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Saturday, March 4, 2023 |
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Congressional Delegation Calls on IRS to Exempt Red Hill Assistance
By Ed Case @ 2:23 AM :: 3086 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, Taxes
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“...Just as assistance provided to individuals by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Stafford Act is exempted under Section 139 of the Internal Revenue Code, we believe the Red Hill emergency assistance should also be exempted....”
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Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Still Recovering from COVID
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 2903 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2023 and 2024 at 1.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively ....
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Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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UHERO: Public Campaign Financing for Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 11:00 AM :: 2819 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... Hawai‘i has had a system of partial public financing in place for more than forty years, but few candidates participate ....
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Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii's Best & Worst Cities at Personal Money Management
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 3365 Views :: Family, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... It’s clear that some people are better than others at handling their finances ....
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Thursday, March 2, 2023 |
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Blangiardi Outlines Proposed 2024 Budget
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 2690 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Commitments to affordable housing, public safety highlighted as Mayor Blangiardi submits proposed budget for 2024 fiscal year ....
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Thursday, March 2, 2023 |
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SEC Charges Hawaii Investment Adviser with Running Ponzi Scheme
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 3703 Views :: Religion
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... On March 1, 2023, the SEC charged Stephen Keith Woodard, Sr. with running a Ponzi scheme in which he offered and sold securities to more than two dozen victims, many of whom he solicited through his church ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Hawai‘i Would Not be the Same Without Hawaiians
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 3364 Views :: OHA, Cost of Living
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... more Hawaiians are moving out of Hawaiʻi every year ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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HB192/SB690: Ban fluorescent bulbs
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 3177 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“...Fluorescent bulbs used to be the energy-efficient option...."
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Explained
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:08 PM :: 3888 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Housing expert says Hawaii fits pattern of areas losing residents ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Ke'eaumoku Condo Site--15 Burials and Counting
By Court House News @ 2:08 AM :: 4649 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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... no archaeological survey or assessments were conducted after demolition and despite the subsequent findings of burials and related sites and features. The state and city have granted several permits ....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Sheriffs Bust Waikiki Marijuana Dealer
By News Release @ 11:06 PM :: 3786 Views :: Taxes, Tourism, Drugs
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“Businesses that are involved in the cannabis industry must ensure that their activities comply with the law.”
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Sherwoods: Remediation of cancelled ball field project continues
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 2977 Views :: Honolulu County, Greenmail
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... An archeological monitor from Pacific Legacy and a cultural monitor from Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services will be onsite monitoring work performed by the contractor. They will be joined by a special duty HPD officer ....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Average of 259,514 visitors in Hawaii every day
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 3120 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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"...full recovery may take a few years...."
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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Five bills of importance to small business
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 3172 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... Any bills that made it past this deadline now have until March 9 to complete their last committee hearing ....
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Monday, February 27, 2023 |
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Priced out of paradise
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:27 PM :: 5408 Views :: Cost of Living
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... Now living in Seattle, Tongi was asked by judge Lionel Richie, “Why on Earth would you leave Hawaii?” ....
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Monday, February 27, 2023 |
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Ed Case Reintroduces Helicopter Noise Bill
By Ed Case @ 6:19 PM :: 3015 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Measure To Impose Strict Safety Requirements And Provide For State And Local Community Disruption Regulation On Commercial Air Tour Operations ....
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Monday, February 27, 2023 |
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Minor Parties to be Removed from Hawaii Ballot
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3508 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Aloha Aina Party, Green Party, Constitution Party ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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HB1291: Will Abused Foster Children Ever be Represented?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 3981 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... Outside counsel may be a child’s only hope to break out of a system run for the benefit of adults’ need to cover up their own wrongdoing ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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Assisted Suicide Expansion Bill: Weirdness Unfolds
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:02 PM :: 2620 Views :: Life
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... First Lateral Deadline: Bills must be in final committee ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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Five Republican Bills on the Move in the House
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 3170 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... The following measures are moving through the legislature ....
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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Creative Districts
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2703 Views :: Tax Credits
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... In the Senate bill, creative enterprises in a creative district would be eligible for tax credits. The bill, however, is a little light on details ....
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Saturday, February 25, 2023 |
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Maui: Feds Take Aim at Alleged $145M Ponzi
By News Release @ 12:02 AM :: 4645 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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... accepted at least $144,043,883 from approximately 913 pool participants ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Hawaii bill would boost rental tax credit fourfold
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 3047 Views :: Tax Credits
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... SB55 proposes the adoption of income brackets to determine eligibility for the tax credit ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Report: Hawaii's hotel revenue back to pre-pandemic levels
By Selected News Articles @ 11:22 PM :: 3425 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... With the average hotel occupancy projected to be about 63% across the nation this year, Hawaii is projected to have a 78% occupancy rate. Its rate in 2019 was 80%, the report showed ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Another Sue-n-Settle targets Hawaii and American Samoa Fisheries
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 3025 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... The Conservation Council for Hawaii sued National Marine Fisheries Service ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Campaign Spending Reform: Two Bills Pass, Four Killed
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 2272 Views :: Ethics
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... the House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs (JHA) prioritized the review of six remaining bills relating to campaign finance reform ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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Hilo Complex DoE Manager Arrested for P-Card Theft
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 3494 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... Karie Luana Klein, a former Hawaiʻi Department of Education complex area business manager, was arrested after being charged with three felony theft counts ....
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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HB984 'Gun Free Zones' Gets Another Committee Hearing
By NRA ILA @ 7:09 PM :: 2772 Views :: Second Amendment
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... House Bill 984 massively expands “gun-free zones” ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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Audit: DHHL Traded 42 Affordable Housing Credits for a Fence
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 4626 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Ethics
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... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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House Judiciary Committee Kills off Ethics Reform Bills
By News Release @ 6:49 AM :: 3903 Views :: Ethics
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... Judiciary Chair Tarnas hand-picked by Saiki for job of Killing Ethics Bills that Saiki Pretends to Support ....
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:52 AM :: 3015 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says making it easier for qualified medical professionals to practice here would improve healthcare access ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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Hawaii Household Bills Among Highest in USA
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 2888 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 2023 U.S. Bill Pay Category Breakout Report ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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DHHL Redux: This time Green nominates Kali Watson
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 3050 Views :: DHHL
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... From 1995 to 1998, Watson coordinated the development of more than 3,100 residential lots on Hawaiian Home Lands, as well as legislative funding and approval of the (previous) $600 million settlement between the state and DHHL ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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After Bribery Arrests: House Adopts New Rules
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 2962 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... House Rules 29.1–29.3 and 62.5–62.6 incorporate CISC recommendations relating to ethics reform, ethics disclosures, standards of conduct, and conflict of interest ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM :: 6275 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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... remember Al Hee? The first in the current wave of Hawaii corruption cases, Hee's indictment was handed down on the exact second anniversary of Dan Inouye's death ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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Corruption or incompetence, transparency still the antidote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:51 PM :: 2915 Views :: Ethics
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... to combat government corruption, waste, mismanagement and inefficiency ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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HSTA: Our LGBTQ Students are 'Lovable'--Raise Money for Sex-Change Clinic
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 3026 Views :: Education K-12
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... 'Ilima Int was where alleged child molester and gay socialist activist Alden Bunag was teaching 2016-17 ....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 3797 Views :: Pierre Omidyar
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... a "free-for-all of hate and harassment" ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Senate Committees Pass Two Bills to Legalize Marijuana Despite Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 AM :: 4000 Views :: Drugs
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... SB669 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 3-0, but with an effective date of 2075 ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Keeps Employer Insurance Costs High
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 3467 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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Zoning, planning reforms would help produce more Hawaii County housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:36 PM :: 3639 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... How to ensure that zoning and building codes don’t undermine housing growth ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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Bill 2891: Retroactive property tax credit for Kauai?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:28 PM :: 2846 Views :: Kauai County, Taxes
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... the proposed tax credit could be critical for some property owners who might otherwise have to increase the rents of their tenants ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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Pilots Spot Large White Balloon Heading for Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 AM :: 2864 Views :: Military
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"Well I guess we aren’t done with this balloon fad yet."
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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Russian Flags Fly at Tulsi Gabbard's Anti-Ukraine Rally
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 8084 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... Most of the other speakers at the event were professional activists, some of whom have worked as contributors or hosts for Kremlin-controlled RT America ....
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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CNHA Inside Track: Robin Danner Snags Gig in Governor's Office
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 7513 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Tourism
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... CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract ....
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 |
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PILOT for Real Property Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4743 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Agriculture, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... The owner in the previous year paid $30,154 in property tax and got a bill for $835,710, resulting in an extremely unhappy owner ....
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
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Debt: Honolulu 3rd-Worst Sinkhole City
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 3279 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu’s financial problems stem mostly from unfunded retirement obligations that have accumulated over the years ....
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