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Entries for 'News Release'
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Just the Beginning: S&P Downgrades Hawaiian Electric to Junk
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 2212 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... CreditWatch placement with negative implications reflects the potential for additional downgrades of one or more notches within the coming months ....
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Sunday, August 13, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires Red Cross and FEMA: Where to Volunteer, How to get Help
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 7507 Views :: Maui County
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... More than 220 trained American Red Cross disaster workers — from Maui, other Hawaiian islands and all corners of the country — are helping now with more on their way ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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FEMA: 2,207 Structures Damaged in Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 2265 Views :: Maui County
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... the Lahaina Fire resulted in an estimated total of 2,719 structures exposed; 2,207 structures damaged or destroyed; and 2,170 acres burned. 86 percent of buildings exposed to the fire were classified as residential ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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City to temporarily suspend short-term vacation rental laws in response to Maui wildfires
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 2274 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Blangiardi directed DPP to suspend the short-term vacation rental 30–day minimum rental period requirement to increase the availability of temporary housing on Oʻahu ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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OHA: Lahaina Fires Caused by 'Western Forces'
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 2786 Views :: Maui County, OHA
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... The fires are in part due to the climate crisis, a history of colonialism in our islands, and the loss of our right to steward our ʻāina and wai. ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fire Recovery: How You Can Help
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 2172 Views :: Maui County
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... donate to Hawaii Community Foundation “Maui Strong Fund” and the Hawaii Red Cross ....
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Friday, August 11, 2023 |
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Maui, Oahu COVID Hospitalizations Up
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 2287 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, COVID-19
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... the hospital admission rate for Honolulu and Maui counties increased to 10.4 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii National Guard Fights Fires, Biden Declares Disaster
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 2295 Views :: Maui County, Military
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... The National Guard has activated 134 troops — including 99 Army National Guard personnel and 35 Air National Guard personnel — to assist in the in the ongoing local and federal wildfire response efforts ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 |
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BLNR Reschedules Mauna Kea Telescope Hearing
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 2272 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, OHA
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... The Board will hold oral arguments regarding the issues raised in the motion, responses, and replies on Friday, October 6, 2023, commencing at 1:00 p.m. ....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023 |
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Temporary Restraining Order Granted in Hawaii Second Amendment Case
By News Release @ 1:01 AM :: 2484 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Federal Judge Kobayashi issued her verdict on the TRO request in the case of Wolford v. Lopez ....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023 |
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DHHL Awards First-Ever 'Subsistence' Ag Lots
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 2372 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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... Subsistence agricultural lots are also slated for development in Honokōwai, Maui, Anahola, Kauaʻi and Honomū on Hawaiʻi Island ....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023 |
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HUD $21M Block Grant for DHHL
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 2410 Views :: DHHL
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... funding may be used to provide rental assistance to Native Hawaiians living on or off the Hawaiian Home Lands ....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023 |
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Molokai Principal Gets Nepotism Exception
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 2288 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... Only one candidate applied ....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023 |
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Kauai Birds Pushed to Edge of Extinction by Mosquito-borne Avian Malaria
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 2227 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, GMOs
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... While conservation partners wait for final approval of a proposed mosquito birth control, also known as the Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) ....
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Saturday, August 5, 2023 |
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DoE Teacher vacancies drop
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 2399 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... DoE reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year ....
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Saturday, August 5, 2023 |
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DoE Short 200 Bus Drivers
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 2255 Views :: Education K-12
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... All available school bus drivers are being assigned to cover federally mandated special education transportation services and prioritize the transportation of elementary and middle school students ....
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Saturday, August 5, 2023 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Consumer Advocate Urges Public to Participate in Energy Equity Docket
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 2519 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... addressing critical issues related to clean energy access, affordability, and fairness in Hawai‘i ....
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Saturday, August 5, 2023 |
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Fence to keep Homeless Drug Addicts and Criminals out of Uncle Billy's
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 2486 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism
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... While the Emergency Proclamation issued by Governor Josh Green, M.D., on July 18, removes and/or expedites some of the regulatory processes associated with a project of this magnitude it does not exempt a demolition contractor from securing material disposal certificates and other regulatory permits. A demolisher has not been chosen yet through the established procurement process. ...
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Friday, August 4, 2023 |
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FAA Outlines Hawaii Air Tour Safety Improvements
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 2368 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... The public will have 30 days to comment on the new process, which would take effect in spring 2024. It would replace an outdated, 15-year-old manual ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Three Oahu District Court Judges
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 2800 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... Recktenwald today appointed three individuals to fill judicial positions in the District Court of the First Circuit ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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All Hawaii Firearms training affidavits void January 1, 2024
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 5202 Views :: Second Amendment
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... If you have ever taken a handgun class in Hawaii required to purchase a firearm. Starting January 1st, 2024, you will need to take that class again ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii Highest Monthly Expenses in USA
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 2761 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents spend $3,070 each month on the ten most common household bills, which is +50% above the national average ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Queens Hospital Bum Flop Stays Full
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 2618 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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... 15 patients come off the homeless merry go round for a while ....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023 |
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Housing Emergency Includes Consumer Product Price Controls
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 2486 Views :: Cost of Living
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... state law prohibits them from increasing prices on basic goods during Governor Green's State of Emergency ....
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Saturday, July 29, 2023 |
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Green Appoints Thielen, Hannemann ... and Ex-Con Stacy Moniz
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 4085 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... The Moniz appointment is due in large part from a new law. Under a recent law, Act 260 Session Laws of Hawaii, the Governor must appoint the person nominated by the public employee unions. ....
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Friday, July 28, 2023 |
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Solar Shaft: HECO Evenings hit $0.66 per kwh
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 3694 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... data gathered by Hawaiian Electric and will ultimately determine how the program may roll out to all customers starting in late 2024 or 2025 ....
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Friday, July 28, 2023 |
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Tourist Count Up 5.5%
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 2265 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... 889,274 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in June 2023, an increase of 5.5 percent from June 2022 ....
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Friday, July 28, 2023 |
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DoH: Hawaii Needs Lots and Lots of Free Needles
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 2261 Views :: Drugs
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"Syringe exchanges serve as essential health hubs for people who use drugs"
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Friday, July 28, 2023 |
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Pathways to Removing Housing Obstacles
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 2403 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... PRO Housing to reduce barriers to affordable housing production by helping local communities address restrictive zoning, land use, and regulatory policies. It also expands financing for affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient housing, and promotes commercial-to-residential conversion ....
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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
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ACLU Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 2500 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... asks the court to stop the City’s targeted enforcement actions—including sweeps, citations, and arrests—that disrupt and disenfranchise houseless people, unless and until there is adequate shelter ....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii Largest CO2 INCREASE in USA
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 2915 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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... Between 2020 and 2021, the most recent years of available data, carbon emissions in Hawaii increased by 16.2%. Over that period, energy related carbon dioxide pollution went from 14.9 million metric tons to 17.3 million metric tons ....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023 |
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UH Pays Off Ransomware Hackers
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 2506 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... Hawaii Community College paid at least $100,000 in ransomware attack ....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023 |
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Lack of Drivers: No Buses for 14 Schools on Oahu, Kauai
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 2394 Views :: Honolulu County, Kauai County, Education K-12
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... The continuing shortage of qualified school bus drivers statewide will suspend bus transportation services at ten of Oʻahu’s 24 high schools and four schools on Kauaʻi when the new school year begins ....
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Monday, July 24, 2023 |
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OIP Issues Four New Opinions
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 2533 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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... OIP also found, sua sponte, that the PCSC executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ....
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Friday, July 21, 2023 |
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Senators Visit OCCC, Halawa
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 2158 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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... The purpose was to bring awareness to initiatives to modernize our public safety facilities, disrupt pathways to prison, and reduce recidivism ....
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Friday, July 21, 2023 |
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HECO Rate Hikes Coming: Public Must Make Big Sacrifices for 'Green' Energy
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 2657 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... major technological advances, especially in sustainable fuels and carbon-capture, and reaching consensus on land-use policy are some of what’s required for Hawaii to fully decarbonize ....
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Friday, July 21, 2023 |
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UH sets new extramural funding record of $515.9M in FY2023
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 2103 Views :: Higher Education
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... back-to-back record hauls in extramural funding ....
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Friday, July 21, 2023 |
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Former Union Officer Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Embezzlement
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 2352 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... 140 months for conspiracy, wire fraud, and embezzlement from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $209,391.72 ....
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Thursday, July 20, 2023 |
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DoE Wins Fire Alarm Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 1916 Views :: Education K-12
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... relating to the installation of fire alarm systems at eight public schools ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Feds Propose New Critical Habitat for Green Sea Turtles
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 1917 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... The proposed critical habitat areas include the states of California, Florida, Hawaiʻi, North Carolina and Texas; the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Feds Impose 10 Year Sentence on Waipio Carjackers
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 2299 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... in state court they would have been sentenced to probation ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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Green Emergency Order: Sweep Homeless Drug Addicts out of Uncle Billy's and Demolish Hotel
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 2420 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs
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... The Hawaii Police Department has responded to 6,479 calls for service/incidents in the area from September, 2018, to April, 2023, with an estimated cost for responding to these calls ranges from $319,000 to $459,000 ....
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 |
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Green Signs Emergency Proclamation on Housing
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 2254 Views :: Development, Homelessness, Land Use
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...“This emergency proclamation is one of the largest state-level housing actions anywhere in the country in years, if not decades," said Senator Stanley Chang, chair of the Senate Committee on Housing....
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Monday, July 17, 2023 |
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After Ulehawa Beach Murder, Waianae Reps Demand Immediate Homeless Sweep
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 2000 Views :: Homelessness
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"...It is crucial for the well-being and security of Leeward Coast residents that this area remains cleared and safe...."
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Sunday, July 16, 2023 |
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Auditor: Honolulu Human Resources Data Almost 100% Erroneous
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 2086 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis ....
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Saturday, July 15, 2023 |
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Free Money from the Sky: More COVID Cash for Honolulu's Profitable Non-profits
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 1827 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... City to accept applications for a second tranche of relief funding for non-profits affected by Covid-19 ....
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Friday, July 14, 2023 |
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Gun Industry Group Sues Over Hawaii 'Nuisance' Law
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 1642 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Hawaii’s recently-enacted public nuisance law will allow frivolous lawsuits against members of the firearm industry for the criminal and negligent misuse of firearms by remote third parties ....
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Green Signs 263 Bills -- Vetoes 11
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 11225 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green issued 11 vetoes on July 7, due to serious legal and programmatic concerns ....
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Charter School Defeats 'Strip Search' Lawsuit
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 1472 Views :: Education K-12
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... grant of summary judgment means that the defendants won the lawsuit without the need for a trial ....
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Green Addresses United Nations, Admits Hawaii Failing to Implement UN Eco Goals
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 2513 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The review highlights progress on achieving the six Aloha+ Challenge goals, which are the state’s local implementation of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Hawaiʻi stands as the sole state in the United States to have submitted a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) ....
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