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Thursday, February 27, 2025 |
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SB933: Shell Bill with Blank Dollars to Make up for Federal Funding Freeze
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 1159 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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... This bill was created to address potential negative impacts of the federal funding freeze ....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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Grassroot: State's school impact fees earn 'F'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:27 PM :: 1288 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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... The report says the fees are not needed, are likely unconstitutional, have never been spent, and are driving up Hawaii housing costs ....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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Extradition to Hawaii ordered in 1977 murder case
By Court House News @ 3:23 PM :: 1038 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Authorities arrested Gideon Castro at a Utah nursing home and charged him in the 1977 murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara at McKinley HS ....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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2025 Wildfire Summit: 'Exploring our Wildfire Future'
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 1424 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County
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... akamai readers will remember that fire officials were at a summit like this when Lahaina burned ....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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Defamation: UH Law School Dean Sues Ken Lawson
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 1799 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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... Lawson’s expressive freedoms date to a faculty meeting back in February 2023, where he voiced vehement objections to a scheduled Black History Month event ....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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Leaving Hawaii: Over Half Immediately Able to buy Home on Mainland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 2643 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... former Hawaii residents are finding it easier to buy homes—especially in Washington, where a whopping 56% of movers from Hawaii achieve homeownership shortly after relocating ....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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Kōloa Rum Company challenges Jones Act in court
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 1734 Views :: Jones Act
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... argues century-old shipping law violates the Constitution’s Port Preference Clause ....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
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Jones Act Keeps Hawaii Energy Expensive
By Cato Foundation @ 3:03 AM :: 1021 Views :: Jones Act
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... Jones Act means that the Aloha State obtains most of its energy from far more distant and costlier foreign sources ....
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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 :: 1008 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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Monday, February 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 PM :: 1297 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Civil forfeiture allows the government of Hawaii to take your property and sell it for profit without proving you did anything wrong ....
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Monday, February 24, 2025 |
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Feb 21 2025
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:49 PM :: 1447 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Religion
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... Vaccine Exemptions: 1,000 testimonies were submitted in opposition to HB1118 ....
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 |
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TAT Is Not Duct Tape
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1141 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... some lawmakers think the TAT fixes everything ....
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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Political problems not the same as true emergencies
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:46 PM :: 1590 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... You might not have realized this, but Hawaii residents are living in multiple, continual states of emergency ....
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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Honolulu Next? U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy Announces Review of California High-Speed Rail Project
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 1438 Views :: Rail
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"...determine whether roughly $4 billion in taxpayer money should remain committed to the proposed project to build high-speed rail...."
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
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Liquor Comm. Insider Bails out as Federal Oversight Commences
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 1486 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Small Business
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“...Assistant Administrator Anna Hirai has served the Liquor Commission in several capacities for almost two and a half decades...”
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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 :: 1020 Views :: National News, Small Business
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... The bureau was started in 2010 during the Obama administration ....
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 |
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Island Flex Open Enrollment Period: March 1 through April 30, 2025
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 1221 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Tax Credits
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... Island Flex is a program that allows employees to allocate a portion of their salary into Medical Spending Accounts and/or Dependent Care Spending Accounts on a tax-free basis ....
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 |
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SB433: Hawaii Knife Ban Bill Stopped
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 1863 Views :: Second Amendment
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... SB 433 would have absolutely banned carry, open or concealed, of most knives, and all knives in many public places in Hawaii ....
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 |
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Fire debris cleared from final commercial property in Lahaina
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 1191 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... In total, 1,538 residential and commercial properties have been cleared ....
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 |
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Case and Ward ask Trump Admin to Ban Windfarms from Kaiwi Channel
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:22 AM :: 1551 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... in light of President Trump’s welcome Executive Order temporarily withdrawing all areas of the outer continental shelf from leasing for wind energy ....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
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UH: TRO Protecting DEI from Trump Executive Orders
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1400 Views :: Higher Education
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... suit in two cases to challenge the federal directives halting funding for DEIA-related programs and capping indirect costs for research at 15% ....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
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'Malicious Prosecution' Kaneshiro Tries to Beat Back Civil Suit
By Court House News @ 12:12 PM :: 1822 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... the campaign contributions were bribes meant to secure Mau's prosecution, a federal jury eventually found that the donations were legitimate political contributions ....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
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Indictment: Alleged Embezzler Busted at Hawaii Eco Group
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 1627 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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... While employed with the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, Bjur allegedly issued herself $81,000 ....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025 |
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Green Executive Order to Speed State Hiring?
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 1162 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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“...As we witness the very quickly changing landscape of the federal government, federal workforce and federal policies, this order directs state agencies to review candidates and make a conditional job offer within 14 days of receiving an individual’s application....”
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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 :: 2090 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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Monday, February 17, 2025 |
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City announces two more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 987 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Tuesday, Feb. 18: Mānoa Valley District Park, 5:30–7 p.m., Old Gym
Thursday, Feb. 20: Ewa Mahiko District Park, 5:30–7 p.m., DP Multi-Purpose Room 1
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Monday, February 17, 2025 |
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House Report: 60 Chinese espionage cases in three years
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 1349 Views :: Military
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"... Espionage threats increased as more than 176,000 Chinese illegally entered U.S. under Biden ...."
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 |
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Amended SB1150 Still Legalizes Kidnap of Children for Sex-Change
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 5590 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... This bill allows children to be legally stolen from the Mainland, and from American Samoa, Guam and other US territories where juvenile sex-change is not legal ....
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 |
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Candy Crush
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1494 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... it’s being pushed very hard as a sweet deal, but it has the potential to really stomp our economy ....
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 |
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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If we're not careful, nearly everything will become "historic"
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:01 PM :: 1082 Views :: Development
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... state law defines any building, structure, object, district, area or site over 50 years old as historic ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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LIST: Dozens of Bills That Could Affect Cost of Living
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:58 PM :: 1871 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... measures related to housing, healthcare, taxes and government accountability ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Policies that could help turn the tide of people leaving Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:44 PM :: 1655 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... Hawaii’s high housing costs are due mostly to Hawaii’s excessively strict land-use and zoning regulations, as well as its long permitting wait times ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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California wildfire recovery lessons from Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 1319 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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“...Lessons from Maui as LA Begins to Rebuild....”
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Case, Moylan Introduce Jones Act Reform Bill
By Ed Case @ 1:03 PM :: 1055 Views :: Jones Act
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... The median annual cost of the Jones Act to the Hawai‘i economy is $1.2 billion ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Busted on Guam: Federal Juror Took Bribe from Dirty ex-Cop
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 1583 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police, Drugs
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... After a mistrial was declared, Boom met with Tyquiengco and gave him $1,100 ....
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 |
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Releasing Mosquitoes to Help Kauai Forest Birds
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 1125 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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... first release of sterile male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau ....
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Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidate Registration Ends Feb 21
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 1073 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Friday, February 21, 2025 – Candidate Filing and Voter Registration Deadline ....
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Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Report urges changes to cut review delays at State Historic Preservation Division
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 1013 Views :: Development
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... Updating the definition of “historic property” would speed up permitting for homebuilding while protecting Hawaii’s history ....
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Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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18 Months Later: Maui Council Begins to Loosen Rebuild Restrictions
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 1227 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Maui County Council considering multiple housing-related bills, including one aimed specifically at making it easier for older buildings to be rebuilt after the 2023 wildfires ....
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Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Frustrations, ironies of ‘Princeville Market Saga’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:00 PM :: 1613 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Small Business
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...zoning complaints led to the market’s closure in January, and now, other farmers markets across the county face a similar fate unless the Kauai County Council takes action....
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Friday, February 14, 2025 |
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Navatek ex-CEO Gets 87 Months for Fraud
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 1426 Views :: Ethics, Military, COVID-19
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... Kao pressured the bank to expedite approval of the fraudulent application by repeatedly claiming that he had discussed his application with United States Senators and their staffs who would intervene on Kao’s behalf if the bank did not quickly approve his loan ....
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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 :: 1418 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 :: 1010 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 :: 1025 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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Thursday, February 13, 2025 |
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Feds Release Red Hill Health Study
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 1061 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... This report examines incident cases of conditions that have been reported by Red Hill, Hawai’i community members to Defense Health Agency (DHA) Public Health following the JP-5 fuel release ....
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