Trump's Executive Order
By News Release @ 12:01 PM :: 1677 Views :: National News

“The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states in its first words that all persons born in the United States are citizens of this nation."

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Monday, January 20, 2025
VIDEO: Trump Inaugural Address
By Video @ 2:16 PM :: 1892 Views :: National News

"... America's decline is over ...."

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
US DOT Sues Southwest Airlines for Chronically Delayed Flights
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 2092 Views :: National News, Tourism

... DOT’s lawsuit alleges that Southwest’s chronic flight delays were an illegal unrealistic scheduling practice ....

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Thursday, December 19, 2024
HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 3252 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation

... Interior Secretary can approve American Samoa’s constitutional amendments now and in the future without unnecessary steps in Washington, D.C., that other territories do not have ....

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3513 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

“...Since 2009, Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep the U.S.. visa requirements to enter the northern Mariana islands through categorical parole....”

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Monday, December 9, 2024
ANOTHER ONE: Alleged CEO Assassin is Honolulu Resident
By Court House News @ 3:36 PM :: 3827 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... 2nd alleged assassin this year with Hawaii connections ....

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Sunday, November 24, 2024
VIDEO: NYC Flying Unwanted Migrants to Hawaii
By Video @ 8:17 PM :: 5003 Views :: National News

... An undercover journalist shows how easy it is to get a ticket to Hawaii ....

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Monday, September 16, 2024
Hawaii Connection--FBI Searching Kaaawa Home of Alleged Would-be Trump Assassin
By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 AM :: 8780 Views :: National News

... Ryan Wesley Routh, 58 had a long criminal record from North Carolina before relocating to Kaaawa.  In a social media post, he claims to have voted for Trump in 2016 ....

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