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| Sunday, June 21, 2026 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 19, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 1:45 PM :: 245 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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| Sunday, June 21, 2026 |
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Did Lawmakers Help or Hurt Taxpayers in 2026?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:40 PM :: 295 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Grading Hawaii's Legislature on Taxes - Keli'i Akina Interviews Tom Yamachika....
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| Sunday, June 21, 2026 |
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The Art of the Tax Deal
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 372 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... the “settlement” that created the Anti-Weaponization Fund has some issues ....
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| Saturday, June 20, 2026 |
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Maui Shoreline Development: Supreme Court Hears Case
By Court House News @ 9:45 AM :: 561 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... the case turns on a distinction: The difference between genuine development and routine activities that were never meant to require permits ....
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| Saturday, June 20, 2026 |
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2027 NDAA Mandates Army Lease Negotiations in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:56 AM :: 550 Views :: Military, OHA
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...Section 2864 establishes direction for the Department of the Army to pursue lease renewals on terms acceptable to both the State of Hawaiʻi and the Department of the Army....
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| Friday, June 19, 2026 |
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Waianae Harbor Meth Camp Gets ANOTHER Extension
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 780 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Drugs
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...The initial deadline was November 27, 2025, followed by extensions to April 30, 2026, June 25, 2026, and now October 16, 2026. ...
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| Friday, June 19, 2026 |
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$35K Bribe: AG 'interviews more witnesses, uncovers more facts'
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 22223 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... "As more facts are discovered, witnesses interviewed, and documents examined, what seemed a simple matter is in fact complex." ....
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| Friday, June 19, 2026 |
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'Children and Youth Fiscal Map' Charts Bureaucratic Cash Flow
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 801 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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"...Detailed Analysis of Public Investments Supporting Hawaiʻi’s Children and Youth from Prenatal Years Through Young Adulthood...."
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| Friday, June 19, 2026 |
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ADC Completes Purchase of Wahiawa Dam
By News Release @ 10:43 AM :: 860 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture
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... ADC was, for years, turning a blind eye to a 600ac meth-induced homeless chop shop on its land near Wahiawa. What makes anybody think it will operate this dam well? ....
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| Friday, June 19, 2026 |
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Act 67: Automatic Voter Registration Begins January 1, 2027
By News Release @ 9:15 AM :: 798 Views :: Office of Elections
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... automatically registering eligible residents to vote when they apply for or renew a Hawaiʻi driver’s license or state identification card, unless they choose to opt out. Previously, residents were required to affirmatively check a box to register to vote ....
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
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Feds demands immediate action from governor on unemployment insurance fraud
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 1227 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...the department will use every available enforcement tool—including withholding administrative funds from states for the first time in history—to ensure compliance....
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
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Bus, Rail Fares Go Up July 1
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 1135 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Cost of Living
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... the last fare hikes were in 2022 ....
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
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Sewer Rates to Jump 50% July 1
By News Release @ 6:20 AM :: 1377 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...The volumetric rate, which is based on how much water you use, will increase from $7.95 to $11.83 per thousand gallons....
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
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Claims that Maui's streetlights kill endangered seabirds head to trial
By Court House News @ 6:08 AM :: 1217 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...A federal judge ruled Tuesday that claims Maui County operates streetlights that disorient and kill protected Hawaiian seabirds must go to trial....
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| Tuesday, June 16, 2026 |
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Kakaako Shooting is Latest Problem at Multi-Violation Club on HART Property
By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 AM :: 1686 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail, Drugs
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...Perhaps the City should begin proceedings against itself as a ‘nuisance landlord’?...
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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State Hospital Admits 10 non-criminal mental cases--most since 2014
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 1500 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... HSH has undertaken a coordinated effort to reduce its census of justice-involved patients, which has allowed HSH to again admit civilly committed residents ....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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DBEDT Projects 1.6% Growth for 2026
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 1507 Views :: Economy
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...In 2025 Hawai‘i’s economy grew at a robust 2.5 percent, exceeding the overall U.S. growth rate of 2.1 percent....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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PUC Extends Comment Period on Utility Wildfire Liability Cap
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 1534 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... a rulemaking process to establish the maximum amount each electric utility may pay to resolve claims arising from any covered catastrophic wildfires ....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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AG Charges Bishop Street Lawyer with Another Estate Fraud
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1719 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... he allegedly used forged documents to unlawfully obtain approximately $40,000 from a deceased individual’s estate ....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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Report: ‘Severe Population Loss’ In Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 10:05 AM :: 1705 Views :: World News, Hawaii Statistics
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...FSM’s population decreased by 26 percent between the 2010 and 2023 censuses, and RMI lost 20 percent of its population from 2011 to 2021....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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Mandatory Veganism: Animal Liberation Activists Come to Hawaii on Venue Shopping Junket
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 1635 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Tourism
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“...Should (the Hawaii Supreme Court) ultimately reverse the lower court ruling and recognize that at least certain animals are legal persons entitled to assert their fundamental interests in court, it will be the first court in the nation to do so….”
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| Sunday, June 14, 2026 |
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Maui Cost of Government Commission Calls for Reform of County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 1793 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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...Multiple bodies recommended for elimination by the 2010–2011 COGC remain in place today under essentially the same conditions....
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| Sunday, June 14, 2026 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted June 12, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 10:28 AM :: 1815 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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| Sunday, June 14, 2026 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 73781 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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| Sunday, June 14, 2026 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Control Problems Go Back 42 Years
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 2634 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... the story of a psychologist that was indicted on 32 counts of Medicaid fraud in 1984 ....
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| Saturday, June 13, 2026 |
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Medical Debt Is Not the Disease; It Is a Symptom
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 2089 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... SB3025: The Legislature's medical debt relief bill creates a timely opening to discuss deeper affordability failures ....
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| Saturday, June 13, 2026 |
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Defending the First Amendment
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:09 AM :: 2255 Views :: First Amendment
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I trust that the courts will agree with us and act quickly to quash this audacious bid to suppress our right to speak out on matters concerning the future of Hawaii.
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| Friday, June 12, 2026 |
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Green Uses Executive Order to 'Interpret' Act 24 Solar Credits
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 2464 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits
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“WHEREAS, the retroactivity of the RETITC annual cap presents a risk of litigation...."
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| Friday, June 12, 2026 |
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HIEMA Administrator Resigns
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 2255 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...on July 1, 2026, Administrator James Barros steps down and David Lopez assumes responsibility as the new HIEMA administrator....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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Free Expression in American Law Schools? Exhibit A: UH Richardson, Ken Lawson
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 2772 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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... Free Expression in a Climate of Self-Censorship: A National Survey of American Law Faculty ....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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Trump Restores American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 2610 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Onerous restrictions unnecessarily prohibited commercial fishing within areas of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, removing job opportunities for American workers....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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Oahu Woman Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Destroying Cellphone Evidence to Thwart Federal Firearms Investigation
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 2784 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Tran shot pepper balls at numerous individuals before brandishing the 9mm firearm at a bystander outside of a nightclub ....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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NIL: Top UH Athletic Boosters Kick in $5M
By News Release @ 9:57 AM :: 2379 Views :: Higher Education
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...each committing $200,000 annually for five years, are Bank of Hawaiʻi, First Hawaiian Bank, Matson, and longtime UH supporters and community leaders Jack Tsui and Walter Dods....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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Governor, LG, AG Flee State--Don't worry, Seth Colby is in Charge
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 2701 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... back in February, Green canceled out-of-state travel rather than leave Luke in charge ....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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SBA Reforms 8(a) Program to End Racial Discrimination in Federal Contracting
By News Release @ 9:08 AM :: 2715 Views :: Military, OHA, Small Business
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"...Eligibility standards for businesses owned by Native Hawaiian Organizations remain unchanged...."
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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Montana Man Charged with Sending Antisemitic Threats to Kill Governor of Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3588 Views :: Politicians
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...Eric Lee Boltz, 51, residing in Montana, was charged by criminal complaint on June 3, 2026....
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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OIP: Kali Watson Violated Sunshine Law Pushing HHC to Acquire Waipouli
By News Release @ 10:47 AM :: 2883 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Ethics, Cost of Living
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... how Watson pressured Hawaiian Homes Commissioners to approve purchase of Kauai condo complex ....
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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Sunshine Law: OIP Issues Eight Opinions
By News Release @ 9:52 AM :: 2741 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... The Office of Information Practices recently issued one formal opinion and seven informal opinions under the Sunshine Law ....
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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UH Prof: Social Sciences have become Politicized
By Selected News Articles @ 8:10 AM :: 2887 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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"...scholars standing up for scholarly rigor and not letting political goals corrupt the research...."
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Make FBI Most Wanted List
By News Release @ 7:33 AM :: 2957 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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"...Multiple Oahu families lost their homes as a result of the Dimitrions’ crimes....”
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| Tuesday, June 9, 2026 |
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Union: Kaiser Patients Wait too long for Mental Health Care
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 2809 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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... New survey of Kaiser therapists finds that at least three-quarters say their next available appointments are more than a month away ....
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| Tuesday, June 9, 2026 |
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Kids Count: Failing DoE, High Cost of Living Make Hawaii a Bad Place for Kids
By News Release @ 9:14 AM :: 3205 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaiʻi continues to lag behind much of the nation when it comes to children’s economic well-being and educational outcomes, according to the 2026 KIDS COUNT® Data Book....
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| Monday, June 8, 2026 |
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Act 11 Corporate Personhood Town Hall Meeting
By News Release @ 9:04 PM :: 2917 Views
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... a virtual town hall on Friday, June 12 ....
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| Monday, June 8, 2026 |
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Hawai'i America250 Commemoration of US Army and US Flag Birthdays
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 2865 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...Event will start at 10 am, Sunday, June 14, 2025, at the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center....
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| Monday, June 8, 2026 |
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Honolulu Man Sentenced for Lahaina Fire Fraud
By News Release @ 7:35 PM :: 11521 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....
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| Monday, June 8, 2026 |
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DLNR Director Dawn Chang Finally Retires
By News Release @ 7:28 PM :: 3204 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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...Governor Green has appointed Ryan Kanakaʻole to serve as chairperson and director of the department. He has also appointed David Day to serve as first deputy....
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