Today, I submitted an amicus brief in Pung v. Isabella County, the "home equity theft" takings case I previously wrote about here. The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute, and a group of takings ...

On weekdays, Maddox Pung is in class, practicing, playing basketball for the fourth-ranked, defending OIA champion Kailua Surfriders. On weekends, he has another skill set down to a science. Pung is ...

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Kailua’s Sebastian Ledda shot against Sefo Noga during Monday’s OIA tournament semifinal at McKinley. 1 /2 GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Kailua’s ...

Jackie Pung earned the label “Hawaii’s First Lady of Golf” thanks not just to a successful competitive career but a life dedicated to the game. Into her 80s, long after winning five times in the early ...

A Michigan family says a minor tax dispute cost them their home, and now they are taking their property-rights fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The estate of Scott Pung argues Isabella ...

Isabella County is embroiled in a lawsuit based on property taxes, one that has gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Pung v. Isabella County, was originally filed in 2024 after a home, owned by the ...

In the late 1980s, when a national crack-cocaine epidemic inspired get-tough-on-crime political movements left and right, Orville Pung had other ideas. Orville Pung (Courtesy of Rick Pung) Among them: ...

Founded by Chef Pung Tu Ling, quality is the definite cornerstone of Pung Pung Kitchen’s delectable offerings. Among numerous accolades that include being the head of Singapore’s Famous Chefs ...

Kailua’s 6-foot-3 guard Maddox Pung is averaging 19 points per game this season while orchestrating the offense that boasts veteran players. This season, the senior runs the offense in lieu of Parker, ...