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Monday, March 20, 2023
UH Mānoa Student vs Hawaii DoE in Title IX Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 2471 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

... Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed 50 years ago that Hawaii DoE still doesn't obey ....

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Monday, March 20, 2023
More Guilty Pleas in Sovereignty-Related Tax Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 3532 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes

... The Chocks were plaintiffs alongside Rose Dradi, a Keanu Sai-Dexter Kiama collaborator, in a now-dismissed Sept 7, 2018, lawsuit claiming the IRS had no legal authority to collect taxes from them ....

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Monday, March 20, 2023
‘20 Minutes’ Movie - Atheist and Believer Face Final Twenty Minutes of Their Life in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 2598 Views :: Religion

... An atheist and a believer grapple with a nuclear bomb heading to Hawaii in the movie '20 Minutes' that hits theaters on March 24, 2023 ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
CNHA Hands out $130M COVID Money
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 2941 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, COVID-19

... an average of $15K each to 8,625 households ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Republican Bills On The Move
By News Release @ 10:25 PM :: 2387 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

... The following measures have PASSED the first crossover and are moving to the Senate ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Abortion Bill Clears Final House Committee
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:09 PM :: 2446 Views :: Health Care, Life

... SB1SD2 added language (over 40 pages) to protect medical providers that perform abortions ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Sneaky One Day Notice to Comment--Will Next KSBE Trustee be a Tax Credit Schemer or a CNHA Operative?
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 6973 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Land Use

... surprise--you've got less than 24 hours to comment on KSBE Trustee selection  ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 18, 2023
By GovTrack .us @ 12:00 PM :: 1860 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Picking Apart the Case for Conveyance Tax Hikes
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2040 Views :: Taxes

... Senate Bill 362 proposes to double the tax on residential property, selling for at least $2 million ....

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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Dead Bodies, Convicted Felons and Kakaako Makai: Meet the new Gang at OHA
By Andrew Walden @ 12:20 AM :: 8169 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA

... “We greatly appreciate what Senator Dela Cruz is trying to do. And we thank him.” -- OHA Chair Carmen Hulu Lindsey ....

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Saturday, March 18, 2023
The honeymoon is over; what about our tax cuts?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:25 PM :: 2240 Views :: Taxes

... Wednesday was Gov. Josh Green’s 100th day in office, and I think it’s safe to say his honeymoon period with voters and the Legislature has come to an end ....

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Saturday, March 18, 2023
Report backs UH Mānoa athletics response to Senate 'concerns'
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 2335 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

... The allegations were raised during a January 7, 2022 public informational briefing by the Hawaiʻi State Senate Committees on Ways and Means and Higher Education ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Hawaii Senate Public Safety Committee Hearing Anti-Gun Bills
By NRA ILA @ 8:28 PM :: 1952 Views :: Second Amendment

... House Bill 426 aims to undermine the PLCAA and subject licensed firearm manufacturers and sellers to frivolous lawsuits ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Pentagon: Red Hill Defueling on Track
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 1875 Views :: Environment, Military

... Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Vice Adm. John Wade, commander of the Joint Task Force – Red Hill, and other Navy and defense leaders this week to discuss the progress on defueling the bulk fuel storage facility ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Hu Honua Decision Based on 'Right To A Life-Sustaining Climate'
By Selected News Articles @ 7:31 PM :: 2549 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment

... the PUC “understood its public interest-minded mission” and rightly considered the impact of the Hu Honua project on citizens’ “right to a clean and healthful environment” ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Oʻo Award for Digging out ‘Affordable’ Housing Scam
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 2869 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, First Amendment

... Tummons, in a series of articles, exposed questionable dealings in Hawaii Countyʻs Office of Housing and Community Development that ultimately led to an FBI investigation and guilty plea by former community development specialist Alan Scott Rudo to accepting almost $2 million in bribes from two Hilo attorneys and a businessman ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Honolulu police officers charged over car chase
By Court House News @ 5:50 PM :: 2532 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

" ... officers ran a car off the road and abandoned the driver with brain injuries and a 14-year-old boy that was left partially paralyzed .... "

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Nominee for State Planning Director responsible for Oahu’s High Electricity Costs
By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 AM :: 3747 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... HECO announced a rate increase of 7% to buy more oil ....

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Friday, March 17, 2023
Hawaii most expensive state to live in--86% Higher than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 AM :: 2805 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... State cost of living index: 186 ....

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Haleakala Insanity: Secretary of Defense Briefed on 700 Gallon Fuel Spill
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 2282 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Military

... The meeting included the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. LaPlante, INDOPACOM commander Admiral John C. Aquilino, Joint Task Force Red Hill commander Vice Admiral John Wade, and other senior leaders ....

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Hawaii Supreme Court Finds Excuse to Reverse Sex-Trafficking Conviction
By Court House News @ 7:07 PM :: 2167 Views :: Judiciary

"CW testified that she gave all of the money that she made from prostitution activities directly to Ferreira"

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
House passes state budget for third reading
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 2305 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes

... update on the state budget and the Majority Caucus' legislative priorities ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Unsolved Mysteries releases ‘Hawaiian Homicide’ podcast
By Video @ 6:40 PM :: 2870 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Law Enforcement

... Information sought in the 2010 murder of HSTA employee Amber Jackson ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Green Marks First 100 Days as Governor
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 1613 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Gov. Green became Hawaiʻi’s ninth governor on December 5, 2022 and has since managed to fully staff his office ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Hawaii Supreme Court rejects Big Island bioenergy plant
By Court House News @ 6:08 AM :: 2065 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living

... Rate hikes and massive amounts of greenhouse gases from a proposed biomass burning power plant would outweigh any benefits, the court found ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Full text of Mayor Blangiardi’s 2023 State of the City address
By Video @ 4:38 AM :: 2255 Views :: Honolulu County

"... Wicked Problems threaten the vitality of communities everywhere ...."

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Hawaii has the most expensive gas, nationwide
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 1965 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... over the past year gas prices in Hawaii jumped from $4.57 to $4.88, a 6.8% increase ....

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Promoting Local Foods in Hawaii; Removing Barriers is Key to Growth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:08 AM :: 2513 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business

... The state has used numerous strategies to achieve that goal, but with mixed success ....

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
No Wind: Rolling blackouts impact more than 8K customers
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 2827 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy

"... the lack of wind on a hot day caused both a higher use of air conditioning and a lack of wind-generated power ...."

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
"An opportunity drops into OHA’s lap"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:48 PM :: 3109 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA

... “Rules were meant to be broken,” the trustee said. “We do that all the time.” ….

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Auditor Rips OHA Land Acquisitions--Making it up as they Go Along
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:06 PM :: 3108 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA

... these acquisitions were ad hoc, featuring strategies and criteria created to facilitate the acquisition ....

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Four Anti-Gun Bills Left
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 AM :: 2106 Views :: Second Amendment

... We started this legislative session with 49 gun bills and now at crossover were down to just four ....

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Monday, March 13, 2023
Congress Funds New ‘YIMBY’ Grants for Zoning Reform
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1986 Views :: Development

... The final act of Congress in 2022 included passage of a new $85 million grant program aimed at zoning reform ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Building Vs. Buying: Which Is Cheaper in The Aloha State?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 3234 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii shines as #1 out of only 18 states where it’s more cost-effective to build rather than buy ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Hawaii Longliners Producing Highly Monitored, Sustainable Swordfish in First Season since MSC Certification
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 2287 Views :: Environment, Small Business

... This is the first season since the fishery was certified sustainable by the globally recognized Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 12, 2023
By GovTrack .us @ 2:36 PM :: 1947 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
California’s Surplus to Deficit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2220 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... the revenue that did materialize was spent in a flash ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Good news, bad news at Legislature’s halfway mark
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 AM :: 2278 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... The Hawaii Legislature is halfway through its 2023 session ....

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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Five Ideas to Put Aloha Stadium Plan on Right Track
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:05 AM :: 2000 Views :: Development

... avoid becoming another boondoggle ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
First Crossover: Republican Legislative Report
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 2274 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

... four House Republican Bills Cross Over to Senate ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
53 Years of Legal Abortion in Hawaii
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:42 AM :: 2946 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs

... over 220,000 of Hawaii's keiki have been lost to abortion since 1970 ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
Kouchi Thanks Green for Releasing Capital Improvement Project Funds for Kauai
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 2384 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... The Princeville Public Library will receive $2 million ... Kaua‘i High School will receive $1.5 million ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
Biden Proposes $537 Million in the FY 2024 Budget for U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States
By News Release @ 1:52 AM :: 2119 Views :: National News

... $537 million in funding for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
More Red Light Cams Activated
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 2242 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

... the Red-Light Safety Camera at Likelike Highway and School Street will begin issuing warnings on Friday, March 10, 2023 ....

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
Supreme Court Says 'No' to Homeless Camps on Ag Land
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 2612 Views :: Agriculture, Homelessness, Land Use

... Hawaiʻi law expressly excludes overnight camps from the definition of permitted uses on Class A and B agricultural lands ....

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Friday, March 10, 2023
UHERO Report predicts challenging year for Hawaii tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 7:09 PM :: 2283 Views :: Economy, Tourism

"...While international tourism will continue to recover, domestic travel will soften as the US economy contracts later this year...."

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Friday, March 10, 2023
Schatz Goes YIMBY
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:09 PM :: 2712 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use

... A new federal “Yes In My Backyard” grant program, spearheaded by Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, deserves kudos for targeting barriers to new housing ....

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Friday, March 10, 2023
Hawaii Unemployment Claims Jump 26.59%
By Wallet Hub @ 5:38 PM :: 2108 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 210 Initial Claims per 100,000 People in Labor Force ....

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Friday, March 10, 2023
Smuggling Drugs into Jails--PSD Arrests Five
By News Release @ 6:36 AM :: 3415 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement, Drugs

... The investigations are ongoing, and more arrests are expected ....

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Friday, March 10, 2023
Blangiardi signs Bill 25: Relating to Anti-Bias and Inclusion Policy
By News Release @ 6:33 AM :: 2157 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment

... establishing a policy of anti-bias and inclusion for all City officers and employees, including those with different perspectives, views, or opinions ....

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