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“Empty homes” tax deferral shows your voice matters
… the credit for this win goes to you, the people who got involved and made their voices heard….
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Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
… after over 5-hours public testimony of which the majority opposed Bill 46 ….
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Gov. Green 2026 reelection ‘Green Lighted’
… Mike Gabbard to Switch parties, run for Governor in 2026? ….
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Senators: Tulsi Gabbard ‘Shallow and Unimpressive’
… “a lot of eyerolls” ….
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Senators Urged To Examine Gabbard’s ‘Deep and Intense’ Ties To Hawaiʻi Cult
… any sensitive intelligence Gabbard is privy to will be “communicated to her guru” ….
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The Miske Enterprise case is about to disappear
… Miske’s indictments, trial, convictions and forfeitures will all disappear in a legal sense, as if they had never happened ….
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No Transsexual Agenda for Maui Prep after Board Member Ousted
… Enrollment will increase because of this ….
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Another Boondoggle: Mile-Long Pedestrian Bridge in Wahiawa
… How much is this going to cost? It cost $20M to put a bridge across Ala Moana Blvd. ….
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‘Monkey Business’ — OHA too crooked to run Graveyard
… “We’ll keep our chins up and keep ourselves out of the monkey business.” ….
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With Trump in Office, Grifters Can’t Milk Hawai‘i’s Military-Leased Lands for Money
… The president has the power to sign an executive order taking the lands in the name of national defense. ….
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Honolulu: The Real Value of $100 — $88.57
… Bureau of Economic Analysis data details disparities in spending power across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of each state ….
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Survey: 40% consider moving out of state
… The economy (73%), personal finances (73%), and housing costs (64%) rank as the most significant stressors for residents, particularly for households with incomes below $50,000 ….
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Hawaii’s continuous exodus could get a whole lot worse
… 70% of 1,500 local workers interviewed are either planning to move away or considering it ….
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2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index — Hawaii Ranks 42nd
… complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates ….
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UHERO: ‘Housing affordability continues to deteriorate’
… The median price of a single-family home is up 9% statewide and 15% on Maui this year, and mortgage rates hover near 7%. Rising homeowner insurance premiums ….
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Honolulu’s proposed “Empty Homes” tax: ‘Some people will lose their homes’
… their situations will cause new rounds of scandal ….
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Applause as Council postpones empty-homes tax bill
… “slow down and not go to third reading until we have a report back from the consultants on the feasibility of the bill” ….
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Exodus Depresses Hawaii Economy
… “The median price of a single-family home is up 9% statewide and 15% on Maui this year” ….
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Face It, They’re Not Moving Back to Hawaiʻi
… The idea that Hawaiʻi is a home-drawing magnet is a myth ….
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Is Hawaii small business economy is finally turning around?
“…I like to think Hawaii helped kick off this national turnaround with passage of House Bill 2404, a historic tax reduction bill that Gov. Josh Green signed into law June 3….”
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Hawaii Gun Control Issue ‘Far from Resolved’
… Hawaii has effectively declared that the Second Amendment, as interpreted in Bruen, does not apply within its borders ….
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Justice Thomas slams Hawaii’s gun permit laws in SCOTUS denial
… While Thomas acknowledged the Second Amendment case was not appropriate for the court’s review, he indicated willingness to revisit the matter in a future case. Thomas said the issue “clearly remains imperative, given lower courts’ continued insistence on treating the Second Amendment ‘right so cavalierly.’”….
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Supreme Court Passes On Chance To Correct Hawaii Ruling Finding ‘Spirit Of Aloha’ Trumps Second Amendment
… the justices explained they could not accept the case at this point because the defendant, Christopher Wilson, has not yet gone to trial on other charges ….
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Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
… the Solicitor General Urged the Supreme Court to Deny Requests Aimed at Stopping State and Local Lawsuits against Big Oil Companies from Advancing Toward Trial in State Courts ….
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PBS FRONTLINE documentary: ‘Maui’s Deadly Firestorm’ premieres Dec. 17
… the missed warnings and chaotic response ….
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Lahaina Debris Clearing Nearly Complete
… Currently, all but eight commercial properties in Lahaina have been cleared and completed ….
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Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
“…Since 2009, Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep the U.S.. visa requirements to enter the northern Mariana islands through categorical parole….”
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ANOTHER ONE: Alleged CEO Assassin is Honolulu Resident
… 2nd alleged assassin this year with Hawaii connections ….
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Qualified Charitable Distributions
“What’s the biggest break that today’s tax code gives us?”
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UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
… As one of only five U.S. Navy-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Centers, ARL at UH has secured over $175 million in funding since its establishment in 2008 ….
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Legislature Begins Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
… The Legislature will continue to accept GIA applications until Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., and final determinations will be made as Council on Revenue forecasts in January and March are published. …
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Kapaa Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
… Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ….
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Feds do the Job the State Cannot: Molester Coach Pleads Guilty
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