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| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 |
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Green Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration
By News Release @ 12:48 PM :: 2537 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, National News, Hawaii State Government
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... the declaration would unlock critical federal support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....
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| Wednesday, March 18, 2026 |
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Hawaii Sues to Save 'Gender Ideology' in Housing
By Court House News @ 2:54 PM :: 3302 Views :: National News
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... The federal suit, filed in the Northern District of California, hinges on guidance issued last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ....
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| Sunday, March 15, 2026 |
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REPORT: 'Dangerous Trifecta' Enables Noncitizen Voting in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 3007 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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... Report Uncovers Thousands of Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls, Stonewalling by Officials ....
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| Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
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Hawaii dolphin therapist’s case could shape James Comey, Leticia James appeals
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 2298 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, National News, Small Business
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... Six months ago, James Comey and Letitia James had likely never heard of PLF client Eliza Wille or her dolphin therapy practice in Kona ....
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| Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
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Hawaii, others back birthright citizenship in amicus brief
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 920 Views :: National News
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... Democratic attorney generals cite 14th Amendment, but immigration policy nonprofit disagrees ....
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| Monday, February 23, 2026 |
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Travel Update: Pre-Check--YES, Global Entry--NO
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 872 Views :: National News, Tourism
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... due to the ongoing partial federal government shutdown ....
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| Sunday, February 22, 2026 |
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States sue Trump administration for terminating 'Green New Deal' grants
By Court House News @ 12:19 AM :: 985 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News
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... OMB Director Russell Vought posted online that the Energy Department would be terminating “nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” ....
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| Saturday, February 21, 2026 |
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HUD Moves to Kick Illegals out of Public Housing
By Court House News @ 2:52 PM :: 937 Views :: National News
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... a new proposed rule to require proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible status for every resident in HUD-funded housing, including “mixed status households” ....
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| Friday, February 20, 2026 |
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s one-man tariff war
By Court House News @ 12:52 PM :: 820 Views :: National News, Taxes
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... In anticipation of the high court’s ruling, big-name companies like Costco, Revlon and Bumble Bee Foods filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of International Trade to secure tariff refunds for billions of dollars ....
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| Wednesday, January 28, 2026 |
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$1,000 Trump accounts to start July 4
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 691 Views :: National News, Family
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... included in the "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law in July 2025. It provides a $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Treasury Department to a tax-free account for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028 ....
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| Wednesday, December 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Fights to Keep Trannies in Female Sports
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 AM :: 1520 Views :: Education K-12, National News, Higher Education
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... AGs from 13 Democrat states signed on to amicus brief ....
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| Thursday, December 18, 2025 |
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Trump Restricts Tongan Travel to US
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 1261 Views :: National News, World News
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... According to the Overstay Report, Tonga had a B-1/B-2 visa overstay rate of 6.45 percent and an F, M, and J visa overstay rate of 14.44 percent ....
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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End or reduce capital gains tax on housing to incentivize home sales
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:19 PM :: 1221 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... the More Homes on the Market Act would double exclusions for home sales and adjust them annually for inflation going forward ....
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| Friday, December 12, 2025 |
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Undercover Video Exposes 8a Contracting Scam
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 1436 Views :: National News, Ethics, Military, OHA
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“...And remember, there's no competition.…”
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| Sunday, November 30, 2025 |
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SNAP Confusion…On Us
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1237 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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... the new guidance says that immigrants in certain categories, namely Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, Parolees, and Deportation Withheld are “Not Eligible” for SNAP ....
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| Thursday, November 27, 2025 |
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Hawaii joins Attorneys General suing to keep SNAP for legal immigrants
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 AM :: 1185 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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... Although the Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated SNAP eligibility for individuals who entered the U.S. as refugees or were granted asylum or humanitarian parole, it did not end the eligibility for noncitizens who became legal permanent residents, Bonta said....
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| Tuesday, November 25, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Wins Federal court order blocking Trump from dismantling four agencies
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 AM :: 1410 Views :: National News, Homelessness, Judiciary
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... The agencies are the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness ....
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| Saturday, November 22, 2025 |
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Hawai'i AG Demands Trump Admin Allow Food Stamps for Non-Citizens
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 1328 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... the USDA guidance, which would exclude noncitizens who are permanent residents from eligibility for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The USDA manages SNAP ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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Alleged Chinese Spy Given Hawaii Mansion
By Court House News @ 1:15 PM :: 2094 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, COVID-19
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... Linda Sun was formerly a high-ranking aide in New York’s government. Now, she and her husband face potential prison time ....
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| Saturday, November 8, 2025 |
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Just the beginning: 36-40 Flights Cut over Weekend
By News Release @ 6:29 AM :: 3816 Views :: National News, Tourism
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... We expect to cancel roughly 36-40 flights each day through Sunday, Nov. 9 ....
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| Wednesday, November 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG joins suit over Trump’s limits for FEMA grants
By Court House News @ 11:18 AM :: 1436 Views :: Maui County, National News, Hawaii State Government
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...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
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Hawaii Joins 22 States Suing to Keep Welfare Cash Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 1295 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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... Coalition Urges Court to Immediately Restore SNAP Funding Relied Upon by 42 Million Americans ....
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| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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Hawaii Joins Democrat States' Tech Anti-Trust Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 1364 Views :: National News
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(CLUE: Stupid Democrats still don't understand what turned Big Tech against them.)
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| Sunday, September 21, 2025 |
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Peaceful disagreement and civil discourse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:42 PM :: 2887 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Higher Education
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... an outpouring of confusion, speculation and misinformation ....
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| Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
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Schatz: “It’s true that we put some sand in the gears on purpose”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 5012 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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“President Trump is the first president in history not to have a single nominee confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent”
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| Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
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Feds End Funding for Racially Discriminatory Programs at UH
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 5669 Views :: National News, Higher Education, OHA
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" ... the Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas .... ”
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| Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
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Hawaii State Flags to be Lowered for Charlie Kirk
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5450 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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... Governor Green has ordered that the the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the state of Hawaiʻi effective immediately through sunset on Sunday, September 14, in memory of Charlie Kirk ....
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| Saturday, August 30, 2025 |
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Appeals Court Rules Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5820 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“...For the second time in this case, a federal court has held that the President’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are unlawful....”
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| Friday, August 8, 2025 |
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VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 4176 Views :: National News, Labor, Military
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... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 4192 Views :: Environment, National News, World News
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...The Government of the United States of America has begun discussions with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the research necessary to inform seabed exploration and responsible development within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone....
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| Friday, July 4, 2025 |
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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 27717 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 3342 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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... No other states have a specific law establishing birthright citizenship there ....
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| Friday, May 30, 2025 |
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Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 3902 Views :: National News, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... 13,500 safety incidents from 2016 to 2017 at Job Corps centers, nearly half of them drug-related episodes or assaults ....
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| Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 2136 Views :: National News
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... “friend of the court” brief supporting the plaintiffs in National Association of Diversity Officers v. Trump ....
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| Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 4925 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... to obtain tuition assistance payments from the VA for ghost students ....
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| Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
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American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 3291 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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... The American Flag was raised for the first time above the islands of American Samoa on April 17, 1900 ....
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| Friday, April 4, 2025 |
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Conservative Legal Foundation Sues to Stop 'Illegal' Trump Tariffs
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 2251 Views :: National News
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... Under art. 1, § 8 of the Constitution, Congress has sole authority to control tariffs ....
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| Wednesday, March 26, 2025 |
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A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 4126 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs
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... he had earned millions of dollars from insider trades involving shares in a company that merged with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ....
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| Friday, March 7, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 3802 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education
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“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."
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| Tuesday, March 4, 2025 |
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VIDEO: Trump Speech to Congress
By Video @ 9:04 PM :: 1774 Views :: National News
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... Trump speech to joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, 4pm HST ....
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| Thursday, February 27, 2025 |
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Jury in ‘Moana’ copyright trial gets primer on Polynesian, Hawaiian culture on day 1
By Court House News @ 12:12 PM :: 2975 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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... An anthropologist testified at the copyright infringement trial about the similarities between "Moana" and "Bucky" that aren't found in traditional Polynesian stories ....
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| Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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UH Trump Watch: New website on federal policy updates
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 2556 Views :: National News, Higher Education
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"Since taking office on January 20, the new federal leadership has released a series of EOs and directives that could significantly impact the 10-campus system."
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| Friday, February 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Closure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 2375 Views :: National News, Small Business
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... The bureau was started in 2010 during the Obama administration ....
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| Monday, February 17, 2025 |
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Rising Costs on the Horizon: How Increased Tariffs on China Will Impact Hawaiʻi
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 4239 Views :: National News, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... the Trump administration is reintroducing a 10% tariff on all imports from China ....
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| Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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How to Maintain DEI Programs: Hawaii AG 'Guidance' for State Contractors
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 2821 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"... guidance to help businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations ...."
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| Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Wins Injunction Against Trump's 'Birthright Citizenship' Order
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 1740 Views :: National News
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"... we will continue to fight every single step of the way until President Trump is permanently prevented from trampling on the Fourteenth Amendment ...."
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| Thursday, February 13, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Sues to Stop Musk
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 2145 Views :: National News
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... The lawsuit argues that President Trump has violated the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, which ensures that executive appointments are subject to congressional oversight and Senate confirmation ....
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