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Lei from Hawaii nei

By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser Buying lei made only with natural materials from Hawaii nei could be a new requirement for state agencies under an effort at the Legislature aimed at helping the local floriculture industry. Companion bills in the House and Senate that each recently receivedinitial public hearings propose to limit state agencies from making large or small purchases of lei not made in Hawaii using 100% natural materials originating in the state. Under the proposed…Read more

Complicity of world’s elite saturates the Epstein files

By ROBERT DRAPER NYTimes News Service WASHINGTON – Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged. In unsparing detail, the documents lay bare the once-furtive activities of an unaccountable elite, largely made up of rich and powerful men from business, politics, academia and show business. The pages tell a story of a heinous criminal given a…Read more

Higher tax rate eyed for homes worth $4M or more

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Hawaii County Council’s Finance Committee on Feb. 4 voted 7-1 to forward with a favorable recommendation to the full council a measure that would add a new, higher rate of residential property tax for property with a net taxable value of $4 million or more. The lone vote against the recommendation for Bill 128 – which would create a third residential property tax rate – was Council Chairman Holeka Inaba. Puna Councilman Matt Kaneali’i-Kleinfelder…Read more

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