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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Will Hawaii ever have a ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 1509 Views :: Taxes
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... TABOR, a constitutional amendment approved by Colorado voters in 1992, limits the growth of government by limiting tax increases ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Road to rebuilding Lahaina paved with obstructions
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:40 PM :: 2125 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... regulations and objections by various special interests ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric Cracks Down on Useless Solar Production
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 2235 Views :: Energy
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... lower export payments for daytime solar and 'opt-out' reassignment to 'Shift and Save' evening rate hikes ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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EPA Orders Hawaii County to Upgrade Sewage Treatment Systems
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 1857 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... The consent order requires the County of Hawai‘i to address broken equipment and deferred maintenance ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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SB3196: Gun Control Bill Dead for Session
By News Release @ 10:35 AM :: 4750 Views :: Second Amendment
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... gun control bill dead ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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The Passthrough Entity Problem
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1809 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... This is an issue here in Hawaii because our individual income tax rates can go up to 11%, second highest in the nation ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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How to Nurse Hawaii Back to Good Health
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:59 PM :: 1689 Views :: Health Care
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... State lawmakers took an important first step last year by passing legislation that allowed Hawaii to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Trask: UH Regents Shakeup May Profit OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 2800 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... must pay fair market value for their leases ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:09 PM :: 2554 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life, Religion, Drugs
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... From this point on, there will be no more public input via hearings. ...
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Judge Dismisses Claims: State cannot be Sued in Federal Court over Lahaina Fire
By Court House News @ 5:00 AM :: 2604 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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... The state is dismissed from a set of federal cases that aim to hold it liable for the deadly wildfires but may still face claims in state court ....
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Friday, April 5, 2024 |
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Lahaina Fire Solution: A Rate Hike, of Course
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 2055 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living
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"Making ratepayers to pay for the cost of their negligence and mismanagement is not the way to go"
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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Ministry of Truth: Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Set Standards for Ethical News Sources
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 1891 Views :: First Amendment
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... Hawaii's move to mandate a journalist group to vet news sources for "ethics and objectivity" ignites debate on misinformation and freedom of the press ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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Lahaina: 500 Properties Cleared, Zero Building Permits Issued
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 2103 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... No Lahaina burn zone property owners have been given building permits ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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How to revive Hawaii’s downtown centers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:59 AM :: 1896 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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HONU Housing Less Than One Homeless Per Day
By News Release @ 4:50 AM :: 2221 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... for the past 153 days HONU connected 119 clients with shelter or supportive housing ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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DLNR Now Charging $1 to Use Ocean
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 2383 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... more than 500 companies with commercial use permits from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), began collecting one dollar from each passenger or customer ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
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The Secret History of the Mercado Kim Crime Family
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 13551 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Hawaii History, Police, Politicians, Drugs
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... Mercado Kim's uncle, John Sayin Kim, became Godfather of Hawaii organized crime after the explosion of his Cadillac Eldorado in Chinatown ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
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SB2335: Recreational Marijuana Bill Appears Dead for Session
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 1703 Views :: Drugs
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... the dispensaries don't want the competition ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 |
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EXTENDED AGAIN: Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 4944 Views :: Ethics
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... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission. The term will be for four years ....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest State Tax Burden
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 2212 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Overall Tax Burden 11.80% ....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
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Lahaina Fire: COFA Citizens may now Apply for FEMA Aid
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 2041 Views :: Maui County, National News
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... Biden recently signed the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, which extended federal benefits to COFA citizens who legally reside in the United States ....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
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Twenty States Ask SCOTUS to Stop Hawaii Supreme Court from Dictating US Energy Policy
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 3923 Views :: Energy, Judiciary
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"Major decisions about our national energy policy must be made at the federal level, not dictated by one lawsuit brought by one city in its own courts.”
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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How OHA Affects All People
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 1882 Views :: OHA
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"Our decisions impact virtually every area of life on the islands."
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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Concealed Carry Win on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 PM :: 3051 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... The legal ownership of a firearm inherently includes the right to carry it ....
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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Salary Needed for family of Four to Live Comfortably in Honolulu -- $299K
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 3133 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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Crucial housing, healthcare bills still very much alive at Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 PM :: 2008 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... The bills would enable starter homes, widen mixed-use housing, attract nurses to Hawaii and exempt doctors from the state GET ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:26 AM :: 2052 Views :: Life, Drugs
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... How Much Pot Does One Person Need? ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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GET on Health Care, Revisited
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2218 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... HB 1675: GET exemption for medical services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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The impressive journey of ‘Jonathan Gullible’
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 1975 Views :: Education K-12
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“The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey”
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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Eight Parties on Hawaii Ballot--but Democrats Challenge Kennedy's 'We The People'
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 3373 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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... National-level polling shows Kennedy pulling more votes from Biden than Trump ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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Hawaii Legislators Proclaim Easter Sunday to be 'Transgender Day of Visibility'
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 2792 Views :: Family, Religion
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"As we approach March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, I stand with pride alongside fellow members of the House who consistently affirm, embrace, and support transgender folks in our communities."
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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Stop Big Oil Suit: Did Hawaii's Hyper-Ideological Supreme Court Blow It?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 3304 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... there's a price to be paid for preening and posturing ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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DoD Returns Red Hill Control to US Navy
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 2351 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Joint Task Force – Red Hill transferred authority of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage to the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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OIP Director Leaving Office
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 2564 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... Park will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024. Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:00 PM :: 38838 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion
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If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 1908 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Applicants Also Sought for Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program Board ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Recktenwald Appoints Michelle N. Comeau Oahu District Judge
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 3929 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Senate WAM Approves Budget
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 1915 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Additionally, due to the August 2023 Maui Wildfires, Ways and Means unanimously approved other emergency appropriation bills, House Bill 679 Senate Draft 2 and House Bill 2610 Senate Draft 2 ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Criminal Escapes Kauai Jail, Dead After Run Over by Car
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 3875 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... The driver of the vehicle failed to stop to render aid and was last seen making a U-turn toward Kapa‘a ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Tourism Arrivals and Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 2180 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Council resolution exemplifies why we still have housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2235 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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A hard look at the root causes of the exodus
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:33 AM :: 2522 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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...When government is finally saying it is the problem, it’s on the right track to finding a solution....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii #1 for Jaywalking Tickets
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:03 AM :: 2329 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Green Maui Update: Will not seize TVRs
By Video @ 3:12 AM :: 2104 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Green: No Permits to rebuild Until End of 2024 ....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 |
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‘I hope you die a slow and painful death’--Student 'triggered' by Israeli flags at UH Manoa
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 2622 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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"... Pro-Israel supporters at UHM planted Israeli flags in a common space to express their support for Israeli Jews following the Oct. 7 massacre ...."
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