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“Sigh of relief after mostly peaceful protests in Hawaii.”

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June 15 2025

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Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests

… We worried before and throughout the day whether widespread violence would burn neighborhoods down and signal the beginning of weeks of bloody riots or worse ….

… How will defense lawyers use this letter in any court where any of the five active personnel are witnesses? ….

… After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ….

… “If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities.” ….

… questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ….

… The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit. The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ….

… most Valley Isle residents can’t afford the $4,000 and more monthly to keep up with mortgages, taxes, association fees ….

Strategy: Make Tourists Pay More

… Do you think Hawaii’s high cost of living might be worsened by this strategy? ….

… lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ….

Intent to Veto

… two tax bills are on the list ….

… Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico ….

… the commission’s take-no-prisoners approach ruffled political feathers at Honolulu Hale and ultimately led to the demise of its executive director ….

… It worked. By killing himself, Miske has engineered the transfer of his ill-gotten gains to his crime family ….

… this “new” agency is actually a relaunch of a similar one, after nearly 30 years. The city had the Department of Housing and Community Development until the 1997 arrest of city housing official Michael Kahapea ….

… This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ….

… residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ….

… Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ….

“…they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house….”

… We’ve got to get to Ala Moana. Who cares if anybody is on board? ….

… In the last two years, more than two dozen children have slept in offices or hotels when families, guardians and the foster system were unable to meet their basic needs ….

DEI Is Alive and Well in Hawai‘i

… Do you really want to live in a world where we’re all the same? ….

… you’re going to get shanked in the yard ….

… Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ….

…Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states….

Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA

… Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon …..

… Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period — The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model ….

…The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers….

… 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ….

Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita

… Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents–dead last in USA ….

… votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ….