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Thursday, February 6, 2025
California Home Insurance Crisis Provides Another Example of the Pitfalls of Government Intervention
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 392 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... government price controls come with negative consequences ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Do you think the city spends your money responsibly?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:30 PM :: 502 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... here's how the City and County of Honolulu spends your money ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Honolulu Charges the Highest Tourist Tax in the World
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 523 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... Honolulu, with its 10.25 percent tax rate and an average tourism tax of $51.70 per night, came out on top ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Here’s the Salary a Single Person Needs to Live Comfortably in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 1496 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... your bank account will be overwhelmed by the cost ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
VIDEO: Tulsi's New Age Guru and the Source of Her Mysterious Wealth
By Video @ 3:34 AM :: 1056 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... Gabbard is a loyal servant of her Hare Krishna Guru Chris Butler ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings this Thursday
By NRA ILA @ 3:23 AM :: 518 Views :: Second Amendment

... HB 125, HB 279, HB 392 and HB 893 ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 388 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

... 82% utilization rate among the 139 emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs on Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Greatness
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:23 AM :: 371 Views :: GMOs

... Let’s take a look at the definition of greatness ....

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Monday, February 3, 2025
Small business struggles highlighted in new UHERO report
By UHERO @ 7:19 PM :: 367 Views :: Small Business

... UHERO: Investigating and Tackling Barriers and Needs for Small Business Success ....

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Monday, February 3, 2025
SB1618 'Patently Unconstitutional'
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 464 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

... SPJ opposes Hawaii bill that would penalize journalists for violating Donna Mercado Kim's 'ethical' standards ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Legislature: Grassroot Institute sifts through onslaught of bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:51 PM :: 531 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... many of the usual losers are back, mainly the proposals to increase taxes or impose new so-called fees ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Bill 105: Let Lahaina Rebuild as it Was
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:34 PM :: 598 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

"... Bill 105, which would waive for five years the nonconformity rule for churches, temples and anyone else seeking to rebuild in the wake of the Lahaina fires...."

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Hawai'i Family Forum -- This Week in the Legislature
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:16 PM :: 390 Views :: Family, Life

... a working list of the bills we are tracking ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
City touts 'bold initiative' to expand affordable housing
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 503 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... by partnering with developers to activate underutilized public lands, exploring innovative financing strategies to unlock new resources, and reorganizing its housing functions to centralize development, finance, and policy efforts ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
2024: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 584 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 35 Years of Stagnation: Tourism Income Flat Since 1988 ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Honolulu Egg Prices up 52%
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 781 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Cost of Living

... between 2021 and 2024, the price for a dozen locally produced eggs rose by 28.4% from $6.91 to $8.87 while the price of imported mainland eggs increased by 51.8% from $5.50 to $8.35 ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Hold On to Our Gains!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 529 Views :: Taxes

... highlights and low lights on some of the shenanigans ....

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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 31, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 10:57 PM :: 494 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Proposed "green fee" a reason for red flag
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:57 PM :: 604 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism

... Few ideas are as tenacious as the myth that we can make tourists pay for major programs without affecting locals ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
Hawaii AG Claims Victory--Sued to Overturn Trump Funding Freeze
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 742 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 31, 2025
HB900: Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 789 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary

“...Hawai’i is one of only five states that does not currently guarantee the right to legal counsel for children during the duration of their child welfare case....”

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Friday, January 31, 2025
Trump Executive Order Mandates School Choice for Military Families
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 781 Views :: Education K-12, Military

"... It directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to the President for how military families can use Department of Defense funds to send their children to the school of their choice ...."

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Friday, January 31, 2025
What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1201 Views :: Higher Education

... Ken Lawson uses images of UH administrators to illustrate hypothetical shooting ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
DoE Tries to Spin Latest Batch of Failing Test Scores
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 759 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
  • 4th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 26th-worst
  • 4th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 10th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 11th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 12th-worst
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Friday, January 31, 2025
'Severe Housing Problems' Drag Down Hawaii Health Rankings
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 538 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... crowded housing, dependency, low levels of education, per capita income, poverty and unemployment ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Puna Man Arrested in Alleged Neo-Nazi Child Molestation Ring
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 793 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

... Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, 41, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested this morning pursuant to a grand jury indictment ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
HB1246: Legalize Marijuana Edibles
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 9:57 PM :: 611 Views :: Drugs

... is legalizing edibles and vapes a 'Smart Approach to Marijuana?' ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Save Kakaako Makai: Friends of Kewalo Invites the Public to its Information Gathering Potluck BBQ
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 675 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... learn more about Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ plan to change the law that will allow residential development up to 400 ft tall in Kaka’ako Makai ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Thieves: Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Wealth Asset Tax Bill for Assets Above $20M
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 742 Views :: Taxes

... Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
VIDEO: Gabbard's 'Frosty' Confirmation Hearing
By Video @ 2:52 PM :: 598 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... FOX: Gabbard Doesn’t have the votes--will be first Trump nominee to be Rejected by Committee ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Gabbard Attended Pro-Russia Conference in Rome--then invented story about Terror Watchlist
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 PM :: 6390 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... UPDATE:  Jan 28, 2025 NYT confirms we were right.  Rome Conference with pro-Russia agenda was cause of Gabbard's incluson on 'Quiet Skies' -- not her criticism of Harris ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Schatz, Cruz, Murphy, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, off Social Media
By News Release @ 10:41 AM :: 455 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... Kids Off Social Media Act Sets Social Media Age Minimum To 13, Prohibits Use Of Algorithms To Feed Addictive Content To Teens Under 17 ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
'50,000 Batteries' -- Green Signs 'Renewable' Energy Executive Order
By News Release @ 10:18 AM :: 642 Views :: Energy

... 50,000 distributed renewable energy installations such as rooftop solar and battery systems by 2030 ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Jail Guard Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Fireworks--via jail mailroom
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 685 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement

“While working as an adult corrections officer, Mr. Fernandez had almost 95 pounds of aerial fireworks mailed to OCCC, the very correctional facility that he had a duty to secure....”

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
WSJ: Hawaii 'Down to Earth' Markets Tied to Ponzi Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 AM :: 2496 Views :: Ethics, Tulsi Gabbard

... QI owns 'Down to Earth' -- subsidiaries were banned in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Rwanda and prosecuted in India ....

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Lahaina Fire: How Maui Emergency Operations Center Lost 'Situational Awareness'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 PM :: 823 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History

... What was happening at the Maui County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) while Lahaina Burned? ....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
COFA Migrants win Second Amendment Rights in Hawaii Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 2257 Views :: Second Amendment

... injunction overturns the unconstitutional denial of firearm ownership to law-abiding COFA residents ....

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Monday, January 27, 2025
HIDOE releases after-action report on Maui wildfire response and recovery efforts
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 512 Views :: Education K-12

... The report outlines 10 key challenges, ranging from accounting for displaced students to managing transportation and meals ....

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Monday, January 27, 2025
Hawaii’s failed wildfire rebuild should not be a model for California
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 862 Views :: Maui County, Development

... California Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to Hawaii for advice on how to rebuild after wildfires ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 24, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:24 PM :: 451 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Case: Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific
By Ed Case @ 4:56 PM :: 451 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Fellow Members of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus join bipartisan measure for all-of-government engagement expansion throughout critical region ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Those Nickels Add Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 693 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... ripe for raiding ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Lowering our cost of living is worth cheering
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:36 AM :: 734 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... the governor’s state income tax cut — approved unanimously last year by the Legislature — will reduce our taxes by as much as 71% for some families ....

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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Hawaii taxpayers could benefit from new IRS Direct File system
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:41 AM :: 556 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes

... Tax season is just around the corner, and there’s a good chance that many of the people reading this will be paying someone else to help file their taxes online ....

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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Oahu Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Gambling Charges
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 548 Views :: Gambling, Drugs

... Tauheluhelu operated multiple illegal gambling businesses on Oahu, including one at 980 Queen Street, and a “VIP room” operating out of Tauheluhelu’s Staxx Sports Bar & Grill location in Waianae ....

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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Kapolei Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 576 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19

... nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft in connection with fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance ....

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Saturday, January 25, 2025
MEMA After-Action Report on Maui wildfires released
By News Release @ 12:50 PM :: 512 Views :: Maui County

... The review focuses on immediate response and incident stabilization efforts of MEMA’s previous administration and the County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) from Aug. 7-11, 2023 .... 

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Friday, January 24, 2025
2024 Check Register: OHA Spending up 9.6%
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 1290 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... OHA’s payroll totals $15.9M.  This is 40.7% of OHA spending ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
HIFICO: Hawaii Gun Bill Tracker
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 1547 Views :: Second Amendment

... Legislators have introduced 21 Second Amendment-related bills ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Butterfly Knife Ban: 9th Circuit’s Devious Maneuvers Against 2nd Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 672 Views :: Second Amendment

... a remarkable dissent that should echo through the halls of American jurisprudence ....

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