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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Ige Announces Final 26 Vetoes
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 4475 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... Ige announced that he has vetoed 26 of the 28 bills on his Intent to Veto list ....
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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DoH: New Hawaii Vaccine Totals Include Federal Doses
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 2716 Views :: COVID-19
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... Beginning today the Department of Health’s Disease Outbreak Control Division data dashboard reflects new data provided by federal agencies ....
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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Go X Celebrates Hawai‘i’s Electric Foot Scooter Law
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 4570 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... Electric foot scooter bill signed into law (Act 174) ....
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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The Draft Oʻahu Pedestrian Plan is available for the public’s review
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 2741 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Honolulu’s first island-wide pedestrian plan ....
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Monday, July 5, 2021 |
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CDC: 98.7% of Hawaii Students Excluded from In-person Learning, Worst in USA
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 4121 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Access to in person learning varied by state with the lowest mean percent of all students with access in Hawaii (1.3%) and highest in Wyoming and Montana (100%) ....
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Sunday, July 4, 2021 |
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Intent to Veto--the Enola Gay Frankenbill
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3385 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Hopefully, the bad stuff will die and remain dead ....
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Saturday, July 3, 2021 |
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DBEDT Revises '2050 Sustainability Plan'
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3621 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... update of the “Hawaiʻi 2050 Sustainability Plan: Charting a Course for the Decade of Action” to serve as the State’s climate and sustainability strategic action plan for the 2021-2030 decade ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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UHPA Cheers Ige 'Intent to Veto'
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 3330 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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... The two bills are SB589 SD2 HD2 CD1 – Relating to the University of Hawaii and HB1296 HD1 SD2 CD1 – Relating to State Funds ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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BOE chair says board will consider distance learning options
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 3121 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... the board will discuss distance learning options for next school year at its next meeting on July 15, just a little more than two weeks before most public school students are scheduled to return to class ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii AG Announces sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking system
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 2417 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... The tracking system is designed to allow survivors of sexual assault to obtain up-to-date information on the status of their sexual assault evidence collection kits, from collection through testing, and to do so in an anonymous way ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Let's not forget what makes July Fourth special
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:25 PM :: 3117 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... it would be appropriate if our legislators spent some of that time addressing the balance of powers and the emergency management statute that has ruled our lives for the past year ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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What if Hawaiians had Control Over the Assets They are Entitled to?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:51 PM :: 4088 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... such as in Alaska where Alaskan Native people individually own shares of their corporation’s stock ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Akina rides with Perry & The Posse to lament the 'tracks of our tiers'
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 4029 Views :: Small Business, Tourism, COVID-19
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“Just when you think we’d reached the prize, somebody moves our cheese. But what that really shows is a lack of transparency about the tier system.”
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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Hawaii Vaccination Exception Program Begins July 8
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 3228 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... The Safe Travels digital platform is now allowing vaccine document uploads for trips arriving in Hawaiʻi on July 8 and beyond ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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21 State AGs Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Hawaii Gun Ruling
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 3320 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Young v Hawaii: State AGs call for Supreme Court to allow Hawaii citizens to carry firearms in public ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Japanese official warns US of potential surprise attack on Hawaii — from Russia and China
By Video @ 4:27 AM :: 6197 Views :: Military
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... Russia and China are coordinating military exercises to threaten not only Taiwan but also Hawaii, according to a senior Japanese defense official ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Embezzlement, Bribery: Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 7290 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA, COVID-19
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... Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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How Jones Act complicates life in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Guam
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 4075 Views :: Jones Act
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... free webinar on July 12, how the 1920 law suppresses prosperity in communities dependent on waterborne imports ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Beer Tax in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 3:06 AM :: 3439 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii is 3rd-highest at $0.93 per gallon, just ahead of 4th place Kentucky ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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City Doubles Hanauma Bay Entrance Fee to $25 per Tourist
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 3511 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... $25 entrance fee effective July 1 for non-locals 13 years and older ....
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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Alm: Myeni Encountered Police at Kewalo Basin 30 Minutes Before Shooting
By Video @ 12:51 AM :: 5560 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Drugs
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... Alm added that Myeni, who did have marijuana in his system...also had an odd encounter with officers just 30 minutes before going to Nuuanu, when he approached police at Kewalo Basin as they took a statement from someone reporting a car theft. Alm said Myeni started questioning the victim himself ….
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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OHA Awards $1.77 Million in COVID-19 Impact and Response Grants
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 2936 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... A total of 15 Hawaiʻi nonprofit organizations on five islands will receive a total of $1.77 million ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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CNHA, DHHL announce $5M rental & utilities assistance for Native Hawaiians
By News Release @ 12:01 PM :: 4309 Views :: DHHL, OHA, COVID-19
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... This new allotment of funds was made possible through the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and is part of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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EPA Orders Navy to Upgrade Pearl Harbor Sewage Treatment Plant
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3958 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The plant is owned and operated by the U.S. Navy and provides service for up to 40,000 people ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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Hawaii is the Only State Gaining White Population
By Selected News Articles @ 12:29 AM :: 4518 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... except for Hawaii, all recent US population growth comes from people of color, new census estimates show ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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Funding the Hawaii Tourism Authority: TAT vs General Fund…Or?
By UHERO @ 12:04 AM :: 3950 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... According to the U.S. Travel Association, fourteen state tourism offices are funded either partly or entirely by a statewide lodging tax ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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630,000 Tourist Arrivals in May, 2021
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 3496 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... When compared to 2019, visitor arrivals in May 2021 were down 25.7 percent from the May 2019 count of 847,396 visitors, and visitor spending decreased 22.2 percent from the $1.41 billion spent in May 2019 ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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Na Wai Eha: 20 Years of Litigation 'fundamentally changes water distribution system'
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 10883 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use
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"...the most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history...."
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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89% of Tourists 'Fully Vaccinated'
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 3563 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Repeat visitors were more likely to be fully vaccinated along with college graduates and those with household incomes above $100,000 ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 4040 Views :: Drugs
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... As of today, 44 of the 60 defendants are either in federal or state custody, and the search continues for 16 defendants ....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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41 Junk Cars Removed from Oceanfront Kahului Homeless Camp
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 3590 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... Most vehicles tagged for removal had been filled with trash from the nearby homeless encampment. ...
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 |
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Secret Tax Relief for Hotels on Maui?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4618 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Taxes, Tourism
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“...the coronavirus pandemic has challenged the County to make many unprecedented decisions. One such decision was to reduce the Assessed Values of Hotel and Resort properties due to the catastrophic drops in occupancy experienced by that industry....”
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Saturday, June 26, 2021 |
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13 Cases--Delta variant detected in all Hawaii counties
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 2873 Views :: COVID-19
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... Delta variant expected to spread rapidly ....
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Saturday, June 26, 2021 |
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Who Will Run for DeCoite's House Seat? -- Not Ritte
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 3828 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County
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... CALL FOR CANDIDATES -- Deadline: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:59 pm HST ....
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Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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HGEA Protects Sheriff Deputy After He Admitted Doing Favors for Katherine Kealoha
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 5516 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Cayetano and Kealoha have a lengthy professional relationship that includes serving together on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation ....
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Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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Aloha too often means goodbye
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:58 PM :: 3170 Views :: Cost of Living
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... I’ve watched my children leave for the mainland to start college or their careers. And I know there’s a good chance they won’t be coming back, except for short visits ....
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Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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HTA Poll Shows New Residents Like Tourists the Least
By Hawaii Tourism Authority @ 5:04 AM :: 4076 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... the highest percentage of respondents who said they do not think tourism is worth the issues came from residents ... who have lived in Hawaii for less than one year ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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No Quarantine for Vaccinated Mainland Travelers Starting July 8
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 3626 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... Gov. David Ige announced that effective July 8, the State of Hawai‘i will eliminate its pre-travel testing/quarantine requirement for domestic travelers to Hawai‘i who have been fully vaccinated in the United States ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Unemployment: Hawaii Worst Recovery from COVID
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 3725 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Least ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ranks 47th for Civic Engagement
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 PM :: 2992 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... and 2nd for Military Engagement ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Pimp Foolishly Leaves Hawaii--Ends up in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 3812 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Convicted in Milwaukee, Hawaii pimp faces a maximum life term of imprisonment and a mandatory minimum of 15 years ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Is Hawaii Becoming a Perfect Contradiction?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:47 PM :: 3752 Views :: Environment, COVID-19
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... An island state without ferries but more than enough "environmentalists" ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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How High Are Wine Taxes in Your State?
By Tax Foundation @ 4:34 AM :: 2927 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii wine taxes are 14th highest in USA ....
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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Ige's intent-to-veto list praised for being 'fiscally responsible'
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:09 PM :: 2986 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CEO Keli'i Akina says the list reflects a commendable effort to avoid increasing Hawaii's taxpayer burden ....
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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Ethics: School Principal Gives $43K in 'Cash Advances', Runs up credit card
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 3764 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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"...the Governing Board failed to manage the financial performance of the school...."
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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Hawai‘i Plunges to 44th in the Nation in Ensuring Economic Well-Being of Keiki
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 3297 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii’s ranking in children’s economic well-being dropped in one year from 25th to 44th, according to the 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report analyzing how families fared between the Great Recession and the start of the COVID-19 crisis ....
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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COVID Became Opportunity to Force 100s of Homeless back onto the Streets
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 2613 Views :: Homelessness
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... we can use an emergency to FORCE the homeless back on to the streets but we can't use an emergency to build SRO housing for the homeless and then FORCE them to use it. This is an artificailly created crisis ....
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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Unemployment 8.1% for May--Down 0.4%
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 3760 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide 595,300 were employed and 52,150 unemployed in May ....
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