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					| Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |  
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								|  | July 2, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 1569 Views
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 RIMPAC 2024 Kicks off in Hawaii Five candidates are running for Hawaii’s two U.S. House districts—the fewest in the last 10 yearsVeto? Hawaii governor under fire over authority to suspend electronic media transmission‘You’re Nothing!’: Hawaii Black Cop Was Belittled and Racially Bullied By Colleagues, Leading to Four Officers Arrested, Nine Others Placed on Paid LeaveChristian Good News Clubs Win Equal Access in Hawaii SchoolsOne Day's Media DebunkMakawao meth trafficker gets nine years in federal prison Green Signs 51 Bills Into LawRate Hikes Coming: ‘Wheeling’ Scam will funnel ratepayer money to Wind and Solar DevelopersLOL! HART board looks to hire PR firm to improve its image Sen Karl Rhoades Suddenly Doesn’t Want Convicted Felons to have the Right to Vote or Hold OfficeState to soon start sending out checks to descendants of DHHL beneficiaries Kula fire victims still waiting for back-up power source to keep hydrants working Some Maui residents trying to stop 'largest-ever' housing development in Makena Big Island Planning commissions support proposal for residential beekeeping  |  
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					| Monday, July 1, 2024 |  
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								|  | Letters to the Editor, July, 2024 By Letters to the Editor @ 9:24 PM :: 1393 Views
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					| Monday, July 1, 2024 |  
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								|  | July 1, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 1538 Views
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 Supreme Court rules for broad presidential immunity in Donald Trump election subversion caseGreen Announces Appointments, Creates Insurance Task ForceGreen Signs 35 Bills Into LawHawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 29, 2024Federal Court Whittles Down Hawaii Voter Roll LawsuitFormer HART Board Members Violated Sunshine Law By Discussing $1M Hanabusa ‘Consulting’ Contract In Private First Amendment Groups Oppose Veto Of Bill To Limit Governor's Power To Cut Off Electronic Media In Emergencies City Council Tinkers with Bill 7 affordable rental housing incentives Urgent Care: Minding the gap! A local medical historyThe Hawaii Public Utilities Commission is an Enigma Hawaii Crypto Firms Exempt From MTL Requirements  |  
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					| Sunday, June 30, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 30, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 2066 Views
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 Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authorityFreedom in Hawaii is having a momentIntent to Veto: Budget Drama ContinuesUpdate development standards to allow more apartment housingDoomed Hawaiian Electric Seeks $1.1B Rate Hike In Futile Effort to Save Itself as Old Boy Power CenterVETO LIST: Green Grabs for Control of $450M On Shrooms? HART, Blangiardi Dream of Extending Empty Rail Line to Manoa, Leeward Sara Yara Bill to punish traffic scofflaws may face governor’s veto because Public Defender doesn’t want itNavy Closure Task-Force to remove sludge from drained fuel tanks Hawaii Homelessness Industry Against Opening New Homeless SheltersHawaii PD conduct state’s first-ever cannabis impaired driving Green Lab  |  
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					| Saturday, June 29, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 29, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 1964 Views
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					| Friday, June 28, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 28, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 6118 Views
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 How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanylHomeless people can be fined for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rulesDid Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?Hawaii Water Wars: If you don't claim a 'taking' you loseSenate Special Session Rubber Stamps Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees4th Hawaii sheriff’s deputy arrested -- ‘Reckless Endangering’ of Black Deputy Bankruptcy Looms: Will State Finally Allow Hawaiian Electric to Use Cheap Clean Natural Gas?PUC allows Hawaiian Electric to sell accounts receivableA Long-Awaited Federal Report On The Cause Of The Lahaina Fire Is Just Waiting For Maui County To Release It CYA News: Maui County awards contract to write secret review Aug. 8 fire responseMorioka Stadium: Biding Process Improved by having only one bidder  Miske defense expected to rest its case on Monday Join Us to Hear About the Loopholes of Hawaii’s Pay-to-Play Law Family alleges HPD failed to act on child abuse claims against daycare despite evidenceManagement Learns Nothing After Four Homeless Killed at Maui ‘Harm Reduction’ ShelterHe was arrested for DUI — with no alcohol in his system Steve Alm: Marijuana Legalization Carries Risks For Hawaii HYCF Can’t Find Anybody to Work as a Cook -- Buys Meals from Zippys Hawaii records 6 COVID-related fatalities  |  
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					| Thursday, June 27, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 27, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 1943 Views
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 May 2024: Tourism Declines AgainHawaii officials argue for second chance to reinstate butterfly knife banFate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate courtGovernment says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damagesState Supreme Court: Is Gov't Imposed "Church Purposes" Deed Restriction Void?Lahaina – Only 23 Building Permits Issued out of 2,200 Buildings Burned Hawaii Attorney General seeks Court Order Forcing MEMA Official to discuss 2018 ‘Hurricane Lane’ wildfireTwo Minatoya List Condo Towers About to Fall into Sea Because State, County Will Not Allow Shoreline ProtectionSen Brenton Awa Buys Lawnmower with Senate AllowanceDelaCruz Pushing Offshore Wind Farms In Kaiwi ChannelCouple says they survived being 'hunted' on Maui Downtown Honolulu electric grid upgrade will be long, disruptive  |  
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					| Wednesday, June 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 26, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 4007 Views
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 Maui TVR phase-out plan unconstitutionalMaui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goalMaui Short-Term Rentals, the Minatoya List, and Housing SupplyBuilding Benchmarking Report -- deadline extendedKauai Island of Retaliation: Six Months of County Council Drama and a Year in Jail After Putin Dupe Passes Along ‘Threat’ from SchizophrenicMore than 100 tackle heated debate over phony pretend phase-out of Maui vacation rentals Shakedown Begins: Pay the ‘Hawaiian Intellectual Property Group’ if you want to use a Hawaiian NameSovereignty Activist and Disbarred Lawyer Gary Dubin hit with major malpractice judgment Judge finds ex-OCCC officer guilty of murdering his mother 8 Hawaii Sheriff’s Deputies Are Now On Leave—three arrested--As A Racial Harassment Investigation UnfoldsHonolulu Poised To Pay Former HPD Officer Who Faced Retaliation For Affairs With 2 Female Cops Hawaii Governor Would Keep Power to Halt Radio In Emergencies Electricity market may open to competition in upcoming PUC docket HECO denies 9 out of 10 damage claims in 2023, sparking controversies The Rise of Poverty Inc.40% of fatal accidents involve cannabis-impaired driving  |  
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					| Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 25, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 1604 Views
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 New Coffee Labeling Rules Take Effect July 1 Hawaiian 'Intellectual Property' Group ConvenesRed Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed Milton Choy Dies in PrisonMaui County identifies 102nd victim of deadly Lahaina wildfiresSupreme Court sides with advocates to restore stream flows in Maui rivers Congressional Hearing to study Hawaii heritage site at Lahaina DoE Hawaiian Immersion Programs Short on TeachersHu Honua Bioenergy -- Year 17 Status Update -- Federal Court Status Conference Hawaii Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Pilot Program Bill Into LawSoft on Crime: Eight Years Later, Still no Conviction in Triple MurderCulture Police: Task Force Forms |  
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					| Monday, June 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 24, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 1550 Views
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 500 Lahaina Victims Still in Hotels--Deadline June 30Governor reignites debate over liquefied natural gas power—but ‘Clean’ energy corporations want more Dirty Expensive Diesel Honolulu Medical Examiner Flooded with Drug OverdosesFire Every Three Days:  Fire Department Says Homeless Arsonists Threaten to Torch Paia  |  
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					| Sunday, June 23, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 23, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 3555 Views
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 Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of InsidersSandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of CriminalityWhat You AskYour Input Inspires Us Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2024Hawaii County moves toward greater freedom for beekeepersBack in Court: Kaneshiro and Mitsunaga not in the clearLies Exposed: Maui short-term rentals targeted for ban were never ‘workforce housing’ Survey: Special Interests Have Too Much Influence In GovernmentMassive military construction dollars may flow into Hawaii Blangiardi encouraging Waianae Vigilantes?Mental Health Counselors Push Lahaina Survivors to Leave IslandHawaii County auditor addresses unfair hiring claimsHawaii County Police Commission discusses DUI complaint PBS Show spotlights Communist Party member Ah Quon McElrath |  
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					| Saturday, June 22, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 22, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 2101 Views
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 Green: 'Intent to Veto' 17 BillsVIDEO: Condo Insurance Town Hall MeetingBiden Approves Kauai Disaster DeclarationBlangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into lawPersonal fortunes of HECO board members at risk in some wildfire lawsuits HART board meeting delayed – Kahikina pushes back against Hanabusa as Bid Deadline Looms Some Hawaii businesses struggle to keep up with minimum wage raises Law Enforcement Standards Board Selects Its First Administrator Hawaii County police response times: 40 minutes and longerNine Months at Maui Homeless ‘Safe Zone’: Four Dead out of 120 Addicts allowed to use fentanyl, stage bumfights |  
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					| Friday, June 21, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 21, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 2424 Views
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 More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' SchemeSenate Special Session to Rubber Stamp Four Oahu Circuit Court NomineesThielen: Homelessness is a Money-Spinner, Creates Thousands of ‘Positions’ in HawaiiSD23: Four (Three) Governors of the Apocalypse Endorse Clayton Hee—but Unions back Ben ShaferFuture Of HART Line Extending Into City Center Hinges On Critical Contract Bid House speaker revokes procurement authority of state auditor Insurance Crisis Worsens in Hawai‘i’s “Condoland”Bank of Hawaii hit by unrealized bond lossesHECO Files $250M Grid Resilience Application with the Public Utilities Commission Chinatown businesses face uncertain claims process after lengthy outage City Ordered To Temporarily Halt Dismantling Of Haiku Stairs LOL!  Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban Committee denies extension for Kona Vistas Millions of sterile male mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinctionMeth Addicted Jail Guard went to Game Room Before Killing Mother |  
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					| Thursday, June 20, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 20, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 2222 Views
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 These Hawaii Cities Have the Highest and Lowest Cost of Living in 2024Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?Hawaii seeing a summer COVID-19 surge Public funds are paying for Millionaire Miske’s expert witnesses SB3202: The Honolulu City Council Fought A Bill Requiring Greater Neighborhood Density. Now It Must Carry It Out Bill 23: Honolulu ethics panel lauds bill clarifying gift-giving rules Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend Maui crackdown on overgrown vegetation poised to include big fines and even criminal prosecution Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected Report: New medical facility needed in Kailua-KonaHawaii Co Drugged-Driving arrests questioned; county auditor forwards complaint to Police Commission Soft on Crime: 17-Time loser Out on Streets—Does it Again |  
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					| Wednesday, June 19, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 19, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 2686 Views
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 The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.Finances of accused Hawaii crime boss examined during racketeering trialTop Lobbyists Steer ‘Initiatives’ inside Green AdministrationKahikina Sets up Hanabusa to take Fall when Bids Come in High for Next Section of RailCRI is not voice of the people in Red Hill fiasco Hawaii hotel occupancy fell in May as softness continued Deputy sheriff arrested on harassment charges Do Hackers Have Your Holo Card Data?Hawaii Lowest Paid Nurses in USAUnlicensed Care Homes Dodge Increased Enforcement In 'Cat And Mouse Game' Four Candidate Residency Challenges Dismissed  |  
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					| Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |  
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								|  | Letters to the Editor June, 2024 By Letters to the Editor @ 11:25 PM :: 1519 Views
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					| Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 18, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 6061 Views
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 Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better knownMaui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax creditOHA has a New COO‘Land Trust’ Schemes to Grab Control of 100% of Lahaina PropertiesLahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes As outages continue Gov. Green wants HECO to stay strong Green: Aloha Stadium Developer to be Announced Soon Recidivism News: Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Lee Loy candidacy confirmed FBI, police investigating following extended ‘network outage’ at organization that runs TheBusTrial to begin for ex-OCCC officer in 2016 murder, kidnapping case  |  
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					| Monday, June 17, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 17, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 2958 Views
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 Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed StateHawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA7 Reasons $1 Million Will Only Last You 9 Years in Retirement in HawaiiHow Miske Allegedly Bribed DPP Employees Censorship: House Republicans Forbidden to Quote DemocratsTokuda, Case Demand DoD pay for Sex-Change Surgery for the TroopsLahaina: 215 households still living in the emergency hotel program Hawaii Spends More on Pre-K, Just Cannibalizing Private PreschoolsHawaii 2nd-Worst State for fast Food OperatorsIndependent Monitor Warns $11 Million State IT Project Is In Jeopardy And Could FailTransfer of former Navy land in Kalaeloa falls through |  
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					| Sunday, June 16, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 16, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 2184 Views
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 How Urban Planning Made Honolulu 'Impossibly Unaffordable'Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?Budgeting BackwardsHonolulu Inflation Picking Up AgainHawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2024Honolulu Rail: It’s looking like a game of blame avoidance if the civic center bids come in over budgetMaui County trying to block AG interview related to 2018 Hurricane Lane wildfires Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Block Lahaina ReconstructionCrooks and Cromies: “time to set a place for all of them at the dinner table” 2024 Hawaiʻi County ‘primaries should be a raucous affair’ 2024 Kauai Primary Election: ‘The real suspense is in this year’s Kaua‘i County Council race’Will Paid Protesters Stop Second Surf Park? Plans to demolish former PBS building provoke tempers at UH Board of Regents  |  
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					| Saturday, June 15, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 15, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 1600 Views
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					| Friday, June 14, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 14, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 1614 Views
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 $11.3B Loss: Elimination of TVRs Would Drive Hawaii into Economic DepressionGeanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’ Hawaii Congressional Leaders Deny Supporting Shutdown Of Red Hill Oversight Panel Survey: Maui Fire Survivors Cite Urgent Financial Needs And Housing Instability As Major Concerns MECO Meetings & Events: Lahaina Fire - Bill Suspensions - Future Plans  ‘This is a broken system’: Effort to reform Child Welfare Services gains momentum 500 HSTA Members Set to Get $8,000 each—it won’t work so we need to give them more moneyThe History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President Billionaire’s Minions Miffed: The Little People Just Won’t Give up Their Cars |  
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					| Thursday, June 13, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 13, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 2049 Views
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 Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu Concealed-Carry Rules 22% of Hawaii 8th graders proficient in mathHD43 Rep Souza Rejected by Court in Bid to Silence Opponent Law enforcement witnesses called to testify as Miske defense team seeks to sow doubt EPA To Disband Sierra Club Controlled Red Hill Oversight Group Lee Loy candidacy challenged: Petitioners claim her main residence is in a different district Family of Hilo teen fatally struck by police officer claims investigators lied in official report Black Sand, Kobayashi First to be Subsidized by ‘Affordable’ Housing ProgramCity expands homeless services with new Le'ahi Behavioral & Medical Respite facility |  
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					| Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 12, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3179 Views
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 Civil Beat Publisher Monopolizes Federal Trade CommissionGreen: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal FundsSix Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state moneyCourt stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trialSB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign'Inappropriate behavior' alleged in lawsuit against top officials at Department of Law Enforcement Honolulu Finally Fires Electrical Inspector Who Approved His Own Jobs CNHA Next Scheme: Buy a Hotel‘Complete Streets’ -- Omidyar Activists Push to Control Agenda-Driven State CouncilActivists decry Hawaii’s ‘timid’ stance on cockfighting as they push for tougher laws nationwideState moves forward with plan to acquire HPU’s former Windward Oahu home DHHL Is Finding It's Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist Insanity: 27 new units for homeless crazies sit vacant for 2½ years |  
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					| Tuesday, June 11, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 11, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 2287 Views
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 Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary RacesJudge pares down charges against accused Hawaii crime bossGreen: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal FundsCrime Pays:  Total Hits $24M--Honolulu to pay another $7M for ‘injuries’ in 2021 Makaha police chase Rep. Micah Aiu Wrongly Claims Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Property Tax ExemptionsA Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim FEMA extends hotel shelters through end of June—600 still in hotelsLand Use Commission Members and Developer Blame CWRM For Stalled Housing Project Near Lahaina 'It's everywhere' labor shortage plaguing every industryWhy does power keep going out in Waipio? BWS: COVID related water stagnation behind legionella bacteria detected at federal building DHHL Plan: Use 1,300 acres to create 73 lotsPorn Producer Blackmails Hawaii Viewers |  
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					| Monday, June 10, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 10, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 2598 Views
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 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 20242025 HART operating budget -- $123 per rider per dayFirst-term state lawmaker Sen. Brenton Awa stands out as unconventional Supreme Court asks Biden administration for feedback on Hawaii Big Oil lawsuitKawananakoa Estate: “Many have been watching where the money ends up”Japanese seek to unload unused timeshare units in HawaiiSix ‘Core 24’ Hawaii County Council Candidates Coordinate1 in 5 Hawaii residents experience domestic violence, new study finds Soft on Crime: Alleged sex offender gets out, allegedly does it again  |  
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					| Sunday, June 9, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 9, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 3345 Views
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 Lahaina: Hundreds Remaining in Hotels to be Kicked Out Monday, June 10Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideasSome History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET ExemptionKaneshiro Says He Needs a Pay Off – do you owe him?Kahele Running to Make OHA Corruption Autonomous Waters seals the getaway in City Council pay heistMaui Can't Seem To Keep A County Finance Director On The Job Four Maui County incumbents uncontested for re-election—‘Progressives’ target Cook in push to regain majority, block Lahaina from rebuildingPandering: Maui mayor pushes back against proposed new telescopes atop Haleakala Hawaii student FAFSA applications down 20% Unaffordable: Low-income rental tower mostly vacant after October Bums Cause Many Fires Above PaiaLawsuit over lack of Mental health care in Jails North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion  |  
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					| Saturday, June 8, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 8, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 1666 Views
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 Hawaii Voters Can Track Their Mail-in BallotOahu Flood Risk Survey resultsCharter Amendment another obstacle to Maui mayor's TVR phase-out planHawaii County Council follows through on proposal to cut homeowner taxesRail CEO’s future still in limbo after Hanabusa lines up secret ‘critics’ to whine behind closed doorsArmy asks for comments on proposed Oahu land leases Navy and NASA looking to renew Kauai land use deals In a rush to waste money, Honolulu City Council votes to add additional $8M to pandemic hazard payHonolulu Council adopts gift ban bill for city officials Hawaii Energy Conference Keynote Speaker Addresses Wildfires First responders report spike in 911 calls linked to hallucinogenic mushrooms Retail stores in Hawaii could soon outfit employees with body worn cameras |  
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					| Friday, June 7, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 7, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 2318 Views
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 Blue Hawaii takes the plunge on tax cutsDBEDT Projects 'Sluggish' Economic Growth in Aftermath of Lahaina FireHospitalizations, ER visits quickly rising in Hawaii due to COVID Scam: After 64% pay Hike, Council Wants you to vote to give them an automatic 5% per year foreverWaianae Democrats Name Three for Senate VacancyVillage designed to house hundreds of Maui fire survivors hits roadblock accessing water Plan Eliminating Maui Vacation Rentals Was Years In MakingFEMA Wants Maui Homeowner To Repay $58,000 After Booting Her From Lease Program For Fire Survivors Hawaiian Electric disables some safety features to prevent outagesState says vacancies to blame for delay in food stamp, EBT benefits Kamaka Air Shut Down by FAA – cargo link for Molokai, Lanai |  
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					| Thursday, June 6, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 6, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 1965 Views
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 PIT Count Claims 14% Drop in Sister Isle HomelessKIUC Continues to Lead State in 'Renewable' Generation ‘Embarrassing’ -- Hee, Kahele reemerge in Hawaii politics Former meth addict Milton Holt fired--$500,000 allegedly stolen from Sand Island Business AssociationDoctors to get tax relief on patients' government health plans under new lawThe Backlog Of Honolulu Building Permits Is Taking A Toll On City Revenue  Honolulu's New Budget Includes 225% Higher Property Taxes For Short-Term Rentals Maui Hits Pause Button On Managed Retreat Fund HPD officer Mariah Ah Tou will likely be recharged for DUI State works to waste $80M from opioid settlements Fireworks bill moves forward at Honolulu City Council  |  
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					| Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 5, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:17 PM :: 2431 Views
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 279 Candidates File Papers for 2024 ElectionsCourt Upholds Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Affordable HousingHawaii First State to Provide Palliative Care CoverageHawaii Per-Capita GDP Grows as Young Families Flee HawaiiHawaii Cost of Living 80% Above US AverageHonolulu Unchallenged: Most County Incumbents are Already Re-electedReport: American Red Cross being phased out of Maui recovery efforts Blangiardi calls for multi-year contract for rail CEO Government rests its case against Miske A 'Hard Market' Is Battering Condo Owners Axe HECO’s unfair ‘Shift and Save’ planOil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from Hawaii, other states Honolulu Council is poised to adopt $4 billion-plus budget Man awarded $12.5M from city ordered held without bail in federal gun, drug caseCashless bail revoked, Armed Standoff Suspect finally in Jail |  
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					| Tuesday, June 4, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 4, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 2760 Views
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 369 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide, 237 File with One Day LeftUPDATE: Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate"Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"Hawaii 2nd-Worst Economy in USA7 weeks to Bid Deadline: Feds Warn Rail funding in jeopardy (again)DHHL Cancels Development Plans, Burns Money to buy properties, Wants another $600MList of Miske property the government will seek to have forfeited if he is convicted Lahaina Victims Buy Trailer from Mainland Because Josh Green didn’t request any free FEMA TrailersWhy are home, condo insurance premiums skyrocketing? HECO Hides Some Outage DataDid State Supreme Court Give Anti-Telescope Protesters Control of a Toll Road?Grifting for Master Lease Money: Haleakala Telescopes Again Draw OppositionHawaiian Home Lands Broadband Customers Say Criminal Hee’s Service Has Been Bad For YearsNew injunction is sought to stop Haiku Stairs’ removal  |  
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					| Monday, June 3, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 3, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 3341 Views
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 Hawaii Ranks #1 for Hidden Home Buyer FeesMiske lost a key supporter with passing of Buzzy Hong Criminal Al Hee says PUC does not have authority to choose DHHL service carrierStalled? Plan To Cut 7,000 Maui Vacation Rentals Hits Pause 939 Still in Hotels , but FEMA Is Canceling Some Of Its Direct Leases To House Maui Fire SurvivorsLahaina: McKelvey Talks About Who Won’t Be Allowed to Rebuild Bill 23: Council advances gift ban bill for Honolulu city and county employeesProfiteers Plan to Enlarge Kahuku's Controversial Wind Farms—but Council Bill Could Block ThemHonolulu Building Code Bill ignores tsunami safety and emergency proceduresSB3139: Get mentally ill aid they need, deserve  |  
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					| Sunday, June 2, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 2, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 3130 Views
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 Keeping more of your own money is a good thingDealing with the Insurance CrisisJones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better knownKauai: Grassroot Legislative WrapupMachine politics at work on Waianae Senate seat?PUC orders criminal Al Hee to halt phone, internet service disconnections for 1,500 Hawaiian Home Lands households Tensions at HART: Next ‘near-death experience’ set for JulyBlangiardi or Nothing for MayorRed Cross Hawaii CEO's firing—‘retaliation’Hawaii Poised to Get $20,000 Tax CutHelp for Maui’s fire-impacted businesses trickles down slowlyPerfectly Good Telescopes Scraped off Mauna Kea: 1 down 5 to goHonolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s  |  
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					| Saturday, June 1, 2024 |  
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								|  | June 1, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 1819 Views
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					| Friday, May 31, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 31, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 4101 Views
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 April 2024 Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down SharplyRed Hill Tanks to be Vented and CleanedState CIO QuitsGreen Signs Condo BillsHawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economyControl of Water Ensures No Affordable Housing Will EVER be Built in Lahaina Priced out of paradise, they’ve built new connections and community in Las Vegas Maui Council Budgets $300,000 To Study Impacts Of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation Rentals Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Issues Ruling On Mauna Kea Access designed to help activists block road, extort money from telescopes Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Buildings Removed From Maunakea—Telescope Transported to Chile where Science is AppreciatedPlaintiffs, Boy Scouts settle wrongful death case 400 HPD Vacancies -- Waianae residents still waiting for the city to make good on its commitmentScam Alert: Carbon Credits |  
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					| Thursday, May 30, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 30, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 3358 Views
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 65 Lahaina Fire Victims Opt in to Settlement FundMayor signs resolution to create standalone Ocean Safety Department'Sun Bucks' -- $177 per kid Boost on EBT CardsHECO to Begin Preemptive Blackouts for Fire Risk AreasDLNR: No Evidence Cruise Ships too Close to Na Pali CoastHawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USAGovernor's Office 'Listening Sessions' on Child Welfare SystemHawaii Red Cross CEO Fired for speaking out against the practice of encouraging wildfire survivors to move off-island Crime Pays: City ‘cannot’ recoup $12.5M from man facing gun, drug charges Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Mortgage Insurance Crisis Hawaii Council On Revenues Trims Its State Tax Collection EstimateCity salaries resolution? – automatic annual raises based on unions’ contractsPolice called to Leeward Schools 500 times in 5 MonthsMaui Fire battalion chief charged with sexually assaulting minor Land Board rejects plea for contested case hearing from Nakoa luxury yacht owners Hawaii judge orders a new environmental review of a wave pool at behest of competitor |  
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					| Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 29, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 2865 Views
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 UHERO: Hawai‘i gender pay gap largely driven by motherhoodGreen Signs Six Housing Bills Into LawIn Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a GunSecrecy: Hawaii Department of Human Services Nominated for 'Golden Padlock Award'Lifelong Criminal awarded $12.5M Busted AGAIN What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?In climate change/fossil fuels lawsuit, federal law should apply Honolulu Council considers changes to Salary Commission Why are so many local Hawaii businesses closing? Stormwater CIP Projects Dictated by Staffing ShortageHomeowner cited for illegal fireworks after brutal beating incident in Ewa Beach Bulldoze Borneo for Hawaii’s Fake Biofuels  |  
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								|  | May 28, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 3206 Views
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 Hawaii 2nd Worst State for RentersRape and Death: State Pays $1.8M to Settle Foster Care SuitWorking Group to Reform Child Welfare Services? Police Cover up Assault at Illegal Fireworks PartyAccused Hawaii island drug trafficker was deported 4 times Banks agree to lend Hawaiian Electric $250M  |  
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					| Monday, May 27, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 27, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3662 Views
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 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 24, 2024Conflict Of Interest? Some Hawaii Lawmakers Work For Or Even Own Companies That Get State Contracts SB3139: Hawaii homeless with mental issues could be assessed involuntarilyLahaina Property Owners Urged To Apply For Building Permits As Soon As Possible Logan Dynasty in HawaiiDisaster Excuse for Maui Leaders Japan JunketMaui Boards May Soon Be Able To Get Back To Business With Settlement Agreement  |  
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					| Sunday, May 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 26, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 3351 Views
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 ‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The PandemicTargeting scapegoats affects us allSB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child MolestersSecret Administrative Directives, Part 2Saiki: Broken Trust is Still the Model for business and politics in HawaiiHow much of your paycheck goes to your mortgage in Honolulu? A lot. Senate Bill 1035: A win for access to health careSB1170: Black Sand, Kobayashi scoop up more ‘affordable’ housing credits HECO Lines Will be De-energized during Red Flag WarningsWahiawa Hospital Reopens with New NameHawaii DoH  Spreads Surfrider’s Fake Bacteria Counts to Oahu Beaches BOE updates policy on press freedom for student journalists |  
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					| Saturday, May 25, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 25, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 5273 Views
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					| Friday, May 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 24, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 3305 Views
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 DHHL: After Hawaiian Tel Auction Buy, Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions' Podcast: The Second Amendment Implications of Hawaii Legalizing Butterfly KnivesMiske “Sources inside local law enforcement, ATF, and FBI”Public corruption trial centered on Kealoha payout delayed Maui County's Move Against Vacation Rentals Likely To Bog Down In CourtOHA News: Profitable Nonprofits ‘clamoring for money’ -- HCA Gets $3.1M, where’s ours???SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child MolestersContract? What Contract? Teachers Union Demands Another $3,000 Cash MoneyGovernor Green Wants to Import Liquefied Natural Gas  |  
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					| Thursday, May 23, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 23, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 2796 Views
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 Green Announces Plan: Fly 3,000 Lahaina Survivors to MainlandDoH: No Jet Fuel Found in Navy Water SystemDoE Begins Process of Convincing Lahaina Community to Accept School Relocation PlanJones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about ChinaMitsunaga Secretary Acquitted For Bribery Could Still Face State Campaign Violations Legal analysts: Board of Water Supply’s $1.2B claim with Navy likely headed to lawsuit Disaster: No Confidence in MEMAMore details emerge after cockfight raid: 25 dead roosters, $20K in cash seized |  
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								|  | May 22, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 2342 Views
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					| Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 21, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 1512 Views
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 GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisisUHERO Factbook: 80% of Hawaii Families Cannot Afford MortgageDerek Turbin Elected Chair of Democratic Party of HawaiʻiDHHL: Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'Recession? Hawaii hotels’ soft spring is carrying over to summer How Are Jurors Holding Up 4 Months Into The Miske Trial? Better Than You Might Think, Experts Say An overlooked group of Lahaina fire victimsHawaiian Electric Reports Nine Blackouts in April‘I thought it was a joke!’: Rising grocery prices spur formal complaint from Hawaii lawmakerHawaii faces shortage of 800 physicians, with neighbor islands hit hardest Big Island rejected more gun permits than other counties in 2023 EPA Gives Activists $2.1M for ‘Reusable foodware plan’—it still doesn’t work How The System Keeps the Homeless, Homeless State Installing New Cameras At Women's Prison After $2 Million Settlement Over Sex Assaults |  
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					| Monday, May 20, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 20, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2784 Views
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 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 18, 2024End GE Tax on Medical Services COVID Fraud?  Why Was The Maui County Finance Director Fired? Column: Proposed income tax cuts a net positive for Hawaii’s economy Hawaii counties differ in approach to regulating vacation rentals DoE Enrollment Keeps Shrinking—Down 12,000 Since 2020Watchdogging Wildfire Prevention Policies and Practices Kauai apartment residents challenge DHHL as eviction looms Will new legislation increase affordable housing?Trial delayed again in Makaha crash case, now set for October |  
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					| Monday, May 20, 2024 |  
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								|  | Letters to the Editor May, 2024 By Letters to the Editor @ 6:45 AM :: 2927 Views
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 End GE Tax on Medical ServicesOpen Letter: Republican Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes |  
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					| Sunday, May 19, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 19, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 4581 Views
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 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a slush fund—Where is the money going?Plan to ban thousands of TVRs on Maui has rocky road aheadHonolulu cuts budget by $40M; Grassroot says ‘keep going’Secret Administrative Directives, Part 1Interview with Kaneshiro jury foreman Shane Keli’i Kai Paleka Crime spree: The testimony of key witness Jacob ‘Jake’ SmithMaster lease news: Another telescope controversy is being Manufactured, this time on MauiPart of The Plan: Public to discuss ‘new site’ for destroyed Lahaina schoolTourists Turned Off by Rising Costs of Hawaii’s Vacation Rentals Hawaii Democratic Party holds State ConventionNo Treatment Available for Drug Addicts in Hawaii |  
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					| Saturday, May 18, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 18, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 1858 Views
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					| Friday, May 17, 2024 |  
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								|  | May 17, 2024 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 1711 Views
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 Census: Hawaii cities shrinking as state population decreasesInfluential high school administrator in Hawaii shrugs as boy competes in girls' track and field state championshipsAkina lauds Legislature’s Lahaina-response spendingTax cut great. Now let’s cut regulations.Oahu Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fraudulent Check SchemeTupola Proposal Lowest TVR Property Taxes for 2025Even After Debris Removal, Lahaina Homeowners Still Not Allowed to ReturnMaui Wildfire Insurance Losses Estimated At $3 Billion So FarLies and bogus documents got Miske’s companies past licensing hurdles Evacuations Coming?  City officials keep close eye on rising Wahiawa ReservoirStorms cause solar reduction, HECO says the diesel backup generators can meet demandHawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture LawsHonolulu City Council OKs plan for stand-alone Ocean Safety DepartmentUS Tourism Soars, Hawaii Declines |  
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