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Entries for March 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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DBEDT Forecast: 1.5% Economic Growth for 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 1318 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Though visitor spending decreased by 4.5 percent in January 2024, state general excise tax (GET) collections were up by 2.4 percent during the same month, an increase which can be attributed to household spending ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Pass Senate
By NRA ILA @ 7:05 PM :: 2259 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Senate Bill 3196 and Senate Bill 2845 were passed in the Senate and now have been transmitted to the House for further consideration ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 1366 Views :: Drugs
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... SB3335 will move to the House for further consideration ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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Feds Collect $6.6M in Hawaii Forfeitures
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1399 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... $6,360,465.69 was collected in criminal actions and $278,322.42 was collected in civil actions ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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HB2802: Write Gay Marriage into State Constitution
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 1330 Views :: Family
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... HB2802 HD1 proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples ....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |
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Your cost of living just went up
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:31 AM :: 1595 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Cost of Living
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... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |
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Case: COFA Renewal on Verge of Approval
By Ed Case @ 12:01 AM :: 2253 Views :: World News, Congressional Delegation
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... “Congress must approve the recently renegotiated Compacts of Free Association as soon as possible,” said Case ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Short-term Rental Crackdown: State, County Bills Threaten Residents
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:58 PM :: 1517 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... to phase out short-term rentals and impose higher taxes on them ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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No Money for Mauna Kea? Science Foundation Funds only one Giant Telescope
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 1650 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... NSF discuss with the Board during the May 2024 meeting its plan to select which of the two candidate telescopes the Agency plans to continue to support ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Unanimous Supreme Court: Trump Stays on Ballot
By Court House News @ 3:12 PM :: 1328 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... “Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse,” the court wrote in a per curiam opinion ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Change in Law Makes 8% of 'Renewables' Disappear
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 1349 Views :: Energy
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... Figures don't lie, but liars figure ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Hawaiian Electric Tinkers with Solar Subsidies
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 1467 Views :: Energy
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... The new programs, originally scheduled to launch March 1, will now be available to customers starting April 1 ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Rate Hike News: Comments Sought on next round of renewable energy procurements
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 1266 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... clean energy procurements aimed at stabilizing rates and advancing energy equity ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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State Hospital pretends to make changes in wake of slaying of staffer
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 1294 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... DOH conducted a full safety and security review of the State Operated Specialized Residential Program (SOSRP) and Hawai‘i State Hospital (HSH) facilities ....
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 |
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The Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus is shrinking again
By Andrew Walden @ 9:49 PM :: 2453 Views :: Republican Party
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... Republicans cancel four Oahu caucus locations due to their inability to find anybody to staff them ....
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 6:53 PM :: 1293 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced to Congress ....
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 |
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Amended Return Equals Guilty Plea
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1586 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... Here’s how the strategy works ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Lawsuit Against Honolulu City and County for Infringing on Concealed Carry Rights
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 1462 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Honolulu's procedures for issuing CCW permits unduly delay and obstruct law-abiding citizens' ability to obtain them ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Lahaina aid should be about quality, not quantity
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:46 PM :: 1460 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... “There’s not been a lot of transparency” regarding how wildfire relief funds are being spent ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Short-term rental owners stand firm for their rights
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:35 PM :: 1967 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... Short-term rental owners in Hawaii could hardly find a better spokesperson for their cause ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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There is Room on Mauna Kea for Both Culture and Science
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:11 PM :: 1558 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... what we need is “the collective will to share the Mauna” ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Blangiardi submits FY2025 budget proposals to Honolulu City Council
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 1319 Views :: Honolulu County
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... proposed $3.63 billion Operating and $919 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the 2025 fiscal year ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Rep Bert Kobayashi to Retire from Legislature
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 1657 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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... to retire on November 5, 2024, at the end of his present term ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Rebuilding Nonconforming Structures After Lahaina Fire
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 1578 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... After Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai in 1992, the Kauai County Council adopted an ordinance similar to this bill to foster the reconstruction of old, nonconforming structures ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Waive permitting fees to help Maui residents rebuild faster
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 PM :: 1361 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... reform the County’s emergency housing permitting policies to help facilitate a quicker recovery for the residents of Lahaina ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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January Tourist Count Down 3.6%
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1300 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... January 2024, total visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands (763,480 visitors, -3.6%) and total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars ($1.81 billion, -4.5%) declined compared to January 2023 ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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2nd Maunakea telescope decommissioning to begin
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 1407 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... UH is working with MKSOA to transfer its leases, conservation district use permits, and an easement for lands on Maunakea to the new authority ....
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