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Weekly News Read

February 22 2026

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HMSA-HPH ‘Merger’: AI Robot to be ‘Single Source of Oppressive and Unconscionable Truth’

…The plan is to use AI to turbocharge HMSA’s “oppressive and unconscionable” system for “overseeing care decisions.” ….

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What if Sylvia Luke is Telling the Truth?

…If Sylvia Luke is telling the truth, it means the $35K bribe recipient is still in the Legislature, unidentified….

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While Raising Taxes, State funds $904M Cash Giveaway to Public Employees

… $459M + $145M + $100M + $200M = $904M COVID Cash bonanza. Who needs collective bargaining? ….

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UH sitting on $429M Hoard

… The University of Hawaii has a $429M special fund for tuition and fees ….

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$1.8B Income Tax Hike on the move in Hawaii Legislature

… cancel the next five scheduled annual income tax cuts for Hawaii taxpayers ….

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Augie T Says NO–Council OKs HART rail planning to Manoa, Ko Olina—Tax Increases Demanded

… GE Tax must be increased to build more empty trains ….

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Stadium Financial Solution: Keep the Cost Secret

… Carr said the ultimate cost of the expanded stadium he envisioned could reach $650 million — nearly double what taxpayers were originally promised ….

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Is Hawaiʻi Being Left Behind?

… “left-behind places” share a common pattern: a dominant industry stops growing, productivity stalls, and incomes stagnate ….

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Birds of a Feather: Who is Rallying to Support Luke?

… ILWU, Senator Kurt Fevella, UPW Local 646, Back the Blue founder Wayne Kaiwi, Kurt Tsuniyoshi, Charlie Iona ….

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Bribery: ILWU, UPW Back Sylvia Luke

… Luke’s willingness to take money is why the ILWU and UPW support her ….

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Hawaii’s “Paper Bag” Corruption Case – Keli’i Akina interviews Alexander Silvert

… How corrupt is Hawaii’s government? ….

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Phase one: How the Sylvia Luke story is already reshaping Hawaiʻi politics

… Carpenters Union questioned donations Luke received from then-indicted Navatek head Milton Kao in connection with tax credits she supported in 2017 ….

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Clash of Hawaiʻi’s Healthcare Titans: Leaders Disagree on Best Path Forward

… “I feel that this is like the Trojan horse story” ….

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Time to tackle Hawaii’s healthcare crisis

…There are several significant healthcare bills still making their way through the Legislature. Perhaps the most important are those that would reform the state’s medical “certificate of need” regulations….

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SB3024 Allows Boys in Girls Bathrooms

… requires access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity, sets new investigation rules, mandates employee reporting, and increases the potential for lawsuits ….

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Living space on Oahu at a premium as Army surges troops to Hawaii

… The incoming troops represent the military’s long-promised “pivot to the Pacific” and the result of the Army’s updated manning structure for 2027 to 2031 ….

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Miske News: Evidence from ‘Previously Undisclosed Criminal Investigation’ coming soon

… prosecutors intend to use evidence collected in a previously undisclosed criminal investigation to bolster their legal claim to his properties ….

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New Mauna Kea Authority is Dictatorship of Self-Appointed Activists

… Running up the mountain in 2014 dressed only in a red malo and a kapa sheet “was the fun part” ….

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Survey: Almost Everybody Fooled by Sea Level Rise Hysteria

… Per NOAA, sea level rise at HNL is 1.5mm per year = 6 inches per century ….

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BLS: Hawaii union membership 24.8% — highest in USA

… 145,000 workers in Hawaii are union members ….

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Auditor: DOBOR Ignoring Boat Insurance Law

“… DOBOR simply does not know whether it recovered from vessel owners or their insurers the costs it expended …”

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Election 2026: 146 Candidates Pull Papers to Run

… Still no candidates for Governor and Lt Governor ….

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House Updates Committee Assignments After Rep Holt Quits to Take DLNR Job

… The Hawaii Democratic Party now has 30 days to give Gov. Josh Green a list of potential candidates to replace Holt in the House. Green will then have 60 days to select Holt’s replacement ….

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Bribery Scandal Looms over Legislature, but they make time to deal with Feral Chickens

… lawmakers debated bills surrounding sports betting, legal rights for coral reefs and feral chickens, but an ongoing bribery investigation cast a shadow over the capitol ….

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HDoT signs 10-year contract for 187 Red Light Cameras

…The 10-year contract totaling approximately $160 million will expand the current program from 17 sites to 187 dual-enforcement cameras across each of the state’s major islands….

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s one-man tariff war

… In anticipation of the high court’s ruling, big-name companies like Costco, Revlon and Bumble Bee Foods filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of International Trade to secure tariff refunds for billions of dollars ….

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HUD Moves to Kick Illegals out of Public Housing

… a new proposed rule to require proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible status for every resident in HUD-funded housing, including “mixed status households” ….

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States sue Trump administration for terminating ‘Green New Deal’ grants

… OMB Director Russell Vought posted online that the Energy Department would be terminating “nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” ….

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‘First Lateral’ Deadline Wipes out Lots of Bad 2A Bills

… The field just narrowed ….

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UPDATE: HPD List of Firearms Instructors

… Taking a class from an unapproved or expired instructor could delay your permit process and create unnecessary complications ….

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Look at the Defensive Gun Uses that Hawaii Wants to Criminalize

… just a vindictive effort to keep as many law-abiding gun owners as possible from exercising their rights ….

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Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Committee Hearings

… Senate Bill 2517 would expand Hawaii’s already unconstitutional red flag law ….

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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics, Campaign Spending Commissions

… Deadline Extended to Submit Applications for State Ethics Commission ….

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The Beginnings of Keawala’i Congregational Church

… the church’s first official permanent pastor was renowned preacher and evangelist Blind Bartimeus ….

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REPORT: Hotels are Big Source of Votes, Campaign Contributions

… We demand you crush the TVRs ….

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FEMA Approves $33.4 million to Support Recovery in Hawaii

… FEMA recently approved $33.4 million in funding to support recovery for past disasters in Hawaii ….

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I am the retired news director of Pacific Radio Group stations on the Island of Hawaii. I am a retired Lt. Col., USAF Reserve. I am a FCC-licensed Amateur Radio Operator, holding the Amateur Extra Class License. I am a substitute teacher for the state of Hawaii Department of Education.

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