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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
DLNR to Increase Punishment for 'Harassing' Animals
By News Release @ 6:42 PM

... Public Input Invited Through an Online Survey and Public Hearing ....

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
AI Robot to Control Permitting for eligible residential projects beginning Sept. 1
By News Release @ 6:13 PM

... DPP will require applicants to utilize the CivCheck Guided AI pre-application process before submitting their permit application ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Hawaii Sues to Protect Welfare Cheats
By Court House News @ 10:34 PM

... A coalition of 24 states and Washington, D.C. sued the Trump administration on Monday, challenging a decision authorizing the disclosure of personal information for individuals participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Tariffs Again: Hawaii AG Joins Another anti-Trump Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM

... another lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Kona Hospital Verifies Level III Trauma Certification
By News Release @ 10:03 PM

... Verification recognizes Kona Community Hospital’s commitment to providing optimal care for injured patients. ...

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
City burns $9 million from 'Climate Resiliency Fund'
By News Release @ 11:30 AM

... a 'resilient' and 'sustainable' slush fund ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Awards Record Number of Leases in July
By News Release @ 10:29 AM

...the DHHL is set to award a record number of leases in 2026 – nearly 3,000 across the pae ‘āina....

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Monday, August 3, 2026
Lawsuit: UH Hides Public Records to Protect Climate Scheme
By News Release @ 8:34 AM

... A watchdog organization filed a complaint Monday accusing the University of Hawaii of unlawfully withholding public records that reveal whether climate activists and legal advocates influence climate lawsuits ....

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Sunday, August 2, 2026
Oswald Stender: A Model of Fiduciary Duty
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:43 AM

...The first person to ask whether I would ever consider becoming an OHA trustee was Oswald Stender....

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Sunday, August 2, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted July 31, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 11:34 AM

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

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Sunday, August 2, 2026
OHA Launches National Search for Chief Executive Officer
By News Release @ 11:29 AM

"...we are seeking a leader who shares our commitment...." said OHA Board Chair Kaialiʻi Kahele

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Sunday, August 2, 2026
​The Curious Career of Ford Fuchigami
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 AM

... Fuchigami has quietly spent the better part of fifteen years moving through some of the most influential positions in Hawaiʻi government ....

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Sunday, August 2, 2026
Taxation of Envy
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM

... Hawai‘i Millionaire Tax:  Why the New 13% Bracket Won’t Be the Last ....

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Saturday, August 1, 2026
Mafia News: Will Court Ruling Give Miske Pal Council Seat? -- Waters files Appeal
By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM

... Tommy Waters has appealed decision ....

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Saturday, August 1, 2026
The coast isn’t clear, it’s covered in red tape
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:33 AM

... Hawaii and California differ greatly in many ways, but they have plenty in common — including great weather and notoriously bad permitting systems ....

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Saturday, August 1, 2026
School resource officer program expands on O‘ahu
By News Release @ 9:14 AM

...Nānākuli High & Intermediate School will join the program this year with three assigned SROs....

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Saturday, August 1, 2026
‘New Tourism’ = ‘Costs too Much’—Therefore, Trend of shorter Hawaii vacations reaches into June
By News Release @ 7:59 AM

"...June visitors generally took shorter trips, with all markets – except Japan – reporting shorter average lengths of stay compared to last June, continuing a trend that began in April 2026.... "

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Friday, July 31, 2026
Canadian Submarine Sinks USS Mobile Bay off Hawaii
By Video @ 10:16 PM

... Canada's lone operational submarine recently took part in a massive military exercise involving 30 nations ....

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Friday, July 31, 2026
FIRE: College Free Speech Improving, but UH still stuck on Yellow
By News Release @ 4:05 PM

... UH Manoa and UH Hilo are still 'Code Yellow' ....

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Friday, July 31, 2026
Honolulu DPP Among 50 Best AI Systems in USA?
By News Release @ 3:39 PM

...Honolulu earned the national recognition for its project, “Honolulu Cuts Residential Permit Review Times by 70% with AI Plan Review,” which showcases DPP’s successful implementation of CivCheck....

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Friday, July 31, 2026
Green Announces Appointments to HHC, CSC, Ethics
By News Release @ 3:31 PM

...appointments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Campaign Spending Commission and Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission....

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Friday, July 31, 2026
AG Announces Child Support Enforcement Tech Upgrade
By News Release @ 3:13 PM

"The new KEIKI system became fully operational on July 20, 2026 on schedule with no interruption to child support services or system operations...."

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Friday, July 31, 2026
Hawai'i Community College: Political Activist Banned from Campus for Collecting Petition Signatures
By News Release @ 8:13 AM

... in the spring of 2026, Austin Martin went to Hawai‘i Community College’s Hilo campus to collect signatures for a petition urging the University of Hawai‘i system to permit students to carry pepper spray for self-defense ....

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Kauai Charter School not the First to Remove Wife of OHA Trustee
By Andrew Walden @ 9:56 PM

"Executive Director/Principal Kanoe Ahuna gave special treatment to her husband Dan Ahuna (OHA Trustee) when she failed to reprimand him for multiple instances of using foul and abusive language toward middle school students while he was a KPCS teacher during the 2024-25 school year...."

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
VIDEO: US Navy Sea Drone Holes Peleliu off Kauai
By Video @ 10:26 AM

... U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessels take part in a sinking exercise in the Pacific Ocean ....

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Case Calls On President To Once Again Extend Jones Act Waiver
By Ed Case @ 8:46 AM

... Rep Case says any lapse of the current Jones Act waiver will heighten disruption risk and further drive up sky-high prices ....

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
DLIR: Welfare and Food Service to be Top Growth Industries
By News Release @ 8:26 PM

... 28,060 net new jobs statewide ....

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Honolulu retiree celebrates win in lawsuit challenging City’s excessive TVR fines
By News Release @ 7:24 PM

" ... she sued in federal court for imposing excessive fines in violation of the Eighth Amendment .... "

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Monday, July 27, 2026
3 years later: Over One Third of Maui Wildfire Victims Still in Temporary Housing
By UHERO @ 8:47 PM

...Participants living in temporary housing declined from 40.6% to 34.4%....

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Monday, July 27, 2026
DHHL Sued Over Courtyards at Waipouli Evictions
By News Release @ 6:55 PM

... David Kalahiki and Linda Twitchell allege that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ blood-quantum rule violates their rights by conditioning housing on ancestry ....

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Monday, July 27, 2026
Voter Service Centers Open July 27
By News Release @ 10:41 AM

"...To beat the long lines on August 8, officials urge voters to take advantage of the opportunity to vote early...."

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Sunday, July 26, 2026
The One Dollar Solution
By Tom Yamachika @ 9:43 AM

... the line-itemed bill, SB 2600 ....

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Sunday, July 26, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 24, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 6:36 AM

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

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Saturday, July 25, 2026
Empty homes tax just empty promises
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:36 PM

... the Commission ultimately rejected putting the issue on the ballot ....

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Friday, July 24, 2026
Five Indicted in Luke Bribery Case--will this be enough to keep Feds Away?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:53 PM

...The most likely explanation for these indictments is that they are designed to present the minimum case capable of forestalling federal prosecutors.  As always, the slogan is 'Defend Hawaii.'....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Indian National Arrested in Hawaii for Role in Gold Bar Elder Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 8:35 PM

... Harsh Fojalal Shah, 25, an Indian national, was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 20 ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
​How rigid land-use rules are holding back wildfire recovery in Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:44 PM

... More than 2,200 structures were destroyed.  So far, only 220 houses have been rebuilt ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
When safety becomes exclusion: The hidden cost of building codes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 PM

... the ICC has become one of the most powerful and least transparent institutions in housing policy ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
BWS Agrees to Waste $6M on Useless Kalaeloa Desal Plant
By News Release @ 11:49 AM

... The company recently received a Limited Notice to Proceed from its client, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, authorizing the procurement ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
The island without childcare for babies
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 AM

... she’s been trying to add an additional building to run an infant-toddler center for seven or eight years, but on the island, the process is lengthy ....

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Maui can't delegate environmental assessment to property owners
By Court House News @ 4:20 PM

... the rules governing what can be built near the shore have been debated among developers, environmental advocates and fire survivors trying to rebuild their homes in Lahaina ....

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
AG Sues to Force Shutdown of HECO's oldest Oil Burners on Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 1:11 PM

... Kanoelehua Hill, Kahului, Māʻalaea and Puna generating stations were identified as the top contributors of human-caused, haze-causing pollution ....

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
How politicians manipulate data to take credit
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:55 AM

... How do we honestly measure the American dream? ....

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Hawaii Tries and Fails to make Second Amendment a 'Property Rights' Issue
By NRA ILA @ 7:16 PM

...“Property Rights” Critique of Wolford Misleads on Facts and Law....

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Feds: Hawaii Homeownership 18.9% Lower Than Believed
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 PM

"...Hawaii’s homeowners-to-population ratio (HPOP) is 18.9 percentage points lower than its owner-occupancy rate, the largest difference of any state...."

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
DLNR: 80 Meth Addicts Removed from Waianae Boat Harbor, 30 Still Waiting
By News Release @ 9:21 AM

... Globalization Personified: 30 American drug addicts are sitting around waiting for Chinese workers to finish building them homes ....

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Monday, July 20, 2026
What It Takes to Retire in Hawaii at 62 on $1.5 Million Without Touching Your Principal
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 AM

... the tax code treats different retirement dollars very differently ....

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Monday, July 20, 2026
Upgraded HECO Waiau Plant 'can run on LNG'
By News Release @ 8:52 AM

"...can operate on a variety of liquid fuels...and can be converted to run on liquefied natural gas if it becomes available...."

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Monday, July 20, 2026
After 18 Years of Green Energy, Oil still supplies 68% of electricity on Oahu
By Selected News Articles @ 8:43 AM

"Perhaps electrical grids are more complicated than the mandates."

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Sunday, July 19, 2026
Trustees: Kahele Used Line-Item to Illegally Buy Support for Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 PM

"... As the Chair and majority continue Ferreira’s leave, and weigh further disciplinary action against Ferreira, they create ongoing exposure to OHA to adverse litigation risks ...."

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