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Entries for 'News Release'
Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
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No Vaccination Mandate for UH System
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 2744 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... More than 92% of University of Hawaiʻi students and 95% of UH employees of the 10-campus system have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be, according to surveys administered in late June ....
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
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Ige: Eviction Moratorium Ends August 6
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 2325 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... Ige today formally notified the Hawai‘i State Legislature and Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald that he will not be issuing any further eviction moratoria once the current moratorium expires on Aug. 6 ....
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
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DBEDT Projects Support Military Contracting
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2538 Views :: Military, Small Business
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...“The emerging digital and clean energy in Hawai‘i is well aligned with the mission and purpose of Hawaii’s Defense Economy,” said Mike McCartney, director of DBEDT....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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HSTA Continues to Push So-Called 'Distance Learning' for fall term
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 3361 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... For every teacher the state dedicates to distance learning when students return to class in August, it would need to pull a teacher out of the classroom, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday ....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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2021 Legislature: DLNR Scores Fees and Positions
By News Release @ 9:33 PM :: 2703 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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... State lawmakers and DLNR leaders believe the 2021 legislative session was the most productive and effective for natural and cultural resources protection and support of any in recent decades ....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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COVID Spying: CLEAR Health Pass Gains Access to ALL of Your Medical Records
By News Release @ 6:00 AM :: 6347 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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"... I was asked to release all my medical records from Kaiser Permanente to CLEAR, not just the results of the vaccination ...."
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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Kahele Introduces Legislation to Reduce DHHL Blood Quantum to 1/32nd
By News Release @ 5:32 AM :: 2480 Views :: DHHL
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... H.J.Res. 55, reduces the successorship qualification of a lessee’s spouse, children, grandchildren and brothers or sisters from one quarter to one thirty-second Hawaiian ....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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Sue and Settle: Eco Group 'Sues' BLNR to Stop Aquarium Fishing
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 2916 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Small Business
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... Today’s complaint, filed in Hawai‘i Circuit Court in Honolulu, challenges the board’s failure to reject the latest environmental impact statement submitted by trade representatives, which the group says violates state environmental protection laws ....
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Monday, July 12, 2021 |
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Groundbreaking for New Women's Jail
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 2058 Views :: Law Enforcement
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“...This is the first major correctional facility construction project since the Halawa Medium Security Facility was completed in 1998....”
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Saturday, July 10, 2021 |
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Starting January 1st, 2022, law-abiding citizens will have the option of owning tasers and stun guns.
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 2757 Views :: Second Amendment
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... HB891, written by the Attorney General's office, makes tasers and other electric weapons legal in the state. The Governor did not sign the law but did not veto it either. This means the bill becomes law without his signature ....
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Saturday, July 10, 2021 |
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Hawaii Joins Opioid Resolution against Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 2030 Views :: Drugs
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... Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers must make public more than 30 million documents, including attorney-client privileged communications about the original FDA approval of OxyContin and the tactics used to promote opioids ....
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Saturday, July 10, 2021 |
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Chief Justice Names Maloian to Oahu Family Court
By News Release @ 10:25 AM :: 4457 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... Maloian has been a Deputy Public Defender in Honolulu for the past 18 years ....
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Friday, July 9, 2021 |
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Special Session Totals: Six Overrides, Three Amendments
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 2064 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The Governor has until Thursday, July 22 to act on HB1299 and SB589. ...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Hana Hwy: HTA asks visitors to travel with tour companies
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 2285 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... HDOT announced in a press release on June 10 that it has installed approximately 70 “no parking” signs on Hana Highway ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Ige Appoints Ethics Director Daniel Gluck to ICA
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 4455 Views :: Judiciary
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... Ige has appointed Executive Director/General Counsel of the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission Daniel Gluck to the Intermediate Court of Appeals ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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HB613: HGEA Cheers Veto of Teachers' Bonus
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 2799 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"...Any changes to your salary and conditions of employment must be negotiated and it was wrong for the Legislature to interfere with the bargaining process...."
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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COVID 'Hazard Pay': HGEA Scores 25% Pay Hike
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 4057 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... to each individual HGEA bargaining unit member employed by the City who feels they have worked under hazardous conditions relating to COVID-19 exposure ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Kauai Drug Treatment Center to be Deeded to HHSC
By News Release @ 6:18 PM :: 3157 Views :: Kauai County, OHA, Drugs
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... 29 years after Iniki, will Kauai finally get a youth drug treatment center? ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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Ige Nominates Canto to BLNR
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 2421 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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"... Canto is currently employed as a processing assistant for Maui Grown Therapies ...."
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Mayor Victorino to reserve additional water source allocation for affordable housing
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 2361 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“...I am prioritizing our resident workforce as the first beneficiaries of this water to motivate construction of right-priced housing as soon as possible....”
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Senators Override Five Ige Vetoes--More to Come
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 3057 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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... The Senate will reconvene on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 3:00pm to reconsider a potential veto override of HB53 and vote on proposed floor amendments to meet the Governor’s objections in his veto message for HB54, HB1299 and SB589 ....
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Ige Announces Final 26 Vetoes
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 3176 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... Ige announced that he has vetoed 26 of the 28 bills on his Intent to Veto list ....
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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DoH: New Hawaii Vaccine Totals Include Federal Doses
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 2040 Views :: COVID-19
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... Beginning today the Department of Health’s Disease Outbreak Control Division data dashboard reflects new data provided by federal agencies ....
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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Go X Celebrates Hawai‘i’s Electric Foot Scooter Law
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 2971 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... Electric foot scooter bill signed into law (Act 174) ....
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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The Draft Oʻahu Pedestrian Plan is available for the public’s review
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 1913 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Honolulu’s first island-wide pedestrian plan ....
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Monday, July 5, 2021 |
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CDC: 98.7% of Hawaii Students Excluded from In-person Learning, Worst in USA
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 3087 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Access to in person learning varied by state with the lowest mean percent of all students with access in Hawaii (1.3%) and highest in Wyoming and Montana (100%) ....
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Saturday, July 3, 2021 |
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DBEDT Revises '2050 Sustainability Plan'
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2656 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... update of the “Hawaiʻi 2050 Sustainability Plan: Charting a Course for the Decade of Action” to serve as the State’s climate and sustainability strategic action plan for the 2021-2030 decade ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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UHPA Cheers Ige 'Intent to Veto'
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 2464 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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... The two bills are SB589 SD2 HD2 CD1 – Relating to the University of Hawaii and HB1296 HD1 SD2 CD1 – Relating to State Funds ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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BOE chair says board will consider distance learning options
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 2367 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... the board will discuss distance learning options for next school year at its next meeting on July 15, just a little more than two weeks before most public school students are scheduled to return to class ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii AG Announces sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking system
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 1831 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... The tracking system is designed to allow survivors of sexual assault to obtain up-to-date information on the status of their sexual assault evidence collection kits, from collection through testing, and to do so in an anonymous way ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Akina rides with Perry & The Posse to lament the 'tracks of our tiers'
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 2990 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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“Just when you think we’d reached the prize, somebody moves our cheese. But what that really shows is a lack of transparency about the tier system.”
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii Vaccination Exception Program Begins July 8
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 2535 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... The Safe Travels digital platform is now allowing vaccine document uploads for trips arriving in Hawaiʻi on July 8 and beyond ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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21 State AGs Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Hawaii Gun Ruling
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 2755 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Young v Hawaii: State AGs call for Supreme Court to allow Hawaii citizens to carry firearms in public ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Embezzlement, Bribery: Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 5526 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA, COVID-19
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... Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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City Doubles Hanauma Bay Entrance Fee to $25 per Tourist
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 2384 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... $25 entrance fee effective July 1 for non-locals 13 years and older ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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OHA Awards $1.77 Million in COVID-19 Impact and Response Grants
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 2220 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... A total of 15 Hawaiʻi nonprofit organizations on five islands will receive a total of $1.77 million ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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CNHA, DHHL announce $5M rental & utilities assistance for Native Hawaiians
By News Release @ 12:01 PM :: 2944 Views :: DHHL, OHA, COVID-19
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... This new allotment of funds was made possible through the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and is part of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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EPA Orders Navy to Upgrade Pearl Harbor Sewage Treatment Plant
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2897 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The plant is owned and operated by the U.S. Navy and provides service for up to 40,000 people ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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630,000 Tourist Arrivals in May, 2021
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 2537 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... When compared to 2019, visitor arrivals in May 2021 were down 25.7 percent from the May 2019 count of 847,396 visitors, and visitor spending decreased 22.2 percent from the $1.41 billion spent in May 2019 ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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Na Wai Eha: 20 Years of Litigation 'fundamentally changes water distribution system'
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 9354 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use
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"...the most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history...."
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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89% of Tourists 'Fully Vaccinated'
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 2599 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Repeat visitors were more likely to be fully vaccinated along with college graduates and those with household incomes above $100,000 ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 3203 Views :: Drugs
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... As of today, 44 of the 60 defendants are either in federal or state custody, and the search continues for 16 defendants ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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41 Junk Cars Removed from Oceanfront Kahului Homeless Camp
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 2576 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... Most vehicles tagged for removal had been filled with trash from the nearby homeless encampment. ...
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Saturday, June 26, 2021 |
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13 Cases--Delta variant detected in all Hawaii counties
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 2162 Views :: COVID-19
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... Delta variant expected to spread rapidly ....
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Saturday, June 26, 2021 |
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Who Will Run for DeCoite's House Seat? -- Not Ritte
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 2864 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County
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... CALL FOR CANDIDATES -- Deadline: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:59 pm HST ....
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Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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HGEA Protects Sheriff Deputy After He Admitted Doing Favors for Katherine Kealoha
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 4153 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Cayetano and Kealoha have a lengthy professional relationship that includes serving together on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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No Quarantine for Vaccinated Mainland Travelers Starting July 8
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 2746 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... Gov. David Ige announced that effective July 8, the State of Hawai‘i will eliminate its pre-travel testing/quarantine requirement for domestic travelers to Hawai‘i who have been fully vaccinated in the United States ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Pimp Foolishly Leaves Hawaii--Ends up in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 2783 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Convicted in Milwaukee, Hawaii pimp faces a maximum life term of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum of 15 years ....
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