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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 |
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American Samoa Leaders, State Department Appeal Citizenship Ruling
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 3650 Views :: National News
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...Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirmed that she and the Governor of American Samoa have filed an appellate brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the Fitisemanu case alongside the U.S. Department of State....
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Thursday, March 26, 2020 |
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Trump Signs Guam War Claims Legislation
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 2858 Views :: National News
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...Updated Law Authorizes U.S. Treasury to Issue Payments to Guam War Claims Recipients....
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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Corona Virus: Fortunately Hawaii Lost Case Against Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 5016 Views :: National News, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 2951 Views :: National News
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"...This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece...."
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Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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DoI Micronesia and US Territories: 2019 Accomplishments
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 3338 Views :: National News
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...Interior Assistant Secretary Releases 2019 Accomplishments for the Offices of Insular and International Affairs....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Samoa Rep Aumua Amata: Disappointed in Citizenship Ruling
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 3241 Views :: National News
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...We are committed to the preservation of Fa’a Samoa, and we intend to appeal this ruling....
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Friday, September 13, 2019 |
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Court: Fox Must Face Lawsuit over Malia Zimmerman Conspiracy Theory
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 5748 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Nearly a year after Rich’s death, in May 2017, Fox News published a story written by co-defendant and reporter Malia Zimmerman, which included the now-debunked claim that investigators had evidence showing Rich leaked the emails in the midst of the 2016 presidential election campaign....
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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DHS Amends REAL ID Rules for Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6040 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Labor
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...to Secure REAL ID Act-Compliant Identification for FAS Citizens....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 |
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Build a Wall? Mokapu Wall Money Moves to Border
By Ed Case @ 6:41 PM :: 5327 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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...Action specifically affects $32 million in already-appropriated priority projects for Hawai’i....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Master Halbert gets 18 Months
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 217263 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...for his participation in a money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure engineering and project management contracts from the government of FSM....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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9th Circuit Rejects Race-Based Voting on Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 4271 Views :: National News, OHA
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...case echoes Rice v Cayetano....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Urges Ban on Firefighting Foam
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5838 Views :: Environment, National News, Law Enforcement
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"...contamination is most often associated with military bases, firefighting training centers, civilian airports, and industrial facilities...."
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 |
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Pacific Islands Caucus Formed to Counter Chinese Influence
By Ed Case @ 7:00 PM :: 5745 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military
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...The bipartisan group will focus on issues critical to the Indo-Pacific region Alliances and relationships, defense, trade and environmental challenges top the agenda....
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Friday, July 26, 2019 |
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GAO: Micronesia Trust Funds Unlikely to Replace US Aid
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 3405 Views :: National News
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... To date, the U.S. Interior Department has not implemented the 6 recommendations we previously made to address the risks to the funds' ability to provide income after 2023 ....
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Monday, July 22, 2019 |
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U.S. Insular Areas Aid Supports More than 26,000 Jobs
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 4435 Views :: National News, Economy
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...the impact on government employment ranged from three to 17 percent in the territories and close to 45 percent in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands....
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: While Son in Law Rots in Federal Detention, President Christian Returns to FSM Senate
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 5204 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Former President of the FSM, Peter M. Christian, is the official declared winner for Pohnpei State’s at-large seat, having received 6,060 votes or 46.46% of all votes cast....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Owner of Engineering Firm Sentenced To Five Years For Tax Scheme
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5696 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Wagdy A. Guirguis was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 10079 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 |
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First Congressional Hearing on Citizenship Choice for Individual American Samoans
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 4907 Views :: National News, Military
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...The new hearing has been confirmed for the 3rd week of July....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Bipartisan Effort Urging DHS Action on REAL ID for COFA Migrants
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 5977 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement
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...“When my legislation became law, it should have solved this issue and allowed FAS citizens to obtain REAL ID compliant identification. However, recent guidance put into place by the Department of Homeland Security has imposed additional burdens on these citizens." -- Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
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Monday, May 27, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery: A Sewer Project in Chuuk
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 7463 Views :: National News, World News
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...A 2014 FSM government claim against Lyon Associates Inc. for over $4.6 million for ”errors and omissions” in the designs for a road and sewer project in Chuuk State raises additional questions about the company’s involvement in the FSM....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Joint Statement from the President of the United States and the Presidents of the Freely Associated States
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 4898 Views :: National News, Military
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...Today, many citizens of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia serve in the United States military....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Will Peter Christian Run or Turn Himself In?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 AM :: 21004 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Four years ago, Panuelo’s predecessor as FSM President, Peter Christian, didn’t go to the White House. Instead he began his administration by meeting in Pohnpei at his Cliff Rainbow Hotel with corrupt Hawaii businessman Jim Lyon....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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Micronesian Presidents to meet Trump at White House
By News Release @ 7:35 PM :: 5038 Views :: National News, Military
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...This will be the first time all three Freely Associated States (FAS) leaders are hosted together at the White House by a United States president....
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Monday, May 13, 2019 |
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"Equality" Act Hits Rewind on the Rights of Women
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:42 PM :: 8076 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Family, Higher Education, Military
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... This week Congress will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of sex throughout federal law ....
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Friday, March 15, 2019 |
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American Samoa Governor Undergoes Heart Surgery in Seattle
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 4611 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga underwent surgery last Wednesday (March 6)....
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Thursday, March 14, 2019 |
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Forgotten Voices: The Inadequate Review and Improper Alteration of Our National Monuments
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 7018 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business, Obama
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...The American Samoan Government and its people were barely consulted before these monuments were established or expanded. As a result, our local fishermen were barred from accessing the waters that Samoans have been visiting for over a millennium....
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Friday, March 8, 2019 |
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FSM Election 2019 Certified Results
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 8023 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...On March 5th, 2019 the citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) voted for their elected representatives in the Congress of the FSM....
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Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
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Double Trouble: Lyon Also Offered Cash to Son of FSM President
By Andrew Walden @ 10:11 PM :: 19401 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Christopher Ivan Christian, was offered a “retainer” --$5K per month by Lyon—with a plan to increase to $10K....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
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Trump Sued by Hawaii Over Emergency Declaration
By Selected News Articles @ 12:59 PM :: 5080 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...“As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit,” Trump said....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
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Halbert-Lyon Indictments: Timeline of Corruption in FSM
By Andrew Walden @ 3:45 AM :: 10885 Views :: DHHL, National News, World News
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...a 2010-2016 timeline of the alleged corrupt dealings between Lyon Associates and individuals within the FSM Government....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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SOTU: "America will never be a socialist country"
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 3591 Views :: National News
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...President Trump’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery and released by the White House....
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Friday, February 1, 2019 |
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Birth Tourism Bust: Hawaii Easier to Clear Customs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 5201 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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"...The clients were also told to enter the country by flying into Hawaii instead of Los Angeles where clearing U.S. Customs was perceived to be more difficult...."
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
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House Republicans Call on DHS to Reverse Philippine H-2 Visa Ban
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 5304 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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..."As we speak, a special meeting is taking place at the White House asking for Hawaii to be exempted from this ban," said Rep. Gene Ward....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:20 PM :: 5374 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....
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Saturday, December 29, 2018 |
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Nancy Pelosi Vacations at Fairmont Orchid During Government Shutdown
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 6810 Views :: National News, Tourism
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...Pelosi was spotted on Thursday vacationing at a four-diamond resort in Hawaii despite an ongoing battle in Washington, D.C., that led to a government shutdown....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 AM :: 5419 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...U.S. agents shot several rounds of the gas after migrants tried to penetrate several points along the border at the San Ysidro border crossing....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 8429 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Taxes
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...Businessman convicted of tax fraud has Guam, Micronesia deals....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG Demands More Focus on Trannies
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3854 Views :: National News
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...Attorney General Russell A. Suzuki joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general urging the Trump Administration to abandon efforts to adopt a definition of “sex” that would exclude transgender and gender nonconforming individuals....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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Grandstanding: Hirono Lawsuit Challenges Trump Appointment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 5576 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...The Justice Department said in reaction Monday that the claims by the senators “ignore centuries of practice and precedent.”....
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 |
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HR 5026: Streamline Citizenship process for American Samoa US Nationals
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4880 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...American Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata clarified that U.S. National status will not change....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 8119 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...Sandwich Isles Communications is not before a Hawaii court. You can be sure it is not by choice....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Guam Argues for Native Voting Law Before 9th Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 5786 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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...In November 2011, Arnold Davis filed a law suit against Guam’s government, arguing that the plebiscite election discriminated against him and other non-native inhabitants....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Justice Department Signs Off on CVS-Aetna Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 3490 Views :: National News
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...The attorneys general from California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington participated in the settlement....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Guam case that echoes Rice v. Cayetano to be argued before Ninth Circuit at UH law school
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 8549 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News, Higher Education, OHA
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...Arnold Davis sued for the right to register to vote in a future plebiscite, maintaining that Guam’s Decolonization Registry Law unlawfully discriminates by allowing only “native inhabitants of Guam” to be eligible for the vote....
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018 |
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Two Days After Chin Loses CD1 Race -- Hawaii Drops Lawsuit Against Trump Travel Ban
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 6004 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...Since early 2017, the State of Hawaii has been fighting the Trump administration’s travel bans in the court system (and former AG Chin almost rode that wave into Congress...but not quite)....
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Sunday, August 5, 2018 |
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American Samoa Citizenship Question Not So Simple
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 11786 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...people who might be accused of knowingly promulgating the candidacy of a non-citizen or voting by a non-citizen should very carefully consider the ramifications of the following federal laws....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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Malia Zimmerman Beats Rap After Pushing Conspiracy Theory
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 8200 Views :: National News, Ethics, First Amendment
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...The judge agreed with Fox News’ argument that even if their statements about Rich’s death were inaccurate or defamatory, they did not necessarily constitute the extreme and outrageous conduct required for a claim....
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG Joins Effort to Save DACA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 4077 Views :: National News
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...urging the federal judge presiding over a Texas-led lawsuit seeking to end DACA not to suspend the program with a preliminary injunction....
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