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Monday, February 12, 2024 |
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9th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument in Absentee Voting Case for Citizens in U.S. Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 1626 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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... In October 2020, former Hawaii residents now residing in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit ....
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 |
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 |
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Hoarding School Impact Fees
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1994 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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... since 2007, not one thin dime has been spent out of the school impact fees collected ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii energy policy bedeviled by price, reliability tradeoffs
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:10 PM :: 1732 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... ‘What will it cost, and at what price in terms of reliability?’ ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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SB3196: More Gun Control on the Agenda
By News Release @ 8:56 PM :: 2483 Views :: Second Amendment
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... SB3196 significantly expands the existing assault weapons ban, including stricter regulations on assault rifles, shotguns, and high-capacity magazines ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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Nearly 5,000 Maui fire victims remain in hotels
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 1781 Views :: Maui County
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... To date, 7,796 people have been moved into housing through the American Red Cross non-congregate sheltering program, but 4,961 more people remain in hotels ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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AGAIN: Family Court Gave Another Girl to Another Convicted Felon, She was also starved and tortured to death
By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 AM :: 5332 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... duct tape around her arms and torso binding them to her sides and her hands are behind her. Geanna's eyes have a black covering duct taped to her head. The duct tape is wrapped around her eyes and forehead area as well as over the top of her head ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Oahu Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Child
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 872 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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... between at least August 2018 and November 2020, Kaaiawaawa repeatedly sexually assaulted a child who was six to eight years old ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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SB2392: Hawaii committee advances bill that could keep Trump off the ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 2151 Views :: First Amendment, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Rhoads said the bill does not apply just to Trump but could also apply to others. The Hawaii Office of Elections does not have a process in place if someone tries to challenge a candidate on a ballot, he said....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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'Spirit of Aloha' Hawaii Supreme Court gun ruling brings praise and ridicule
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 2334 Views :: Second Amendment
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...A ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court saying "there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public"....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Fatal Crashes Involving Unlicensed Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 AM :: 1530 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii: 23.14% of drivers in fatal crashes found not to have a valid license ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Guam Meth Kingpin Gets 30 Years
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 1711 Views :: Drugs
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... “Melvin Naputi was a fugitive for years and a drug dealer known for violence for years, if not decades,” said Resident Agent in Charge Kenneth L. Bowman ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Maui Fires: Green, Bissen Feds Six-Month Update
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 1429 Views :: Maui County
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... An estimated 9,806 people have been displaced because of the wildfires, 3,971 properties were destroyed, and 100 souls were lost in the fires ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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UHERO: After Six Months of 'Relief' Lahaina Survivors Health Worsens
By UHERO @ 3:30 PM :: 1716 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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... About half of Maui residents impacted by the August wildfires say their health is worse now compared to a year ago ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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House to Consider Three Bills to Reduce Cost of Living
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 1788 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... On Thursday, February 8, the House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce will take up three measures aimed at reducing the financial burden for Hawaiʻi's residents ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Major Second Amendment Rulings in New Gun-Carry Decision
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 2291 Views :: Second Amendment
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“The history of the Hawaiian Islands does not include a society where armed people move about the community to possibly combat the deadly aims of others.” -- Supreme Court without laughing
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Kula Fire Recovery: "No one is coming to save you"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 2158 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business
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“For a long time, people looked to government like it was their job to take care of everything. But the best course of action is not to go through elected officials, it’s to stand up and do it."
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Blackouts cast doubt on renewable energy mandates
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:10 PM :: 1897 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Hawaiian Electric blamed reduced solar and wind power as a partial cause of the blackouts ....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Star-Advertiser Profitable ... except
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 PM :: 1596 Views :: First Amendment
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... although the Hawaii operations were profitable, the potential purchase price was lower than Black Press had hoped ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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A social tax policy I could agree with
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:13 PM :: 1524 Views :: Taxes
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... It used to be that you could trust the Legislature to not raise taxes during an election year ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Information Practices: Annual Report for 2023
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 1606 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... 2,253 UIPA record requests received by the State agencies in FY 2023 and 2,839 by the Counties ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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DLNR: Court Ruling Protects Endangered Hawaii Birds from 'Save the Mosquito' Activists
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 1585 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... granting summary judgment and finding the Environmental Assessment prepared for using the Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) to control mosquito born avian malaria on east Maui ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Lahaina Fire: Maui PD After Action Report Full Text
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 2151 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... the fires claimed 100 lives and destroyed dozens of homes upcountry and over 3,000 dwellings and units in Lahaina ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Family Court Secrets: Two Years After Ariel Sellers Murder, Kaluas Still Retain Parental Rights
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 PM :: 3508 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... One of the surviving siblings was forced to spend more than a year in detained custody due the running objections of the imprisoned Kaluas asserting their parental rights through counsel ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Monday, February 5, 2024 |
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Court: HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 5054 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... In a February 2, 2024 Order, 3rd Circuit Judge Robert D S Kim has voided HMSA, HMSA Medicare, and Quest ‘Participating Physician Agreements’ ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Danger: 200 tax bills being considered by Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:59 PM :: 2003 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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"... they’re not providing a very efficient source of revenue ...."
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii: Never a shortage of costly and grandiose project proposals
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 PM :: 2121 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... how to facilitate homebuilding in Hawaii at no cost to taxpayers ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii’s cost-of-living problem is an economic freedom problem
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 PM :: 1517 Views :: Cost of Living
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“...We get used to the low level of economic freedom here in Hawaii, but we don’t realize that that’s the reason our children are leaving...."
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Let’s Fulfill MLK’s Dream in Hawai‘i
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:19 PM :: 1685 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... On Sept. 17, 1959, King made a historic visit to Honolulu and addressed the first session of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Kauai: Tourism Industry Scores Another Big Win Over Agriculture
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 2063 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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... To prevent tourists from seeing muddy water, West Kauai seed farms will be required to get federal NPIDES permits ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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What Were They Thinking?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1727 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the process to separate the wheat from the proverbial chaff has begun ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 3, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 3:29 AM :: 1337 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Maui 'Renewable' Power Plant--Surprise, its Diesel!
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 1917 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Biofuel power plant technology is identical to diesel. When nobody is looking, the plant will switch to diesel, thus saving ratepayers a bundle. Hawaiian Electric has already done this at least twice ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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HIDOE seeks feedback on revising student journalism policy
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 1648 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment
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... More than a year and a half after then-Gov. David Ige signed a new law providing more First Amendment protections for student journalists ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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DHS Expands Preschool Open Doors Program to Age 3
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 1561 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... DHS Expands Preschool Open Doors Program to Include Eligible 3-year-olds and Increases Income Eligibility Limits ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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DCCA Dumps Mis-Named 'Innovation Lab': Crypto Suddenly Deregulated
By News Release @ 1:20 AM :: 1453 Views :: Small Business
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... The Aloha State had persistently earned a virtually worst-in-the-nation popularity for its unfriendliness towards digital currencies—second solely to New York, a state with a Bitlicense that Hawaii was trying to adapt ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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Alaska and Hawaii Delegations Seek Medicare Reimbursement Flexibility for Rural Hospitals
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1484 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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... to increase the amount that hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii can be reimbursed by Medicare to perform outpatient procedures for enrolled seniors ....
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Friday, February 2, 2024 |
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Kalani HS Wins 2024 Hawaiʻi LifeSmarts State Competition
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3203 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Economy
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“...Hawaiʻi currently holds the national championship title...."
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Friday, February 2, 2024 |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Wall That Heals Coming to Maui
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 1592 Views :: Maui County, Military
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... Over 250 volunteers are needed to support its 24-hour display ....
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Friday, February 2, 2024 |
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HECO: Blackouts This Weekend Will be Longer than Usual Thanks to New Policy
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 1591 Views :: Energy
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"Due to our enhanced wildfire safety protocols, outages in areas designated by the state as at-risk for wildfires may experience longer outages."
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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PUC Approves $95M Rate Hike for 5-year HECO grid resilience plan
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 1788 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living
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"... The estimated impact on a typical monthly bill for a residential customer using 500 kilowatt hours will be $0.17 on Oahu, $0.47 on Hawaii Island and $0.39 in Maui County ...."
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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HECO New Welcome Home Rate: $0.62 per kwh
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 2445 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Have a day job? You are sooo screwed ....
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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Three Ways to Lower Hawaii's Cost of Living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:18 PM :: 2125 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... reduce housing regulations, support reform of the federal Jones Act and cut taxes ....
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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Reduce Minimum Lot Size to Lower Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 PM :: 1739 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... the minimum lot size on Maui of 6,000 square feet incentivizes the construction of large homes rather than smaller, more affordable ones ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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18 Years Later State Wins Dannenberg EUTF Suit
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 1842 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... contending that the EUTF had unconstitutionally diminished accrued retiree health benefits under Article XVI, Section 2 of the Hawai‘i Constitution ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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Five Straight Months of Tourism Decline Since Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 1722 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Since the August 2023 Maui wildfires, visitor arrivals have decreased in four out of the last five months while visitor spending recorded five straight months of decline compared to 2022 ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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Murder of Ariel Sellers: Motion to Unseal Kalua Family Court Records
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 2349 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Judiciary
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... Isabella is now declared dead, and the Kaluas are charged with her murder. Under these extreme facts, the secrecy generally afforded to these types of cases should yield to openness ....
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