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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
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How Christmas Came to Hawaii
By Hoku Paoa Stevenson @ 9:25 AM :: 42531 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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As presented by Hoku Paoa Stevenson at the Summer Palace....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
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Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina Does not commit to Rebuild Front Street
By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 AM :: 189 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The word ‘plan’ occurs 526 times in this report. The phrase ‘property rights’ occurs zero times ....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 |
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Maui County to receive more than $2B in federal disaster recovery funding
By News Release @ 8:30 AM :: 159 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Approximately $1.6B allocated for housing and $480M for restoration efforts ....
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Monday, December 23, 2024 |
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Am Samoa, N Mariana Governors Switch to Republican
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 204 Views :: Republican Party
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... two new Republican Governors ....
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Monday, December 23, 2024 |
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UH: Hawaii 768 Doctors Short
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 189 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The greatest statewide shortage remains in primary care, with 152 FTEs needed in total across all islands ....
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
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2025 Neighborhood Board Elections--Candidate Registration Begins
By News Release @ 6:40 AM :: 1245 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Friday, December 20, 2024 – Candidate and Voter Registration Begins ....
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
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Empty Homes Tax--Tug of War
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 451 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... Deferred doesn’t mean dead ....
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
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Deferral of 'empty homes' tax leads list of recent good news
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:31 AM :: 418 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes
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... The Honolulu City Council shelved Bill 46 while also approving bills that will actually be effective at facilitating more housing ....
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 |
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Does Jones Act really support jobs?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:01 AM :: 409 Views :: Jones Act
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... U.S. maritime jobs disappearing despite protectionist Jones Act ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2024 |
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My wish list for Santa
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:26 PM :: 348 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... a few requests for the people of Hawaii ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2024 |
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Ethics Comm Approves UH Employees' Technology Transfer Contracts
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 304 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Small Business
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... UH employees may negotiate and enter into contracts with the UH on behalf of their private businesses ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2024 |
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After KPT Shootout, Meth-Head Finally Catches a Federal Case
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 545 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Feds, once again, doing the job the State Judiciary can/will not ....
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Friday, December 20, 2024 |
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Hawaiʻi Taxpayers to See More Take-Home Pay Resulting from Historic Tax Cuts
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 586 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The Department of Taxation Requires Employers Decrease Withholding Amounts Beginning January 1, 2025 ....
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Friday, December 20, 2024 |
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House Passes Stopgap Government Funding Bill Including Lahaina Relief Funds
By Ed Case @ 10:41 PM :: 278 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation
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... The House approved the bill by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 366-34 ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii Preferred Port of Entry for 'Birth Tourism' Scheme
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 587 Views :: World News, Law Enforcement
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... “birth tourism” scheme that charged Chinese clients tens of thousands of dollars to help them give birth in the United States to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their children ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 1073 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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... Interior Secretary can approve American Samoa’s constitutional amendments now and in the future without unnecessary steps in Washington, D.C., that other territories do not have ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii Tax Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2025
By Tax Foundation @ 2:36 PM :: 550 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii will significantly modify its individual income tax brackets ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Feds Waste Another $250M on Rail
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 390 Views :: Rail
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... another $365 million is expected to be released by DOT as HART continues to meet the milestones outlined in the grant agreement ....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Hawaii AG Joins 18-State Coalition Targeting 'Ghost Guns'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:20 AM :: 450 Views :: Second Amendment
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... the coalition plans to take concrete action by working together to leverage and enforce each state’s existing civil liability and consumer protection laws ....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024 |
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FBI Honolulu Publishes 2024 Fiscal Year in Review Document
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 383 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... highlights FBI Honolulu’s casework in counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyberstalking, drug and gun crimes, organized crime, violent crimes against children, white-collar crimes, and more ....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024 |
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Green Submits Biennium Budget
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 351 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... $10.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $10.5 billion in fiscal year 2027, which represents an increase of $620 million (6.3%) in the first year and $664 million (6.7%) in the second year ....
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Monday, December 16, 2024 |
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Monday, December 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Airports Busiest Per Capita in USA
By News Release @ 12:34 PM :: 459 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Hawaii leads the nation with 88,703 passengers per 100,000 residents. This is 11 times the national average of 7,746 ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Tax Foundation @ 4:41 PM :: 411 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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Honolulu: The Real Value of $100 -- $88.57
By Tax Foundation @ 3:54 PM :: 481 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Bureau of Economic Analysis data details disparities in spending power across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of each state ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Gun Control Issue 'Far from Resolved'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 1193 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Hawaii has effectively declared that the Second Amendment, as interpreted in Bruen, does not apply within its borders ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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Lahaina Debris Clearing Nearly Complete
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 1415 Views :: Maui County
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... Currently, all but eight commercial properties in Lahaina have been cleared and completed ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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PBS FRONTLINE documentary: ‘Maui’s Deadly Firestorm’ premieres Dec. 17
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 486 Views :: Maui County
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... the missed warnings and chaotic response ....
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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Qualified Charitable Distributions
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 497 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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“What’s the biggest break that today’s tax code gives us?”
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Saturday, December 14, 2024 |
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"Empty homes" tax deferral shows your voice matters
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:51 PM :: 1138 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... the credit for this win goes to you, the people who got involved and made their voices heard ....
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Saturday, December 14, 2024 |
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UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 419 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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... As one of only five U.S. Navy-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Centers, ARL at UH has secured over $175 million in funding since its establishment in 2008 ....
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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Legislature Begins Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
By @ 9:57 PM :: 408 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The Legislature will continue to accept GIA applications until Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., and final determinations will be made as Council on Revenue forecasts in January and March are published. ...
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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Kapaa Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 635 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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... Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ....
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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Feds do the Job the State Cannot: Molester Coach Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 521 Views :: Education K-12
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... sex trafficking Minor Victim 1 in 2005 and 2006; coercing and enticing Minor Victim 2 to engage in sexual activity in 2006; and producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography of Minor Victim 3 in and around 2020 to 2023 ....
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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DHHL Breaks Ground at Bowl-O-Drome Site
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 584 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL
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... The project will cost $155 million to develop ....
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Friday, December 13, 2024 |
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UHERO: 'Housing affordability continues to deteriorate'
By UHERO @ 12:29 PM :: 498 Views :: Economy, Cost of Living
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... The median price of a single-family home is up 9% statewide and 15% on Maui this year, and mortgage rates hover near 7%. Rising homeowner insurance premiums ....
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Red Flag Warning Ends with No Safety Shutoffs
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 371 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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... Any power outages were unrelated to the PSPS program ....
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 710 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Judiciary
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... the Solicitor General Urged the Supreme Court to Deny Requests Aimed at Stopping State and Local Lawsuits against Big Oil Companies from Advancing Toward Trial in State Courts ....
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 863 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... after over 5-hours public testimony of which the majority opposed Bill 46 ....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Designed to Fail: City Pretends to Select Wahiawa Location for Dump
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 611 Views :: Honolulu County
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"... Should the proposed Wahiawā site be rejected, and the Hawaiʻi State Legislature decline to amend Act 73, the City will have no choice but to seek an extension of current landfill operations at Waimānalo Gulch ...."
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Maui Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl Resulting in Death
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 409 Views :: Maui County, Drugs
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... a 24-year-old man ingested the pills and overdosed. First responders revived the victim and transported him to the hospital for further treatment. The victim discharged himself later that day and contacted Camacho to buy more pills ....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 580 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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“...Since 2009, Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep the U.S.. visa requirements to enter the northern Mariana islands through categorical parole....”
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Survey: 40% consider moving out of state
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 942 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The economy (73%), personal finances (73%), and housing costs (64%) rank as the most significant stressors for residents, particularly for households with incomes below $50,000 ....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Is Hawaii small business economy is finally turning around?
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 313 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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“...I like to think Hawaii helped kick off this national turnaround with passage of House Bill 2404, a historic tax reduction bill that Gov. Josh Green signed into law June 3....”
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 |
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Justice Thomas slams Hawaii’s gun permit laws in SCOTUS denial
By Court House News @ 11:54 AM :: 690 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment
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... While Thomas acknowledged the Second Amendment case was not appropriate for the court's review, he indicated willingness to revisit the matter in a future case. Thomas said the issue “clearly remains imperative, given lower courts’ continued insistence on treating the Second Amendment ‘right so cavalierly.’”....
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s continuous exodus could get a whole lot worse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:26 AM :: 927 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 70% of 1,500 local workers interviewed are either planning to move away or considering it ....
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Monday, December 9, 2024 |
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ANOTHER ONE: Alleged CEO Assassin is Honolulu Resident
By Court House News @ 3:36 PM :: 1175 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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... 2nd alleged assassin this year with Hawaii connections ....
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Monday, December 9, 2024 |
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Supreme Court Passes On Chance To Correct Hawaii Ruling Finding ‘Spirit Of Aloha’ Trumps Second Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 929 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment
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... the justices explained they could not accept the case at this point because the defendant, Christopher Wilson, has not yet gone to trial on other charges ....
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