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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Relax rules on ‘cottage food’ entrepreneurs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:49 AM :: 1287 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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... folks who simply want to sell homemade food products must jump through numerous hoops. Considering that one of the state’s official goals is to boost local food production, that just doesn’t seem right ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Streamline permitting process to reduce wait times, favoritism
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:40 AM :: 1299 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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‘CON’ laws hindering access to better Hawaii healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:31 AM :: 1215 Views :: Health Care
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... repealing CON laws in Hawaii could result in “11 more hospitals, including four more rural hospitals [and] two more ambulatory surgical centers” ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Adjusting AMI for Kauai’s affordable rental program could backfire
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 AM :: 1270 Views :: Kauai County, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... a sweeping reform of Kauai’s property tax system ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Audio Reveals HECO Informing Maui PD Lahaina Power is Off
By Audio @ 7:23 PM :: 2940 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Police
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“The BBC obtained audio of a conversation between Maui police and Hawaiian Electric in which the power company confirms that power has been turned off in the town of Lahaina.”
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Personal Debt Keeps Hawaii up at Night
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 PM :: 1295 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 28% of Hawaii respondents — or 410,410 people — said they suffer from insomnia because of concern over their debt ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Mililani Fire Video: Native Trees Burn, Albizia Survives
By Video @ 3:09 AM :: 1386 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... While flames are no longer visible, the landscape is a mosaic of blackened native trees interspersed with invasive ones, like Albizia ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Trap & skeet ranges at Koko Head Shooting Complex reopening this weekend
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 1172 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Skeet Range opening Saturday, Nov. 11, Trap Range reopening Sunday, Nov. 12 ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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17 State Coalition Against Unconstitutional Hawaii Firearm Carry Ban
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 1478 Views :: Second Amendment
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... 17 state attorneys general oppose Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits the carry or possession of firearms in designated “sensitive” places ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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Inverse Condemnation and Hawaii's Wildfires
By Robert Thomas @ 2:07 AM :: 1320 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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... the role that ‘damaging clauses’ found in more than half of state constitutions across the United States play in inverse condemnation claims related to natural disasters ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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DOBOR Proposes Paid Parking at Ala Wai (again)
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 1203 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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2023 Honolulu City Lights opening night set for Saturday, December 2nd
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 1438 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion
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... tree lighting ceremony, Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade and City Lights block party ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: HECO Drops $75M to Buy Off Plaintiffs
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 1482 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Those who choose to participate will waive their ability to get compensated again through litigation related to associated claims ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Hawaii Largest Household Debt Increase in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 PM :: 1334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents had the largest debt increase in Q3 2023 at $1,093 per household ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: House Working Groups recommend disaster response changes
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 AM :: 2466 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... On September 6, 2023, the House formed six bipartisan working groups to evaluate specific topics related to the Lāhainā wildfire ....
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
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Homeowner Politics and Housing Supply
By UHERO @ 12:48 AM :: 1405 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... councillors representing a higher number of homeowners are more likely to oppose housing bills ....
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Monday, November 6, 2023 |
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Guam activists urge Ninth Circuit to revive environmental claims against Air Force
By Court House News @ 1:06 PM :: 1270 Views :: Environment, Military
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... Represented by David Henkin of Earthjustice, Prutehi Litekyan argued there had to have been a deliberative process prior to the submission, and that decision-making process was a final agency action ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Zoom-ing in on Better Healthcare
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:02 PM :: 1276 Views :: Health Care
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... Could broader use of telehealth improve the quality of healthcare in Hawaii? ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 4, 2023
By GovTrack .us @ 5:00 AM :: 1342 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Tokuda votes Nay on SHIP Act -- sanctions against Iran ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Crossing the Rubicon Again
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1255 Views :: Ethics, Development, Taxes
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... Green suspended the General Excise Tax as it related to vendors involved in the design, construction, sale, lease, or financing of housing projects designed to provide rapid relief to the homeless ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Queens to Buy Wahiawa Hospital
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 1297 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... Queen’s to formalize the purchase of WGH scheduled for March 31, 2024 ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Why is Hawaii so Expensive?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:09 AM :: 1583 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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"...It’s the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably...."
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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‘Affordable housing’ making housing worse for everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:45 PM :: 1823 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... since 1969, the median home price in Hawaii has surged from being less than three times the median income to nearly 10 times the median income today ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Handling Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Calls Climate Change An ‘Existential Threat’
By Video @ 6:24 PM :: 1806 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week that Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies can proceed to trial ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Restoring Lahaina’s Economy: Time is of the Essence
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:53 PM :: 1349 Views :: Maui County, Development, OHA
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“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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HECO Finally Gets Around to Announcing Wildfire Safety Strategy
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 1293 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Hawaiian Electric claims it first began developing its Wildfire Safety Strategy in 2019 ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Public Input Sought for City’s First Climate Adaptation Strategy
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 1190 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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DoH Hosts Healthy Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan 2030 Summit
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 1217 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Oahu Judicial Vacancy -- First Circuit Court
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 1191 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....
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Friday, November 3, 2023 |
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DoE: Chronic Absenteeism 30%--achievement still lags pre-COVID numbers
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 1255 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....
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Friday, November 3, 2023 |
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Court Blocks Parts of Honolulu ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Law
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 1446 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Due to our "sensitive places lawsuit," Honolulu is no longer able to enforce parts of its sensitive places ordinance ....
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
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OHA Trustees Select New CEO
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 1433 Views :: OHA
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... Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate ....
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
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Hawaii attorney general opposes opt-out option from LGBTQ+ books for 2nd graders
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 PM :: 1518 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... the parents, who are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox, filed their lawsuit on religious freedom grounds ....
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
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Maui Fires: Three bills offer property tax relief
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:56 AM :: 1277 Views :: Maui County, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... Bill 102 best of three bills but should be retroactive ....
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
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HIEMA Rewrites 'Hazard Mitigation Plan'
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 1243 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... FEMA requires that states must have an approved hazard mitigation plan to qualify for numerous federal assistance and mitigation grants ....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |
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SD5 Election Set to Replace Gil Keith-Aragan
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1343 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... SD5 is now up for election in 2024 cycle ....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |
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Hawaii couple found guilty of stealing identities of dead babies
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 PM :: 1177 Views :: Military
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... While initial media reports suggested the couple were Russian spies, that narrative melted away as the trial approached ....
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
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DoH Survey: Housing Among Lahaina Top recovery needs
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 1356 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... The greatest needs identified by the community included financial recovery (26%), finding permanent residence (24%), and finding employment (9%) ....
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
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Celebrate the Life of Senator Sam Slom
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 1365 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party
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... Sunday November 5, 2023, at State Capitol ....
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Monday, October 30, 2023 |
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Maui PD releases body cam footage from Lahaina Fire
By Video @ 10:21 PM :: 2069 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... body cam video from Lahaina Fire ....
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Monday, October 30, 2023 |
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Here’s the Living Wage a Single Person Needs To Live Comfortably in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:35 PM :: 3334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii is the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably — and no other state even comes close ....
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
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How monster homes came to be: A Halloween Story
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 PM :: 2137 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... meet the monster’s creators ....
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
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Hawaii Democrats Dump Chairman: ILWU Takes Over
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 2295 Views :: Democratic Party
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... To protect the Dems from a RFK-driven influx of anti-vaxxers, Jung sabotaged his own Presidential Caucus by obstructing fundraising so Dems could not afford the $250K needed to hold the Caucus ....
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
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Upsetting the Apple Cart in 24-Year-Old Litigation
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1037 Views :: DHHL, Judiciary
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... One of the longest running court cases in modern history is Kalima v. State ....
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Saturday, October 28, 2023 |
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