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Entries for 'News Release'
Saturday, December 24, 2022 |
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HTH Releases Visitor Satisfaction and Activity Survey
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 1568 Views :: Tourism
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... Visitor Satisfaction and Activity Survey Includes Data from Six Major Market Areas for the First Time in Two Years ....
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Friday, December 23, 2022 |
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Red Hill: Navy Requests 'Closure in Place'
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 1835 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Department of Navy Delivers Third-Party Analysis of Alternatives for Closure of Red Hill Tanks, Formally Requests Permanent ‘Closure in Place’ ....
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Friday, December 23, 2022 |
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Free Money from the Sky: Schatz Touts $500M Earmarks in Latest Pork Bill
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 1680 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Bill Includes More Than Half A Billion Dollars In New Earmark Funding Secured By Schatz; Also Includes New And Increased Funding To Shut Down Red Hill, Strengthen Housing, Health Care, Education Programs In Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, December 23, 2022 |
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Hawaii 'Proud Boy' Leader Shows up in January 6 Report
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 2002 Views :: Republican Party
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... After breaking through the police line in the Crypt, the mob pursued USCP officers as they retreated ....
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Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
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EPA Proposes Red Hill Consent Decree
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 1769 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... EPA is asking for comments on the proposed order and will host a public meeting the week of January 16, 2023, to go over details of the order and answer questions ....
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Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
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Paroled Pimp Defrauds Hawaii Unemployment
By News Release @ 12:25 PM :: 2014 Views :: COVID-19
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... Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Identity Theft While on Federal Supervised Release for Sex Trafficking ....
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Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
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American Dream? Hawaii Business Environment Worst in USA
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 1915 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... According to the Index, Hawaii’s areas for improvement include business environment (ranked 51st), economic quality (ranked 51st), infrastructure (ranked 35th) and education (ranked 28th) ....
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Senate Appropriations Bill: Pork for Rail, Red Hill, Housing
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 1989 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, Rail
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... “We had no idea this was in the works,” said Lori Kahikina, HART’s CEO and executive director ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Families in Debt: Latest Study Analyzes Hawaii Debt Predicament
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 1869 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... From credit card debt and student loans, to mortgages and medical bills ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii November Unemployment 3.3%
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 2035 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Jobs increased by 25,800 over-the-year ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Congressional Delegation Calls For Independent Investigation Into Toxic AFFF Leaks At Red Hill
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 1948 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Lawmakers Demand Answers On Report That Information On Previous Leak Was Withheld From Regulators; Delegation: Investigation Should Not Delay Defueling ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Green Submits Budget, Releases Grants-in-Aid
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 1373 Views
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... Green submits the Executive Budget for Fiscal Biennium to the Legislature and announces the release of nearly $50 million in grants to non-profit communities ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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BoE Approves Three New Assistant Superintendents
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 2096 Views :: Education K-12
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... three to get top three just in time for Christmas ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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DLNR Pushes Back Against Shark Attack Conspiracy Theories
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 1791 Views :: Maui County
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... The department has noted this kind of behavior over and over online ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii among five healthiest states
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1761 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The healthiest states were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Hawaii ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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EPA takes action to address pollution violations at Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 1727 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... In January 2021, the facility experienced a failure at one of two biotower treatment units, causing the plant’s discharge to exceed limits for bacteria ....
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Thursday, December 15, 2022 |
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DoI Announces Avian Malaria Plan for Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 1971 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Environment
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... Haleakalā National Park is the first site where novel mosquito control technologies will be implemented. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park will follow in subsequent years ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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Native Hawaiian Girls LESS Likely to be 'Missing'
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 3790 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Military, Drugs
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... Obvious bias: The word “military” occurs 20 times in this report. The word “drug” four times, “methamphetamines” zero times, “pimp", once, "foster" three times ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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Blangiardi names Jiro Sumada DPP Deputy Director
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 1805 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Sumada will be returning to the same position he held at the DPP from 2010 to 2013. He also served briefly as Acting Director. ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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Gov Green and First Lady Host Traditional Christmas Open House at Washington Place
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 1964 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Religion
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Green and the Washington Place Foundation will carry on a 164-year tradition by hosting a Christmas Open House at Washington Place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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Increased Fire Risk Surrounds Paeahu Solar Project in Kihei, Maui
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 2251 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... live electrical currents, combined with the large lithium-ion batteries that are proposed for this project, could make gaining control of a fire more difficult and dangerous ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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2023 Real Property Assessments up 12.4%
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 2907 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... City to Send 2023 Real Property Notice of Assessments ....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 |
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Green Names 17 More Appointees
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 2346 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... With these selections, Gov. Green has now identified a Director for every state department ....
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Monday, December 12, 2022 |
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OHA Announces New Board Leadership
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 1885 Views :: OHA
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... Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey unanimously re-elected board chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs -- Mililani Trask to be Vice Chair ....
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Friday, December 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Gets Four Years Prison for Capitol Riot
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 1666 Views :: Republican Party
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... In the 23 months since Jan. 6, 2021, approximately 900 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol ....
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Thursday, December 8, 2022 |
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City to accept applications for $30 million in relief for non-profits affected by Covid-19
By News Release @ 12:28 PM :: 1815 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... Non-profits may be eligible to receive up to $100,000. These funds will be awarded to qualifying non-profits on a first-come, first serve basis until the funds are exhausted ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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Jail Assault: Guards, Inmates Sentenced to Spend More Time Together
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 1721 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... guard gets 96 months, inmate gets 84 months ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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Liberal Talk Radio Founder Gets 82 Month Sentence for Guam Frauds
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 2427 Views :: National News
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... be sure to read what his ex-wife had to say ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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DHHL Publishes $600 Million Act 279 Plan
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 1607 Views :: DHHL
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... Act 279 required DHHL to submit a strategic plan, including findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation, to the legislature by December 10, 2022 ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii House and Senate Release Committee Assignments for 2023
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 2776 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... finalized committee assignments ahead of the 32nd Legislature ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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With Minutes left on Clock, McCartney rescinds tourism contract with Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 2285 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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"...CNHA plans to update its protest against the unlawful actions of DBEDT's former director Mike McCartney...."
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii County Police Chief Finalists Named
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 1868 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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... 1 Hawaii Co, 1 Kauai Co, 1 HPD, 1 FBI ....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
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Ewa Foreclosure Scammer Indicted for Stealing Chief Federal Judge’s Identity
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 1815 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... According to the indictment, Abordo used the forged signature and a federal court seal to create a phony court order, which he then used to prove to the victim that he’d pulled her Ewa Beach, Hawaii, home out of foreclosure ....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
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Federal Real ID enforcement delayed to May 2025
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 1641 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...O‘ahu residents now have an additional two years to get the REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state identification cards necessary to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
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City’s free COVID-19 testing program to end on December 30, 2022
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 1619 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... dedicated staff from the National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i ....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
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Navy Shares Latest Red Hill Leak Video with EPA, not Public
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 1759 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The Navy’s water supply is unaffected, according to a Dec. 1 Navy release. The Navy’s water comes from the Waiawa shaft, which is approximately 6 miles away from the affected area ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Green: My Inauguration Unites State as One
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 2313 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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... Governor Green recently announced the appointments of key cabinet and executive staff leadership roles, signaling the most expeditious assembling of a gubernatorial administration in the state’s history (behind a Carpenters Union chief of Staff) ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Ige Announces Completion of over 600,000 Refunds to Hawaii Taxpayers
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 1699 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... A total of 606,674 Act 115 refunds were issued, totaling $307.9 million. That includes 288,590 direct deposits and 318,084 paper checks ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Ethics Comm Dings Teacher for Accepting $16K
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 2159 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... making it difficult to ensure that state employees are not accepting cash payments from improper sources ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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31 Proposals to Stop Fraud, Drug Trafficking, and Bribery by Public Officials
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 2229 Views :: Ethics
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... Submitted to the House of Representatives on December 1, 2022 by Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Blangiardi Nominates New DPP Director
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 1800 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... Dawn Takeuchi Apuna appointed director designate of City’s Department of Planning and Permitting ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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2022 Honolulu City Lights opening night set for Saturday, Dec. 3
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 1905 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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... The month-long celebration of the Honolulu City Lights kicks off with a block party at 4 p.m. on Punchbowl Street ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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DBEDT Economic Projections Unchanged
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 1552 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... DBEDT kept economic growth projections for 2022 and 2023 for the State unchanged at 2.6 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Green Names 14 Cabinet Picks
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2629 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green today announced nominees to serve as Director and/or Deputy Director for fourteen state departments in his cabinet ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Guam office of Ernst & Young took $750K COVID loan
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 1815 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... even though the huge multinational corporation has over 365,000 employees worldwide and multibillion-dollar revenues that consistently grew during the pandemic (from $15.8 in 2019 to $17.6 billion in 2021) ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Maui County Christmas Tree Lighting Slated for Monday
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 1593 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment, Religion
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... Bring your ohana to enjoy the holiday light display, Christmas music, and treats for the Keiki ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 2126 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... CNHA was disappointed with the Department of Business and Economic Development and Tourism Director’s proposal this past Monday to rescind CNHA’s award; renege on the brokered resolution; and cancel the underlying solicitation ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Licensing Regs Burden Low-Income Occupations
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 1794 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii has the highest average burdens across the occupations it licenses ....
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