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Monsanto Fined $10 Million For Using Banned Pesticide On Maui
Tuesday, November 19Restoring Kawainui Marsh After Years Of Neglect Is Not As Easy As It Could Be
Monday, November 18More Arrests As Oahu Wind Farm Protest Enters Second Month
Friday, November 15Study: Hawaii Has A Number Of Options For A Paid Family Leave Program
Wednesday, November 13How The Counties Are Preparing For All-Mail Voting
Wednesday, November 6Singapore Is An Affordable Housing Model, But Can Hawaii Follow?
Monday, November 4Lawmakers Consider Fixes To Hawaiian Homelands Shortcomings
27 Arrested In Second Kalaeloa Standoff Over Wind Farm
With Eye On Mauna Kea, Oahu Isn’t Letting Protesters Stop Unpopular Projects
Friday, October 18Wind Farm Protesters Arrested As They Blockade Road For Construction Vehicles
Monday, October 14Hawaii Boaters Upset About Steep Fee Increase At State-Run Harbors
Thursday, October 10Waimanalo Gulch Landfill Would Close By 2028 Under New Land Use Permit
Monday, October 7Where Hawaii Legislators Stand On The Thirty Meter Telescope
Big Island Mayor Calls For Restructuring Management On Mauna Kea
Monday, September 23AG Won’t Press Charges Against Deputy Sheriff In Capitol Shooting
Friday, September 20AG Probes Office of Hawaiian Affairs Support of Mauna Kea Protest
Thursday, September 19City Slaps UH With $35 Million Sewer Bill After Failing To Charge It For 7 Years
Wednesday, September 18Anti-Caldwell PAC’s Inaccurate Reporting Leads To $15,000 Fine
Prosecutors Won’t Charge Guard in Fatal OCCC Shooting
Friday, September 13State Puts Pressure On TMT Protesters Over Environment, Threats To Officials
Tuesday, September 10Kim Proposes Giving Native Hawaiians A Say In Managing Mauna Kea
TMT Protesters Who Flocked To Mauna Kea For A Showdown Are Still Waiting
Friday, September 6UH Will Ask The Legislature For Money To Build, Demolish And Consolidate
Wednesday, September 4Looming Recession Expected To Take A Bite Out Of State Revenues
Tuesday, September 3College Without Expensive Textbooks? How UH Is Making That A Reality
Three Young Protesters, Three Different Paths To Mauna Kea
Friday, August 9Mauna Kea Telescopes Are Getting Back To Work But It May Take Weeks
Tuesday, August 6Hawaii Democratic Party Chair Leaves To Run AARP
UH Will Allow Students To Earn Credit While Protesting TMT
Ige Calls Off Mauna Kea Emergency Proclamation
Monday, July 22Can The Thirty Meter Telescope Survive Growing Opposition?
Judges Ponder Whether To Halt Ige’s Mauna Kea Emergency Proclamation
Thursday, July 18Ige: No Additional National Guard Troops Coming To Mauna Kea
Another Day Of Waiting For Protesters, Authorities At Mauna Kea
Friday, July 12Court Rejects Feds’ Withholding Of Info In UH Biolab Inspection Report
Tuesday, July 9Ige Vetoes Reform Of Hawaii’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Program
Monday, July 8Hawaii Ignores Deadline To Create New Standards For Cops
Friday, July 5Legislature Won’t Hold Special Session To Fight Possible Vetoes
Wednesday, July 3Legislative Leaders Counting Votes In Case They Try To Override Vetoes
Two Fatal Shootings By Public Safety Officers Are Under Review For Criminal Charges
HPD Investigating Fatal Shooting By Deputy Sheriff As A Possible Murder Case
Wednesday, June 26Hawaii Supreme Court: Boards Must Prove Privacy Interest To Close Meetings
Monday, June 24Ige Set To Veto $56 Million In New Taxes On Real Estate Trusts And Vacation Rentals
Ige Likely To Veto Vacation Rentals, REIT Tax Bills
Wednesday, June 12The Problem With Hawaiian Homestead Land? Much Of It Can’t Be Developed
Monday, June 10Spending Big On Lobbying Didn’t Guarantee Success At Legislature
Wednesday, June 5Project To Help Homeless Imperiled By Major Donor’s Bankruptcy
Caldwell Unveils Tax Plans To Increase Affordable Housing
Wednesday, May 29Alexander & Baldwin Had A Tough Legislative Session Despite Its Lobbying
Wednesday, May 15Ige Signs Bill To Cover $5.1 Million In Repairs After Maui Jail Riot
UH Wants To Cut Tuition For Some Grad Students — Especially Out-Of-Staters
Monday, May 13Condo Associations May Be On Verge Of Gaining More Foreclosure Power
Friday, May 10Housing Advocates Might Love This Project, But The Neighbors Don’t
Friday, May 3Senate Closes The 2019 Session With Some Sharp Divisions
Why The Police Misconduct Bill Failed To Pass The Legislature — Again
Friday, April 26Lawmakers Shoot Down Airbnb Tax But Agree To Tax Big Real Estate Investments
Thursday, April 25A Flurry Of Deal-Making At The Hawaii Legislature As End Of Session Looms
Wednesday, April 24Senate Votes To Keep Nolan Espinda As Public Safety Chief
Tuesday, April 23Hawaii Takes Another Step Toward Statewide All-Mail Voting
Tuesday, April 16Legislature Approves Spending Millions For Elderly Care
Group Opposed To Taxing Billions In Real Estate Trusts Is A Big Spender At Capital
Saturday, April 13Waters Defeats Ozawa In Honolulu City Council Rematch
Thursday, April 11Ige Stands By His Public Safety Chief After Senate Panel Calls For Espinda’s Ouster
Tuesday, April 9Senators’ Questions About Jail Riot, Shootings Go Unanswered
Minimum Wage Increase Among Hundreds Of Bills Moving Forward
Friday, April 5Bills Lighten Up On Pot Possession, But Add Penalties For Drugged Driving
UH Loses Bid To Expand Scholarship Program To 4-Year Campuses
Thursday, April 4Senators’ Scrutiny Of Public Safety Chief Will Stretch Into Next Week
Bill Would Criminalize Driving Under The Influence Of … Almost Anything
Monday, April 1$3M Settlement After Rock Slide Adds To Taxpayers’ Legal Bill
Planning For New Stadium Assumes It Would Be Built In Halawa
Tuesday, March 26State Ohana Zone Money Is Beginning To Produce Housing, Services
Friday, March 22State Withholds Names Of Inmates Transferred After Maui Riot
Friday, March 15Lawmakers Looking Closely At Public Safety Director’s Performance
Maui Riot Just The Latest Sign Of Trouble In State’s Overcrowded Jails
Thursday, March 1421 Maui Inmates Transferred to Halawa After Riot
State Deputy Sheriffs Still Aren’t Accredited — 8 Years After the Law Required It
Thursday, March 7House Votes To Decriminalize Possessing Small Amounts Of Pot
Tuesday, March 5Senate Approves Proposed Tax Increase To Help Public Schools
Monday, March 4Here’s What’s Not Passing The Hawaii Legislature This Year
Friday, March 1Gut And Replace Resurfaces At Hawaii Legislature
‘It’s More Than Pay’: The Plight Of UH Grad Assistants
Friday, February 22Some Pot Bills Are Still Alive, But Recreational Use Looks Like A Nonstarter
Thursday, February 21Two Honolulu Police Shootings In Less Than A Day, One Of Them Fatal
Tuesday, February 19Man Dies After ‘Extreme Struggle’ With Deputy Sheriff Outside Hawaii Capitol
Kirk Caldwell’s Side Job At The Bank Would Be Outlawed Under This Bill
Tuesday, February 12City Councilwoman Calls For Forensic Audit Of Honolulu Rail Project
Friday, February 8Taxpayers Hit With $1.1 Million Tab After State Settles Lawsuits
Wednesday, February 6Effort To Pump Up Voter Interest In Elections Goes Nowhere In Legislature
Monday, February 4Report: Far Fewer HPD Officers Were Fired Or Suspended Last Year
Kauai, Big Island Mayors Dubious About Raising Minimum Wage
Almost Half The Senate Signs On To Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Wednesday, January 30Dozens Of Proposed Bills Could Change The Way We Vote
Tuesday, January 29If Mayor Caldwell Has His Way You Couldn’t Turn Right On A Red Light Anymore
Friday, January 25Supreme Court Invalidates Ozawa-Waters Election Result
Thursday, January 24Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Gut-And-Replace Legislation
Tuesday, January 22Bail Reform Could Get Serious Consideration From Legislature
Monday, January 21Sen. Kai Kahele Gets A Jump On 2020 In Announcing Congressional Bid
Friday, January 18Bill Would Lower Voting Age To 16 For State And Local Elections
Wednesday, January 16Gov. Ige’s Administrative Director Is Now Also His Chief Of Staff
Minimum Wage Hike Gets Immediate Support As Legislature Convenes
Tuesday, January 15Supreme Court Focuses On Late Mail Ballots In Ozawa-Waters Vote Challenge
Tuesday, January 8Court Demands Mail Ballot Information In Challenges To Ozawa Victory
Monday, January 7Gov. Ige’s New Cabinet Is Still Almost Half Empty
Friday, January 4Task Force Criticizes ‘Punitive Mentality’ Of Hawaii Criminal Justice System
Thursday, January 3Ige Selects Trial Lawyer To Be Hawaii’s New Attorney General
Wednesday, January 2Election Challenge Prevents Ozawa From Being Sworn In For New Term
Tear Down Hawaii’s Contractor Licensing Walls