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Tuesday, June 4, 2024 |
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Court Upholds Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Affordable Housing
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 833 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... the Sixth Proclamation Relating to Affordable Housing—remains in full effect ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 1351 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Innovation Potential: 50th ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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"Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:26 PM :: 2833 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Akina said HB2404 will incrementally provide Hawaii taxpayers with the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Monday, June 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks #1 for Hidden Home Buyer Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 848 Views :: Cost of Living
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... Hawaii tops the list with $17,966.04 of unexpected fees on average ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Kauai: Grassroot Legislative Wrapup
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 PM :: 1103 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... It was mostly a good year for Hawaii at the 2024 Legislature, and policy experts from Grassroot will explain how that came to be ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Dealing with the Insurance Crisis
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1276 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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... premiums are rising at astronomical rates ....
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Sunday, June 2, 2024 |
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Keeping more of your own money is a good thing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:26 AM :: 1309 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... passing the biggest income tax cut in state history ....
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Saturday, June 1, 2024 |
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Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 AM :: 5352 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... UPDATE Monday, June 3, 2024: Republican Sen Brenton Awa pulled and filed today. Democrats Clayton Hee and Ben Shafer filed their nomination petitions. ....
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Saturday, June 1, 2024 |
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Green Makes Several Appointments
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 1202 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... a new deputy director for the Department of Human Resources Development, and appointed several individuals to various open positions in state boards and commissions ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: What's up with legislation on the Governor's Desk?
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:20 PM :: 1211 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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... If the Governor intends to veto a bill, the Governor must inform the Legislature by June 25, 2024 ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Senate Committee Changes Announced
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 1100 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... With the retirement of Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro effective today, Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi announced changes to the composition of Senate Standing Committees ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Al Hee to Cut Hawaiian Homelands Phone Lines?
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 2527 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Hawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 1236 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:46 PM :: 1264 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Red Hill Tanks to be Vented and Cleaned
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 989 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Notification to the public at least 12 hours before the start of venting a tank ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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April 2024 Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down Sharply
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 1200 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 753,551 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2024, down 8.9 percent from the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.51 billion, which was a 12.6 percent drop from April 2023 ....
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Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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Green Signs Condo Bills
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 998 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... designed to streamline processes, enhance management practices, and increase accessibility to clean energy programs ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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Hawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 1408 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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DLNR: No Evidence Cruise Ships too Close to Na Pali Coast
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 1009 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism
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... The cruise line elected to include Nāpali Coast sailings after being unable to make port calls at Lahaina due to last year’s wildfires ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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HECO to Begin Preemptive Blackouts for Fire Risk Areas
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 1064 Views :: Energy
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... Starting July 1, Hawaiian Electric may preemptively shut off power in areas that appear at high risk of wildfire during periods of forecast high winds and dry conditions ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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65 Lahaina Fire Victims Opt in to Settlement Fund
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 1262 Views :: Maui County
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... Another Deadline Extension Will Allow Additional Applicants to Begin and Complete the Process ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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Mayor signs resolution to create standalone Ocean Safety Department
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 926 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Blangiardi also signed Resolution 24-50, FD1, allowing voters to decide on November’s ballot whether to establish an Ocean Safety Commission to oversee the new department ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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Governor's Office 'Listening Sessions' on Child Welfare System
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 432 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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... with a culminating virtual statewide meeting on Tuesday, July 2 ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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Kalua Case Secrecy: Hawaii Department of Human Services Nominated for 'Golden Padlock Award'
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 1462 Views :: Ethics, Family
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... for stonewalling a review of its own actions in the death of a 6-year-old girl ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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In Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a Gun
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 AM :: 1353 Views :: Second Amendment, Drugs
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... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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UHERO: Hawai‘i gender pay gap largely driven by motherhood
By UHERO @ 3:39 AM :: 1043 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... In Hawaiʻi, mothers earn 74% of what fathers earn, while women without children make 99% of the income of men without children ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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Green Signs Six Housing Bills Into Law
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 1584 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... bills designed to expand the affordable housing inventory and improve the governance of rental laws under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code ....
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Renters
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 1321 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 6:53 PM :: 1153 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Secret Administrative Directives, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1212 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... secret instructions from the Director of Taxation to his staff ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child Molesters
By News Release @ 3:05 AM :: 827 Views :: Education K-12
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... If approved by the Governor, SB2475 CD1 would go into effect on July 1, 2024 ....
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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Targeting scapegoats affects us all
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:21 AM :: 934 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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Bills that will ‘truly help the people of Hawaii’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1096 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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DoH Awards Ambulance Contract for Maui, Kauai
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 936 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Health Care
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... Hawai‘i State Department of Health awards ground ambulance contracts to American Medical Response ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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HB2404 Tax Cut 'the biggest news of the season'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 830 Views :: Taxes
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... HB2404 will lower the state income tax burden for average families by almost 70% by 2031 and save taxpayers roughly $5 billion during that same period ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 597 Views :: World News, Law Enforcement
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... Both Ma and CC #1 worked for the CIA — CC #1 from 1967 until 1983, Ma from 1982 until 1989 ....
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Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 1065 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."
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Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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Podcast: The Second Amendment Implications of Hawaii Legalizing Butterfly Knives
By Video @ 5:18 AM :: 1494 Views :: Second Amendment
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... nobody really expected a blanket reversal on how Hawaii treats bladed weapons ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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Green Announces Plan: Fly 3,000 Lahaina Survivors to Mainland
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 3941 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... To make a buck, CNHA will help move Hawaiians out of Hawaii ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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Jones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about China
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 PM :: 1096 Views :: Jones Act
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... Carriers such as Matson and Pasha say the Jones Act is a “line of defense” against China, yet are happy to do business with China when it suits them ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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DoH: No Jet Fuel Found in Navy Water System
By News Release @ 4:26 AM :: 897 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... no petroleum or jet fuel compounds were detected in 15 drinking water samples collected at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR)—12 from homes at JBPHH and AMR and three from source water shafts ....
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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DoE Begins Process of Convincing Lahaina Community to Accept School Relocation Plan
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 1029 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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... HIDOE presents three possible sites to rebuild permanent campus for King Kamehameha III Elementary ....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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At UH Manoa, ASUH Sponsors Anti-Semites
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 1094 Views :: Higher Education
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... Jamaica Osorio, assistant professor at UHM, who frequently posts and shares anti-Israel posts on her X account, spoke to demonstrators at the “Day of Action Rally” ....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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Sue Big Pharma: State Scores $900M Jackpot
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 1306 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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"they did not update their label”
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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Green Cuts off Food to Lahaina Survivors
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 2142 Views :: Maui County
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... FEMA's current extension for the Non-Congregate Sheltering (NCS) Program is now set for June 10, 2024. On May 31, 2024, the state of Hawaiʻi will cease its feeding operations ....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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Latest Cockfighting Arrests ‘No Surprise’ after Hawaii Senate Fails on HB 1980
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 1169 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Five people were arrested over the weekend during what police say was a cockfight raid at a gathering on the Kaloli Drive end of the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna ....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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DHHL: After Hawaiian Tel Auction Buy, Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 2321 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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...At a May 20, 2024, US Marshall’s Auction on the steps of the Honolulu Federal Courthouse, Hawaiian Tel won ownership of the former assets of Sandwich Isles Communications....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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Derek Turbin Elected Chair of Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1123 Views :: Democratic Party
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... The Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi’s 2024 Convention concluded on Saturday evening with over 400 delegates ...
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