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Entries for 'News Release'
| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 1668 Views :: Maui County
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... the County recommends that residents who lost homes in the fires or renters who were displaced by the fires begin preparing to apply ....
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| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 1631 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... The newly awarded contract will focus on completing the build-out of one loft space on the second floor to house the investigations section....
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| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 2551 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Military
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... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....
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| Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 2277 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Labor
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"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."
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| Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 1699 Views :: Maui County
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... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....
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| Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 2765 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....
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| Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 2105 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....
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| Wednesday, June 18, 2025 |
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Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 2316 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....
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| Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
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Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 1919 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....
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| Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 1802 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....
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| Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 1798 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....
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| Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 3051 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....
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| Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
By News Release @ 11:25 AM :: 2147 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....
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| Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 3324 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit. The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....
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| Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 3015 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....
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| Sunday, June 8, 2025 |
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REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 1567 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....
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| Friday, June 6, 2025 |
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Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1877 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 :: 1869 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 :: 2295 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 :: 2177 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 :: 2807 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 :: 3341 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 :: 1441 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 :: 1198 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 :: 2172 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 :: 2302 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 :: 3143 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 :: 3147 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 :: 2779 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 :: 1417 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 :: 2329 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 :: 1444 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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| Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 3274 Views :: Environment, Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism
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... tax "may have invited a legal storm" ....
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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 :: 1894 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 :: 3747 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 :: 1518 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 :: 2420 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 :: 2304 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 :: 2884 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 :: 2790 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 :: 2578 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 :: 3090 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 :: 2193 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....
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