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Entries for 'News Release'
| Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
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Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 2854 Views :: Education K-12, World News
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... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 2885 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The 27-year-old Posse system will be taken off-line at the close of business Monday, July 28, 2025, and will not be available to the public or DPP staff ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 5833 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 5408 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 3971 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education, Land Use
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... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 2281 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... He praised the great working relationships between the FBI and the local, state, and federal law enforcement partners ....
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| Monday, July 28, 2025 |
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How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 1317 Views :: Higher Education
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... This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi system on July 21, 2025 ....
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| Monday, July 28, 2025 |
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$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 3093 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....
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| Friday, July 25, 2025 |
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Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 2331 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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... Executive Order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment ....
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| Friday, July 25, 2025 |
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Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 2889 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Schatz Introduces YIMBY Act To Encourage Localities To Cut Regulations, Adopt Pro-Housing Policies ....
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| Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 3052 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits
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... Sept. 30, 2025 is the deadline to apply ....
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| Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 2353 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... 16,879 personal/private applications for permits to acquire firearms were processed statewide during 2024, marking a 28.3% decrease ....
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2025 |
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DoE Ready to Resume Most School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 1883 Views :: Education K-12
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... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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DoH: COVID Activity on the Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 3275 Views :: COVID-19
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... The test positivity rate statewide was 12.4% as of July 19, 2025, up from 10.9% the previous week ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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Search is on for a new KSBE Trustee
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 1899 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 3020 Views :: Maui County
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... Hoʻokumu Hou programs are open to individuals and families who meet eligibility requirements that include income limits and loss of property during the 2023 Maui wildfires. ...
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 3137 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Drugs
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... Work crews encountered unsanitary conditions including rat infestations, feces and maggots ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2622 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Transportation barriers impacting Hawaiʻi rural health care
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 2614 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 3168 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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| Thursday, July 17, 2025 |
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Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 2777 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... As Speaker, Saiki Co-chaired the Governor’s Executive and Legislative Condo and Property Insurance Task Force ....
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| Monday, July 14, 2025 |
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HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 1453 Views :: Hawaii History
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... The 146-year-old vessel has been docked at Honolulu Harbor since 2008 ....
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| Monday, July 14, 2025 |
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State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 3367 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Tourism
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... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....
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| Sunday, July 13, 2025 |
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LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 3321 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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... SB1150 failed in the Legislature, but the LGBTQ Commission still wants to grab your children. Will Green help them do it? ....
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| Saturday, July 12, 2025 |
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Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 1507 Views :: Judiciary
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... The following notices were posted to the JSC website on Friday, 11 July 2025 ....
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| Saturday, July 12, 2025 |
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HTA Board Positions Open
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 1987 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... State Boards and Commissions Seeking Applicants ....
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| Saturday, July 12, 2025 |
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42 More Homeless Beds Available in Iwilei
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 2472 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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"...a culturally grounded, 90-day transitional housing program for working males who are striving for financial stability...."
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| Friday, July 11, 2025 |
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Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 1601 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green took action on 313 of the 321 bills enrolled during the 2025 regular session ....
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| Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
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Auditor Dings Hawaii ERS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 1608 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... Hawaii ERS received a 'disclaimer of opinion' ....
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| Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
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Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 2624 Views :: Ethics, Development
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...funding to support critical nonprofit organizations impacted by federal funding reductions....
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| Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
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Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 3290 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Development
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... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 2080 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... proposal to repeal “Rules and Regulations of the Hawai’i Police Department Governing the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Concealed and Unconcealed Weapons” ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 3035 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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"... a new compliance initiative to strengthen oversight of construction projects that utilize taxpayer funds ...."
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 2051 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... sewer user fees have increased by an overall average of 9% for Fiscal Year 2026, which started on July 1, 2025 ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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SB933CD1: Shell Bill Gives Legislators $50M to Dole out to their Friends
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 2821 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... assigned to a Conference Committee where it was totally rewritten with content not included in any previous version ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 3968 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA
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... OHA bought up several properties in Iwilei. Now OHA-connected and Dela Cruz connected DTL is handling the master plan. See how that works? ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 2105 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... Zephyr Insurance Company, has partnered with the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to accept and process applications from Condominium and Townhouse Associations ....
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| Friday, July 4, 2025 |
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Green Vetoes Eight of 20 on 'Intent to Veto List'
By News Release @ 3:13 AM :: 2127 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Legislature will not schedule override session ....
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| Friday, July 4, 2025 |
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DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 3374 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...'HNL Build' will officially launch on Monday, August 4, 2025....
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| Friday, July 4, 2025 |
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Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 2542 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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“While it won’t be easy to stop all the damage from these cuts, we’re moving quickly to protect our communities."
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| Thursday, July 3, 2025 |
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In Chile, where science is appreciated, UH Telescope discovers visitor from outside solar system
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 2667 Views :: Higher Education
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... The discovery was made by UH’s NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile ....
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
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After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 2845 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, OHA
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“Trustees rolled up their sleeves and engaged the details like never before — offering and approving amendments live at the table, line by line, in full public view."
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
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Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 4243 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The biggest and costliest piece of the plan is establishing clean fuel requirements for all types of transportation vehicles, including cars, passenger jets and cargo ships ....
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
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Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1
By News Release @ 4:07 AM :: 2324 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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"...by 2033, the program is expected to expand to all light-duty vehicles...."
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
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Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B
By News Release @ 1:20 AM :: 3008 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... BWS past, ongoing, and future restoration, remediation and mitigation efforts are currently estimated to total approximately $1.2 billion ....
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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Green Signs State Budget
By News Release @ 11:35 AM :: 1581 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green today signed House Bill 300 (Act 250), the Executive Biennium Budget ....
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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Puna Meth Lab Busted
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 2182 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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"... a known narcotics trafficker was frequently visiting Hostetler’s property under a suspected arrangement to stash firearms, money, and narcotics...."
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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HECO Preps Power Safety Shutoff System for Dry Season
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 2801 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Persistent drought conditions, Wind gusts 45 mph and higher, and Relative humidity below 45% ....
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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May Tourist Count up 1%
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 2463 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... May 2025 total visitor arrivals represent a 91.0 percent recovery compared to pre-pandemic May 2019 ....
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