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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Hawaii DoE Touts AP Test Scores
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3317 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Video: Solving Hawaii's Fiscal Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:31 AM :: 3218 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government
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...how Hawaii can avoid its looming major debt crisis, projected at the moment to total $88 billion the next 30 years....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Need $2.3M to Retire in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 5207 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the state in which you live can play a big role in how early you can retire....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Fireworks Prove Honolulu Port Security Lacking
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 9:38 PM :: 4157 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...“New Year’s Eve was just one of many indications that the inspection process is lacking, which is how illegal goods are coming into the state through our ports. We have seen an increase in gun violence, drug addiction is an epidemic and we are at high-risk for suffering from toxic substances and agricultural invasive species that can hurt our environment,” said Councilmember Pine....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Committee Releases Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at FAA Honolulu Office
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 4867 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Andria Tupola Announces Run for Council District 1
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 5:06 PM :: 5060 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Republican Party
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...Former Representative, Andria Tupola announced today that she will be running for City Council District 1....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Week 2 at the Legislature
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:06 AM :: 3499 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... from the Honolulu Republican Party ....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Red Light Cameras: The Risks of Privatizing Law Enforcement
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 2937 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...when private firms and municipalities consider revenues first, and safety second, the public interest is threatened....
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Sunday, February 2, 2020 |
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Why Do Lawmakers Want More Special Funds?
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:43 PM :: 3202 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...there is a plethora of requests for “special funds” in the 2020 Legislature....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:09 PM :: 4605 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...Safe Haven for Newborns Passes First Committee....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 9:55 PM :: 2595 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...votes in Congress and bills introduced from GovTrack.us....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Kym Pine Leads 2020 Mayoral Race in Fundraising
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 1:04 PM :: 3922 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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...only Pine, Amemiya, and Hanabusa report substantial fundraising...
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 4619 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Cameras can catch cars that run red lights, but that doesn’t make streets safer
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 3059 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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HB1676: Red Light Scameras -- Bill Passes Committee
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 2928 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Safety or scam? Red light cameras under scrutiny....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Economic Impact of Immigration by State -- Hawaii 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:03 PM :: 2530 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...which states benefit the most — and least — from immigration using 23 key indicators....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Honolulu 79th Worst Metro Areas for STEM Professionals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:56 PM :: 4431 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...STEM workers are in fierce demand and Honolulu is just not competitive....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive State for Car Owners
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 4107 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...‘Cost of Ownership & Maintenance’ highest in USA....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Stop Taxing Healthcare
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 4171 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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How to Restore OHA's Credibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:31 PM :: 3658 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The way OHA has responded to recent events has affected its credibility in the eyes of Hawai’i’s lawmakers and OHA’s own Hawaiian beneficiaries....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii’s housing crisis, in 63 seconds
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 3512 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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...no land shortage....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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HB1884: Right to Repair
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 3600 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Manufacturers of everything from tablets to toasters to tractors make it too difficult and too expensive to repair their products when they break....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Former Schofield Range Director Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scheme
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 3923 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...Winslett further admitted that he accepted $723,333.33 in kickbacks from a local subcontractor....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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NRA Town Hall Set for Honolulu
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2638 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Thursday, February 13th, 6PM-8PM -- Weinberg Memorial Hall - Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Election 2020: Candidate Filing Opens Monday Feb 3
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 3545 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Candidates seeking elective office can obtain nomination papers beginning Monday, February 3, 2020....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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HB2451: Assisted Suicide Proponents want Hawaii to be a testing ground for Nurses!
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:48 PM :: 2916 Views :: Health Care
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...The House Health Committee has scheduled a hearing on HB 2451 (Relating to Health) this Friday, January 31, at 11 a.m....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax adds $222M to healthcare costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 5017 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Second Amendment Rally Set for Capitol
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 2931 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Rally begins at 8:30AM -- Legislator visits begin at 10:30AM....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Bills Would Extend Statute of Limitations for Child Molestation
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:49 AM :: 2879 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...HB2177 will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee on January 30 at 2:45 pm in Capitol Conference Room 325....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Charting a New Fiscal Course for Hawaii: Fiscal Architecture Approach
By UHERO @ 1:49 AM :: 4302 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...a case for the Hawaii community to focus on “the future fiscal capacity of Hawaii state and local governments.”....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Feds Bust Philippine KOJ Church
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 3987 Views :: Law Enforcement, Religion
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...The criminal complaint charges three defendants who are described as the main administrators of KOJC in the United States....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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ILWU Boss Gets 30 Months for Theft
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 4087 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...Nathan Lum was the former division director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Longshore Division (ILWU)....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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HB2728: Diamond Head Attack Becomes Excuse for Tax Hike
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:03 PM :: 4533 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes, Tourism
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...House Bill 2728 implements a $5 surcharge for all overseas flights except for interisland travel....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Another Record Year: 10.4M Tourists Visit Hawaii in 2019
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 3943 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...On average, there were 249,021 visitors in the Hawaiian Islands on any given day in 2019, up 3.0 percent from 2018....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii: 69% Struggle Financially
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 3681 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Financial Health Pulse provides a new, in-depth view of the financial struggles faced by people in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Public Meetings to Discuss Caldwell Rain Tax
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 4873 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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...The challenge: Making rainwater into an excuse for you to pay more taxes....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Doing the Job the State Won't Do: Feds Sentence MCCC Escapee to 46 Months in a Real Prison
By News Release @ 2:20 PM :: 3592 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...Maui burglar sentenced to 46 months of prison after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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HB2680: Involuntary Hospitalization for Mentally Ill
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:14 PM :: 3848 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii receives mixed grades on tobacco prevention and cessation
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 3852 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The 18th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report grades states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii: More Anti-Gun Bills Introduced Before Deadline
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 3163 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Some of the more egregious bills introduced include....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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DHHL Buys KSBE Property in Moiliili--Will Build Rental Units
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 3603 Views :: DHHL
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...DHHL intends to rehabilitate those buildings immediately and deploy them as affordable rentals to applicants on the wait list....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
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Honolulu City Finances 3rd Worst in USA
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 4937 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Taxes
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...While people have focused on the city’s $2.6 billion pension debt, its debt related to retiree health care benefits is almost as high at $2.2 billion....
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Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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SB2331 Will Legislators Give Kaneshiro Crony $50M?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5879 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...What does a drunk rave promoter know about aviation fuel anyway?....
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Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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This Week's Legislative Hearings
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 3229 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... List of present and future hearings ....
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Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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School Choice Week Hawaii -- 96 events statewide
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 2671 Views :: Education K-12
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...Aloha State Parents to Explore Education Options for Upcoming School Year....
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