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Entries for 'News Release'
Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Green Addresses United Nations, Admits Hawaii Failing to Implement UN Eco Goals
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 2463 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The review highlights progress on achieving the six Aloha+ Challenge goals, which are the state’s local implementation of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Hawaiʻi stands as the sole state in the United States to have submitted a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) ....
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Hawaii Finally Outlaws Nepotism--except Legislative and Judicial
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 1930 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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... It applies to almost all state employees (except those working for the legislative or judicial branches) ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Double Nothing is Nothing: City announces updated and corrected ridership numbers for Skyline
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 1840 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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... $13B / 3,666 avg daily riders = $3.5M per rider We could have bought each rider a house near their job and a Cadillac or two to put in the garage -- and still saved billions ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Board of Parks and Recreation relaunching with eight new nominees
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 1010 Views :: Honolulu County
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... a volunteer board created to advise DPR on recreational, cultural, and public entertainment opportunities at City parks and facilities ....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
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Red Hill Surge Tanks First to be Drained
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 1453 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Approximately 480,000 gallons of fuel are expected to be removed from the surge tanks. Defueling operations are expected to begin on July 17, 2023, and run through July 30, 2023....
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Monday, July 10, 2023 |
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DHHL Seeks Recommendations for 2024 Legislative Package
By News Release @ 2:16 PM :: 1322 Views :: DHHL
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... All proposals must but be submitted by July 31, 2023 ....
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Sunday, July 9, 2023 |
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Green Stacks HTA Board Before 'Special' Meeting
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 1550 Views :: Tourism
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... That means the HTA board will be under new leadership when it holds a special meeting Thursday to discuss how to proceed after current HTA President and CEO John De Fries leaves the agency ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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HSTA Flies 98 to Florida Rally for Transsexual Agenda
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 2005 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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... transsexual recruitment must not be opposed ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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New Sunshine Law Requirements
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 1476 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... two 2023 laws, Act 019 and Act 125, added new Sunshine Law requirements effective July 1 and October 1, 2023 ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 1255 Views :: Judiciary
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... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following judicial vacancy ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Only 1,245 passengers ride Rail on first day they had to pay
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 2149 Views :: Rail
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... DO THE MATH: $13B / 1,245 = $10.4M per passenger -- slightly more than a Bugatti Centodieci ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Need $60K to Pay Your Mortgage?
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1674 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... Since the program’s inception in 2021, service providers from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Hawaiʻi Community Lending have been serving homeowners with the greatest needs ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 1585 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Green Seeks Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 1315 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... Green will nominate a successor to Circuit Judge Christine E. Kuriyama, who retired in June 2023 ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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HHFDC Gives Solar Farm Control of Waianae Affordable Housing Complex
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1423 Views :: Energy, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The agreement, which began on June 30, calls for Solar Farm View Estates LLC (SFVE) to undertake substantial repairs to the complex and operate it for the next 75 years. The Board of Directors of HHFDC, which retains the property’s fee-simple interest, approved a $4.95 million, low-interest, 10-year loan that allows SFVE to facilitate the repairs ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Oahu Park water reduction efforts exceed expectations
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 1355 Views :: Honolulu County
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... BWS called for a voluntary 10% water reduction last summer, park users reduced their use by 15.4% ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Amber Jackson Murder Case Reopened 13 years later
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 2019 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... Kauai Police and outside agencies working on forensic evidence and DNA testing ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 1:26 PM :: 1386 Views :: Judiciary
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... Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for three vacancies in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu) ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Animal Welfare Groups Urge Ninth Circuit to Affirm the Ban on Cockfighting in the Northern Mariana Islands
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 1542 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... The case, on appeal before the Ninth Circuit from the Northern Mariana Islands District Court, is the latest—and likely the last—in a stream of cases filed by the pro-cockfighting bloc to obstruct the ban on cockfighting in U.S. territories. ...
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Green Signs $37.2B Budget
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1543 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, hailed the tax break bill as a positive financial benefit for struggling families ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Learning for their Future: 127,000 Hawaii Keiki Given EBT Cards
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1592 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... DHS provided more than 127,000 eligible children with $328 million in food assistance support ....
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Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Green Releases 'Intent to Veto' List--Legislature Will not Override
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 3364 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D., today notified legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 11 bills passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature during the 2023 session. ...
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Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1584 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Tourism, Obama
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... Former President Barack Obama, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, and Senator Hirono Promote Peace through Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Sister Park Arrangement ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UH 'Disappointed' by Affirmative Action Ruling Against Anti-Asian Discrimination
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 1613 Views :: Higher Education
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... A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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801K Tourists Arrive in May, 2023
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 1206 Views :: Tourism
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... this represents a 94.6 percent recovery in total visitor arrivals from May 2019 ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UHERO: Housing Even More Expensive Than Reported
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 1371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Report: Honolulu Liquor Commission is Still a Mess
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1419 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... how many years has this been going on? ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects Officers
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 829 Views :: Small Business
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“...The SBRRB oversees rules and regulations for Hawai‘i small businesses promulgated by state and county agencies...."
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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City Fined $434K for Dumping Sewage into Kaneohe Bay
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 925 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... Between April 2023 and May 2023, CCH discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in exceedance of daily NPDES permit limits for enterococci on 13 occasions ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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ACLU: Why did Police Leave Rifle Unattended?
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 1404 Views :: Police
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"... an incredibly neglectful and reckless weapons security practice on the part of HPD ...."
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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14 Years Later HiDoT Still Trying to get Rid of Falls of Clyde
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1619 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism
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... HDOT is working to redevelop Pier 7 at Honolulu Harbor which has been vacant and inactive for the last 14 years, after Bishop Museum closed the Hawaiʻi Maritime Center ....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii's 'Sensitive Places' Gun Law
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1666 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The lawsuit targets several problematic provisions within ACT 52, including the ban on carrying firearms at parks, beaches, banks, restaurants that serve alcohol, and their adjacent parking areas ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Feds Back Hawaii Sterile Mosquito Plan
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 2052 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment
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... Implementing cutting-edge strategies to control and eradicate invasive mosquitoes that spread avian malaria, which has ravaged Hawaiian forest bird populations ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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DoH conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 2065 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 2091 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Health Care, Military
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... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....
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Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
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Kauai: Sterile Mosquito Plan Released
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 2210 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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... draft environmental assessment for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on the island of Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria ....
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Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
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HiDOT Jacks up Airport Parking Fees in Effort to Price You Out
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 2282 Views :: Tourism, Cost of Living
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... the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation expects the additional benefit of reduced demand for overnight and multiple-day parking ....
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Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
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Hawaii Republicans Finally Elect Party Treasurer
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 7842 Views :: Republican Party
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... results from electronic vote released ....
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Friday, June 23, 2023 |
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OHA CEO Sylvia Hussey Quits
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 2846 Views :: OHA
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... OHA Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey notified agency staff members of the planned June 30, 2023, departure by email on May 3. ....
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Friday, June 23, 2023 |
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Hawaii Tops Health Rankings Again
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 286 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....
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Friday, June 23, 2023 |
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'Multi-Ton' Chinese Fentanyl Exporters Arrested in Honolulu
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 2524 Views :: Drugs
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... advertising fentanyl precursors as a “Mexico hot sale;” guaranteeing “100% stealth shipping” abroad; and posting to its websites documentation of Amarvel Biotech shipping chemicals to Culiacan ....
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Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
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New XO at HI-EMA
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1983 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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... Don Aweau most recently served with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a senior advisor ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Gun Registration Applications Drop
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 2084 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... 21,881 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2022, marking a 6.1% decrease ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Sailor Wins Right to Register Guns
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 3369 Views :: Military, Second Amendment
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... City and state to pay $130K to settle gun owner’s lawsuit ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Oil Spills: EPA Hammers Pacific Biodiesel
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 2127 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Failure to implement measures required by the SPCC Rule can threaten public health or the welfare of fish and other wildlife ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Blangiardi announces leadership changes at two City departments
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 2109 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Keith Suzuka will serve as Deputy Director of the Department of Land Management and Ben Sullivan will serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency ....
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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Maui Mayor accepting applications to Independent Nomination Board
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1849 Views :: Maui County
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... The application deadline is 4:30 p.m. June 29 ....
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Monday, June 19, 2023 |
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Neighborhood Commission Office Holds Revote in Hawaii Kai Subdistrict 11
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 2106 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... a computer glitch prevented Sub District 11 voters from being able to electronically submit their votes ....
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Friday, June 16, 2023 |
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Hawaii May Unemployment 3.1%
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 2027 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... in comparison with March 2020 (the last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 24,200, or -3.7 percent ....
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Friday, June 16, 2023 |
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HTA: De Fries Gets Boot
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 2093 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... 'Hawai‘i Tourism Authority President and CEO John De Fries Announces He Will Decline Extension of Employment Contract' LOL! ....
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