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Wednesday, July 1, 2020 |
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Ige: Mauna Kea the Cornerstone for US Astronomy
By Video @ 10:08 PM :: 4264 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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" ... the fate of the Thirty Meter Telescope really coincides with the entire astronomy industry in the United States...." --Ige
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020 |
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Akina for OHA: TMT Yes with Pono Management
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:34 PM :: 4462 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Like many Hawaiians, I believe there is room on the Mauna for both science and the sacred. But we must protect the environment and honor the culture. With pono management, the presence of world class scientific equipment will benefit Hawaiians and all people through advances in education, jobs, economic opportunity, and global competitiveness.”....
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 |
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Ige Defers Harbor Tariff Hike
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 3996 Views :: Jones Act, OHA, Small Business, Taxes
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"...This will allow local shippers and businesses, especially those on the neighbor islands, to conduct business without worrying about a rate increase at this time....”
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 |
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Public input sought on decommissioning of Maunakea telescope
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 3918 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is seeking public input on the decommissioning of the Hōkū Keʻa telescope on the summit of Maunakea....
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Saturday, June 13, 2020 |
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Regents to consider new Maunakea internal management structure
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 4064 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents will consider the UH Hilo internal restructuring plan for management operations of Maunakea lands at the board’s upcoming June 18 monthly meeting....
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 |
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Report: Native Hawaiian Businesses Less Exposed to Tourism Downturn
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 3405 Views :: OHA, Small Business, COVID-19
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...New report details challenges, needs and potential of Native Hawaiian businesses during and after pandemic....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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Restructuring of Maunakea management will provide greater accountability and transparency
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 4058 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The regents are expected to vote on the new internal management structure at their May 21 meeting....
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Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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DLNR Begins Review of Mauna Kea Management Plan
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 3936 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...the department is launching an independent evaluation of the University of Hawai‘i’s (UH) compliance with the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP)....
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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OHA to Ige: Bypass Legislature and Give Us $21,287,134
By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 AM :: 4359 Views :: Ethics, OHA, COVID-19
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...OHA’s letter to Ige was timed to coincide with a media campaign designed to make Hawaiians appear as exceptional COVID victims....
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Friday, May 8, 2020 |
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OHA COVID Agenda: Lets Give More Millions to CNHA
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 3119 Views :: OHA, COVID-19
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...Kahiau Community Assistance Program under CNHA, the grant provides up to $1,500 in one-time emergency assistance to cover mortgage, rent, rent deposit or utility debts of Native Hawaiians facing financial hardship. Yesterday’s board action brings OHA’s total investment in the program to $3.83 million....
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Monday, May 4, 2020 |
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Supreme Livestream: Maui Water Rights Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:09 PM :: 4752 Views :: Maui County, Greenmail, Judiciary, OHA
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...Hawaii Supreme Court Livestream Oral Argument In Water Rights, Admin Law Case (Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 10am HT)....
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Friday, May 1, 2020 |
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OHA Trustee Keli‘i Akina Raises $100K+ Toward Re-Election
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 2508 Views :: OHA
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...according to his campaign organization's report to the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission posted on April 30, 2020....
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Monday, April 6, 2020 |
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Livestream Panel: Uniting TMT and Maunakea
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 4066 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Imua TMT is running another panel at the special request of UC Riverside this Thursday, April 9, 2020, at 9 AM Hawaii time....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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OHA urges Governor to increase relief for renters
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3693 Views :: Economy, OHA, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...urging the adoption of additional policies to close critical gaps left by the new federal moratorium on evictions and the state’s recent emergency orders....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Telescope: Hawaii State Supreme Court Affirmed Sacred Beliefs Not Applicable
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 5328 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"...Petitioners and Opposing Intervenors claim broadly that their beliefs should give them veto power over any proposes land use on Mauna Kea. The law does not support that view...."
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Imua TMT Panel Discussion -- Live and Interactive
By Video @ 10:03 PM :: 4525 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... VIDEO: The March 22, 2020, Imua TMT Panel Discussion on TMT YouTube ....
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Saturday, March 14, 2020 |
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OHA in Court: ‘Mauna Kea Must be a Money-Maker for Us’
By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 AM :: 6774 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...OHA demands UH charge Mauna Kea telescopes "a reasonably competitive rent"....
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Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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NYT: Telescope Puts $850M on Table
By Selected News Articles @ 7:55 PM :: 4906 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...American Astronomy’s Future Goes on Trial in Washington....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 |
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Why astronomy on Mauna Kea is not a desecration but a duty
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 4656 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The Master Lease awarding management of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve to the University of Hawaii will expire in 2033. It seems to me that any decision about individual facilities should wait until the issue of who will manage the mountain next is resolved....
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Monday, March 9, 2020 |
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Money News: OHA files motion for summary judgement in Maunakea lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 4802 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...work towards a solution that included balancing their fiduciary duties to the Native Hawaiian community with their primary focus – building telescopes on the mauna....
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Friday, March 6, 2020 |
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Protesters Return to Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 5327 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... 10am Saturday, March 7, 2020 ....
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 |
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Japan Reduces TMT Funding
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 4357 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"...The government of Japan reduced its budget allocation for the TMT project in Japanese FY2020 (April, 2020 to March, 2021) due to the stalemate of the construction in Hawaii...."
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 |
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Keli‘i Akina Announces Re-Election Campaign for Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 3347 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA Needs a Watchdog to Fight for Hawaiians and Hawai‘i ....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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OHA Suing the State - Enough is Enough!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:02 AM :: 3954 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...a perception that the organization and its management "are ineffective, poorly managed, or corrupt" and "do not help or represent the Hawaiian people effectively."....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Is Allowing the Anti-Telescope Blockade Ethical?
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 5979 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Decommissioning of 2 Maunakea Telescopes Pushed Back to 2023
By News Release @ 2:15 AM :: 5219 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory and the UH Hilo Hōkū Ke‘a teaching telescope were previously set to be demolished by 2021....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Thirty Meter Telescope Supporters Hold Panel Discussion
By Video @ 3:44 AM :: 4611 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Supporters of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea held a panel discussion on Sunday, February 16, at the Crown Room of the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 |
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House Approves Budget--Without $65M for Mauna Kea Protests
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 5057 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, OHA
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...House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Nanakuli: From Hardship to Hope
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:45 PM :: 3848 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, OHA
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...Diamond Garcia's own journey from hardship to hope is reflective of the challenges many face in his hometown of Nanakuli....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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More 'Sacred' Trash at Mauna Campsite
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 7137 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
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After Refusing to Supply Records, OHA Sues State Auditor
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 4255 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“If OHA has nothing to hide, it should be willing to open its records to the state auditor”. -- Trustee Keli'i Akina ....
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Friday, February 14, 2020 |
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SB3104: OHA to be Given Free 'Affordable' Housing Units?
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 4113 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Cost of Living
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...HHFDC to decide how many units go to OHA and/or DHHL....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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HCR37: Will Pro-Telescope Hawaiians be Included on 'Blue Ribbon' Panel?
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 4625 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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SB42: Protesters trying to legalize anarchy
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 1:35 PM :: 4221 Views :: Greenmail, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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SB42: Block AG's Investigation of Telescope Protesters Funding
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 4401 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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House-Senate Resolutions call for (yet another) Blue Ribbon Commission on Hawaiian Issues
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 3324 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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...asking the Governor to form a blue ribbon commission to examine and establish a reconciliation process relating to past, present and future issues of importance to Native Hawaiians and the State of Hawaiʻi....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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How to Restore OHA's Credibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:31 PM :: 3368 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The way OHA has responded to recent events has affected its credibility in the eyes of Hawai’i’s lawmakers and OHA’s own Hawaiian beneficiaries....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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OHA Audit: Don’t Let Them Double Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3490 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...This deserves an answer....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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India, co-builder of Hawaii telescope, wants it shifted out of proposed site
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 5092 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Representatives from member countries are expected to convene in Los Angeles in February to decide on project modalities....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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Ige Approves Mauna Kea Administrative Rules
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 4650 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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“...It is now time to utilize these rules to address the issues with excessive traffic that have been raised, as well as to issue new permits for commercial tour operations....”
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 |
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OHA's First Cover-up of 2020
By Video @ 3:39 AM :: 3567 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The New Year's Barely Started & There's Already A Cover-Up at OHA....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 |
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Crooks Cry Racism: Debunking OHA’s Audit Excuses
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 AM :: 5489 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...We at Hawai’i Free Press only needed 30 minutes to write this point-by-point rebuttal. Yes. It is that easy....
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Sunday, January 5, 2020 |
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OHA Sacrifices $3.2M to Hide Lawyer’s Conflict of Interest?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 7270 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe is gone and OHA claims Crabbe’s departure shows the agency is cleaning up. But the Board lawyer who signed off on everything is still in place....
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Sunday, January 5, 2020 |
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Pro-Telescope Rallies Set
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 3424 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...January 5 and 6, 2020 in Waikiki and Jan 11 Panel Discussion in Nanakuli....
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Thursday, January 2, 2020 |
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Legislative Agenda: OHA to Parlay Mauna Kea Protests into Control of BLNR, LUC
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 4555 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...ensuring that four members of both the Land Use Commission and the Board of Land and Natural Resources are selected from lists submitted to the Governor by OHA....
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019 |
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DLNR, TPL Buy Forest Surrounding OHA's Waimea Valley
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 3891 Views :: Environment, OHA
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...DLNR-DOFAW and The Trust for Public Land (TPL) have completed the purchase of 3,716 acres – the upper Waimea watershed – from Dole....
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