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Vacation rentals study sought

April 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

 

A new bill outlining a registration process for hosted transient vacation rentals, or TVRs will be introduced May 6 during Hawaii County Council committee meetings in Kailua-Kona.

 

State’s high court visits Hilo to give students a closer look at legal system

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UH loses $30M in federal funds; 36 research programs to be cut

April 19, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The University of Hawaii announced Thursday it has lost $30 million in federal funding for research, just as the school sees the number of revoked student visas “literally (change) by th…

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With a big win for school vouchers in Texas in the early hours of Thursday morning, the private-school choice movement conquered the last major Republican-led state.

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KEALAKEKUA — It came down to the wire, but second-seeded Hawaii Preparatory Academy girls flag football found a way.

Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield

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Trump opens a huge marine protected zone to commercial fishing

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Hawaii economists offer bleak take on Trump tariffs

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Hawaii’s economy is in store for reduced growth due to indirect impacts on tourism from President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, according to two local economists.

Trump hails ‘big progress’ after jumping into Japan tariff talks

April 17, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

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Senate bill would allow campaign to be used for taking care of dependents

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In showdowns with the courts, Trump is increasingly combative

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Hawaii tightens firearms laws

April 16, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Gov. Josh Green has signed into law two bills regulating guns in the islands and is considering two others as the state Legislature this year moved to strengthen Hawaii’s already strict…

Draft EA details effort to manage, improve the trailhead area at Pololu

April 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A plan to preserve the cultural, historical and environmental resources at the Pololu Valley Trailhead is moving forward.

Trump administration memo proposes cutting State Department funding by nearly half

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The Trump administration could cut nearly 50% of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out a downsizing plan being given serious considera…

New Emergency Call Center dedicated

April 15, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Hawaii County held a blessing and dedication ceremony Monday for the new Emergency Call Center in Hilo.

Councilwomen to hold public meeting regarding hosted vacation rentals

April 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A pair of Hawaii County Council members are hosting an informational briefing via Zoom about proposed legislation to establish a registration process for hosted transient vacation rentals, or…

‘A weird wet season, for sure’

April 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

“March is supposed to be one of the wettest months of the year, for the windward side, anyway. And it wasn’t that.”

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