January 8, 2026
January 8, 2026
Local News
- $35K Mystery Payment: Bill Would Extend Time To Prosecute | HCB
- Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $15M For Geothermal Exploration | HNN
- 6 Takeaways From Hawaiʻi’s New Peer Support Initiative | KHON
- Hawaii Tax Revenue Forecast Stable Amid Upbeat Economic Outlook | SA
- Hawaiʻi Receives First Year Of $190M In Federal Funding For Rural Hospitals | HPR
- Hawaii Attorney General Declines To Open Investigation Into Bribery Case | HNN
- Nearly 30% Of State Sheriff, Investigator Positions Are Vacant, Officials Say | HPR
- Hawaii Pacific Health, HMSA Propose New Parent Organization 'One Health Hawaii' | KITV
- Need A Doctor? Hawaiʻi’s Physician Shortage Keeps Getting Worse | HCB
- British Museum Exhibit Showcasing Hawaiʻi Artifacts Has Been Years In The Making | HPR
- Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines To Try Out Biofuel In Partnership With Par Hawaii | HPR
- First Tee — Hawaii Opens Registration For Youth Golf Programs Statewide | KITV
- Hawaii Island Fire Station Receives $14M For Repairs | HNN
- $30 Million Invested. Hawaiʻi Island Homeless Population Still Grew | HCB
- Community Groups Out In Front In The Fight Against Hunger On Hawaiʻi Island | HPR
- South Kohala Water Restrictions Ease After Rain | HNN
- Parking Lot Improvements Underway At Līhu‘e Airport | ASD
- Dominic Yagong, Former Council Chairman, Dies At 66 | HTH
- Speaker Of The House Issues Statement In The Paper-Bag-Of-Cash Case | GI
- Muralist Celebrated At Council Meeting | GI
- North Shore Kauaʻi Market On Challenges Of Supporting Community In A Food Desert | HPR
- Produce Suppliers Scramble After Young Brothers Shipment Delay | HNN
- Restoration Work Complete at Temporary Wildfire Debris Disposal Site | MN
- Bill To Save Thousands Of Maui Vacation Rentals Heads To Planning Commissions | HCB
- Sentry Donates $1 Million to Maui Nonprofits | MN
- Mayor Blangiardi Signs Honolulu Police Department Media Access Bill | SA
- North Shore Landowner Says It Is Taking Community Concerns Into Account For Gondola Project | KHON
- BLNR To Discuss Proposed Kapolei Hydrogen Plant | ASD
- HTLA Visitor Public Safety Conference: Crime Is Down With Efforts To Further Reduce To Come | KHON
- BWS Partners With Environmental Services Department To Boost Water Rebates | KITV
- Editorial: Don’t Raise Stink On Sewer Fee Hike | SA
- Island Voices Opinion: U.S. Lapses Into Harsh Immigration Tactics, But There’s Hope | SA
National News
- New Jersey Is The Latest State To Ban Cellphones During The School Day In Grades K-12 | AP
- Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ New Law Means States Have Big Decisions This Year On Medicaid, SNAP And Taxes | AP
- Justice Department Sues Connecticut And Arizona As Part Of Effort To Get Voter Data From The States | AP
- Trump Urged Mid-Decade Redistricting. One-Third Of States Have Now Looked At Reshaping House Seats | AP
- Nevada Preparing Waiver To Block Food Aid Recipients From Buying Sugary Drinks, Candy | AP
- Trump Withdraws US From Key Climate Treaty And Dozens Of Other Groups | BBC
- Federal Funding Bill Decreases Spending, Limits Firing Power | CS
- Feds Freeze $10B In Aid To Colorado, Four Other States | CS
- San Francisco Takes A Big Swing Against Ultra-Processed Foods | GOV
- California Pushes Back As Trump Moves To Withhold Child-Care Funding | GOV
- As Rural Schools Disappear, Policy Battles Emerge Over Consolidation | GOV
- Democrats To Investigate Trump, Oil Companies’ Coordination On Venezuela | The Hill
- Trump Administration Finalizes Plan To Roll Back Federal Environmental Guidelines Under Bedrock Law | The Hill
- Hochul Proposes Universal Childcare With Mamdani In NY | The Hill
- Minimum Wage Rises In Some States As Workers Struggle With Basic Costs | NYT
- States Push To Control Prescription Drug Prices Amid Rising Health Care Costs | PB
- How Californians Can Use A New State Website To Block Hundreds Of Data Brokers | Route Fifty
- New Jersey’s Innovation Office First To Be Enshrined In State Law | Route Fifty
- Worried About Surveillance, States Enact Privacy Laws And Restrict License Plate Readers | SL
- ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Driver Through Car Window In Minneapolis | SL
- Trump Moves To Ban Big Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes | WSJ