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| Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 4582 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military
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... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly ....
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| Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 4432 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....
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| Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 4207 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....
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| Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 4430 Views :: Tourism
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... Some bad ideas just won’t go away ....
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| Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 1369 Views :: Education K-12
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...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....
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| Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 4400 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... how does your community college stack up? ....
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| Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 3925 Views :: Honolulu County
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... If history is any guide, the City will end up right back where it started: extending Waimānalo Gulch ....
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| Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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No Tax on Overtime
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 5186 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... this is critical information for employers too ....
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| Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 3829 Views :: Drugs
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... arrest and conviction of Yang and co-conspirator Ye Fang, also known as "Batu," a PRC national who was unlawfully present in the United States ....
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| Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Suspect Named: Maui Police officer killed in line of duty
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 10858 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... Suspect in Maui police officer’s killing had extensive criminal record ....
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| Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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| Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 4105 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... four recommendations — are all based off of bills that have been introduced at the Maui County Council or at the state level ....
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| Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 5114 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Small Business
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... All Permit Types: Average duration of permit review and approval process has been reduced by 66%, from nearly five months to under two months ....
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| Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 16355 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....
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| Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 75878 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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| Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 11511 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....
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| Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
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12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 3997 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... The appointments follow the resignation of the previous board earlier this summer ....
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| Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
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Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 3901 Views :: Rail, Cost of Living
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... tariffs drive up prices for aluminum, steel, and copper items ....
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| Wednesday, August 13, 2025 |
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Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 4181 Views :: Environment, Military
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... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....
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| Wednesday, August 13, 2025 |
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Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:02 PM :: 5489 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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"...Now, with the batteries that were installed on many of the solar AC systems nearing the end of their lifespans, one DOE official warned that the systems will need to be retired altogether. He called the heat abatement initiative a $120 million disaster...."
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| Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
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John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 3789 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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"He is our first born, in America he entered the church of Jesus, he is the one who came with the first teachers."
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| Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
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How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act.
By Cato Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 3736 Views :: Jones Act
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... Seven years ago, the Cato Institute launched its project on reforming the Jones Act ....
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| Monday, August 11, 2025 |
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Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 4731 Views :: Rail
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...they “prematurely entered into contracts under an artificial timeline and a fragile financial plan.” The mayor admitted this was done to avoid losing out on federal funds....
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| Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:04 PM :: 3318 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“if policymakers do not move faster to remove the legal barriers that have been blocking the rebuilding of Lahaina, the town will lose its sense of community and historic charm, and its residents will continue to move away or go homeless while its economy sputters into oblivion.”
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| Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 12:52 PM :: 2808 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bill introductions only--no votes this week ....
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| Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Encumbrance for the Stadium
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4728 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Act 88 of 2021, which Act 248 amended, stated that the appropriations in the biennium budget would lapse on June 30, 2024 ....
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| Saturday, August 9, 2025 |
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Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake'
By Video @ 3:05 PM :: 1924 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... antivaxxer RFK cut $500M funding for MRNA vaccine research ....
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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 :: 4022 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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Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 10550 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 3219 Views :: Education K-12
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... a no-cost, two-year training initiative designed to prepare Oʻahu high school juniors for careers in aviation maintenance and mechanics ....
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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 :: 4043 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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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 4231 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act, Tourism
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... decade-long scheme to defraud hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc. ....
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2833 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... In addition to his three prior federal convictions for illegally reentering the United States, Salas Cruz also has convictions for abuse of a household member, assault, violation of a protective order, and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition ....
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 3567 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... this success comes at a time when concerns over cuts in federal research funding continue to grow. As of August 5, 66 grants totaling more than $89 million have been terminated at UH due to shifting federal priorities ....
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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61% of Hawaii Homeowners Sitting on $250K Capital Gain
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 4452 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... and 34.6% of Hawaii homeowners sitting on $500K capital gain ....
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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Lahaina: Four Ways to Speed Recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 AM :: 3191 Views :: Maui County, Development
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...It’s been two years since wildfires devastated the West Maui town, yet few structures have been rebuilt and many residents are in limbo....
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| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 68344 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism. So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Schatz locks up whip race
By Video @ 3:16 PM :: 3643 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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... Schatz on a glide path to becoming his party’s No. 2 leader in the Senate beginning in 2027 ....
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Two years after disaster, Maui recovery inches forward
By UHERO @ 3:15 PM :: 3606 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... many remain displaced, face high rent burdens, or continue to deal with long-term income loss ....
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 3571 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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... Due to the potential for hazardous conditions ....
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy?
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 3902 Views :: Energy, Higher Education
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"...solar, wind, and batteries on their own will not scale to meet the needs we have...."
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:57 AM :: 2679 Views :: Agriculture
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... When the ranch shut down in 2008, he didn’t walk away ....
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| Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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Four New HART Board Members Appointed
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 4049 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... Mayor apponts two, Speaker appoints one, Council appoints one ....
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| Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 3578 Views :: World News, Military
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... approximately 400 miles south of Guam ....
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China
By Ed Case @ 4:47 PM :: 3616 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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... “Under long-standing loopholes in maritime law, Jones Act shippers can and do outsource major vessel parts fabrications and modifications to foreign shipyards, primarily those in the PRC,” said Case. ...
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:38 PM :: 2794 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development
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... Schatz hasn’t been all talk, either. Last week, he introduced several bipartisan bills aimed at inducing more homebuilding ....
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2890 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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... over the last fifty years, our lawmakers have tended to regard those provisions as bothersome annoyances, to be worked around or avoided ...
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 2322 Views
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... If convicted of the charged offenses, Nowicke faces a maximum sentence of life in prison ....
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| Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 3393 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....
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