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					| Wednesday, August 31, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 31, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 3196 Views 
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Green: Red Hill Gives Me Leverage to Extract Money from Military Lease Renewals 
  
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Years of Tensions at Mauna Kea May End With Payout of $1M per Year, Per Telescope 
  
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Honolulu Rail’s ‘Full-Blown’ Trial Running Phase Is Finally Underway 
  
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Hawaii reports 1,777 new COVID-19 cases statewide 
  
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With costs so high, keeping the lights on is an ‘exhausting’ challenge for local shops 
  
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Hawaii police union board hikes pay, raises dues 
  
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Hawaii’s Pathetic Judiciary:  Case dismissed against man who might know location of Oahu toddler’s body 
  
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Aloha Petroleum Sues Insurance Co to Pay for Global Warming Lawsuit Defense 
  
 
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					| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 30, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 2707 Views 
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Increase In ‘Violent, Brazen’ Crime On Oahu 
  
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Hawaii’s meth trade resembles ‘Breaking Bad’ 
  
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Manoa community on edge after Meth-Addled neighbor fires dozens of gunshots into walls of home 
  
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August on Oahu: 1000+ robberies, burglaries, theft reports  
  
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Soft on Crime: Child Kidnapper Does it Again 
  
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COVID Economy Continues: SNAP benefit payouts increase 79% on Kaua‘i 
  
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Without Bribes, DPP Slows Down Building Permits -- Tupola Demands Investigation  
  
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Prosecutors say the evidence supports keeping this Miske co-defendant behind bars until trial 
  
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B.J. Penn is officially contesting the Hawaii Governor Primary election results, citing voter suppression 
  
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How Often Will Hawaii Windfarms Catch on Fire? 
  
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Biden ‘IRA’ Porks up Solar Subsidies 
  
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3 Years Later--Honolulu Prosecutor Will Not Charge Officers Who Killed Criminal At Kapolei Gas Station 
  
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New body-cam video shows events that led to HPD chase ahead of serious crash 
  
 
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					| Monday, August 29, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 29, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 AM :: 1639 Views 
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 - Mental Health Workers Strike Kaiser Beginning Monday
 
 - Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
 
 - Hawaii Gun Sales Per Capita Least in USA
 
 - Overall college enrollment in the state shrank 20% over the last decade as Males Vanish
 
 - Mobile Homes Could Be New Face Of Affordable Housing
 
 - Council considering increasing shoreline setbacks
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 28, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 28, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 3702 Views 
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 - Paramilitary Group Takes over anti-Telescope Protest Site
 
 - Dept. of Education Welcomes Two New $190K Hires
 
 - Getting Away With Attempted Murder: Shysters’ Latest Trick in Maui Hate Crime Case
 
 - National Democrats Use Hawaii Primary Result to Claim Vote by Mail Boosts Turnout, LOL!
 
 - Lackluster candidates, absent voters dim primary election
 
 - Pandemic’s impact has stunted development for many young keiki
 
 - Honolulu Liquor Commission May Be Headed For An Overhaul
 
 - ‘An Epic Fail:’ Hawaii Inmate Medical Records System Hasn’t Worked Right For Months
 
 - Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative to increase base rates
 
 - State cesspool master plans in the works
 
 - Homeless Policy Moves Chronics Around--Housing Only for  ‘Motivated’ Bums
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 28, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Letters to the Editor, August, 2022
									 
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					| Saturday, August 27, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 27, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 2647 Views 
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Bill: Outlaw Nepotism in Legislature After Cullen Crime Family Scores Primary Win 
  
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Hawaii has issued 1 gun carry permit since high court ruling 
  
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Residents of Hawaii Army base face weekend power outage, with more to follow 
  
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Hospitals working on overdrive forcing officials to search for solutions 
  
 
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					| Friday, August 26, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 26, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 2830 Views 
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 - Hawaii Ranks #1 for Student Loan Deadbeats
 
 - Aiona, McDermott urge water treatment system for Red Hill 
 
 - Liliʻuokalani Trust Selling Off Legacy Lands
 
 - Hospitalized And Gravely Ill, Abigail Kawanakoa’s Stuff is Being Auctioned Off
 
 - Another Miske co-defendant decides to plead guilty
 
 - Damning Report Unlikely To Affect Honolulu Ethics Director’s Job
 
 - Hawaii, Maui counties revise permit process for license to carry firearms
 
 - Teacher Housing to Cost Over $1M Per Unit--And State Already Owns Land
 
 - DPP Delays Snag Affordable Housing Project
 
 - In Hawaii’s SPED classrooms, teachers and students alike are still playing catch-up 
 
 - Star-Adv Front Page News: Eric Ryan Attacks Republicans 
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 25, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 2300 Views 
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Antivaxxer Election Suit Paves Way for Elimination of Republicans from General Election Ballot 
  
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Signature issues on Hawaii primary ballots left thousands of votes uncounted 
  
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Aloha to the coal plant, but are we ready for the transition? 
  
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Katherine Kealoha Accuses Feds Of Ruining Her Three-Way ‘Marriage’ With Cocaine Photo Allegation        
  
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Blueprint For Hawaii Housing? UH Project For Students And Faculty Is Going Up At Relatively Little Cost 
  
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Setbacks in the plan to monitor wastewater for Covid-19 show that it's still business as usual at the DOH. 
  
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The New 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Off To A Busy Start In Hawaii 
  
 
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					| Wednesday, August 24, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 24, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 5984 Views 
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Delusional Kai Kahele Thought Andy Winer Would Make Him Governor 
  
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How Insiders Got Rid of the Last Auditor 
  
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Historic?  Honolulu Council Finds New Way to Make Housing More Expensive 
  
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Stadium officials dither, so UH acts 
  
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After end of Roe v. Wade, broad coalition seeks to expand abortion access in Hawaii 
  
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Honolulu City Council authorizes lawsuit against owner of 'FCKBLM' license plates 
  
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Documentary features Caldwell Cronies’ Hawaii airport COVID-19 testing site 
  
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Oahu Tax Advisory Commission Recommends Massive Property Tax Increase on Historic Properties 
  
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City considering increasing Oahu parking costs 
  
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Coco Palms Plans Explode In Bizarre, Emotional Hearing 
  
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State pension fund overcomes hurdles to secure fiscal-year gain 
  
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Hawaii Antivaxxer Sues to Overturn Primary Election Results 
  
 
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					| Tuesday, August 23, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 23, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 2435 Views 
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Wastewater Company At Center Of Bribery Scandal Won Big Maui Contracts 
  
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Hawaii's last outdated mainframe computer system shut down 
  
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Kauai 8th graders confront Vice President Kamala Harris over Red Hill   
  
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Keeping the Lights On? Hawaii is about to get rid of coal power for good 
  
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Defeated Branco Seeks Gig in Green Administration  
  
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Amid severe shortage, Hilo hospital to hire nurse aides with no experience and train them 
  
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Kaiser’s mental health shortage puts patient safety at risk, national agency finds 
  
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Several West Maui routes canceled due to school bus driver shortage 
  
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Distributor sues HPD over damage to dozens of sweepstakes machines 
  
 
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					| Monday, August 22, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 22, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:45 PM :: 3300 Views 
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Tax Evasion News: Hunt sells Palamanui property to Nan at Deep Discount Price 
  
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$15 million approved for teacher-focused affordable housing on Maui 
  
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The No. 1 Reason Maui Residents Call 211? They Need Help Buying Food 
  
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Unvaccinated Pilots & Flight Attendants Hope for Return to Work 
  
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Supreme Court Ruling Gets Firearms charges dismissed against Paia man 
  
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False claims about royal land patents still have followers 
  
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Deep-Sea Mining Is Close to Reality Despite Environmental Concerns 
  
 
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					| Sunday, August 21, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 21, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 3909 Views 
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Carpenters Game Plan: Green Will Sign Bill Extending GE Tax for Rail, Luke Won’t be in Legislature to Stop it 
  
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Nonprofit’s non-bid COVID contract was a lucrative ‘sweetheart deal’ for Caldwell Cronies--and Milton Choy 
  
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“It is a known fact that MPD was and is full of corruption” -- SHOPO, ‘Corrupt’ Cops Work to Fire Maui’s ‘Outsider’ Chief 
  
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Affordable housing fraud: Finance Committee approves downsized audit request 
  
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Mauna Kea: If Protesters aren’t Bought off by 2027, All Telescopes will be Removed 
  
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Your Tax Money at Work: Schatz climate activism produces $370B Money Shower 
  
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Put further sunscreen bans on pause 
  
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Kauai finds new way to Make Houses Even More Expensive -- Putting Them On Stilts 
  
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives on Kauai for vacation, greeted by Red Hill protestors 
  
 
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					| Saturday, August 20, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 20, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 AM :: 3638 Views 
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HART to give Nan another $500M for work on Dillingham   
  
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Patients Line up Overnight for Dialysis while ‘CON’ Red Tape Blocks New Clinics  
  
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2 deputy superintendents added to Hawaii Department of Education amid concerns about bureaucracy 
  
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CNHA in Insurance Business Thanks to Biden 
  
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EPA Investigation Finds Flaws In Pearl Harbor Water Systems 
  
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Honolulu police chief’s son arrested after failing to appear in court     
  
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US retracts statement that alleged Russian spies in Hawaii used additional aliases 
  
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Complaints pour in about Honolulu Liquor Commission as critics call for overhaul 
  
 
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					| Friday, August 19, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 19, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 12:43 PM :: 2680 Views 
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 - Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
 
 - Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
 
 - Kaiser mental health worker strike expands to Hawaii
 
 - Hawaii Unemployment Rate 4.1% for July, 2022
 
 - Chinese Navy intel ship spied on RIMPAC
 
 - Coal Plant Saved Oahu Consumers $2 Billion Dollars --It will be replaced by Rolling Blackouts
 
 - Hawaii Condo Fees Are Among Nation’s Highest. And They’re Squeezing The Middle Class
 
 - Costs, Prices, Customers: Everything’s Up at Hawai‘i’s Restaurants
 
 - Hawaii County: A little tax relief for kupuna
 
 - Kauai Council Sets Stage for More Property Tax Hikes
 
 - State water commission considers ability to act during emergency situations
 
 - Usual Suspects Whine About Geothermal Plant
 
 - Waikiki Crime: Lets do everything except enforce the law
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 18, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 18, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 11:18 AM :: 2346 Views 
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 - Out-of-state buyers don't drive Hawaii home prices, report shows
 
 - DoH Survey: Just as Many Concerned about COVID as in 2020 
 
 - Hawaii Guns: Concealed Carry OK, Open Carry Banned?
 
 - The Public May Never Know Who Did The Bribing In The Honolulu Permitting Scandal
 
 - Airport theft probe exposes possible wider public corruption scheme
 
 - Miske co-defendants who flip are not getting off scot-free
 
 - Ige: COVID Policy Designed to Acquire Federal Funding
 
 - Hawaii reports 13 COVID deaths, nearly 2,700 cases in past week
 
 - Expert: Worrisome rates of drug abuse among Hawaii’s youth could fuel surge in crime
 
 - Sen. Fevella calls for emergency declaration over rising electricity costs in Hawaii
 
 - DoE Red Tape slows teacher hiring
 
 - Visitor paid parking program to start in 2023
 
 - City (again) preparing design documents to renovate storied Waikiki Natatorium
 
 - Oahu churches have become targets for crime
 
 - Soft on Crime Activists fight over Which Rapist to Free
 
 
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					| Wednesday, August 17, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 17, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:01 PM :: 3597 Views 
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5 arrests tied to theft, fraud probe at Honolulu airport--State AG Keeps Feds out of So-Called Investigation 
  
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Rail: Ige Outraged by Carpenter’s Election Takeover 
  
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Differences emerge between Aiona and new running mate 
  
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Committee postpones emergency management bill: Questions surround media suspension and civil disturbances 
  
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Ex-councilman sues county to recoup legal fees 
  
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Sandwich Isles Communications Goes On War Path Against PUC and Consumer Advocate 
  
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Honolulu Police Department reviewing results of personnel survey 
  
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Officers suspected in brutality case retain attorneys ahead of anticipated federal charges 
  
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Dialysis clinics unable to keep up with demand as kidney disease grows in Hawaii 
  
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Latest Attack on Fishing Fleet Fails 
  
 
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					| Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 16, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 PM :: 2706 Views 
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Another state worker arrested, probe into theft at Honolulu airport’s baseyard broadens 
  
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Miske Investigated for 24 Years 
  
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Mauna authority faces rough road 
  
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Slim margins trigger primary election recounts in 6 races 
  
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Counties taking steps to cure ballots and finalize voting count 
  
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Procedures at Maui’s only voter service center cause headaches for last-minute voters 
  
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Hawaii is seeing a steady growth in the cost of running for office 
  
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In reversal, state says military training at Big Island range not compatible with conservation land 
  
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Cost of Government Commission finding departmental feedback a challenge 
  
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7 child sex trafficking victims located in Hawaii, FBI says 
  
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Spy or Not? Attorneys seek lift of no-bail order in theft case 
  
 
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					| Monday, August 15, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 15, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 3073 Views 
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Caldwell Bribery:  $10K in Contributions ‘Captures’ $19.5M COVID test Contract? 
  
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Housing study cites government barriers 
  
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Hawaii has 850,000 registered voters. Barely 40% voted in the primary 
  
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Kahele, Cayetano Skip Democrats’ ‘Unity Breakfast’ 
  
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Big Island Prosecutor’s Alleged Harassment Dates Back Years 
  
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Judge releases redacted document from Ireland case 
  
 
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					| Sunday, August 14, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 14, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 3811 Views 
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 - Hawaii Primary Election Results 2022
 
 - Plague, Frogs, Fire and Cracks: Eleven Years of HART Excuses
 
 - Honolulu announces free week of fares for TheBus
 
 - A GE Tax Exemption for Food
 
 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 13, 2022
 
 - Carpenters Own Josh Green -- but Smear Job Against Luke Fails
 
 - Voting is easier than ever, yet democracy fights to live on
 
 - Another Miske co-defendant wants out of detention
 
 - Federal law could lead to more Solar Subsidies on Kaua‘i
 
 - Oahu farmland protection ruling heads to state court
 
 - City proposes more than $11.67 million in upgrades to Waikiki Shell
 
 
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					| Saturday, August 13, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 13, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3873 Views 
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 - It was 124 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
 
 - How to increase Hawaii’s healthcare capacity
 
 - Hawaii Cockfighters Continue Shipping Fighting Birds to Guam, Enabled by Territorial Department of Agriculture
 
 - Honolulu: Highest Tourist Taxes on Earth
 
 - Court Martial Coming After Tulsi Gabbard fills in on Tucker Carlson Tonight?
 
 - Rolling Blackouts Coming: Realities sink in as Hawaii ditches coal   
 
 - Aloha Petroleum Sues AIG Insurance Company re Honolulu & Maui Climate Suits
 
 - Firefighters union: Prescribed burn could have contributed to huge Big Island wildfire
 
 
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					| Friday, August 12, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 12, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 2324 Views 
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Green Targeted by Anti-Semitic Anti-Vaxxers 
  
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Phoney Baloney: Branco waits until two days before primary to call on Super PAC to take down ‘sensational’ ads against opponent 
  
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COVID: No More Quarantine, No More 6 Feet 
  
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West Oahu Charter School Finances Expansion Through Municipal Bonds 
  
 
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					| Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 11, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 2502 Views 
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BJ Penn for Dictator: ‘I will End TMT’ 
  
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Campaign Spending Commission investigates ‘ghost PAC’ supporting Cayetano 
  
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Outside Spending Reaches Historic Levels In Race For Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District 
  
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Maui Measure to cap hotel units spurs debate 
  
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Hawaii Department of Health reports 3,189 new infections, 14 coronavirus-related deaths 
  
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Hawaii hospitals still at full capacity despite declining COVID-19 case counts 
  
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The long-awaited opening of Kīhei High School is planned for January, but will it happen? 
  
 
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					| Wednesday, August 10, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 10, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:05 PM :: 2211 Views 
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Emergency Management Bill raises eyebrows over power to suspend media coverage 
  
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4 Days Before The Primary, More Than 186,000 Hawaii Voters Have Already Turned In Their Ballots 
  
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Redacted Navy Red Hill log shows ‘critical’ system warnings began hours before May 6, 2021 fuel spill  
  
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Keith Kaneshiro trial is pushed back to March 
  
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Rising concrete prices to impact Hawaii construction and development 
  
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The Most Expensive Gas in the US Is in Hawaii, Not California 
  
 
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					| Tuesday, August 9, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 9, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 4105 Views 
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Campaign Spending Commission investigates COVID testing company that got big city contract 
  
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District Two Campaign Money Flows to Crime Families 
  
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Armed Robber Running for State House 14 - Lahaina 
  
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Bribery: 31 Hawaii lawmakers return $142,000 from besieged executive 
  
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Political attack ads draw the attention of the state Campaign Spending Commission 
  
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Total Fail: After Giving Millions to HSTA, Teacher shortage in Hawaii could reach up to a thousand vacancies 
  
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Rolling Blackouts: Wakai says, ‘I told you so’ 
  
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Honolulu businesses wait eight months or more for building permits 
  
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Why can’t EUTF process my enrollment? 
  
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Fueled by doubts, hundreds of Hawaii Republicans sign up as election observers 
  
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Deadline to mail election ballots 
  
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RIMPAC: Tankers central as military looks beyond Red Hill 
  
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Skin Cancer News: Hawaii County joins Maui with passage of law banning nonmineral sunscreens 
  
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Sources: Gun scare in Waikiki may have stemmed from drug deal 
  
 
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					| Monday, August 8, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 8, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2149 Views 
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$70M COVID Money Backs CNHA Grab for Tourism, Mauna Kea 
  
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Maui Bill will Create Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities Islandwide 
  
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Consultant hired to help fix EPIC 
  
 
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					| Sunday, August 7, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 7, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 5719 Views 
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Blangiardi: “I can’t imagine going to jail right now, and nor do I want to go to jail.” 
  
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Lawmakers Don't Seem Interested In Doing Anything About Corruption 
  
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Hey Oahu, Your Electric Bill Is About To Go Up 7% 
  
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To curtail dirty political campaigning, don’t help it succeed 
  
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Votes trickling in with one week left: Here’s what you need to know 
  
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40% of HIDOE students being taught by unqualified educators 
  
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Navy divers describe conditions within the contaminated Red Hill well and how the mission affected them 
  
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Affordable homes over a new stadium 
  
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Council Bill Proposed to Restore The O‘ahu Historic Preservation Commission 
  
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CNMI indigenous groups back controversial Insular Cases 
  
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Hawaii Governor Candidate’s Hawaiian Homelands Remark Touches A Nerve With Some 
  
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Another Book About Trannies--And Yes, It’s Aimed at Children Age 4-8 
  
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Third-party audit critical of Kauai County’s Roads Division 
  
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Excuses Homeless Meth Addicts Make 
  
 
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					| Saturday, August 6, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 6, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 4252 Views 
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Bribery Convict Ty Cullen Funds Two Candidates  
  
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Big Island Deputy Prosecutor and ‘Massage Therapist Known as Isis’ Ordered To Stop Alleged Harassment 
  
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SHOPO Infighting: ‘Fraud, misrepresentation, and deceit’ 
  
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Bribery? Maui County Council Advances Investigation Into Developer’s Monster House 
  
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Full Text: Ousted Bishop Museum CEO Rips Board 
  
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BoE Holds First ‘Community Forum’ Since COVID 
  
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Man, 31, indicted for producing child pornography and cyberstalking minors in Hawaii, other states 
  
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Efforts ramp up to push out homeless criminals from Waikiki 
  
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Suspect charged after allegedly sexually assaulting woman at knifepoint--was Domestic Violence Intern 
  
 
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					| Friday, August 5, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 5, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 2835 Views 
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 - Deconstruction of Maunakea telescope set to begin
 
 - Ikaika Anderson Owned and Operated by Pro-Rail Super PAC
 
 - Trial pushed back for former Honolulu city officials charged with conspiracy 
 
 - Board of Water Supply detects petroleum contamination in Moanalua Valley monitoring well
 
 - No charges will be made against officers involved in Kaka’ako shooting
 
 - Woke Mob Targets ‘Chinaman’s Hat’ (again)
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 4, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 4, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 2441 Views 
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Blangiardi: Concrete Cracking Could Push Honolulu Rail’s Opening To Next Year 
  
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Staffing shortages trigger temporary closures at some Oahu EMS stations 
  
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It takes 6 months to hire someone at the city. The mayor wants to slash that in half 
  
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Hawaii Department of Health’s COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program hit by delays 
  
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AOC Campaign Sets Up PAC In Hawaii 
  
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Have you voted yet? State has received more than 100,000 ballots so far  
  
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‘We have no choice’: As inflation rises, plate lunch prices are ticking up and up 
  
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Kona Homeless Magnet Lease Renewed 
  
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Soft on Crime: 4 arrested and released on Kauai for fake jewelry scam 
  
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Walter Ritte is Grifting Again to Seize Molokai Ranch--Will it Work? 
  
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Kunia land occupiers’ claims of harassment and threats dismissed as “frivolous” by court 
  
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Maui Council Committee rejects settlement with former prosecuting attorney 
  
 
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					| Wednesday, August 3, 2022 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 3, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 2579 Views 
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Rolling Blackouts Coming in September: Insiders Still Claim Power expected to be reliable (but pricey) after coal-plant shutdown 
  
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Exempt food and medicine from GET 
  
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Saga of Hawaii ‘Spy’ Couple Pictured in KGB Garb Gets Even Weirder in Court 
  
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Staffing shortages, reinfections: The year of living with COVID isn’t going as planned 
  
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Hawaii reports 3,689 new COVID-19 cases statewide 
  
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City outlines ambitious plan to build 1,000 affordable units 
  
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Lawyer claims road rage attack on elderly driver was … uh … ‘self-defense’ 
  
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7 Oahu schools identified for poorest air quality 
  
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Hawaii Is The Only State Not Seeking Federal Buyouts To Move Residents Away From Floods 
  
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Hawaii County Council Squelches Affordable Housing Audit 
  
 
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									 August 2, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 2551 Views 
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Can Patrick Branco’s Mainland Backers Buy Him A Seat In Congress? 
  
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After Forcing DoE to Spend Millions on Air Conditioning, HSTA Now Wants Natural Ventilation 
  
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Crime Pays: COVID Lawsuit Seeks $5000 Each For Inmates 
  
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How A Messy Divorce Case Led To A Legal Battle Over Press Freedom In Hawaii 
  
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Hawaii nonprofit helping to relocate homeless to the mainland 
  
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Ex-HPD officer charged with child sex trafficking denied bail as he awaits trial 
  
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ADC transition can advance economic success of agriculture 
  
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New rules curbing Hawaii beach barriers are further delayed 
  
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Hawaii doctors seek to maintain injunction allowing telemedicine abortion services on Guam 
  
 
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									 August 1, 2022 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4095 Views 
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How Hawaii Tourism Authority Rigged Procurement for CNHA 
  
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Six years since Johnny Fraser was kidnapped and murdered      
  
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Convicted Felon Keanu Sai to Start Off United Church of Christ Workshops to Promote Latest Schemes 
  
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Rolling Blackouts: What Happens When The Last Coal Ship Leaves Hawaii? 
  
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Cruise ship COVID reporting program ending 
  
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Should Maui County Take Over Privately Owned Water Systems? 
  
 
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