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...The case involves the Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the president to proclaim landmarks and structures with historic and scientific interest as national monuments....

...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....

... The state still owes another 1,300 acres to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands ....

... Since July, 26.8 percent of users searching in Honolulu from somewhere else in the country were looking for a short-term lease, up significantly from 14.9 percent at this time last year....

... suspected communist spy Fang Fang served as president of both the Chinese Student Association and Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) ....

...As we mark 75 years since the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War....

... With a population with a strong demographic base, what has happened to the job situation which makes it so high? The answer in a word is “tourism” ....

... Hawaii sees an average of 410 stolen cars per 100,000 registered vehicles. ...

"...it is about power...." --  Brendon Lee

... While the Democrats are distant from Ms. Gabbard, the Libertarian Party is waiting with open arms, if she can embrace more of its agenda. ...

...“Israel is a very strong partner” and the “best example of democracy and the American values that we have in the Middle East” ....

...only 7 Hawaii-based patents awarded in 2019....

...Environmental laws are for the little people, not the environmentalists....

...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....

...“Hawaii is on track for both the nation’s: 1) largest raw vote increase vs. 2016 (33.8% so far) 2) biggest pro-Trump swing vs. 2016 (-32.2 pts to -29.5 pts)" ....

... groceries +69.3%, transportation +46.6%, utilities +99.4% ....

...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....

...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....

... Remember 'Mbloom'? -- financed by Hawaii taxpayers via Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) ....

... How Vice President Richard Nixon handled Hawaii's disputed electoral votes in 1960 ....

... “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against a Duck to See if She Is a Witch” ....

"... Oh, stop it. The world is in flames ...." -- Mazie Hirono

... In three of the past five years, the awards fell into the single digits. ...

... the homes have proved too expensive for many applicants ....

...It doesn’t matter whether those restrictions actually do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; all that matters is that they be as restrictive as possible....

... A Growing Epidemic: States with the Highest Young Adult Vaping Rates ....

... Because OHA get plans for Mauna Kea .... 

... Civic participation is a key ingredient of a well-functioning democracy ....

... Hawaii both indicate that they transmitted fewer ballots to voters than were submitted ....

...‘Heavy’ pesticide exposure linked to cardiovascular disease?  Flawed study raises ‘troubling’ questions about public health research....

...Unless the corrupt “old guard trustees” (or their clones now running for OHA seats) are replaced with honest people willing to clean up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state and federal government will step in and shut it down, saying: “See? We gave you Hawaiians chance, and you blew it.”....

...First Circuit Judge Steven Alm’s probation reform pilot program, Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), which launched in 2004 to reduce recidivism and probation violations....

...well-connected people often found their way to the tops of housing waiting lists while the names of people who really needed affordable housing disappeared....

... The Ninth Circuit has established a tradition of re-hearing cases favorable to the Second Amendment ....

...2020’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....

...“Project Veritas offers further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting,” Mrs. Gabbard tweeted to her 890,000 followers....

...Ochs is the Republican nominee for Hawaii House of Representatives District 22....

...Plaintiff George Young sued Hawaii in 2012 for denying his applications for permits to carry a concealed or openly visible handgun....

...the group has raised over $2.1 million for Rittenhouse’s defense fund as of Friday....

... A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s finding that the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense properly assessed the environmental impact ....

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....

...even if we develop an effective vaccine to combat the pandemic, it will have a reduced impact if people don’t choose to get it....

...Especially noteworthy is Miske’s involvement with unions, particularly International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 996, which represents drivers hired to do movie and television scenes....

...The District Court opinion shows how appeals courts hostile to the Second Amendment have been successfully salami slicing away Second Amendment rights....

...Obama and his longtime colleague Marty Nesbitt want a 100-year-old sea wall rebuilt and fortified to protect a planned Hawaii retreat....

...These notices only represent announcements by companies in the state that have 100 or more employees....

...A clear-eyed look at the numbers ought to serve up giant slices of humble pie for any governor who boasted his state had the pandemic under control....

...Hawaii shows the largest disparity in weekly teacher interactions between more-educated and less-educated households. The gap for the nation is roughly 8%, while the gap for Hawaii is nearly 54%....

...criminals are being released from jails where there is no COVID....

...2020’s Best & Worst Community Colleges....