Thursday, April 3, 2025

Hawaii population rebounds, Honolulu improves monster home enforcement, Hawaii County Council agrees to assist federal law enforcement, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Report: Hawai‘i’s Population Has Been Rebounding Thanks To Locals Returning Home. The state’s yearslong population decline turned a corner ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Kilauea Volcano puts on a show, Legislature tackles accountability, Honolulu council IDs funding cuts in budget, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Government reform bills move ahead. Bills aimed at clamping down on campaign contributions from government contractors while separately pro...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Income tax cuts questioned, sports betting and cigarette tax hikes considered as Senate mulls cautious budget, Maui vacation rental ban could cost 2k jobs, $1B hit to economy, egg prices rise, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Senate Budget Proposal Would Eliminate State Jobs To Save Money. Hawaiʻi senators are advancing a cautious spending plan for the next two ye...
Monday, March 31, 2025

$11B Ala Wai flood control project stalls, interim Kauai police chief named, Maui council tepid on vacation rental conversion plan, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Concerns raised over Ala Wai flood control project’s $11.1B price tag . A decades-old plan to protect Waikiki and neighboring communities ag...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Hannemann resigns as HTA chair amid investigation, HECO and Carpenter's Union battle it out, longline fishers experience record low profits, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Hannemann Resigns As Chair Of Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Amid Freebie Inquiry. Tourism executive and former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann res...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

3rd legislator investigated in Choy bribery case, big changes mulled for medical marijuana law, turf war between lawmakers and new police standards board, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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FBI Recorded Hawaiʻi Lawmaker Being Given $35,000. Three years after the handoff, the identities of an unnamed man and a lawmaker he paid re...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Mufi Hannemann investigated for freebies, Hegseth tours Hawaii bases, Honolulu to purge inactive building permits, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Mufi Hannemann’s Events Spark Inquiry Into Freebies From Tourism Agency. A state audit has triggered an investigation of whether the HTA bo...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Defense Secretary Hegseth stops in Honolulu, gender wage disparity persists, state to allow inspections of prisons and jails, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Defense secretary stops in Hawaii as part of Pacific tour. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on Oahu to meet with Pacific military leaders ...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Rep. Gene Ward retiring due to health reasons, Legislature scrutinizes tax credits, COVID pandemic effects still felt after 5 years, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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State Rep. Gene Ward is retiring due to health concerns. Ward, a Republican, has been the longest-serving member of Hawaiʻi's House of ...