Email from Hawaii Free Press Hawai'i Free Press Weekly News Read April 19 2026 View as Webpage Luke Quits Race After Polls Show Her Losing 2-1--but does not resign as LG “...I intend to continue doing the job I was elected to do...." read more... Green: I cannot leave Hawaii with Luke as LG … when a governor leaves the state, decision-making authority shifts to the lieutenant governor. Maybe she could pardon herself …. read more … Complete Debunk: UHERO Tries and Fails to Make the Case Against LNG " ... natural gas is often far cheaper than oil ... " read more... Rich States Poor States--Hawaii 43rd: Tax policy largely determines states’ economic competitiveness ... the report authors praised Democratic Hawaii lawmakers for reducing some taxes he said would ease the cost of living. Too bad the Legislature is about to reverse this .... read more... SB3125: $600M Hawaii income tax hike hangs in balance as legislative session nears end … Senate Bill 3125 as the vehicle to decide whether the next five years of tax breaks should be scaled back by $600M …. read more … Cost of Living vs Income: “When you adjust for prices Hawaiʻi is sitting right alongside West Virginia and Mississippi.” … meanwhile, Legislators Bicker Over How Much to Raise Taxes …. read more … $600M? Lawyers Grab for 15% of Maui Fire Settlement … This is triple what the insurers got …. read more … SB1166: Screwed out of Subrogation, Let Lahaina Fire Insurers ‘Sue Big Oil’ … Insurers have (NOT) recovered losses from utilities whose power lines started destructive wildfires (nor KSBE whose overgrown property fed the fire, nor the Maui FD which left the site prematurely, allowing it to re-kindle), so why not (pay Sher-Edling to sue) the large oil and gas corporations (instead) …. read more … Survey: 37% Consider Moving out of State ... Of those, 78% say housing costs or availability played a moderate or significant role in that decision .... read more... Hawaii Highest Tax Burden in USA ... Hawaii has the highest sales and excise tax burden .... read more... Where’s Your Second Tax Return? Part 2 ... WAM adopted our redraft .... read more... Worst Place to Start a Business? Six Hawaii Towns Ranked ... four Oahu locations near the bottom of this national scorecard .... read more... “We the chiefs were the terror of the country” ... Appeal to the Princess: Nahi’ena’ena, David Malo and Waine'e Church in Early Hawaiian Newspapers .... read more... Cost of Housing: Hawaii to Finally Get ‘Tax Increment Financing’? … Hawaiʻi is one of only two states that doesn't use tax increment financing for public works …. read more … Skyline Fakes the Math as Daily Ridership Drops for 3rd Month in a Row … Remember 313,000? A look at HART's shifty ridership projections …. read more … SB2471: Genius legislators vote to Stop Unions from Spending Money on Elections … several unions have opposed the ‘Stop Corporate Personhood’ measure out of concern that the bill still limits their ability to engage in elections …. read more … Soft on Crime: Cock Fight Shooter free on the street with Ankle Monitor – busted with ghost gun during Club Brawl … Three years ago he allegedly shot up a cock fight on Waianae Coast. Now he’s out walking the streets with a useless ankle monitor …. read more … Election 2026: 276 Candidates Pull Papers to Run ... still only no-name candidates for LG .... read more... When good bills go bad ... several of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s priority measures are still in play .... read more... Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review ... HB1875 juvenile sex change passes Senate 21-4 .... read more... Trump’s Jones Act waiver sets new legal precedent ... Trump’s navigation waiver is the first to be issued since the enabling federal statute was extensively amended in 2021 to make the waiver process more restrictive .... read more... Judge Tosses Trump Admin Suit Designed to Block Hawaii from Suing 'Big Oil' ... agreeing with its argument that the United States lacks standing to sue over hypothetical allegations .... read more... Youth activists try to revive suit over Trump fossil fuel policies ...The plaintiffs argue that three executive orders focused on “unleashing” American energy are unconstitutional.... read more... AG Releases Hawaii Firearm Registration Numbers ... a 14.7% increase .... read more... 2A: Hawaiʻi hit with permanent injunction over non-resident carry ban ... The injunction bars enforcement of HRS § 134-9(a)(5) to the extent it blocks non-residents from obtaining carry licenses based solely on residency .... read more... State Agribusiness Development Corporation Takes Next Steps on Wahiawā Dam Acquisition ...the board to proceed with a final vote before the June 30, 2026 deadline in Act 218.... read more... Eminent Domain: State Owes $7M and Counting for Maalaea Boatyard ...After a 13-year legal battle, a trial court agreed that Hawaii owed $7 million for his land.... read more... Green Appoints Ratcliffe for HD28 ... filling the vacancy created by the appointment of former Rep. Daniel Holt to DLNR .... read more... Finalists named for 2026 Hawaiʻi Island appointment to UH Board of Regents ... Chad Cabral, Makai Fretas, Wendy Laros .... read more... Green Appoints Amemiya, Laderta to UH Board of Regents ... Green fills two Honolulu County seats for 5-year appointments, beginning July 1, 2026 .... read more... FEMA Affirms Kona Low Disaster Declaration ... Being recognized as a major disaster opens the door for additional federal resources and establishes a shared responsibility between the state and federal government to support our communities .... read more... Guam and CNMI: Super Typhoon Sinlaku--Relief Flights Begin ...FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Honolulu District have activated a closely coordinated joint operation to provide critical relief and initiate long-term recovery support.... read more... SNAP -- Buy Hot Food with EBT Card for One Month Only ... DHS has received federal approval for a temporary waiver allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households to purchase hot foods using their benefits at authorized retailers statewide, from April 17 through May 16, 2026 .... read more... DoTAX Announces Charges in Tax Case ...Charges were filed in Hawaiʻi County by the Department of the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Division March 25, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit.... read more... PREVIOUS ARTICLES  Green Lied: Tax Hikes will take Thousands from Middle Class Conveyance Tax Fright The Moment Hawaii Self-Destructed: House and Senate trade bills designed to preserve ‘vacant positions’ by Increasing Taxes Kamehameha Admissions: Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology? 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