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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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How Consumer Debt in Hawaii Changed During the Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1714 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... In Hawaii, the median amount of debt in collections fell from $1,999 to $1,926 between February and October, 2020 ....
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ethics and Audit Function at Lowest Level in Years
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 AM :: 5029 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... This proves there is much more corruption to be ferreted out--and the crooks know it ....
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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COVID Funds Buy Buildings for Non-Profits
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 2450 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, COVID-19
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... a small apartment complex for low to moderate income renters being managed by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ....
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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Blangiardi signs bill to recover lost Transient Accommodations Tax revenue and give it to Rail
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 2664 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Translation: The Legislature took the counties' share of the state TAT away but let them impose their own TAT. I'm giving it to rail -- so, in effect, other city services have been cut to fund rail but -- like a shell game -- with so many moving parts, the public has been deceived....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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How the Murder Rate in Hawaii Compares to the Rest of the Country
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 2670 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... There were a total of 41 murders in Hawaii in 2020, or 2.9 for every 100,000 people -- the seventh lowest murder rate among states ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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Cato: Hawaii second least-free state in USA
By News Release @ 7:28 PM :: 1897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has experienced a net outflow of residents to the rest of the United States since at least the beginning of the past decade ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Sued over January 6 Attack on Congress
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 2714 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Republican Party
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... DC’s Civil Lawsuit is the First Filed by a Government Entity Against Proud Boys and Oath Keepers; Seeks Damages Caused by Violent & Deadly Attack ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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FBI Investigating Cyber Attack Against TheBus and TheHandi-Van
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 1570 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Emergency Medical Services, Queens Hospital also report cyberattacks on employee data ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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HSTA: Pandemic Relief Money Can Go Into Our Pockets
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 2404 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... we can grab for 21 hours of 'professional development' or college loan relief or something ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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HSTA: Union Contract Supersedes COVID Emergency Orders
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 2469 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... HSTA, employer file arguments on HSTA’s prohibited practice complaint decision pending by the Hawaii Labor Relations Board ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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COVID: UH Faculty Win Six More Months of Telework
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 2205 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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... Teleworking UH Faculty will be exempt from requirements to submit work plans through June 30, 2022 ....
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Sunday, December 12, 2021 |
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Former University of Guam Professor Sentenced in Bid-Rigging Scheme
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 2343 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Military
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... produced fictitious bids in order to make the procurement process appear legitimate ....
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Sunday, December 12, 2021 |
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Foreign Trade Zone Kerfuffle
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1947 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... DoTax wants years of back GE Taxes ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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COVID Brings More Students to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 2337 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Hawaii colleges and universities saw a 3.3% increase in students transferring to their institutions amid the pandemic ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 11, 2021
By GovTrack .us @ 9:58 PM :: 1626 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Votes in Congress and bills introduced for week ending Dec 11, 2021 ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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Maui: Property Tax Relief for Long-Time Families in SMA
By News Release @ 5:54 AM :: 2009 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Mayor Michael Victorino has signed Bill 118 -- the ʻAina Kūpuna bill -- that establishes a mechanism to provide long-time Maui families with tax relief for inherited real property in a Special Management Area ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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NextHealth Fined $58K for Conducting COVID Testing
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 2255 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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"... NextHealth was operating without a CLIA Certificate of Waiver and a State of Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Class I Permit ...."
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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Omicron? DoH Investigating COVID Cluster at Gay Nightclub
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 2671 Views :: COVID-19
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... All patrons who visited Scarlet Honolulu since December 3 are advised to get tested ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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DOH: Red Hill Shaft Diesel at 350 Times Limit
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 1949 Views :: Honolulu County, Military
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... DOH samples were analyzed by Eurofins Laboratory in California. Eurofins found 140,000 parts per billion (ppb) of TPH-d. The DOH EAL for TPH-d is 400 ppb ....
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Friday, December 10, 2021 |
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Takings, PASH, and the Changing Coastal Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 5:55 PM :: 1843 Views :: Land Use
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... the right to exclude is not "universally applicable" in the 808. Let that one sink in ....
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Friday, December 10, 2021 |
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UH regents schedule first meeting on new Maunakea Master Plan
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 2460 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The Master Plan serves as a framework for aligning land-use decisions ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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Monsanto Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Using Pesticide at Corn Growing Fields in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 2699 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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... Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on corn fields in Hawaii ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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City launches first-ever chatbot with voice recognition for customer services
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 1580 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The chatbot named Akamai is equipped to deliver quick voice or text responses to more than 100 questions primarily related to motor vehicle and personal ID services. ...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 2397 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... 38 states had unemployment claims last week that were lower than before the pandemic -- Hawaii isn't one of them ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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Billionaire Helps Solar Developers Grab More Ag Land
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 2786 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Agriculture
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... Billionaire Omidyar helps solar developers sharpen up their sales pitch to overcome community resistance to the solar grab for agricultural lands ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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Biden: WHIAANHPI Will Save Hawaiians
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 3538 Views :: DHHL, National News, OHA
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... the new WHIAANHPI is housed within HHS, returning this initiative to the Department where it was first launched under the Clinton Administration in 1999 ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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Navy Discovers Contamination at a Second Shaft
By News Release @ 5:04 AM :: 2253 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Navy officials expressed increasing confidence that the cause of the water contamination could be traced to two leaks at the Red Hill facility this year ....
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021 |
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Ige Appoints Holly T.M. Shikada Attorney General
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 2082 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... Valerie M. Kato has been selected as the new First Deputy Attorney General ....
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021 |
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City waives fees and allows storm damage work to begin immediately
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 1479 Views :: Honolulu County
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... DPP delays will not impact storm recovery ....
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
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Ethics: Officials Quietly form Non-Profit to Contract with their Department
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 2970 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The Agency employs the relevant employees at state-run facilities. Recently, it has allowed some employees to become employees of the Non-Profit, which can offer additional benefits beyond those typically offered to state employees ....
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii’s Healthcare Shortage: Hawaii Island Residents Concerned
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:41 AM :: 2970 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... Residents on Hawaii island are voicing their concerns about the shortage of healthcare, according to Lisa Rantz, executive director of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation ....
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Monday, December 6, 2021 |
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Two More Omicron Cases Detected in Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 3371 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as Covid variant spreads ....
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Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
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Kauai Wipes out 1,450 illegal TVRs
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 3509 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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“...With a combined effort of increased enforcement, as well as partnerships with third-party platforms such as Expedia, the Kaua‘i Planning Department estimates that illegal vacation rentals on Kaua‘i have gone from roughly 1,500 in 2017 down to less than 50 today....”
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Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
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Legislature to Resume Awarding Grants-In-Aid
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 1646 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Applications due January 21, 2022 ....
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Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
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Ending Government by Fiat
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2042 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... a “state of emergency,” which causes the Governor’s powers to kick in, is supposed to terminate automatically after sixty days ....
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Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
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OHA Report: Graft is ‘Courageous and Commendable’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 AM :: 3550 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, OHA
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... OHA is seeking a new ‘Auditor’ willing to generate a report that will condemn the CLA Audit as “inflammatory statements” and “lies” ....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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Makahiki Stargazing Festival
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 1675 Views :: Higher Education
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... Please come join OKH, IfA and NOIRLab for solar observations, star-gazing and Makahaiki Games December 4, 3pm @ Magic Island ....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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UH: 96% of our Students Believe Eco-Religion
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 2628 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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... ‘Worry and hope’: Producing students to save the world ....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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What Hawaii must do to recover financially
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 2220 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Road Map to Prosperity ....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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Oahu's new 'tourism tax' will affect residents, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:19 PM :: 2889 Views :: Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... projected revenues from the tax fall short of what the project needs to cover its budget shortfalls ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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DBEDT: State Economic Performance Better Than Expected
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 2462 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.9 percent, up from the 2.7 percent projected in August ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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How Much Do You Need To Be ‘Rich’ in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 PM :: 2724 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The minimum income to be in the top 5% in Hawaii is $150,863; that is second only to California among West Coast states ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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How Ige's Latest COVID Emergency Proclamation Affects Sunshine Law
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2024 Views :: Ethics
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... Exhibit C of the latest Proclamation suspends the Sunshine Law to enable boards to conduct meetings without any members of the boards or the public physically present in the same location ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Fed Wreck's Back--And Guess Who is Pushing it
By Video @ 9:52 PM :: 2282 Views :: Akaka Bill
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... But Wait, Because There's An Unexpected Turn Of Events ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Health Department Detects Petroleum Product in Navy Water System
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 3481 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... It is hard to miss the possibility that the result of the Nov 20 incident in the fire suppression system has somehow ended up in the Hickam water system ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Third Saint from Kalaupapa? Bishops Advance cause of Brother Joseph Dutton
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 2503 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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... Father Damien, who had just been diagnosed with leprosy, needed an assistant to help him carry on his work after he was gone. Dutton threw himself into the work ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ranks #2 for Potholes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 1840 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...“Riding a motorcycle in Hawaii is a mixture of absorbing breathtaking views and then nearly dying by driving into a pothole big enough to be a bomb crater”....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Rankings Mixed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1898 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....
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