The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is seeking a private attorney to help ensure the state justly compensates it for hundreds of acres of land in its inventory that the state for decades has been using for highways and roads. Read more
The congresswoman didn’t qualify for the presidential debate tomorrow in Houston, where the top 10 candidates will face one another. Read more
The Attorney General’s Office continues to withhold information about the overall costs of the state’s law enforcement efforts on Mauna Kea, where demonstrators have been blocking the road leading to the construction site of the Thirty Meter Telescope for nearly two months. Read more
The forms are sarcastic and state that “whiners should use this form to seek sympathy from someone who cares.” Read more
More than 3,000 Hawaii households would likely lose their food stamps under new restrictions proposed by the Trump administration, according to an analysis by the state Department of Human Services. Read more
Amid mounting political pressure to force Bank of America to make good on a 2-decade-old commitment to provide $150 million in home mortgage loans to beneficiaries of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii’s Office of the Attorney General says there appears to be no legal basis for the state to actually pursue the matter. Read more
A bill that would ban foam containers and plastics used for serving food on Oahu passed out of the Honolulu City Council’s Public Safety and Welfare Committee on Thursday, buoying the hopes of the environmentally conscious who worry plastics are polluting beaches, breaking down into microplastics that are ingested by sea life and contributing to climate change. Read more
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is forging ahead with her campaign for president despite missing the cut for the third Democratic primary debate. Read more
Gabbard and Tom Steyer, the billionaire former hedge fund investor from California, have both been on the cusp of making the debates, but neither qualified today. Read more
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is on the verge of not qualifying for the third Democratic primary debate next month, putting at risk her campaign for the presidency. Read more
More than half of the hemp crops cultivated in Hawaii over the past year as part of the state’s industrial hemp pilot program have tested hot, meaning their levels of THC, the chemical that makes people high, were above the federal limit for hemp. Read more
The 70-count indictment against Brian Ahakuelo, 58; his wife, Marilyn, 55; and her sister Jennifer Estencion, 52, was filed Thursday and includes additional charges of money laundering and embezzlement. Read more
The 70-count indictment against Brian Ahakuelo, 58; his wife, Marilyn, 55; and her sister Jennifer Estencion, 52, was filed Thursday and includes additional charges of money laundering and embezzlement. Read more
Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda briefed state legislators on the findings of an internal investigation into a March riot at the Maui Community Correctional Center, reiterating much of what the public already was told in the days following the uprising. Read more
Prosecutors said dogs were found covered in feces and urine and were living in overcrowded conditions. Read more
The Honolulu Police Department spent $162,351 to assist the state’s law enforcement efforts on Mauna Kea last month. Read more
Prosecutors said dogs were found covered in feces and urine and were living in overcrowded conditions. Read more
Hawaii Sen. Kai Kahele (D, Hilo) questioned whether the state Department of Transportation has legal jurisdiction over Mauna Kea Access Road during a legislative briefing at the state Capitol on Wednesday, setting up what could potentially develop into a larger legal issue for the Thirty Meter Telescope and other telescope sites atop Mauna Kea. Read more
Hawaii flora and fauna, already under stress from climate change, will have fewer protections under new Trump administration rules that weaken the Endangered Species Act. Read more
Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety said it would cost more than $1 million for it to release data related to its long-standing problem with keeping inmates locked up beyond their scheduled release dates. Read more
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will be in Indonesia for two weeks for National Guard training, ABC News reported, disrupting her campaign for the presidency at a time when Gabbard is struggling to make the third Democratic primary debates in September. Read more
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