February 2, 2026
February 2, 2026
Local News
- Capitol Connections: Sen. Sharon Moriwaki On Building More Kupuna Housing | HNN
- Lawmakers Call For Urgency In Probe Of Alleged $35K Bribe | KHON
- Lawmakers Look At Ways To Improve Road Safety Following Rise In Traffic Deaths | KHON
- Proposed Bill Looks At Targeting Abandoned Shopping Carts | KHON
- Legislature Considers 'Clean' Plant Program To Progress Biosecurity Efforts | HPR
- Hawai‘i Architects Meet With Lawmakers | ASD
- Hawaii Lawmaker Looks To Ban Popular ‘Prediction Market’ Wagering | SA
- Bills Address Nurse Staffing Levels And Patient Safety | SA
- New Legislative Bills Would Allow Residents To Kill Wild Chickens | SA
- Bills Would Protect Reefs, Bar Military Live-Fire Training, Expand Robotics | SA
- Green’s Tax Cut Freeze Plan Repeals Five Years Of Additional Savings For Taxpayers | SA
- DOE Made Little Progress Last Year On Local Food Goals | HCB
- Booming Market For Local Data Storage Space | HPR
- No Real ID Yet? You Can Still Fly, But There May Be A Cost | HNN
- New UHERO Report Finds Hawaiʻi’s Economy Has “Lagged Behind The Rest Of The U.S. For Years” | KHON
- ‘It’s Sad’: Kaiser Pharmacist On Strike Speaks Out, Organization Responds | HNN
- Scammers Posing As Police Pressuring Kupuna To Send Thousands Of Dollars | KITV
- Reed Mahuna Tapped To Serve As Hawaiʻi County’s Next Police Chief | HCB
- Hawaii Council Seeks Audit Of $33M In County Homeless Grants | SA
- Operation Reverse Robinhood: Big Island Lawyer Gets 6 Years For Scam | HCB
- Spittlebug Threatens Hawaii Island’s Cattle Industry | SA
- Council Urges Restoration Of Isaac Hale Park | HTH
- Whale Freed After Rescue Effort Off The Big Island | KITV
- Construction Company Faces $390k Penalty For Water Pollution On Kauai | HNN
- Chickenpox Outbreak Reported At Kauai Elementary School | HNN
- Mimasaki Sister City Delegation Visits Kauai | GI
- Hawaii Supreme Court Hears Insurance Appeal In Maui Wildfire Settlement | HNN
- West Maui Water Prices May Rise | ASD
- State Board Approves Maui Wind Farm | MN
- Maui Youth Volunteers Lend A Listening Ear To Peers Through Crisis Hotline | HPR
- Hawaiian Music Series Marks Return To Lahaina With More Than 200 Attendees | MN
- New Plans For Aloha Stadium Add More Seating, Suites | HNN
- BWS Claims Red Hill Fuel Spill Not Over, PFAS Detected West | KHON
- Honolulu City Council’s Affordable Housing Bills Face Strong Resistance | SA
- Vigil, Protest Commemorates Victims Of Minneapolis Shootings, ICE Detainees | HNN
- Meet The Oʻahu Woman On A Mission To Stop The Ala Wai Canal Bridge | HCB
- 'We Want UH Mānoa To Be A Safe Space': Students Walk Out Against ICE Actions | HPR
- Editorial: Wait And See On Free School Meals | SA
- Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Deal With Exploding Technology This Session | HCB
- Gary Hooser: A Call To Public Service: If Not You, Then Who? | HCB
- IDEAS: What Ariel Sellers' Court Records Tell Us About The Child Welfare System | HCB
- Let The Sunshine In: Hot Political Topics Are Stoking Sunshine Bills This Year | HCB
- Tom Yamachika: Tax Versus Judiciary | TF
National News
- Expanded Work Requirements For The Biggest US Food Aid Program Are Kicking In For More States | AP
- Trump Says Feds Won’t Intervene During Protests In Democratic-Led Cities Unless Asked To Do So | AP
- Partial US Government Shutdown Enters Third Day As Funding Standoff Continues | BBC
- Marijuana, Abortion, Noncitizen Voting On Ballots In 2026 | CS
- States Where Household Income Has Grown The Most | GOV
- Newsom Leads Resistance To RFK Jr.’s Public Health Upheaval | The Hill
- Hoping To Avoid A Bumpy Drive? These Cities Have The Worst Roads In The Country, Says New Study | The Hill
- Gabbard Aides Attack WSJ As ‘Utter Trash’ Over Whistleblower Report | The Hill
- Hemp And Marijuana Are The Same Species. So Why All The Different Laws? | NPR
- Anti-ICE Protesters Call For National Action Against Federal Immigration Tactics | NPR
- Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search | NYT
- App Store Age-Gating Bills Advance | PB
- States Step In With Health Insurance Subsidies To Help People Stay Covered | PB
- Trump’s Reconciliation Bill Has States Worried About Breakneck Pace | PB
- Nationwide Drive Seeks To Make Plug-In Solar Easier For Households | PB
- FirstNet Reauthorization Effort Hits Congress | Route Fifty
- States That Once Led In Child Vaccination Fall As They Expand Exemptions | SL
- Most Of The Federal Government Shuts Down, But A Quick End Is In Sight | WP
- Are YIMBYs Winning The Housing Wars? Not So Fast, These People Say. | WP
- Opinion: Donald J. Trump: My Tariffs Have Brought America Back | WSJ