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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
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UH President Lassner announces plans to retire
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 1721 Views :: Higher Education
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... University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner plans to retire at the end of 2024, after what will be more than a decade in the position ....
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: Chinese Disinformation Circulates at State Capitol
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:24 AM :: 2404 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... China's most recent act of using artificial intelligence to circulate false images and videos worldwide, which purported the Maui wildfire was caused by the U.S. government thru the use of a meteorological weapon ....
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 |
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Can BJ Penn tap out broken zoning code?
By News Release @ 4:24 PM :: 3594 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... the EP didn’t and doesn’t create any permanent change in government. We need our legislature and county councils to do that ....
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 |
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Attorney Calls for Three Year Mortgage Deferral and Foreclosure Moratorium for Lahaina Homeowners
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 2179 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Federal regulations permit most homeowners a ninety day forbearance on the payment of their mortgages due to natural disaster. After that time, they must begin making payments again and also pay the three months of missed payments ....
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Monday, September 18, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Green Addresses UN About Global Warming or Something
By Video @ 9:23 PM :: 2128 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... We are no longer anticipating the destructive effects of climate hysteria — we are now fully enduring them ....
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Monday, September 18, 2023 |
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Green Orders 24-Hour Bum Patrol at Uncle Billy's Hotel
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 2257 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Drugs
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... Vegetation around the property has been cleared and a perimeter fence has been constructed. However, several breaches of the newly installed fence have already occurred ....
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Monday, September 18, 2023 |
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Hawaii 3rd Worst State for Teachers
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 2263 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....
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Monday, September 18, 2023 |
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Turmoil at the Top: HEI Gets Bankruptcy Expert as Temporary New CFO
By News Release @ 8:04 PM :: 2995 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Scott DeGhetto has been appointed EVP, CFO & treasurer of HEI, effective October 1, 2023 through approximately December 31, 2024. DeGhetto joins HEI from Moelis & Company ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Hawaii Republicans Elect New Party Chair
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 2345 Views :: Republican Party
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... Tamara McKay Chair, Kaulana Fenton Lee First Vice Chair ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Has HART gone off the rails again?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 2030 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Natalie Iwasa, who was appointed by state Speaker of the House Scott Saiki, has been barred from participating in executive sessions ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Challenging the Housing Czar
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2210 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Threats of violence ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Rebuild? Give More Rights to Lahaina Property Owners
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 2330 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... policies the Maui Council can implement to boost the County's economy and encourage reconstruction in Lahaina ....
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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Maui devastation will worsen statewide housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 1961 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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"...we can't continue to do nothing and expect the problem to just go away....”
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Building Permit: A Six-Year Odyssey
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:52 PM :: 2859 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... "the 100% lunacy of TAG's six-year odyssey to obtain a building permit to renovate what is now The Brad Powell Theatre." ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Lahaina: The Price List
By Selected News Articles @ 7:56 PM :: 2062 Views :: Maui County
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... the price list is buried in Maui vs HECO ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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How Biden’s Approval Rating in Hawaii Has Changed Since Taking Office
By Selected News Articles @ 4:09 PM :: 2349 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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... The 7 percentage point decline was the seventh smallest among states ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Six House Working Groups Investigate Lahaina Fires
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1889 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... Each working group will produce a preliminary report by November 1 and deliver a final report by December 15, 2023 ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Green Revises Housing Emergency Proclamation--calls it 'affordable'
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 2060 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Here are some of the highlights: Adds “affordable” housing to the title ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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Lahaina Death Toll Lowered from 115 To 97
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 1687 Views :: Maui County
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... FBI released the fourth list of the names of 31 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for ....
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
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New 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines offers enhanced protection
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 1822 Views :: COVID-19
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... The new vaccines address the XBB-lineages of the Omicron variant that accounts for 99% of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, September 15, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute in the News
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1561 Views :: Taxes
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... testimony before County Council ....
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Friday, September 15, 2023 |
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VIDEO: What caused the Maui wildfires?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 AM :: 1952 Views :: Maui County
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... In this video, we explore what happened and how to make sure it never happens again ....
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Friday, September 15, 2023 |
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Children's book author, liberty advocate to give talk on Oahu about freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:25 AM :: 1935 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... Oahu luncheon presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 19 featuring Connor Boyack ....
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Friday, September 15, 2023 |
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VIDEO: James O'Keefe goes undercover in Lahaina
By Video @ 2:58 AM :: 3132 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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... suing Governor Josh Green for this blatant infringement on our 1st Amendment rights ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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More than 11% of workers in Maui County file for unemployment after deadly wildfires
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 1908 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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Maui Fires: US House Committee Sets Oversight Hearing
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 2321 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Congressional Delegation
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... The hearing will take place on September 28, 2023, and the following individuals are expected to testify ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Green Greed behind Lahaina Deaths
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 5051 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Greenmail
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... between 2019 and 2022, Hawaiian Electric invested less than $245,000 on wildfire-specific projects on the island. Instead of spending necessary funds to prevent fires caused by its equipment, Hawaiian Electric instead spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal, which earned the Company bonuses that the Company’s executives used to increase their own compensation ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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Hawaii: Bothered by Cost of Living? Wait ‘til you see Cost of Dying
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 1901 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... second highest cost of funerals and end-of-life medical care ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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Lahaina: "I will rebuild on my land"
By Video @ 5:51 AM :: 3076 Views :: Maui County, Development
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"…one of the best ways to heal is to make home rebuilding as streamlined and quick as possible…."
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
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Fixing Hawaii’s Tax System; Decrease Taxes for Families, Businesses
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 1915 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s income tax rates are among the highest in the country, and its business climate is consistently ranked poorly. Meanwhile, residents continue to flee the state for less expensive mainland locales ....
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
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Can Hawaii Republicans Stop Vexatious Litigants?
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2511 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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"... Honolulu County Chair Steve Lipscomb, former State Chair candidate Charlotte Rosecrans, and former Vice-Chair and interim State Chair Lohi Goodman dishonestly presented themselves to party members as candidates for leadership without disclosing they signed the petition to remove Republicans from the Hawaii ballot...."
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Monday, September 11, 2023 |
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Bribery: Last DPP Criminal Sentenced
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2762 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP ....
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Monday, September 11, 2023 |
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“How 'bout give the people their homes back.”
By Video @ 5:03 PM :: 3922 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard on the government screwing over the residents of Maui to take their land ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Hawaii Republicans set Presidential Caucus for Tuesday March 12, 2024
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 3604 Views :: Republican Party
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... VOTE: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -- 6pm to 8pm ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Property rights should prevail in Lahaina
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:47 PM :: 2248 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... peoples’ homes and businesses are at stake, and their right to those properties must be defended ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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HELP: Student Loans to be repaid for Medical Professionals who Commit to Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2522 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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... $30 million in educational loan debt repayment to health professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in and provide care to patients in Hawai‘i ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Hawaii lawmaker hammers Biden's 'slap in the face' to Maui
By Video @ 6:10 PM :: 2421 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... State House Minority Leader Diamond Garcia ripped Biden for his kitchen-fire comparison and appearing to fall asleep at a memorial service ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fire: MedQuest Stops Terminations
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1974 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... coverage will continue through at least the end of this year without interruption except for those who voluntarily ask Med-QUEST to end their coverage, those who have moved out of state or those who are deceased ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Taxing Government Benefits
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1916 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Legitimate questions now need to be asked about whether the government is going to want to take back some of that Lahaina money in taxes ....
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Saturday, September 9, 2023 |
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Maui trudges toward recovery, one month since wildfire tragedy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 1799 Views :: Maui County
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... The number of people still missing from Lahaina after wildfires wiped out a portion of West Maui has dropped from hundreds to 66 ....
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Saturday, September 9, 2023 |
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Economic Perspective of Maui’s Devastating Wildfires
By UHERO @ 3:35 AM :: 1971 Views :: Maui County, Economy
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“Tourism…dropped off the edge of the Earth.”
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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DoE Employee Convicted of Theft
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 2345 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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Kunia Woman Arraigned on Scheme to Defraud Pandemic Unemployment Recipients
By News Release @ 5:55 AM :: 2300 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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Maui losses at $11 million a day since fires
By Selected News Articles @ 5:51 AM :: 2079 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Tourism
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...DBEDT reduces its economic growth projections for Hawaii from 1.8% for 2023 to 1.1% and from 2% to 1.5% for 2024....
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Friday, September 8, 2023 |
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Medeiros Resigns: Governor Blames Threats from BJ Penn
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4343 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, Republican Party
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"...Threats have been made against me, loved ones who don’t even work for the government, and even children...."
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Thursday, September 7, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: House Forms Working Groups
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 1946 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... to formulate recommendations for the upcoming session, which begins January 17, 2024 ....
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023 |
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023 |
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Kauai bills seek to expand property tax relief for affordable rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:44 PM :: 2289 Views :: Kauai County, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... a new tax classification specifically for long-term “gap” rentals ....
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