Email from Hawaii Free Press Hawai'i Free Press Weekly News Read May 10 2026 View as Webpage Young Brothers Swiped $26M In State Money (and it’s not the first time) … Interisland shipper Young Brothers ‘diverted’ more than $26 million in wharfage fees it was supposed to remit to the state in 2024 and 2025 …. read more … ‘Peter Boy’ lawsuit drags on: ‘What the state did was terrible. The liability is obvious’ … 29 years after Peter Boy was tortured to death, DHS still trying to evade responsibility …. read more … Legislative Session Ends with No Answer from AG on $35K Bribe … a “dark cloud” hanging over this year’s session as a criminal investigation into a mystery lawmaker who may have taken $35,000 in bribes widens …. read more … Feds Investigating 562,000 Fraudulent COVID Loans ...as many as 2,300 fraudulent loans in Hawaii.... read more... Indictment: $647K Embezzled from Homeowner Associations ...“unauthorized payments totaling approximately $647,061.09 ... via 22 checks from Makaha Surfside and/or Lalawai Hale and/or lolani Regent and/or Palehua Gardens and/or 1040 Kinau”.... read more... Lambert and Two Outsiders finalists for Honolulu police chief … It’s Lambert. No outsider will ever be picked …. read more … Hawaii 2nd-Worst State to be Police Officer ... Hawaii has the least Law Enforcement Training Requirements .... read more... Hawaii Housing Costs 'Stabilize' at Extremely Unaffordable Level ... UHERO Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook 2026, fourth edition -- offering detailed analysis of the state’s housing market .... read more... $255K Income Needed to Buy Home in Honolulu ... Cities that require the highest income to afford a home .... read more... The Wrong Solutions for Housing ...they do little for housing other than to siphon off a share of affordable housing funds for themselves.... read more... Hawaii Legislature passes first-in-nation bill targeting Citizens United ruling ...Some labor groups also opposed the measure, arguing it could restrict unions’ political activity, though a proposed union carve-out was rejected in conference.... read more... Will PRP Order Josh Green to Veto Anti Citizens United Bill? … Hawaiʻi’s Building and Trades Council unions sounding the alarm …. read more …  Rhoads: SB2471 will force PRP to Change … “the money, the big chunks of money they get” …. read more … $35K Bribe: AG Issues More Subpoenas ... "Since the last update, the department’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division (SIPD) has engaged in additional interviews, issued more subpoenas and continues to examine documents received in response to the subpoenas." .... read more... Election 2026: 316 Candidates Pull Papers to Run ... 99 Democrats and 45 Republicans pull papers for Legislative races .... read more... Pope Names New Bishop for Hawaii ... at age 75, Bishop Silva was required to resign under canon law .... read more... 'Has The Army Made Any Actual Offers?': Tokuda Asks General About Leases In Hawaii ... Rep Tokuda irate because no cash offer for Hawaii military land leases is included as a line item in the Defense budget .... read more... Jones Act Waiver Makes Case for Permanent Reform ... the latest waiver quickly resulted in new shipping routes that "you never see” .... read more... Council Grabs for Control of $41M ‘Emergency Slush Fund’ … The proposed Provision for Operations and Emergency Recovery could be used for emergency purposes … but also regular operating expenses (lol!) …. read more … After Raising Your Taxes, $50M deposit proposed for Hawaii’s state ‘rainy day’ fund … We just had a whole month of ‘rainy days’. Instead of using the fund, these clowns raised your taxes and put money IN to the fund …. read more … ‘Sue Big Oil’ Bill Fails … conference committee failed late Friday …. read more … The ‘New Tourism’ -- More Money Spent at Hotels and Less at Small Businesses … people go to the resorts and don’t leave …. read more … Kona Low Storm Damage: 260 Oahu homes ‘uninhabitable’ … Another 445 properties suffered non-structural damage that required lower levels of repair …. read more … Tax Bills: Some Look Radically Different ... Here are some of the more significant ones .... read more... Historic 2024 tax cuts rescued for majority of Hawaii residents ... under the measure approved by the Legislature yesterday, most Hawaii residents will get to keep all of their tax cuts .... read more... Hawaii Legislature Adjourns Sine Die, Marking Defeat of Several Anti-Gun Bills ... Anti-gun bills defeated this session include .... read more... Hawaii constitutional amendment on resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity (RISE) bonds referred to November 2026 ballot ... counties, to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to finance public works projects and other housing and community development expenses .... read more... Grassroot celebrates defensive wins as Hawaiʻi Legislature comes to close ... this year’s state legislative session felt a lot like playing goalie in soccer with “a million balls headed our way” .... read more... Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review ... HB1961 & HB1875 Awaiting Governor Action .... read more... House Democrats Proud of Massive Tax Hike, but juvenile sex changes, not so much ... SB3125 touted--but House Dems didn’t mention HB1875, sex change surgery for children. Its on the Governor’s desk now .... read more... SB3001: Legislators Trying to Regulate AI ... establishing some of the nation’s first consumer protections and transparency requirements for conversational artificial intelligence services, particularly for minors and individuals seeking mental health or crisis support .... read more... Legislature passes bills for automatic voter registration, DHHL, 'Corporate personhood' ...The legislative session ends Friday, with a the corporate spending bill still hanging in the balance.... read more... March: Tourist Count and Spending Both Down ...There were 888,349 total visitors in March 2026, down 1.7 percent compared to March 2025 (903,891 visitors).... read more... SB903: Now That Your Taxes have been increased, Legislators Give OHA $55M “This is not a permanent solution" read more... After Raising Your Taxes, Conference Committee Gives $55M to OHA ...Conference Committee Approves Measure Releasing $55 Million to OHA.... read more... Feds Extend Native Hawaiian Education Funding One More Year ...$46 million in federal funding.... read more... State Transfers $89M More GE Tax Revenues to Pay for Rail “Since January 2018, we have verified approximately $3.0 billion in invoices and withheld approximately $23.5 million” read more... Despite Flooding, Waialua Robotics Team has a Winning Season ... Waialua Robotics competes in British Columbia, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii .... read more... Judicial Vacancies in Maui, Kauai Counties ... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations .... read more... Feds Bust Meth Gang Centered on Puuwai Momi Housing complex ... Investigators seized at least twenty pounds of methamphetamine during the investigation .... read more... 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