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Monday, April 22, 2024 |
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National Republicans scrutinize Hawaii voting rolls
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 2647 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... the state is violating federal law by not having what are known as “clean” voter rolls ....
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 20, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 5:23 PM :: 1427 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 |
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And Now the Big Guns Come Out
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2466 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Taxes
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... I became convinced that the proceedings, or at least this part of them, were prearranged ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:35 PM :: 2169 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Drugs
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... Hawaii's Legislature Seeks to Change Constitution to Lock In Same-Sex Marriage ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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OIP Issues Five New Opinions
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 2271 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics, Police
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... one formal opinion and four informal opinions ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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HB2526 Goes to Governor: Felony for repeat offenders who drive without a license
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 1758 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... after a McKinley High School student's life was claimed by a habitual traffic offender ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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Office of Elections: RFK Jr. will appear on Hawaii ballot
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 3435 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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... hearings officer Aaron Schulaner, said an objection filed by the Democratic Party of Hawaii “did not meet its burden of proof in this case” ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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Maui County Pushes Back Against AG Report on Fires
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 1869 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... The more liability assigned to Maui County, the less liability for Hawaiian Electric. Maui County cannot declare bankruptcy and transfer ownership of the County to outside lenders. Hawaiian Electric can. This is all about protecting old-boy power centers. ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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Lahaina fire victims must 'show regular progress toward their permanent housing plan in order to continue staying in FEMA housing'
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 1767 Views :: Maui County
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... We encourage families to continue to show regular progress toward their permanent housing plan in order to continue staying in FEMA housing ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
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DCCA Revokes Miske Termite License--14 Cases of Price Gouging
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 1872 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... License revocation, $35,000 fine, $22,114.56 restitution ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Blangiardi: City Will Not Sue Glock
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 3251 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... a Council bill had proposed hiring specialized legal experts from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Dentons law firm ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Property tax hikes wrong medicine for Maui woes
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:24 PM :: 1820 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Tax hikes would burden average Maui homeowners the most ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Insurance ‘stabilization’ bill would spread pain to everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:57 PM :: 2016 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“...if you look through the bill, it’s a bunch of blank spaces. It says conveyance taxes will increase by blank percent. Or short-term rental taxes are gonna have a blank percent tax on them....”
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii County beekeepers hope Bill 144 will open up new vistas
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:43 PM :: 1986 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Small Business
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... Hawaii County treats beehives like piggeries ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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PLA? State keeps piling on rules that increase Hawaii’s cost of living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:20 PM :: 2342 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s $1.5 million PLA threshold is now the lowest in the nation ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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‘Blankety-blank’ bills at Legislature leave Hawaii taxpayers in the dark
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:04 PM :: 1631 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... To address the problem, Yamachika suggested that legal action might be necessary ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Honolulu mayor says he's responsible for Honolulu’s gun licensing problems.
By Video @ 8:20 PM :: 1913 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... The law clearly says the police chief makes the policies, but the mayor says he's pulling those strings ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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Taxpayers Not on the Hook for HECO's $542M 'Special Purpose Revenue Bonds'
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 1739 Views :: Energy
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... another $700M has been authorized, but not issued ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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25 House Bills up for Final Reading
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 1473 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... A final vote is scheduled for Friday, April 19 at 11:30 a.m. on the House Floor during the Floor Session ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
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Hawaii's Insurance Crisis as Premiums Nearly Quadruple
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1955 Views :: Cost of Living
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... insurance costs for condominiums have risen by 100 percent to 1,000 percent ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
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City’s DMV employees gearing up for LGBTQ+ sensitivity training
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 1661 Views :: Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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... employees will be trained to use an individual’s chosen names and preferred gender pronouns when renewing a Hawaiʻi driver’s license or motor vehicle registration ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
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Six public forums scheduled for UH president’s search
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 1556 Views :: Higher Education
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... Each forum will be ninety minutes long and available in-person and virtually via Zoom ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Attorney General Maui Wildfire Report
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 2326 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Land Use
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... AG Lopez structured the FSRI contract to focus entirely on the role of public agencies, thus avoiding any liability borne by Hawaiian Electric or private landowners such as KSBE ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Naming Names: Airports Division Ran Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 8398 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA, COVID-19
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... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Attorneys Blocking JetBlue/Spirit Merger Now Targeting Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 1960 Views :: Judiciary, Tourism
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... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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No Surprise: Waipiʻo Peninsula eliminated from consideration as potential future landfill site
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 1340 Views :: Honolulu County
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... based on concerns regarding the site’s proximity to near-shore waters ....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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Rolling Blackouts: Senators Demand PUC Investigation
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 1823 Views :: Energy
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"The lack of reliability due to insufficient energy generation, HECO’s aging equipment, unreliable oil-fired power generation, and immediate and long term solutions should be investigated."
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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10 'Good Government' Bills up for Final House Vote
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 1720 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... A final vote is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, and upon approval, the bills proceed to the governor's desk for his signature....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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FULL TEXT: Maui Fire After Action Report
By Video @ 3:02 PM :: 2334 Views :: Maui County
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... Maui County Fire Department presents After Action Report covering Lahaina and Kula Fires ...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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Victim of bribery scheme testifies in Hawaii prosecutor corruption case
By Court House News @ 5:31 AM :: 2463 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... A former Honolulu prosecutor is accused of accepting nearly $50,000 from a local engineering firm to go after a former employee with criminal charges ....
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Monday, April 15, 2024 |
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Homicide up 175% in Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 AM :: 3304 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 13, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 10:53 PM :: 1382 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 |
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Aloha ThinkTech
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1820 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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... ThinkTech has fallen victim to a phenomenon that has plagued many nonprofits including the Tax Foundation of Hawaii: a drop in donor funding ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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A tax proposal I actually like
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:33 PM :: 2068 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the state’s estate or “death” tax can force their heirs of local businesses to sell off the assets of their companies ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:09 PM :: 2137 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion, Drugs
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... protecting parental rights, safeguarding religious freedoms, implementing effective suicide prevention measures, and preparing for the upcoming elections ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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E Maui Water Diversion: Sierra Club Loses at ICA
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 2050 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Sierra Club requested a contested case hearing on the issuance of any revocable permits for calendar year 2021. The BLNR denied the request and voted to continue the permits ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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DOH announces new RFPs for ground ambulance services for Kaua‘i and Maui Counties
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 1620 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County
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... replacing the RFPs that were canceled on Oct. 23, 2023, after concerns were raised ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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City Closing Ulehawa Beach Park to Clean Tons of Homeless Tent City Garbage
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 1773 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... beaches along the Waianae Coast have been taken over by a 20-mile-long homeless camp. This is just one mile ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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2nd Crossover: Senate Moves 182 Bills
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 1484 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the Senate passed 182 House Bills out on third reading this week ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing? HB2328 Bethel Block Bill Secretly a Sweet Deal for Fullard-Leo Family
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 3171 Views :: Ethics, Development
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... secretly to give $8,480,800 over the tax assessment to one specific family at the request of Neil Abercrombie ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Rape and Death: HB2340 pays $2.5M to Coverup Foster Care Disasters
By Andrew Walden @ 11:19 PM :: 3903 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... rape, sodomy, forced oral copulation and fondling, physical beatings, starvation, theft and destruction of personal property, and failure to provide medical care, clothing, and medicine ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Health Department: Lahaina Ocean Waters Safe for Recreation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 1567 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 'Toxic' hysteria has been used to keep property owners away from their lots in the Lahaina burn zone--but the DoH just can't find any toxins ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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‘Surprise’ state tax last straw for veteran Hawaii bar owner?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:42 PM :: 2202 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Comerford said his 45 years of living in Hawaii and 25 years of being a business owner are likely to end due to a recent state decision to collect taxes on federal Restaurant Revitalization Funds received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Study STR economic impact before banning them
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:34 PM :: 3067 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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SB2706: 'Expungement' will help sex offenders find work in Hawaii schools
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 2987 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Examples of offenses which may be eligible for automatic expungement include domestic abuse, harassment by stalking, certain sex offenses, sexual exploitation, promoting pornography for minors, and habitual intoxicated driving ....
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