Entries for September 2026

Everyone is angry in America

1. VIDEO: Lowell Kauai Damage
2. Hawaii County Transient Vacation Rental Registration Now Live
3. Luke corruption trial pushed to 2027
4. Congress Passed Housing Reform. Hawai‘i Can Make It Work
5. Delays: Hawaiʻi's housing affordability problem
6. 'Kick In The Face': Hawaiʻi's $2M Business Registration System Slammed
7. No Water, And No End In Sight: A Big Island Condo Copes With Lala
8. Accused Of Violating Patients, A Hawaiʻi Doctor Still Practices
9. Hawaii Officials Prevail in Challenge to State’s Hemp Rules

1. Lowell to Hit Kauai
2. Liquor Commission Secrets: Has Kamehameha Schools entered the marijuana business?
3. Eight Years in a Row: Hawaiʻi Schools Continue to Lose Students as Young Families Flee State
4. Courtyards at Waipouli Lawsuit, ‘a narrow challenge’ to DHHL evictions only
5. Judge finds conflict of interest involving Ford Fuchigami’s counsel in public corruption case
6. Hawaiʻi Should Remember The Injustice Of Forced Unionism
7. Trump administration renews Supreme Court bid to limit mail-in voting
8. Green light for Keaau Health Center: Commissioners OK $90M project

1. Liquor Commission Secrets: Has Kamehameha Schools entered the marijuana business?
2. JSC Announces Applicants for Supreme Court Justice
3. OHA, City Begin Discussions on Kakaʻako Look Lab Site
4. Immunization recommendations for the 2026-27 respiratory virus season
5. State DOH Approves Reactivation of the Navy ʻAiea Hālawa Shaft
6. Save Ala Moana!
7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 4 2026
8. Tupola for Mayor in 2028?
9. Maui Fire Dept: “Boxcheckians” in leadership roles
10. Disruption of mail balloting could silence Hawaii voters
11. DCCA BREG Tech Fail: Why can’t new business register with state?
12. Hawaii patients express frustration with doctor shortage on Oahu
13. Ex-Rep Holt Illegally Lobbying for more Young Bros Rate Hikes?
14. Retired Campaign Spending Commission Boss Quickly Transitions to Campaign Consultant
15. How Do They Do It? GOP Candidates Surge In General
16. $521K Hawaii Airport Lawsuit Exposes Checked Bag Risk

1. Hawaii Supreme Court orders new election in tied HD43 race
2. Treasury, IRS Move to End Tax-Exempt Status for Discriminatory Practices in Private Schools
3. Kauai man sentenced to 45 years in prison for grooming boys
4. Copycat Late: State Sen. Kurt Fevella challenges West Oahu primary tiebreaker in court
5. Why Maui police don’t always name people who are arrested, including their own officers 
6. Maui Council panel advances license plate reader bill, delays facial recognition technology measure
7. Laughing 33-time loser gets only 5 years for hit-and-run death of lifeguard
8. Pearl City poke shop owner allegedly sold kilos of cocaine
9. Oahu housing tour gives young locals inside look at challenges of building affordable homes

1. Hawaii AG Joins Suit to force Medicaid to pay for Juvenile Sex Change Surgery
2. ​World Turned Upside Down: Maui Council panel votes 5-4 to adopt sea-level-rise criteria to un-steal some TVRs located in new hotel districts
3. Trump Administration Aims To Strip Tax Status of Private Schools With DEI Policies
4. Federal Native Hawaiian education funding awarded
5. OHA, city begin talks on future use of Kakaako Makai site
6. Neighborhood capital: Unlocking Hawai'i's hidden housing resource
7. Where Hawaii's Climate Math Actually Stands
8. Homeless dude refuses shelter for 20 years and counting
9. How ‘Fat Leonard’ Corrupted The Navy.

1. Lowell to Hit Kauai?
2. HD43: Hawaii Supreme Court considers election rematch
3. Public input sought on update to UH Maunakea Master Plan
4. The Power of Voter Participation
5. Racketeering claims survive against former defense contractor's wife
6. A Modernized Jones Act Could Help Reduce Hawai‘i’s Cost of Living
7. Former JAG Prosecutor Gets 20 Years for Child Pornography
8. Hawaii Supreme Court Justice McKenna Muddies Waters for Trump Third Term
9. Hawaii's high cost of living creates housing struggle for some teachers
10. Storms Shut Down Elevators Indefinitely For Hundreds In Honolulu
11. Sugimura calls for immediate action to address public safety concerns along Pūlehu and Hansen roads, nails Bissen for years of Inaction on Homeless Drug Camps
12. 22 Years Later, Mānoa Stream Keeps Making News
13. DOE opens 18 new public preschool classrooms on Oahu
14. Honolulu city agencies used more energy and water in 2025
15. H-POWER was closed for more than 80 days last year
16. Solar Battery Systems ‘Remotely Disabled’ after Lawsuit

1. Beyond the Courthouse Door: Who Takes Responsibility After Pretrial Release?
2. City Expands 'MH3' Involuntary Mental Health Commitment Program
3. Skyline Finally Cracks 13K Ridership--but only during back-to-school week
4. How to Hide $560M: 15-Year-Old PUC Docket Re-Opens and Re-Closes in an Instant
5. Hawaii Business Environment:  Dead Last and Getting Worse
6. Law infringes on advocacy groups’ rights
7. Incompetence: City admits two ineligible voters cast ballots in tied Makakilo primary race
8. Honolulu's Checkbook: Who's Getting Paid And How Much  
9. Latest Round of Hawaii Capitol pool ‘repairs’: $10.5M spent, $55-65M next
10. New AI tool could slash Honolulu building permit times
11. Island hotels push pack on bill to increase sewer rates
12. Indigenous Groups Are Exempt From Medicaid Work Rules, But Native Hawaiians Aren’t
13. PETA calls on new Sea Life Park Hawaii owner ‘Hawaiian Council’ to release its dolphins
14. Oahu youth-led climate hysteria projects can score up to $5,000 from new city slush fund
15. Waialua residents sue city, Dole over March flooding – lots of ‘studies’, no dredging work
16. No Relief For Maui Wildfire Survivors Losing Thousands To Contractors
17. BBB Scam Tracker Warns About Kauai Guru
18. Hawaiʻi brain drain: How discrimination kept talent in the Islands, and why it doesn’t anymore

1. Audit: $132M City COVID Funds Cover Retiree Benefits
2. Hawaii lawsuit over fuel contamination continues
3. Hawaii's age-21 gun ban survives Second Amendment challenge
4. DLIR: Hawaii has Entered Decade-Long Economic Depression
5. Getting Hawaii to 100% by 2045: The Fakery
6. Hawaiʻi has the second-highest homeowners' association fees in the nation
7. Studies Showed Neglected Streams Could Wreak Havoc For 60 Years – (so more studies are being funded)
8. Rumored Lala ‘Dam Burst’ Was Likely Invasive Trees, Officials Say
9. 2022 report found Coconut Island bridge faulty
10. Hawaii Supreme Court to rule on tied House District 43 race
11. Honolulu Police Chief Lazar names permanent HPD deputy chiefs
12. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney arrest at DUI checkpoint in Kapolei
13. Maui police veteran arrested on sexual assault charges