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Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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HTA: Tourist Arrivals Up, Spending Down
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 3236 Views :: Tourism
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...average daily visitor spending was down -9.2%, total visitor arrivals rose 6.6 percent to 856,250 visitors in April....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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NPS: Eruption Cut Volcanoes National Park Traffic 45%
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 4966 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...“It’s not surprising to see a decrease in visitor spending during 2018 since most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was closed for 134 days due to unsafe and unpredictable volcanic activity”....
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 |
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Gut-n-Replace 2019
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6807 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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...the law’s discrimination against nonresidents was prohibited by a part of the U.S. Constitution that the deputy attorney general didn’t consider. “Oops,” the deputy said....
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Friday, May 17, 2019 |
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UHERO: Counties see synchronized slowing
By UHERO @ 7:23 PM :: 5205 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...each has seen a falloff in tourism activity and a slowing of employment growth in a number of sectors....
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 |
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Grassroot: Bill 89 Unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:48 AM :: 7273 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...The Hawaii Constitution also has a clause that protects citizens from excessive fines, making it even more likely that someone will challenge the enormous fines associated with this proposal....
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Friday, May 3, 2019 |
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‘Sticks’ won’t resolve vacation rental debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:14 PM :: 4910 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s contradictory approach to short-term vacation rentals hasn’t been doing much to make anybody happy, and could, in fact, just be making things worse....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 |
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Hanalei Finds Excuse: 20 More Days Without Tourists
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 5120 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism
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... prompted by community concerns brought to HDOT by Senate President Ronald Kouchi, Representative Nadine Nakamura, and Mayor Kawakami ....
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Friday, April 26, 2019 |
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Q1: Tourism Up, Spending Down
By News Release @ 5:39 AM :: 4520 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019....
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Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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Revenue Raisers Already Sent to the Governor
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4960 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...our legislature has a dogged focus on new taxes....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 8289 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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...The redevelopment should take into consideration input received in the DTL, LLC Final Report....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Judgments Aren’t Necessarily the End of Litigation
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6168 Views :: Judiciary, Taxes, Tourism
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...Before the ink was dry on those judgments, the Department of Taxation produced additional assessments against the taxpayers, this time on car rental commissions....
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Friday, March 29, 2019 |
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Tourist Numbers Up, Spending Down (again)
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 4689 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for February 2019....
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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Environmental Review for Aloha Stadium Tear-Down Begins
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 8808 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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...We already have a good stadium. And this consultant now admits Aloha Stadium is located in the best possible place. So why tear it down for yet another unnecessary boondoggle?....
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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Reforming Rental Car Excise Taxes
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 4691 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...a byzantine structure of taxes and fees, with effective tax rates on consumers often exceeding 30 percent....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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Maui Mayor Proposes $869.5M Budget
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6952 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...tax increases would affect commercial, up by 14 cents per $1,000 of valuation; industrial, up by 3 cents per thousand; hotel and resort, up by 23 cents per thousand; and short-term rental, up by 27 cents per thousand....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 |
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House Resolution Seeks Return of Hawaiian Airlines Call Center
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 11:37 AM :: 5859 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tourism
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...the House Labor Committee unanimously approved a draft resolution calling on Hawaiian Airlines to return the 200 plus call center jobs it has outsourced to the Philippines....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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SB931: Tourism Industry Aims to Shut Down Aquarium Fishery
By Selected News Articles @ 7:12 PM :: 6097 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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...Introduction of the aquarium fishery closure bill is the tourist groups’ attempt to preempt the HEPA environmental review completion....
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 |
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DoH Launches Marijuana Sales to Tourists
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 4841 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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...Out-of-state minors can also apply if they (claim to) meet specific eligibility criteria....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 |
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Hirono Suggests She Was Joking When She Criticized the Green New Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 3:23 AM :: 7541 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Tourism
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...Just kidding! It turns out Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) is a fan of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez....
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 |
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January: More Tourists--Less Spending
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 4016 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.62 billion in January 2019, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared to January 2018....
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Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
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Aloha Stadium Scheme Exploits Federal Tax Breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 5827 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...the program’s requirement that investments must “substantially improve” zone property in order to qualify for tax breaks is quite loose....
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Friday, February 22, 2019 |
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Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Designed to Force New Products Past FDA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 5382 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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...Sunscreen has been in the news a lot lately. Both Hawaii and Key West, Florida, are trying to ban sunscreens containing certain ingredients....
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Thursday, February 21, 2019 |
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DOBOR Sets Hearings for Massive Fee Hikes
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 5779 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...People who use any of Hawai‘i’s small boat harbors, offshore moorings, landings or wharfs will have a chance to comment on new proposed fees and rules....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Charting a New Course For Hawaii Tourism
By UHERO @ 1:21 PM :: 3924 Views :: Tourism
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...Diminishing economic contribution, eroding resident sentiment, and increasing congestion and stress on sites and attractions provide evidence that the current governance model is inadequate....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 6422 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Tourism
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...the few studies that have addressed the environmental impacts of sunscreens experimentally “are not representative of real world conditions”....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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ICA Throws out Case Against Vacation Rental
By Robert Thomas @ 1:24 AM :: 6149 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Tourism
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...Hitting someone with a notice of violation and then telling them to disprove it (all the while laboring under ever-increasing daily fines) just won't cut it....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Restaurant Closures Correlate to Minimum Wage Hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:05 PM :: 5466 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tourism
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...For every dollar that the San Francisco minimum wage went up, there was a 4 to 10 percent increase in the likelihood of restaurant closings....
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Monday, February 4, 2019 |
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Volcano Homeowners Face New Threat—From Government
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 5833 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Tourism
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...Beginning April 1, homeowners won’t be allowed to offer their homes as short-term rentals unless their properties fall within designated “resort zones”—and they can face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating that law....
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Thursday, January 31, 2019 |
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Tourist Arrivals up 5.9% for 2018
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 3356 Views :: Tourism
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...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent $17.82 billion in 2018, an increase of 6.8 percent compared to 2017....
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
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Shark Bites: Hawaii Still #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 5233 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...In addition to the 66 unprovoked attacks worldwide, there were also 34 provoked attacks. Those include instances where divers are bitten after harassing or trying to touch sharks, as well as attacks on spearfishers or people trying to feed sharks....
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Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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Auction: Omidyar Dairy Liquidating?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 6651 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Tourism
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...In addition to spawning anti-dairy activism, Omidyar’s Kauai dairy proposal created a political and perhaps legal precedent requiring previously exempt farmers to obtain an environmental impact statement before commencing operations....
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Saturday, December 29, 2018 |
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Nancy Pelosi Vacations at Fairmont Orchid During Government Shutdown
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 6614 Views :: National News, Tourism
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...Pelosi was spotted on Thursday vacationing at a four-diamond resort in Hawaii despite an ongoing battle in Washington, D.C., that led to a government shutdown....
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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November: Visitor Arrivals Up, Spending Flat
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 4416 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Total visitor arrivals rose to 781,990 (+4.3%) in November compared to a year ago....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Ige Approves Rule Changes for Small Boat Harbors
By News Release @ 3:39 PM :: 5114 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...drunks, bums, and feral animals....
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Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 4)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5590 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing Maui County seeking to invalidate its “Time Share” property classification, with the county then striking back....
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Thursday, December 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii hotel strike linked to lack of economic freedom
By Selected News Articles @ 8:42 PM :: 6541 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...According to the Grassroot Institute, high taxes, high government spending and burdensome regulation were major reasons economic freedom in the state continued to decline; they also contributed heavily to the state’s high cost of living....
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Sunday, December 9, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 3)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5663 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...We continue with our series about a timeshare association suing the county, with the county then back assessing the association for $10 million....
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Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5753 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...Timeshare association sues county; county then back assesses association for $10 million....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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Visitor Arrivals Jump 4.4% for October--Spending Drops
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 3408 Views :: Tourism
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...The average daily census (i.e. number of visitors on any given day) in October was 210,960, up 1.8 percent compared to a year ago....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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$3.56M Tourism Industry Payoffs to Community Groups Statewide
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 3291 Views :: Tourism
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...$3.56 Million to Support 130 Hawaiian Culture, Natural Resources and Community Programs....
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018 |
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Connected: Rail, Pensions, and Vacation Rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:48 PM :: 6702 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Keli'i Akina and Joe Kent discuss the latest research by the Grassroot Institute on rail, vacation rentals and the unfunded liabilty of Hawaii's public pension system....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Council Resolution: Ban Cars, Buses from Waikiki by 2030
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 6611 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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... The Public Works, Infrastructure & Sustainability Committee will publicly discuss its Draft 1 of Resolution 18-221 [1] in the City Council Committee Meeting Room, on the 2nd floor of Honolulu Hale, at 1:00 pm Weds ....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 1)
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:03 PM :: 5776 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...a long and hotly litigated property tax case from Maui....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Maui rental fines not fine
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:25 AM :: 6535 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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...Renting out your room illegally to someone vacationing on the island for 10 days would mean more than $100,000 in fines....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Haleiwa Shark Tour Boat Busted for Chumming
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 4192 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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...The violation is petty misdemeanor that upon conviction could have fines and jail time....
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 |
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Tourist Count up 3.5% --Big Island Drops 14%
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 4115 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...visitor spending and arrivals are up sharply everywhere except the Big Island....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Shore water event application deadline extended for non-North Shore surf events
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 4116 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...Short term extension valid for events scheduled between October 22, 2018 and February 28, 2019....
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