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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Schatz, Hirono Vote to Continue Trump's COVID Emergency
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 2893 Views :: Congressional Delegation, COVID-19
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... the 68-23 Senate approved a resolution Wednesday aimed at ending the national COVID emergency declared by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii Population Declines 0.8% During COVID
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 2417 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2022 the state population declined at an average rate of 0.4% per year ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii taxpayers shell out more than $5,500 in state and local taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 2270 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s state debt is also among the top five in the nation at $7,992 per capita and $11,879 when local debt is factored in as well ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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More Red Light Cams Activated
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2323 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Since start, nearly 1,800 citations issued along Vineyard and Pali ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Bra and Panty Birthday Parties: Lawsuit Details Work Life at Hawaii DOBOR
By Andrew Walden @ 1:52 AM :: 8805 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"...You must promise me that if things ever get really ugly between the both of us, you will not say a word about this...."
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Hawaii Towns with Highest & Lowest Credit Scores
By Selected News Articles @ 7:25 PM :: 2362 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... median credit scores of residents in 16 Hawaii towns ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Gun Bills: Legislative Update
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 2365 Views :: Second Amendment
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... many bad changes to Hawaii's gun laws ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Sue and Settle: 122,277 acres on Big Island to be 'critical habitat'
By Court House News @ 3:44 PM :: 2316 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... The perennial’s natural habitat happens to overlap with a military-owned training area ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Lawmakers broaden educator housing eligibility to all school employees
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2119 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... The committees approved $185 million in total to finance the teacher housing projects at or near three schools ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Sovereignty Activist Sentenced--17 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Schemes and Aggravated Identity Theft
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 3515 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... stealing money intended to provide scholarships to underprivileged students at Kamehameha Schools ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Micronesian President: Chinese Bribery ‘Happens all the Time’
By Andrew Walden @ 10:33 PM :: 3672 Views :: Ethics, World News
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... The Vice President was asked by Ambassador Huang if he could sit up front, with other Senators, and also to accept an envelope filled with money; Vice President Palik refused, telling the Ambassador to never offer him a bribe again ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:50 PM :: 2386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... only New York is worse ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Hawaii Attorney general urges U.S. Congress support right-to-repair law
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 2123 Views :: Small Business
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... Twenty-seven states’ attorneys general are asking Congress to pass Right-to-Repair legislation that they say will protect consumers, farmers and small businesses as inflation increases ....
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
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Study: 40% of Hawaii Roads Substandard
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 AM :: 1960 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... bad roads cost Hawaii motorists $764 per year ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Hawaii February 2023 Unemployment 3.6%
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 2173 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii is exactly average ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Class of 2023 high school graduation ceremonies scheduled
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 2915 Views :: Education K-12
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... there are currently no planned health and safety restrictions for this year's graduation ceremonies ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Ban on short-term rentals won't help Hawaii County produce more homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2615 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... Hawaii County already has some of the most restrictive housing regulations in the U.S. ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Three reasons why Hawaii's healthcare is in trouble
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 AM :: 2313 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... three reasons: the state general excise tax, Hawaii's occupational licensure laws and the state's medical certificate-of-need laws ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Update Hawaii licensing laws to attract more doctors
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:05 AM :: 2298 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... medical professionals have found Hawaii to be an increasingly uninviting place to practice ....
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Monday, March 27, 2023 |
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Council on State Taxation: Looking Out for Business
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:01 AM :: 2190 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the Committee on State Taxation focuses on the impact of state taxes on businesses across the country ....
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Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:59 PM :: 2536 Views :: Family, Life
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... abortion and suicide ....
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Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
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Maui: Sterile Mosquitoes to Reduce Avian Malaria
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 2435 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... The NPS will use an incompatible insect technique (IIT) which consists of repeatedly releasing incompatible male mosquitoes into the wild ....
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Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
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Credit Madness
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2119 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Tax Credits were proposed for, among other things, upgrading technology infrastructure; sequestering carbon; upgrading or conversion of cesspools; being a health care preceptor; manufacturing food; providing childcare to employees; being in a creative district; producing organic food; and just being in the state while everyone else is being hammered by a carbon tax ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 2499 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii State Legislature is off and running again after a brief pause during which the House and Senate exchanged the bills they each had approved ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 25, 2023
By GovTrack .us @ 11:20 PM :: 2063 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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FSM: Top Micronesia Officials Guilty in Fake Ship Registry Scam
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 2844 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act
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... Martin Jano Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering & Lukner Weilbacher Found Guilty of Conflict of Interest in Micronesia International Ship Registry Case ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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HTA by any other name is still HTA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:57 PM :: 2131 Views :: Tourism
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... SB1522 would replace the HTA with a new “Office of Destination Management.” ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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HART Seeks 9th Board Member
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 2347 Views :: Rail
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... the ninth voting member will be selected by the other eight voting members ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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Dela Cruz Manipulation? Senate Rejects Green's Pick for DBEDT
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 4708 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Green's pick for #2 at DBEDT is Dane Wicker, a current business partner and former chief of staff to Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz. If Sadayasu is rejected, Wicker could advance to #1 ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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VIDEO -- See For Yourself: Rep Pierick at Ewa Int School
By Video @ 3:04 AM :: 4160 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Republican Party
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... Here is what happens if you even slightly question the gay agenda for children ....
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Friday, March 24, 2023 |
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The Number of People Killed by Police Officers in Hawaii in the Last 10 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 2495 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... In Hawaii, 48 police killings were reported from 2013 to 2022, or about 3.3 for every 100,000 residents, the 22nd fewest among states ....
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Friday, March 24, 2023 |
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Another Bank of America Lawsuit Crashes and Burns
By Court House News @ 5:39 AM :: 2675 Views :: DHHL, Judiciary
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“...egregiously long, unnecessarily complex, and confusing....”
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Friday, March 24, 2023 |
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Lancet: Hawaii Lowest COVID Death Rate--Highest Economic Impact
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 2080 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii, Washington DC, and New York had the largest reduction in employment ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Samoa: Biden's Giant Sanctuary Proposal Behind Back of Pacific Territories
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 2300 Views :: Environment
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... the administration made no effort to discuss this issue with the Pacific delegations or to notify us even at the recent IGIA forum that such a drastic change to our way of life was even being considered ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Comment on Honolulu Harbor Modifications
By News Release @ 11:33 PM :: 2597 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Jones Act
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... two public scoping meetings, March 30 and 31 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Hawaii Tax Burden 14.1% of Income -- 3rd-Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:26 PM :: 2279 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii State & Local Tax Burden as a Share of State Income -- 14.1% -- 3rd highest in USA -- $8,410 per capita ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Rookie House Democrats Tout Bills
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 2391 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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... 55 bills introduced by the House Majority Freshmen have passed third reading in the House and crossed over to the Senate ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Koko Head Archery Range reopening Friday, March 24
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 2329 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Pistol and rifle ranges at the Koko Head Shooting Complex on-track for reopening in April 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Maui Physician Charged with Unlawful Distribution of Hydrocodone
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 2349 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Drugs
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... in June 2022, an undercover agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) sought an appointment with Boulange, posing as a new patient seeking a prescription of opioids ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Green Signs Abortion Bill
By Court House News @ 3:35 AM :: 2184 Views :: Life
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... The state bolstered its already robust abortion laws to better shield abortions seekers and providers from being targeting by states with more hostile abortion restrictions ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Green Signs First Bills into Law
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 2603 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Life
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... SB36 amends state law to allow county prosecutors to initiate felony cases by complaints following preliminary hearings and prohibits multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for an offense, except in certain circumstances ....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
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Red Light Cam Activated at Site of Deadly Hit-and-Run
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 2129 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Kapiʻolani Boulevard and Kamakeʻe Street is the first Red-Light Safety Camera location under City and County of Honolulu jurisdiction ....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
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After 42 Years Hawaii Finally Compliant with “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services”
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 2196 Views :: Health Care
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... Hawai‘i has joined the rest of the nation in implementing sweeping changes that enable residents with disabilities and older adults to live and participate fully in their communities ....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
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COVID Closures Hit DoE College Readiness Indicators
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 1973 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... The CCRI report shows how the pandemic affected the class of 2022’s college enrollment and more ....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 |
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DoE Seeks Comment on Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act Application
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2033 Views :: Education K-12
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... comments will be accepted until May 4, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. ....
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
By Selected News Articles @ 9:06 PM :: 2294 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... 73% of people think the government doesn’t spend their tax dollars wisely ....
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 |
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Three Ethics Bills Heading to Governor's Desk
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 1977 Views :: Ethics
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... HB99, HB137, and HB142 were introduced by Speaker Scott K. Saiki by request based on recommendations made by the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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FSM Micronesia Election Results Announced
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 2672 Views :: World News
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... On May 11th, 2023, the 23rd Congress of the FSM will formally convene; amongst its first duties will include the election of the President and Vice President ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 2662 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii ranks 51st ....
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Monday, March 20, 2023 |
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Fire and Flooding Risks Surrounding of the Paeahu Solar Project in Kihei, Maui
By News Release @ 10:45 PM :: 2417 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... the large lithium-ion batteries that are proposed for this project, could make gaining control of a fire more difficult and dangerous due to the increased risk of electrocution and thermal runaway ....
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