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1 week ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Thomas Catenacci
Hawaii Sues Oil Industry for Causing Climate Change—But Spares State's Largest Refiner Whose Executives Donate to Dems
Democratic Gov.
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1 week ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Andrew Walden
‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
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hawaiifreepress.com | AWR Hawkins
EXCLUSIVE: Montana AG Knudsen Leads Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
by AWR Hawkins, Breitbart News, May 5, 2025
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition urging SCOTUS to intervene and halt Hawaii’s “sensitive” places concealed carry ban.
The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand.
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1 week ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Andrew Walden
Excerpt from SB1396 testimony of Michael McGarry, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs for Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), April 2, 2025
… SB1396, HD2 seeks to establish a funding mechanism to address environmental impacts from visitors to Hawaii through an expansion of the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) to include the cruise industry as well as an increase to the current TAT rate.
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1 week ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Christian Britschgi
Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
Shahzaad Ausman has had to sue the county to confirm that he can continue to live in his own home.
Hawaii Homeowner Goes Through Permit Hell After County Tells Him His Decades-Old Home Is Illegal
by Christian Britschgi, Reason, 4.15.2025
When Shahzaad Ausman purchased a small seaside home in Captain Cook, Hawaii, in 2021, he had every reason to believe that it was a perfectly legal dwelling.
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1 week ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Tom Yamachika
The Major Raid that Wasn’t By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government The Major Raid that Wasn’t by Tom Yamachika, President, Tax Foundation Hawaii It’s around this time in our legislative session when surprises start happening. Some are good, some not so great. But you, the taxpaying public, are not alone when it comes to surprises. Sometimes it’s the government itself that is on the receiving end. House Bill 1153, Relating to Funding Adjustments for State...
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2 weeks ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Stephen Gutowski
DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 6 Views :: Second Amendment DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case by Stephen Gutowski, The Reload, May 1, 2025 The Department of Justice (DOJ) took the unusual step of asking the Supreme Court to take up a Second Amendment case in which the Federal Government is not a party. On Thursday, the DOJ said The Court should weigh in on whether Hawaii’s ban on carrying guns in...
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2 weeks ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Audrey Streb
Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 4 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary Trump Admin Sues To Block Blue States From Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change by Audrey Streb, Daily Caller News Foundation, May 01, 2025 The Trump administration filed lawsuits Wednesday against Michigan and Hawaii in an attempt to block the states from seeking damages in court against fossil...
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2 weeks ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Kenneth Araullo |Giulia Carbonaro
SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 17 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics Editor's Note: After Hawaii's grotesquely politicized Courts screwed Lahaina fire insurers out of their subrogation rights in order to protect HECO and KSBE, Hawaii's dirty little legislature is piling on with a redirect. SCR198: Text, Status and SR178: Text, Status call on Lahaina insurers to "pursu(e) subrogation...
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2 weeks ago | 
hawaiifreepress.com | Tom Yamachika
HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 8 Views :: Taxes Small Victory by Tom Yamachika, President Tax Foundation Hawaii At this time in our legislative session, in the chaos that is our system for making laws in this State, those interested in laws being made, like us in the Foundation for instance, are relegated to waiting on the side nervously while back-room decisions about legislative bills are being made. It is the time for conference committee meetings,...