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					| Saturday, April 27, 2024 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:27 PM :: 2735 Views  ::  Family,  Life,  Drugs
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					| Saturday, April 27, 2024 |  
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								|  | Kayak Rental Co fined $35K for Blue Law Violations By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 2401 Views  ::  Small Business,  Tourism
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														| ... We all know Sundays are holy days set aside for the worship of the Goddess Gaia .... |  
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					| Saturday, April 27, 2024 |  
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								|  | Miske Hitman Criminal Record Secretly Expunged By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 6175 Views  ::  Ethics,  First Amendment,  Judiciary,  Second Amendment
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														| ... You won’t find any record of expungement proceedings on ECourtKokua—they’re secret .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | The trouble with Tulsi: Why the former Hawaii congresswoman is Trump’s worst choice for vice president By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 4232 Views  ::  Tulsi Gabbard
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														| ... Trump and Biden are the two oldest presidential nominees in history. Given this reality, their understudies may be a factor in 2024 in a way they haven’t in decades .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | After Wildfire Lawsuits, Soaring PG&E power rates approach Hawaii By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 2706 Views  ::  Energy,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Can you guess what’s going to happen as a result of Lahaina? .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | Bill allowing counties more authority over short-term rentals on Green's desk By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 PM :: 2392 Views  ::  Development,  Small Business,  Tourism
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														| ... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals ....  |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Window Open: Student loan debt repayment for health professionals By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1922 Views  ::  Health Care
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														| ... The application deadline for the second cohort of this groundbreaking program is July 1, 2024 .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | Bill 152 pre-approved multi-family designs would speed up Hawaii Island housing By Grassroot Institute @ 4:25 AM :: 2052 Views  ::  Hawaii County ,  Development
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														| ... allow the Hawaii County Department of Public Works to issue pre-approved model plans for multi-family housing — as it already does for single-family dwellings .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | UH breaks extramural funding record in FY2024, on track for $550M By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 2100 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Higher Education
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														| ... the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in extramural funding .... |  
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					| Friday, April 26, 2024 |  
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								|  | Bonfire: HART Receives $125M from Feds By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 2329 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ... if HART awards the City Center Guideway and Stations contract, expected later this year, an additional $250 million will be burned .... |  
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					| Thursday, April 25, 2024 |  
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								|  | OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina Files for Re-election By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:23 PM :: 2638 Views  ::  OHA
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														| ... All registered voters in Hawaii are eligible to vote for OHA Trustees .... |  
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					| Thursday, April 25, 2024 |  
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								|  | Rolling Blackouts end for Big Island as oil-fired plants come online By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4840 Views  ::  Hawaii County ,  Energy
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														| "...Combined, these oil-fired units have up to 53 megawatts of generating capacity. ...." |  
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					| Thursday, April 25, 2024 |  
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								|  | US Space Force Plans 'Space Surveillance' Telescopes for Haleakala By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2444 Views  ::  Maui County,  Military
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														| ... Environmental Impact Statement for the Department of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site Small Telescope Advanced Research Facility .... |  
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					| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | Maui Property Tax Resolution Full of Blank Numbers By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 2494 Views  ::  Maui County,  Taxes
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														| ... Resolution 24-78 would set property tax rates for the coming year .... |  
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					| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | Maui budget full of tax hikes By Grassroot Institute @ 11:18 PM :: 2141 Views  ::  Maui County,  Taxes
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														| ... County officials are seeking significant property tax increases while doing virtually nothing to cut spending or spend wisely .... |  
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					| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | Budget Emerges from Conference Committee By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 1802 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... House Bill 1800 CD1 will be up for a final vote in both chambers before being transmitted to the governor for consideration .... |  
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					| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |  
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								|  | Let’s end embarrassing tax on medical services By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:26 PM :: 2269 Views  ::  Health Care,  Taxes
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														| ... the GET makes practicing in Hawaii so financially challenging, causing many Hawaii doctors to retire or move away .... |  
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					| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |  
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								|  | Green: 450 units to be built for 'FEMA Ineligible' Lahaina Survivors By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 2603 Views  ::  Maui County,  Homelessness
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														| ... 'Not eligible' = Illegals and homeless.  Mixing them together is unfair to the illegals .... |  
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					| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |  
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								|  | Another Foster Care Fail:  Kids Sleep in Attic of Home Full of Lunatics, Perverts, and Drug Addicts By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:01 AM :: 5161 Views  ::  Ethics,  Family
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														| ... The State Auditor studied 30 foster homes picked at random.  Here is one of the 30 .... |  
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					| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |  
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								|  | Small Business Economic Trends: How does Hawaii Compare? By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 AM :: 2246 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Small Business
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														| ... the gold standard measurement of the Main Street economy .... |  
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					| Monday, April 22, 2024 |  
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								|  | City Points to Empty Rail System as Example of 'Sustainability' By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 2839 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Environment,  Rail
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														| ... and an interactive Skyline tour, showcasing that Earth Day is for everyone .... |  
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					| Monday, April 22, 2024 |  
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								|  | How does Hawai‘i’s economic geography affect its healthcare industry? By UHERO @ 9:42 PM :: 1978 Views  ::  Health Care,  Cost of Living
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														| ... The state’s high cost of living likely compounds these problems by hindering the recruitment of healthcare professionals .... |  
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					| Monday, April 22, 2024 |  
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								|  | Four House Bills up for Final Reading By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 1684 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... The final vote is set for 11:30 a.m. during the Floor Session. Upon approval, these bills will advance to the governor's desk for his signature .... |  
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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 :: 3443 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 :: 1851 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 :: 2972 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 :: 2939 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 :: 3087 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 :: 2381 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 :: 6589 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 :: 2274 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 :: 2343 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 :: 2257 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 :: 3932 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 :: 2229 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 :: 2444 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 :: 2670 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 :: 2939 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 :: 2051 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 :: 2232 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 :: 2149 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 :: 1771 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 :: 2388 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 :: 2427 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 :: 1963 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 :: 3114 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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