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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 848 Views :: Military

... in a reversal of previous presidents' policy, Trump is de-nuclearizing Iran while re-nuclearizing the US ...

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 831 Views :: Maui County

... the County recommends that residents who lost homes in the fires or renters who were displaced by the fires begin preparing to apply ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 743 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... The newly awarded contract will focus on completing the build-out of one loft space on the second floor to house the investigations section....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 992 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling

... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output
By Cato Foundation @ 2:28 PM :: 749 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 825 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Military

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 1095 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....

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Friday, June 20, 2025
Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case
By Court House News @ 11:58 PM :: 731 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....

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Friday, June 20, 2025
UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 938 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Labor

"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."

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Friday, June 20, 2025
AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 859 Views :: Maui County

... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....

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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 1448 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 

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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 922 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....

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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 1079 Views :: Family, Health Care

... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....

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Thursday, June 19, 2025
Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist
By UHERO @ 4:27 AM :: 819 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... Nearly half of participants are still in temporary housing ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 2905 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 1048 Views :: Health Care, Military

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
By Andrew Walden @ 3:31 PM :: 2201 Views :: Ethics, Health Care

“...you need to be more on my team....”

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:19 PM :: 755 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 740 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

... BOR unanimously approved the appointment ....

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 7:19 PM :: 750 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 842 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Intent to Veto
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 844 Views :: Taxes

... two tax bills are on the list ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:01 PM :: 1070 Views :: Democratic Party, Jones Act

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 1339 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 885 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 66030 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

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Friday, June 13, 2025
Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
By Court House News @ 2:54 PM :: 929 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”

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Friday, June 13, 2025
Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 2963 Views :: Ethics, Tourism

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 2161 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 1085 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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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 1252 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 4:19 PM :: 807 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
By News Release @ 11:25 AM :: 964 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims
By Court House News @ 3:13 AM :: 1471 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Small Business

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
By Court House News @ 2:14 AM :: 944 Views :: Second Amendment

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1949 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 1221 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Military

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 1182 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 9:25 PM :: 656 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 849 Views :: Maui County, Taxes

... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:46 PM :: 796 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 1111 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
The Unseen Stopper Committees
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 731 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

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

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Saturday, June 7, 2025
"Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:19 PM :: 1176 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business, Tourism

... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1144 Views :: Hawaii State Government

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

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”? 
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 1895 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:47 PM :: 769 Views :: Energy, Development

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 AM :: 1972 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ .... 

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 798 Views :: Gambling, Higher Education, Tourism

... Most recently, he served as the UCLA Bruins’ Chief Strategy Officer from 2022 to 2024, where he led the department’s transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten ....

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