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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 :: 3311 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 :: 2630 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 :: 2898 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 :: 3493 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 :: 3019 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 :: 2988 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 :: 2219 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 :: 2794 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 :: 3609 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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								|  | The Michaels Organization Names Sharon Har a Vice President of Development By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 1701 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Development,  Politicians
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														| ... Based in Michaels' Hawai'i Office, Ms. Har will oversee all aspects of development on the Island .... |  
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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 :: 4452 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 :: 6201 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 :: 3972 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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								|  | Upsetting the Apple Cart in 24-Year-Old Litigation By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2267 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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					| Saturday, October 28, 2023 |  
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								|  | Sterile Mosquitoes Released on Kauai By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 3417 Views  ::  Kauai County,  Environment
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														| ... releasing incompatible male mosquitoes to try and stop the near-certain extinction of at least four species of Native Hawaiian honeycreepers .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 28, 2023 |  
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								|  | Gays, CNHA, ACLU Push Amendment to Hawaii State Constitution By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 3262 Views  ::  Family,  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Coalition members say repealing Section 23 is an important step in securing marriage equality for the LGBTQIA+ community in Hawaiʻi .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Waipahu Resident Charged with COVID Fraud, Tax Evasion By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 2956 Views  ::  COVID-19
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														| ... filing false tax returns, wire fraud, money laundering and structuring related to her fraudulent application for unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Senate Judiciary Advances Biden's Hawaii Judicial Nominees By Court House News @ 2:40 PM :: 2563 Views  ::  Congressional Delegation,  Judiciary
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														| ... The committee advanced Shanlyn Park and Micah Smith, both appointed to the District of Hawaii ....  |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Adaptability is key to solving Hawaii’s housing crisis By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 PM :: 2679 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Development
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														| ... adaptive reuse as a possible solution to two pressing issues in Honolulu: downtown office vacancies and Oahu’s housing shortage .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Grassroot testifies before county councils on housing, property tax relief, permitting By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 3697 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Kauai County,  Maui County,  Development,  Land Use
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														| ... testimony to the Honolulu, Maui and Kauai county councils about measures that could increase the supply of housing .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Respect property rights, remove red tape for Lahaina rebuild By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:12 AM :: 3089 Views  ::  Maui County,  Development,  Land Use
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														| ... The families and individuals who owned homes and businesses in Lahaina should not have their property rights arbitrarily stripped away from them to satisfy the grand plans of some bureaucracy .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | DLNR Transferring 99 Parcels to Agriculture Department By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 2817 Views  ::  Agriculture,  Land Use
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														| ... 99 agricultural parcels, totaling 21,672 acres .... |  
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					| Friday, October 27, 2023 |  
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								|  | Quick Supreme Court Action Allows Kalima Settlement to be Paid By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 3264 Views  ::  DHHL
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														| ... fully and finally resolving all outstanding challenges in the Kalima litigation .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 26, 2023 |  
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								|  | Green's Latest Housing Proclamation Removes Sunshine Law Exemption By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 2524 Views  ::  Ethics,  Development,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| ... all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation should comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 26, 2023 |  
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								|  | DoE sees Lahaina Fires as latest excuse to eliminate accountability By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 3812 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| ...Public comment for a 2022-23 waiver request under Section 8401(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, due the Maui Island wildfires.... |  
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					| Thursday, October 26, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Among Highest Student Loan Payments By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 2951 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Higher Education,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Hawaii ranks third-highest with a $223 median student loan payment .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 25, 2023 |  
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								|  | Slavery Poisons Solar Industry’s Supply Chains By Heritage Foundation @ 4:11 PM :: 2766 Views  ::  Energy,  Ethics
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														| ... Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 25, 2023 |  
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								|  | Consumer challenges Hawaiian Tropic’s ‘Reef Friendly’ sunscreen label By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 3125 Views  ::  Environment,  Greenmail
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														| ... A buyer says the product's label is misleading because it claims the product is "Reef Friendly" despite including chemicals known to harm coral reefs .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 25, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Among Worst: 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 3080 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Small Business,  Taxes
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														| ... the state’s property tax system ranked 31st and its unemployment insurance tax ranked 41st. The state is 42nd overall .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | UHERO: Reduce fire risk with regulation, restoration of fallow ag lands By UHERO @ 10:12 PM :: 3075 Views  ::  Maui County,  Agriculture,  Land Use
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														| ... Fallow agricultural lands now comprise approximately 40% of all agricultural lands or 25% of lands across the state .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Honolulu Businesses Invited to Participate in Small Business Survey By UHERO @ 9:25 PM :: 1618 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Small Business
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														| ... Results from this survey will help the city allocate resources to better support the business community .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Legislature Accepting Applications for 2024 Session By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 3288 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii AG Joins Nationwide Suit Against Facebook By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 3052 Views  ::  Family,  First Amendment
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														| ... alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Lahaina: AG Looking for Illegal Evictions and Rent Hikes By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 2611 Views  ::  Maui County,  Law Enforcement
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														| ... inform the Department of the Attorney General if their landlords are illegally raising rent or threatening them with eviction .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaiʻi Recognized as Captive Insurance Domicile of the Year By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 2387 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Greater than $5bn Gross Written Premiums .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | Maui, Kauai Ambulance Procurement to be Re-Started By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 2866 Views  ::  Kauai County,  Maui County
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														| ... following a protest by the incumbent service provider that was not selected, American Medical Response (AMR) .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |  
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								|  | As Predicted: Andy Winer's Law Partner Nominated for Supreme Court By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 4369 Views  ::  Ethics,  Judiciary,  Police
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					| Sunday, October 22, 2023 |  
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								|  | Right to Rebuild? No Building Permits Issued Since Lahaina Fire By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 9923 Views  ::  Maui County,  Development
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														| ... Not a single building permit has been granted within the Lahaina burn zone since the August 8-9, 2023, disaster ..... |  
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					| Sunday, October 22, 2023 |  
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								|  | Stop Permitting Favoritism By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:31 AM :: 3377 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Ethics,  Development
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														| ... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Inverse Condemnation and Paying for Disasters By Robert Thomas @ 10:36 PM :: 3522 Views  ::  Maui County,  Development,  Judiciary,  Land Use
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														| ... Hawaii Bar Association discusses Lahaina fires ....  |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional By Court House News @ 10:32 PM :: 2588 Views  ::  Second Amendment
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														| ... under a pair of landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding gun rights, the prohibition on semi-automatic rifles ownership is unconstitutional .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Maui Unemployment Jumps to 8.4% After Fires By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 3018 Views  ::  Maui County,  Hawaii Statistics,  Labor
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														| ... Maui’s unemployment rate surges for second straight month .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 23, 2023 By GovTrack .us @ 9:29 PM :: 2294 Views  ::  Congressional Delegation
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii urged to steer clear of Vienna housing model By Grassroot Institute @ 8:59 PM :: 3259 Views  ::  Development,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| “...Does social housing actually work? Setting the record straight on the Vienna Model....”  |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Health Department 'Commitment to Transgender Rights' By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 3282 Views  ::  Family,  First Amendment,  Health Care
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														| ... the statement denounces discrimination, including transphobia and transphobic action, which is recognized as a threat to public health .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Defend Hawaii: Mainland Drug Dealer Starts Selling in Hilo, gets Busted Within Two Weeks By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 4108 Views  ::  Hawaii County ,  Police,  Drugs
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														| ... look how very efficient the Hawaii County PD becomes when an outsider starts selling here .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2023 |  
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								|  | Mayor Bissen hosting Maui community budget meetings for Fiscal Year 2025 By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 2480 Views  ::  Maui County
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														| ... provide input on the budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which begins July 1, 2024 .... |  
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