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Saturday, August 23, 2025
$100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 625 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism

... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 678 Views :: Hawaii State Government

"...how the Green administration is tackling some of Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues...."

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Thursday, August 14, 2025
12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1087 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... The appointments follow the resignation of the previous board earlier this summer ....

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Sunday, August 10, 2025
Encumbrance for the Stadium
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1072 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism

... Act 88 of 2021, which Act 248 amended, stated that the appropriations in the biennium budget would lapse on June 30, 2024 ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 5850 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 807 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government

... over the last fifty years, our lawmakers have tended to regard those provisions as bothersome annoyances, to be worked around or avoided ...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 1545 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs

... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 3379 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....

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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Pay for No Work
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1841 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other homebuilding bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 1392 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Green altered course when he signed a handful of bills that had been on his intent-to-veto list ....

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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Nonprofit Blankety Blank
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1123 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... $50 million in the hands of a four-person committee ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 824 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military

... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....

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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 1032 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... As Speaker, Saiki Co-chaired the Governor’s Executive and Legislative Condo and Property Insurance Task Force ....

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1456 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living, COVID-19

... the USDA whacked our state with an $11 million fine for its huge error rate two years in a row ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
HTA Board Positions Open
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 857 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... State Boards and Commissions Seeking Applicants ....

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Friday, July 11, 2025
Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 792 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green took action on 313 of the 321 bills enrolled during the 2025 regular session ....

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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Auditor Dings Hawaii ERS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 1025 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... Hawaii ERS received a 'disclaimer of opinion' ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 1108 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism

... while the names may change, the pattern — unfortunately — hasn’t ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
SB933CD1: Shell Bill Gives Legislators $50M to Dole out to their Friends
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 1115 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... assigned to a Conference Committee where it was totally rewritten with content not included in any previous version ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 1008 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Zephyr Insurance Company, has partnered with the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to accept and process applications from Condominium and Townhouse Associations ....

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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Green signs bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:53 AM :: 1673 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes, Tourism

... I’ve had no choice ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green Vetoes Eight of 20 on 'Intent to Veto List'
By News Release @ 3:13 AM :: 1192 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Legislature will not schedule override session ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 1297 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

“While it won’t be easy to stop all the damage from these cuts, we’re moving quickly to protect our communities."

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1
By News Release @ 4:07 AM :: 1129 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

"...by 2033, the program is expected to expand to all light-duty vehicles...."

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Green Signs State Budget
By News Release @ 11:35 AM :: 703 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green today signed House Bill 300 (Act 250), the Executive Biennium Budget ....

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Monday, June 30, 2025
Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:57 PM :: 900 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government

... The lawsuit alleges that the Special Fund was intended to be, and is, used to circumvent expenditure controls that are in the Hawaii Constitution for the protection of taxpayers ....

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Saturday, June 28, 2025
No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 1144 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government, Military

... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time
By Selected News Articles @ 4:44 PM :: 990 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism

“... Hope you’ve got a good banker for bridge loans—because we might not pay you on time ....”

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 868 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green added SB 935, Relating to Government, to the 2025 Intent-to-Veto list transmitted to Legislative leadership by the statutorily required June 24 deadline ....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:18 AM :: 840 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

... SB66, which would create a permitting “shot clock” and allow third-party permit approval if the 60-day processing deadline is not met; and HB126, which would reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture process ....

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Bills, Backers, and Blocs: A Data-Driven Look at Lobbying in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 2:12 PM :: 1046 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... 7,188 positions taken by 340 organizations on 1,747 bills ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 1145 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
The Unseen Stopper Committees
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 837 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... money chairs’ macabre tradition ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1217 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 1338 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

... I have been asked if I plan on running for the House District 18 seat in November of 2026.  I can advise you today that I have filed with Campaign Spending Commission as the initial step in that process ....

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1103 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... out of the eighty-six special and revolving funds reviewed, not one of them met the statutory criteria ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 916 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... the defeat of nearly all attempts to add more taxes and the passing of five Grassroot model bills and other Grassroot-supported measures ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 974 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government

... no maintenance for 28 years ....

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
2025 Legislative Also-Rans
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1042 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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Monday, May 12, 2025
2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:05 AM :: 1150 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 4, 2025
The Major Raid that Wasn’t
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1346 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

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

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:30 AM :: 1110 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... State legislators also OK'd bills that will increase healthcare access and reform civil asset forfeiture, pending approval by the governor ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
​State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1420 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... More than 900 interested job seekers attended ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
By Court House News @ 1:38 PM :: 1274 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session draws to a close ....

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:39 PM :: 1261 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government

... fiscal notes and building codes ....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
FULL TEXT: Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 1947 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... finalized in a joint conference committee after both chambers initially passed different versions. The bill will now be up for final reading in both chambers before heading to the Governor's desk ....

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Sunday, April 20, 2025
Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 1146 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Registration open for Grassroot’s legislative wrap-up luncheons ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Grassroot 'legislative wrap-up' tour starts May 13
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:16 PM :: 1292 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... dates, times and locations ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Supporting Government’s Central Services—the Grand Skim of Things
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1607 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... “The Grand Skim of Things” ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Kouchi, Nakamura Agree: Legislators will not have to vote on Massive Pay Hike
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 1337 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... pay raises ranging from 35% to 48% over the next six years for top state executives, lawmakers and judges ....

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