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• Lt. Gov. Luke discloses $7,800 in unreported 2022 donations

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke did not report $7,870 in campaign donations and $3,882 in spending during the first six months of 2022, according to a statement released by her campaign on Friday.
  
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• Kokua Line: Will bulky pickup take extra-large sectional sofa?

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Question: Years ago we bought one of those very large sectional sofas from Costco. It’s worn out — not good enough to donate. Will the city take it away or would it be considered too large? We also have carpet and underlay that we pulled up and need to get rid of. We are elderly and hoping the city will pick this up.
  
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• Heavy storm expected to slam into state

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation ahead of a heavy storm that is expected to hit Hawaiitoday.
  
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• Hawaii pilot program aims to curb evictions

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A new statewide pre-eviction mediation law that went into effect last month has already had success in keeping Hawaii tenants in their homes.
  
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• Hawaii gas prices tick up amid nationwide spike

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii gas prices have risen only a little in the past week amid a large increase nationally, and it’s uncertain whether a spike driven by the war in Iran could be around the corner.
  
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• Former Hawaii lawmaker Bertrand Kobayashi awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Former state legislator Bertrand Yoshito Kobayashi was formally presented on March 3 with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, one of Japan’s highest honors, in recognition of his decades-long work strengthening ties between Japan, Hawaii and the United States.
  
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• Council reviews mayor’s $5 billion budget for 2027

  10-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The Honolulu City Council had its first review Monday of the city’s proposed$5.08 billion budget package for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
  
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• Hawaiian Electric seeks rate hikes for next 2 years

  09-03-2026 11:06 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii’s largest electric utility has filed a request with state regulators to raise utility rates in each of the next two years.
  
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• Prediction market bets could be restricted

  09-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii could see new restrictions on online prediction markets under a bill advancing at the Legislature, after lawmakers raised concerns about people placing bets on real-world events — including the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
  
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• Honolulu Festival celebrates cultural exchange as it turns 30

  09-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The Honolulu Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary Friday through Sunday with a full weekend of cultural performances, exhibits, and community events across Oahu, as organizers and government leaders highlight the festival’s role in strengthening Hawaii’s long‑standing ties with Japan.
  
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• Hawaii doctors warn aging crisis is outpacing geriatric care system

  09-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii has the longest life expectancy in the United States — a point of pride that physicians say is also creating an urgent challenge.
  
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• Hawaii ambassador would work to restore Canadian travel

  09-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii would be represented by an “unofficialambassador” to Canada through a bill designed torestore positive relations with Canadian visitors,who represent the state’s fourth-largest, but shrinking tourism market.
  
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• Bill for prescibing psychologists program on Kauai advances

  09-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Some psychologists may be able to prescribe medications for their patients as part of a pilot program on Kauai, if approved by the state Legislature.
  
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• Vital Statistics: Feb. 26 – March 4, 2026

  09-03-2026 11:04 via staradvertiser.com
  Marriage licenses and birth certificates
  
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• Taiwan, Honolulu discuss Chinatown Cultural Plaza redevelopment

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A Taiwan government delegation has agreed to launch a formal feasibility study for the long‑stalled redevelopment of the Chinatown Cultural Plaza, signaling the first movement forward after four years of friction between Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Taiwan over the deteriorating, crime‑plagued property.
  
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• Review: ‘Kaula’ offers fresh spin on tourist luau

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Mahina, a young Native Hawaiian woman, is curious about her place in the world around her and the significance of the stars above. Her grandmother explains that we are connected — like flowers strung on a lei — to the generations that came before us and to the generations yet to come.
  
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• Pearl Harbor-based sub sank Iranian vessel

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The recent sinking of an Iranian navy frigate in the Indian Ocean — the first American submarine strike on an enemy target since World War II — was carried out by a Pearl Harbor-based fast-attack submarine.
  
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• On the Move: Joe Castaneda

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  HUGS (Help, Understanding & Support Group) elected Joe Castaneda as president of its board of directors. Castaneda, a principal broker with REMAX Hawaii West Oahu, has been a member of the HUGS board since 2024 and previously served as president of the organization’s HIP (HUGS Island Professionals) advisory committee. He also has served on the boards of the National Association of Realtors, Hawaii Association of Realtors, the Honolulu Board of Realtors and the Hawaii Residential Real E
  
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• Kokua Line: Which snorkel masks were deemed unsafe?

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Question: Where were the recalled snorkel masks sold and what is the brand name?
  
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• Homeless encampment moored along Keehi Stream poses knotty challenges

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The state, city and outreach teams from the Institute for Human Services continue to try to connect to a growing homeless population living aboard a flotilla of 20 or so structures moored on either side of Keehi Stream in Kalihi, often within reach of the well-established Kahauiki Village community of families who were formerly homeless.
  
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• Hanabusa remembered as ‘old-school aunty’

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  After Colleen Wakako Hanabusa passed away early Friday morning at age 74, she was immediately remembered as a tough, passionate, brilliant attorney and legislator who broke barriers and thrived in the minutiae of lawmaking.
  
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• Excess in the state’s special funds may help ease budget concerns

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  More than 200 special financial accounts at 20 state agencies are being examined by Hawaii lawmakers for excessive holdings that could help pay for general state expenses amid a challenging budgetary environment.
  
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• Column: Broken promises on tax cuts carry a steep political price

  08-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  There’s nothing so sweet for elected officials as giving voters big tax cuts in an election year — and nothing so mortifying as having to take them back before the next election.
  
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• On the Move: Mathew Loughlin

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaii Pacific Health has promoted Mathew Loughlin to chief risk officer from vice president of hospital operations at Pali Momi. Loughlin joined in 2001 as a graduate nurse at the hospital’s emergency department and had later served as an ED charge nurse, hospital house supervisor and manager of patient flow until transferring to the hospital’s risk management in 2016. Succeeding Loughlin’s position as vice president of hospital operations is Nhelda Aguda, previously director
  
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• Oahu median home sale prices hits record $1.2 million

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The median price for Oahu single-family homes in February inched up to a record $1,205,000 as the housing market stabilized ahead of the spring buying season.
  
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• Oahu median home sale price hits record $1.2 million

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The median price for Oahu single-family homes in February inched up to a record $1,205,000 as the housing market stabilized ahead of the spring buying season.
  
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• Oahu home sales hit record $1,205,000

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The median price for Oahu single-family homes in February inched up to a record $1,205,000 as the housing market stabilized ahead of the spring buying season.
  
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• Navy contends Red Hill illnesses were result of military service

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Military families sickened by the 2021 Red Hill water crisis say the federal government is twisting a doctrine meant for battlefield decisions to defend its assertion that injuries from consuming, bathing and cooking with jet‑fuel‑contaminated water were “incident to service.”
  
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• Navy claims fuel contamination was a result of military service

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Military families sickened by the 2021 Red Hill water crisis say the federal government is twisting a doctrine meant for battlefield decisions to defend its assertion that injuries from consuming, bathing and cooking with jet‑fuel‑contaminated water were “incident to service.”
  
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• HPD arrests furlough inmate in stabbing of 2 women, killing 1

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced late Friday afternoon it “will immediately conduct a comprehensive review of the work furlough program’s policies, procedures and eligibility criteria” after police said earlier in the day that a 55-year-old convicted felon, arrested for allegedly critically injuring his estranged wife and killing his girlfriend, was out on a work furlough pass Thursday.
  
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• Estimated cost of Keaau health center climbs to $90M

  07-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The estimated cost for a new outpatient medical facility to be built in Keaau by Hilo Benioff Medical Center has increased to as much as $90 million from $60 million.
  
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• Former U.S Rep. Colleen Hanabusa dies at age 74

  06-03-2026 20:49 via staradvertiser.com
  Colleen Hanabusa, a formidable Hawaii politician and prominent labor lawyer from Waianae who served in Congress but failed to become Hawaii’s governor and Honolulu’s mayor, died early Friday morning at the age of 74.
  
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• Agreement opens Kolekole Pass in emergencies

  06-03-2026 11:06 via staradvertiser.com
  Military and state officials have signed a new memorandum of understanding establishing procedures to open Kolekole Pass during emergencies to support communities along the Waianae coast.
  
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• YWCA’s Hilo campus planning for $7M renovation, expansion

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The YWCA of Hawaii Island is planning a multi-million dollar renovation to its downtown Hilo campus, including a new building for its preschool program, that will increase the student head count by 40%.
  
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• Rearview Mirror: Earl Finch – a one-man USO who supported nisei soldiers

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  I was asked to speak to a group of visiting Colorado College students about the predominantly nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion during World War II.
  
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• Officers would have to expose their faces under Hawaii bills

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  House and Senate bills that would prohibit law enforcement officers from covering their faces and limit local law enforcement cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials remain alive and appear ready to move into the opposite chamber of the state Capitol for further consideration.
  
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• Officers would have to expose their faces under bills

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  House and Senate bills that would prohibit law enforcement officers from covering their faces and limit local law enforcement cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials remain alive and appear ready to move into the opposite chamber of the state Capitol for further consideration.
  
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• Kokua Line: Does landlord-tenant law dictate utility payments?

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Question: I’m a renter in Honolulu and had a question about tenant rights related to utility billing. My landlord recently billed me for several months of electric charges all at once (up to four months in a single month). I wanted to confirm whether this practice is legal under Hawaii landlord- tenant laws, and if there are any rules about how and when utility charges must be passed on to renters. Is a landlord allowed to send multiple months of electric bills in one lump sum, or are they
  
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• HPD seeking group of males tied to at least 3 gunpoint robberies

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Honolulu police are looking for the “same group of males” wanted in connection with at least three gunpoint robberies on Oahu on Sunday and Monday.
  
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• Honolulu City Council defers affordable rentals measure

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A Honolulu City Council measure that aims to speed the development of projects within the city’s affordable rentals housing program has been deferred for now.
  
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• Hawaii Island council passes measure to raise taxes for ‘luxury’ homes

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The Hawaii County Council voted 5-1 on Wednesday to pass a measure creating a new residential property tax classification for luxury homes worth more than$4 million.
  
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• Council defers affordable rentals measure pending further study

  06-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A Honolulu City Council measure that aims to speed the development of projects within the city’s affordable rentals housing program has been deferred for now.
  
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• Facts of the Matter: Mitochondria function as power plants inside us

  06-03-2026 11:04 via staradvertiser.com
  Every cell in your body is a small, busy city. It has boundaries, communication networks, recycling systems and manufacturing centers. But every city needs power. Without energy, nothing moves, nothing grows and nothing works.
  
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• Man is indicted on murder charge in woman’s killing amid iPad dispute

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  An Oahu grand jury indicted a 36-year-old man Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in the Friday shooting death of Noel Lono, 26, a cousin of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, at their Kapolei home.
  
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• Man convicted of enticement denied bail

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A 44-year-old lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps was denied bail Wednesday ahead of sentencing after he was convicted by a federal jury on Feb. 27 of trying to lure a 14-year-old girl into sex at Schofield Barracks.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder of officer

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  An Oahu grand jury Wednesday indicted a 33-year-old man on charges of first-degree attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and second-
  degree assault and second-
  degree attempted assault of a husband and wife at a Waikiki hotel.
  
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• Kokua Line: How do Global Entry, TSA PreCheck and MPC work?

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Question: Is Global Entry still closed at the Honolulu airport? If yes, will I go through a TSA PreCheck line? When I signed up for Global Entry, which costs more, they said it includes TSA PreCheck, but I don’t know how it works because this will be my first trip since signing up.
  
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• Kapolei man indicted on murder charge in shooting over iPad dispute

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  An Oahu grand jury indicted a 36-year-old man Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in the Friday shooting death of Noel Lono, 26, a cousin of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, at their Kapolei home.
  
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• Hawaii lawmakers revise Gov. Green’s tax-relief freeze bill

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A committee of state lawmakers focused on finances made major changes Wednesday to proposed legislation from Gov. Josh Green to repeal the next five years of scheduled annual state income tax cuts.
  
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• Grand jury indicts man, 33, in attempted murder of officer in Waikiki

  05-03-2026 11:05 via staradvertiser.com
  An Oahu grand jury Wednesday indicted a 33-year-old man on charges of first-degree attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and second-degree assault and second-degree attempted assault of a husband and wife at a Waikiki hotel.
  
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