Showing posts with label 2025 Legislature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2025 Legislature. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Task force to investigate permit delays, voter overcount found in 2024 Kauai election, COVID cases rise, $400M housing aid coming to Maui wildfire survivors, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Task force created to investigate permitting delays statewide. Act 133 directs the state House of Representatives to work with a group of s...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Special session may not be needed, Matson stops shipping electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, 2 women's bodies found in toppled banyan debris, Ellison now world's second-richest person, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Legislative special session may not be needed. State House Speaker Nadine Nakamura recently said dates remain reserved for a potential spec...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Federal farm grants, Mauna Loa Observatory face federal budget axe, Air Force surges in huge Pacific exercise, new law removes development obstacle, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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USDA Cancels $30 Million Grant Intended To Boost Hawaiʻi Food Production. Hawaiʻi program leaders say there are few alternative funding opt...
Monday, July 14, 2025

New law could speed up housing construction, Big Island bioenergy plant tries to strike deal with HECO, Keohokalole mulling challenging Case for Congress, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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New law aims to speed up local housing construction. In a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, Gov. Josh Green enacted a reform to the state...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Bill to disburse $50M to nonprofits may be unconstitutional, Noem claims Lahaina fire victims traded sex for food, Native Hawaiian man faces longer prison term for white hate crime, Big Island police chief loses job after seeking Honolulu post, UH scientists predict Waikiki drainage system will fail by 2050, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Lawmakers’ Plan To Give $50M To Nonprofits May Be Unconstitutional. Legislators passed a bill late last session to dole out the money to hel...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Lifeguards face staffing shortage, $50M state fund to help nonprofits hit by federal cuts, military monitors Chinese ship near Hawaii, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Burden For Preventing Drownings In Hawaiʻi Falls On Counties — And Residents . Ocean safety efforts are left up to individual counties, lead...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Hawaii dubbed worst state for retirement, Green signs bill for state's share of $4B Maui wildfire settlement, new fire marshal hits the ground running, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Hawaiʻi's high price tag for retirees ranks it worst in the country. Retirement Living, a national platform for seniors planning to ret...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Governor vetoes 8 bills, new law could break HECO monopoly, ICE agents partner with Kaneohe Marines, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Governor Green Issues Final Veto List. On July 3, Governor Josh Green finalized on his Intent-to-Veto list, signing 12 bills into law and v...
Monday, July 7, 2025

Coral monitoring plan develops, Green signs bill allowing HECO to borrow against rates, federal detention center to house immigrants, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Tracking Coral Disease Attacking Hawaiʻi’s Reefs Is All-Hands-On-Deck Job. Hawaiian reefs account for 85% of coral reefs in the United Stat...