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Sunday, January 23, 2022 |
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Spotlight on Retirement Income
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2914 Views :: Taxes
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... Their recommendation: “Tax pension and other retirement income...."
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Short-term rentals a convenient scapegoat?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:07 PM :: 3018 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Based on how short-term vacation rentals are so often portrayed, I wouldn’t blame you if you thought their owners were all terrible people ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Family of Four Must Earn $85,372 to Stay off Welfare
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 4504 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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... the amount of money that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs without government and/or other subsidies ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii Worst State to Drive in
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 1822 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s Best & Worst States to Drive in ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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GOP: Reopen the State Capitol
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 4797 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, COVID-19
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... The word now is that leaders are reconsidering ....
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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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Ing Tells Russia US Military Not Wanted in Hawaii
By Audio @ 6:00 PM :: 3811 Views :: Military, Politicians
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... Somebody needs to tell ex-Rep Kaniela Ing the left doesn't like Russia anymore ....
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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on TheBus, HandiVan fare changes
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 2440 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... The Honolulu Rate Commission will be taking public testimony on proposed fare policy changes affecting TheBus and TheHandi-Van at its January 24th and February 8th meetings ....
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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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Rep Kai Kahele Doubles Down on COVID Lockdowns
By Video @ 4:24 AM :: 2981 Views :: Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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... on the Opening Day of the 30th Session of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, Kahele implores state leaders to act decisively and execute a multi-year statewide strategy to mitigate the pandemic and save lives ....
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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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UH Regents approve new Maunakea Master Plan
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 5520 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The plan’s strategies include broadening Native Hawaiian and community participation in planning and programming ....
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Communities Bring Hope, Can-Do Spirit to School Choice Week Celebrations
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 2103 Views :: Education K-12
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... As School Disruptions Continue, Families Call Attention to Educational Flexibility, Opportunity During Twelfth Annual Public Awareness Week ....
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Day One Speeches at Hawaii Legislature
By Video @ 4:37 AM :: 3320 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii State Government
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... House Speaker Scott Saiki announced plans in an unusually specific, brief speech ....
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 |
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Minimum Wage: Legislature Finishes what COVID Started?
By Heartland Foundation @ 5:24 PM :: 4014 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... 60 percent of businesses have been devastated by the pandemic ....
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 |
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Closed to the People: 2022 Legislative Session Begins Today
By Brett Kulbis @ 5:03 PM :: 3185 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Second Amendment
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... we’re also being told that we can’t fully open the State Capitol to public interaction because it isn’t safe ....
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 |
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Solar: 1,000 megawatts now online
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 2935 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Nearly 4,700 rooftop solar systems installed in 2021; 92,500 now online ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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ARPA: Where did $1.6B Go?
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 3412 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Ige today said the State of Hawaiʻi allocated all the $1.6 billion received last May ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Hundreds in Hawaii will get cut of Student Loan Settlement
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 1773 Views :: Higher Education
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... As part of the settlement, Hawai‘i will receive a total of $367,867 in restitution payments for 1,380 federal loan borrowers. Additionally, 196 Hawai‘i borrowers will receive a total of more than $4.3 million in private loan debt cancellation ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Audit of the City's Information Technology Modernization, Services, and Support
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 1928 Views :: Honolulu County
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... DIT is Unable to Meet Certain Service and Support Expectations ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Before Pandemic, Spending Exceeded Long-Term Revenue in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 2691 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Insights From Fiscal 50’s Key Measures of State Fiscal Health ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Legislature to Consider Auto-IRA Saving for Private Sector Workers
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 4342 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... workers at employers of a minimum size would be enrolled automatically in the program with the ability to opt out ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Update: US Aid Following Tonga Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 1965 Views :: World News
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... Tonga, which was devastated this weekend by volcanic ash and tsunami waves, with unknown loss of life, major damages, and an outage of the undersea cable communications ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Rep Bob McDermott Announces Campaign for US Senate
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 3:41 PM :: 4061 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Republican Party
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... McDermott (R) Ewa Beach announced he will be a candidate for US Senate this year, challenging incumbent Brian Schatz ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Marketing: Hawaii Resorts Score 'Green Business Awards'
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 3541 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... A total of 14 venues and events were recognized ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Best Cities for Remote Workers? Honolulu 2nd Worst
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 1846 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... LawnStarter ranked nearly 200 of the largest U.S. cities on remote worker-friendliness ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Bill 41 Could Squash Short-term Rentals
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:47 AM :: 3493 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Honolulu Council Bill 41, that would limit "short-term” rentals on Oahu to no less than 180 days at a time ....
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Sunday, January 16, 2022 |
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Under the Big Top
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3709 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... With this kind of money projected to come in the door, politicians of all stripes are staying up nights plotting and planning how to spend it ....
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Sunday, January 16, 2022 |
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Unemployment insurance mess back to haunt us
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:37 AM :: 1935 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...Just like they were a year ago at this time, the businesses that provide jobs to the state’s civilian workforce are in danger of having their annual unemployment taxes skyrocket....
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 |
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UH regents to consider new Maunakea Master Plan
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 2200 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... Board of Regents (BOR) will consider adopting the draft Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea at the BOR January 20, 2022 meeting ....
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 |
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No Buyout: Todd Graham resigns as University of Hawaii head football coach
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 1930 Views :: Higher Education
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... Graham resigned, so aside from normal reimbursements and compensation earned, no additional monies will be owed to the coach ....
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Saturday, January 15, 2022 |
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Commission Hears Complaints on Election Integrity
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 3668 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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"...what he is bringing to the table is absolutely valid.…"
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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Put state budget on a diet, Akina says on ‘Perry & The Posse’ show
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:50 PM :: 2238 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... What to do with the state’s $3 billion budget surplus ....
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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Which County has the Most Small Businesses?
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 1574 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... According to the study, Maui County ranked as the top place in Hawaii for small business owners ....
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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Al Hee's Hawaiian Homelands Monopoly Broken
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 2499 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... Broadband telecommunication customers on Hawaiian Home Lands will soon have more options under the lifting of a former exclusivity clause that allowed only one provider ....
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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Feds: Ali'i Security Rips off 171 Guards for $1.54M Overtime
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 2505 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... A Hawaii company that provides security officers to the state’s National Guard, the Hawaii State Arts Museum, Foster Botanical Gardens and other public and private facilities ....
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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State budget windfall should be shared with taxpayers
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:39 AM :: 2935 Views :: Taxes
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... the problem isn’t too little money, it’s too much ....
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 |
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SHOPO Statement on Federal Indictment of Three Honolulu Officials
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 3011 Views :: Ethics, Police
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"...For these accused felons to have taken money budgeted to hire more police officers and use it to pay off a failed former police chief is sickening...."
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Navy to Congress: Future of Hawaii Red Hill Fuel Facility Uncertain
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 2935 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Converse said those reports “will allow [the Navy] to make a long-term decision” as to whether the facility, used by all the services in the Indo-Pacific, will remain in operation. He said the question comes down to evaluating other sites and finding “better methods of distribution.” ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii Tax Foundation to Host 2022 Legislative Briefing series
By Tom Yamachika @ 9:51 PM :: 2055 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The 2022 Legislative Briefings will be held via Zoom on the following Tuesdays from 7:30 am- 8:30 am ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Cost Per Tobacco Smoker $2.8M
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 2273 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In Hawaii, smoking can burn a nasty hole through your wallet ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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How Many Legislators Were Partying With Sharon Har During COVID Shutdown?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 PM :: 8027 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Alm’s subpoena of credit card records and video from the AnyPlace Lounge in Rep Sharon Har’s recently-dismissed DUI case ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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States with the Most Racial Progress--Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 AM :: 1371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s States with the Most Racial Progress ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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DOH/CDC health survey expanded to include all Navy water system users
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 1778 Views :: Environment, Military
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... a survey to learn more about the experience of people who have been affected by the petroleum contamination ....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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DoH Reduces School Quarantine Requirements, HSTA Complains
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 2390 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... The HSTA hears that others were being told by the DOH that adults can return after five days “to sustain the workforce” ....
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 |
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Hawaii Democrats Central Committee Denounces Rep Ed Case
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 2378 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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... Democratic Party of Hawai’i State Central Committee (SCC) passed a Resolution expressing disappointment with Blue Dog Democrat Congressman Ed Case over his position, action, and inaction with regards to the national Build Back Better agenda ....
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 |
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Money and Power: HSTA Priorities for 2022 Legislature
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 2775 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... HSTA’s Government Relations Committee spotlights priorities for the 2022 Legislature ....
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 |
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DHHL Releases EA for Isenberg Street Rentals, Kalaeloa Solar Project
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 2868 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Energy
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... 270 affordable rental units for native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act ....
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Monday, January 10, 2022 |
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Cryptocurrency in Hawaii at a crossroads
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:38 PM :: 2121 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Will Hawaii be able to benefit from the cryptocurrency boom? ....
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Sunday, January 9, 2022 |
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TANF Hoarding
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2513 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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... So what have we done with the federal TANF money? We’ve let it pile up unused ....
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Saturday, January 8, 2022 |
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Red Hill: BWS Smokes out Congress?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 PM :: 3711 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... BWS statements have become increasingly apocalyptic. Just don’t ask them to get specific ....
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