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Friday, July 18, 2025
Student Jones Act Essay Contest
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:29 PM :: 73 Views :: Jones Act

... High school, college students can earn $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000 from Jones Act essay contest ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Maui lawmakers give green light to food trucks and kitchenettes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:14 PM :: 58 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Small Business

... the Planning Commission backs a bill that would make it easier for B&Bs destroyed in the 2023 fires to rebuild ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 101 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Transportation barriers impacting Hawaiʻi rural health care
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 190 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 197 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....

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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:21 PM :: 363 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....

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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 228 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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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 648 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit?  Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
House Committee Approves East-West Center Funding 
By Andrew Walden @ 11:39 PM :: 296 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Higher Education

... $16.7M for the East-West Center ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
By Court House News @ 11:31 PM :: 472 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police, Politicians, Drugs

... drive-by shootings and armed robberies as part of the notorious Miske Enterprise ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 307 Views :: Hawaii History

... The 146-year-old vessel has been docked at Honolulu Harbor since 2008 ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 298 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Tourism

... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 820 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 6:48 PM :: 381 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 1633 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... SB1150 failed in the Legislature, but the LGBTQ Commission still wants to grab your children.  Will Green help them do it? ....

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 958 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
Permitting progress prevails
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:08 PM :: 558 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development

"...decisive action to address Hawaii’s notorious permitting delays...."

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 482 Views :: Judiciary

... The following notices were posted to the JSC website on Friday, 11 July 2025 ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
HTA Board Positions Open
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 470 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism

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

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
VIDEO: HFD Chief Hao on the Māʻili wildfire
By Video @ 4:33 PM :: 435 Views :: Honolulu County

... On July 6, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 2:33 p.m. for a wildland fire near 87-253 Pa‘akea Road in Mā‘ili ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
42 More Homeless Beds Available in Iwilei
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 439 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

"...a culturally grounded, 90-day transitional housing program for working males who are striving for financial stability...."

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Friday, July 11, 2025
Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 PM :: 1188 Views :: Military

... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....

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Friday, July 11, 2025
Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 412 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 :: 680 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

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

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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 492 Views :: Ethics, Development

...funding to support critical nonprofit organizations impacted by federal funding reductions....

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 673 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Development

... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 447 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Before the Planning Department’s rule change, Maui County residents could operate food trucks “by right” on their own properties in agricultural districts ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 635 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment

... proposal to repeal “Rules and Regulations of the Hawai’i Police Department Governing the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Concealed and Unconcealed Weapons” ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Good Jobs Hawaiʻi participants see significant wage gains, UHERO finds
By UHERO @ 9:15 PM :: 405 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

... Wage gains were particularly significant in the skilled trades and clean energy sectors, where completers earned 35% more than non-completers ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 853 Views :: Ethics, Labor

"... a new compliance initiative to strengthen oversight of construction projects that utilize taxpayer funds ...."

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 682 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
Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 392 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... sewer user fees have increased by an overall average of 9% for Fiscal Year 2026, which started on July 1, 2025 ....

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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 :: 744 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
OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 742 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... OHA bought up several properties in Iwilei.  Now OHA-connected and Dela Cruz connected DTL is handling the master plan.  See how that works? ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 621 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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Monday, July 7, 2025
79.1% of Homeowners in Hawaii Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 1899 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... This “stay-put penalty” is locking up inventory and making it even harder for new buyers to break into the market ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
Hawaii’s Police Corruption Scandal: Cash Flow to Crooks Continues
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 PM :: 1838 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

... Something is off about the math in Honolulu’s police department corruption scandal, and taxpayers will be left shortchanged ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
Building New Schools
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:27 PM :: 516 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes

... the fees have been collected but have not been used, and for a very long time ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 53961 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor

...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....

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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 3, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:55 PM :: 422 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... Bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

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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 :: 1104 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes, Tourism

... I’ve had no choice ....

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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
By Video @ 3:14 AM :: 2537 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business, Tourism

... short-term rentals have been lawful, residential uses in these districts for decades ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:02 AM :: 22367 Views :: Hawaii History

In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 25938 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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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green Vetoes Eight of 20 on 'Intent to Veto List'
By News Release @ 3:13 AM :: 805 Views :: Hawaii State Government

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

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Friday, July 4, 2025
DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 655 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

...'HNL Build' will officially launch on Monday, August 4, 2025....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 937 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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Friday, July 4, 2025
Hawaii prison guard gets eight years for sexually abusing inmates
By Court House News @ 2:18 AM :: 643 Views :: Law Enforcement

... A federal judge opted to add more years onto the correctional officer's sentence than the "shockingly low" two to three years recommended by federal guidelines....

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Thursday, July 3, 2025
In Chile, where science is appreciated, UH Telescope discovers visitor from outside solar system
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 668 Views :: Higher Education

... The discovery was made by UH’s NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile ....

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 668 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, OHA

“Trustees rolled up their sleeves and engaged the details like never before — offering and approving amendments live at the table, line by line, in full public view."

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