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Entries for 'News Release'
Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1009 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....
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Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 630 Views :: Gambling, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Most recently, he served as the UCLA Bruins’ Chief Strategy Officer from 2022 to 2024, where he led the department’s transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten ....
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Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 1401 Views :: First Amendment
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... ADF attorneys represent popular satire site, state resident in legal challenge to censorship law ....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
By News Release @ 2:58 PM :: 1055 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Houghton conducted weekly piano lessons with the children virtually from his residence in Hawaii. On several occasions, Houghton used the virtual piano lessons to persuade the children to perform sexual acts ....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 854 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use
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... If we can't make this stuff up, how can legislators and councilmembers use it as an excuse for their pre-conceived agendas? ....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1658 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary
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... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 |
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Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 723 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... Share your feedback with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ....
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Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 589 Views :: Hawaii County
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... To take the survey, visit >>> tinyurl.com/laulimasurvey <<< ....
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Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
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Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 670 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... commemoration events honoring the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II from August 30 – September 2 ....
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Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
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Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 641 Views :: Environment, Military
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... This project is part of an Air Force program called Rocket Cargo Vanguard intended to experiment with the use of commercial rockets for military logistics and materiel transport ....
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Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 847 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 833,219 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2025, up 7.9 percent from April 2024. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.69 billion, which was growth of 9.4 percent from April 2024 ....
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Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 1426 Views :: National News, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... 13,500 safety incidents from 2016 to 2017 at Job Corps centers, nearly half of them drug-related episodes or assaults ....
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 950 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... I have been asked if I plan on running for the House District 18 seat in November of 2026. I can advise you today that I have filed with Campaign Spending Commission as the initial step in that process ....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 808 Views :: Drugs
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... three bills that passed in the 2025 Legislative Session ....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 814 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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... This adjustment reflects the impact of tariffs on international imports, a slowdown in tourism, persistent consumer inflation and increasing uncertainty in both national and international economic policy ....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 807 Views :: Republican Party
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"...My sole focus in these next eighteen months is to renew, unify, and grow our membership, and elect Conservative Republicans on November 3, 2026 to County, State and Federal office," said Chair Hannemann....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 973 Views :: Honolulu County
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... There are currently 33 active boards across the City and County of Honolulu, with approximately 400 volunteer members ....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 861 Views :: Environment, Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism
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... Senate Bill 1396 increases the TAT rate by 0.75% beginning in 2026 and levies, for the first time, the TAT on cruise ships that port in the state ....
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Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
By News Release @ 12:42 AM :: 870 Views :: Higher Education
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... effective immediately, there will be a suspension of all Faculty Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) for merit, equity, and/or market that have not been approved by me as of May 23, 2025 ....
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 916 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Judiciary
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... Hawaii medical malpractice claim count is 71% higher than the national average ....
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 663 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... The groups are challenging President Trump’s April 17 proclamation that would allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially ....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 1039 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... Hawaiʻi Gas' synthetic natural gas (SNG), made from naptha produced by the Par Pacific oil refinery on Oʻahu, contains up to 15% hydrogen—the highest percentage of any natural gas utility in the United States ....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025 |
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Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 1039 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... 64,490 additional units are needed through 2027 but only 13,471 units are currently in development pipelines and anticipated to be available by 2027 ....
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Sunday, May 18, 2025 |
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Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 1850 Views :: Republican Party
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... Delegates should vote NO on all proposed party rules changes ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 1282 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Small Business
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... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 1160 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 1491 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 1075 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... $204 million project to design, construct, operate and maintain a 1.7 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 877 Views :: Judiciary
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... nomination deadline is June 23, 2025 ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 1061 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Only residents living in contested areas are able to vote ....
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Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 1231 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 1135 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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... If a license plate is deemed actionable, it can be added to a hotlist—triggering real-time alerts the moment the vehicle is detected by a Cloudrunner camera ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 1098 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... in the criminal case of United States v. Raymond Martinez and Juanita Moser, 15-CR-00031 ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 1794 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... strategic reorganization to centralize and accelerate the City’s housing initiatives ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 3020 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... to obtain tuition assistance payments from the VA for ghost students ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 986 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business
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“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,”
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1326 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 903,891 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2025, up 3.0 percent from the same month last year ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 3740 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"... The federal lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempts to block Hawaiʻi from holding the fossil fuel industry responsible ....”
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1214 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... More than 900 interested job seekers attended ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Health Measures up for Final Passage
By News Release @ 12:44 PM :: 1033 Views :: Health Care
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... A series of health-related measures is up for final reading today on the House floor ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Senate Confirms Eight Judges
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 1350 Views :: Judiciary
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... Hawai‘i State Senate’s confirmation of eight judges across the state — including Judge Karen T. Nakasone as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 1076 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... Attorney General Office of Child Support Hearings has successfully transitioned to conducting administrative hearings almost exclusively by video conference ....
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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 2189 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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... the Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....
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