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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Disbar Dubin--Disciplinary Board
By Andrew Walden @ 10:38 PM :: 8269 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...The Board recommends that the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i issue an Order that Respondent Dubin be DISBARRED....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Who Wants to Give OHA Millions More?
By Video @ 7:21 PM :: 4900 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Talk About Throwing Good Money After Bad ....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Screening Committee Selects Three KSBE Trustee Finalists
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 4970 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...three finalists to replace Kamehameha Schools Trustee Corbett Kalama whose term ends on June 30, 2019. They are: Anton Krucky, Coralie Chun Matayoshi and Crystal Rose....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Gabbard Hires Russian Agent--Story to go National?
By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 7424 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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...Very interesting. Tulsi Gabbard, the only Democratic presidential candidate who has full Kremlin support and who praised Syria's Assad, has hired Chris Cooper of Potomoc Square Group, the same DC fixer who the Russians hired to smear me and Sergei Magnitsky in 2016. Coincidence?....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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More Anti-Gun Legislation Scheduled for Hearings Wednesday
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 3711 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Wednesday, February 13th, the Hawaii state House Committee on Public Safety, Veteran and Military Affairs will be hearing several anti-gun bills....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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HB1180: $60M Lava Relief for Big Island
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 3881 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Not Included: HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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FULL TEXT: Connors, Ballard ask Supreme Court to Remove Kaneshiro--Prosecutor Accused of Retaliating Against Witnesses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 6622 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary
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...“Once he sent those disciplinary notices to those employees, signed them, and said you are hereby put on notice, I think it’s moved over to tampering with a witness or obstruction of justice”....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery Micronesia: Arrests Start at the Top
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 AM :: 26511 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, World News
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...Arrested over the weekend, Master Halbert, son-in-law of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Peter Christian and son of FSM Senator Dohsis Halbert, appeared before Honolulu Federal Judge Richard L. Puglisi for arraignment Monday, February 11, 2019....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Hearing: Should Auwahi Windfarm Be Allowed to Kill 140 Bats?
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 6907 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Medical Care is a Right—Except When it isn’t
By Mary Smart @ 9:41 PM :: 5775 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...In the State of Hawaii we protect turtle eggs and other animals, and yet we don’t give the same protections to our young humans....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Janus: UH Employee Sues HGEA
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 8613 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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...The University and HGEA refuse to allow her to resign union membership....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Senate Committee Refuses to Recognize Hundreds of Emailed Testimonies
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 7910 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Second Amendment
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...The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs has arbitrarily decided to not accept testimony submitted to it via e-mail....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:26 PM :: 5724 Views :: Family, Life
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...Planned Parenthood Has Plans for Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Another Saint for Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 5889 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...Joseph Dutton heard about Father Damien's work in Hawaii and joined him, helping the sick in the leper colony for 45 years....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Wanna Buy a House? No Problem Just Save $946 a month for 12 years
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 5021 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Here's How Much Generation Zers Will Need To Save For A Honolulu Home in 2031....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Creativity Abounds at our Legislature, Pt. 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3624 Views :: Taxes
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...creative tax-related bills at our legislature....
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Saturday, February 9, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribe: DHHL Releases Suspect Contract Docs
By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 11185 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Ethics
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...Full Text: 211 pages of documentation related to the now-infamous 2010 DHHL contract with Lyon Associates....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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PRP App Reveals Web of Political Connections
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 5811 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...After taking over the publishing of the Hawai‘i Directory of Public Officials in 2018, PRP saw an opportunity....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Public-funded Anti-gun Firearm Factoid Factory
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 4078 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Following California’s lead, Hawaii lawmakers are seeking to use money gleaned from Aloha State taxpayers to fund their anti-gun propaganda efforts....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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UHERO: New Benchmarking Will Reveal Higher Unemployment
By UHERO @ 3:09 PM :: 4917 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...We expect downward revisions in the healthcare industry and in accommodation and food services, where job gains remained lackluster throughout 2018....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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USA Today: Makaha 4th Worst City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 7157 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Goods and services are 61.4 percent more expensive...Housing is particularly unaffordable...an average of 9.7 percent of the city's labor force has been out of work over the last five years....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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Gas Tax? HDOT Doesn't Spend the Money it Already Has
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:09 PM :: 3639 Views :: Taxes
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...Hawaii residents paid an average of 65.32 cents per gallon in combined gas taxes in 2018....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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HB1184: Legislators Vote Down Infant Born Alive Protection Bill
By Mary Smart @ 5:21 AM :: 8148 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... it is the first time in many years that a PRO-LIFE bill was actually heard in a committee ....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Abigail Kawananakoa Releases Edited Interview
By Video @ 3:33 AM :: 7544 Views :: Ethics, Family, OHA
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...Campbell Estate heiress Abigail Kawananakoa released a video interview on Feb. 7, 2019 that was filmed on Jan. 15, 2019 at her home in Hawaii....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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BoE Announces Transsexual Bullying Policy--How Many HSTA Members Will be Fired?
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 7565 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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...Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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VA Town Hall Set for Honolulu
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 5607 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...To share information, resources, hear feedback from customers and to answer questions on VA health care, benefits, and memorial affairs....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Do 'affordable housing' requirements work?
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6897 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Thursday, Feb. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, Room, 312 ....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Highest Sales Taxes Per Capita in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 2:06 PM :: 5149 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...In fiscal year 2017, the highest state sales tax collections per capita were found in Hawaii -- $2,269....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Aquarium Fishing and Hawaiian Culture
By Selected News Articles @ 11:49 PM :: 5219 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... the ancient Hawaiians were practical people that utilized their natural resources ....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Ethics: Rowena Akana Fined $23K--Trouble Began with OHA-Funded Scheme to Dig Up Kawaiahao Church Graveyard
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 6139 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Princess Kawananakoa believes that Kawaiaha’o church officials and construction workers dug up and disturbed the burial plot of her ancestor Queen Kapi’olani ....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearings This Thursday
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4083 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Thursday, February 7th, the Hawaii state Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs is scheduled to hear Senate Bills 556, 600, 621, and 1466....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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SOTU: "America will never be a socialist country"
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 4152 Views :: National News
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...President Trump’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery and released by the White House....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 7689 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Tourism
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...the few studies that have addressed the environmental impacts of sunscreens experimentally “are not representative of real world conditions”....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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JEFS Fail: Judiciary Electronic System Leaves Lawyers in the Dark
By Robert Thomas @ 1:38 AM :: 4407 Views :: Judiciary
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"...the JEFS system has failed to notify us of events in the cases in which we are counsel...."
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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ICA Throws out Case Against Vacation Rental
By Robert Thomas @ 1:24 AM :: 7200 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Tourism
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...Hitting someone with a notice of violation and then telling them to disprove it (all the while laboring under ever-increasing daily fines) just won't cut it....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Up 30%--Hawaii Second-Highest Per Capita Expenses for Higher Education
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 AM :: 5801 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...Over the past five years, Hawaii's cumulative increase in higher education funding is more than 30%....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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County of Kaua‘i celebrates one year of Electronic Plan Review services
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 5421 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...“I commend the Building Division and its staff for implementing this system, which creates added efficiency of the plan review process and reduces costs and waste associated with building permits and development approvals,” said Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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The Simon Abundance Index: Population growth equals greater resources
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:43 AM :: 5522 Views :: Environment, Economy
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...instead of making resources scarcer, population growth has gone hand in hand with greater resource abundance....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Tulsi Wins David Duke KKK Endorsement (again)
By Selected News Articles @ 9:59 PM :: 8010 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Former KKK leader David Duke appears to have switched his allegiance from President Trump to Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii's dangerous idea: Allowing people to smoke is equivalent to killing them
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 PM :: 6794 Views :: Health Care, Life, Taxes
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...This way of thinking could justify government intervention in nearly all aspects of a person's life....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Restaurant Closures Correlate to Minimum Wage Hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:05 PM :: 6891 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tourism
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...For every dollar that the San Francisco minimum wage went up, there was a 4 to 10 percent increase in the likelihood of restaurant closings....
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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Hirokazu Toiya named Director of Emergency Management
By News Release @ 10:33 AM :: 6203 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Toiya has been the acting director of the Department of Emergency Management since October of 2018, and previous served as deputy director since July 2017....
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Monday, February 4, 2019 |
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Volcano Homeowners Face New Threat—From Government
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 6850 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Tourism
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...Beginning April 1, homeowners won’t be allowed to offer their homes as short-term rentals unless their properties fall within designated “resort zones”—and they can face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating that law....
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Monday, February 4, 2019 |
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Honolulu 4th Deepest 'Sinkhole City'
By Selected News Articles @ 11:11 AM :: 5174 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...Report: 63 out of America’s largest 75 cities can’t pay their bills, acquired $330 billion in unfunded debt....
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery: $240K to Buy DHHL Contract?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 8582 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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...Under the plea agreement, “(Lyon) is required to submit…an accurate and complete list of all business he is currently affiliated/involved with that involve federal contacts.”....
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Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
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Honolulu Ranks 72nd for Fiscal Health
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 7505 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...Honolulu has a Taxpayer Burden of $23,000, earning it an "F" grade....
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