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					| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |  
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								|  | $250 per person: State Opens up Welfare Spigots to Make up for Loss of SNAP By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 494 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Applications for the $250 Hawaiʻi Relief Program will be accepted beginning today, Wednesday, October 29, 2025 .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |  
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								|  | Petition: Investigate Legislator who took $35K Bribe By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 348 Views  ::  Ethics,  Hawaii State Government,  Law Enforcement
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														| ... A Hawaii lawmaker who allegedly pocketed $35,000 in exchange for political favors remains unnamed and uncharged, despite federal court records confirming the transaction .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |  
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								|  | Koko Head Shooting Complex Back at 100% By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 246 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Second Amendment
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														| ... The opening of the metallic silhouette range represents the final range to be reopened at the Koko Head Shooting Complex since its initial closure in September 2022 .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii is Failing in Affordability and Homebuilding: Can Gov. Green Change That? By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 372 Views  ::  Development,  Hawaii Statistics,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Green became the first governor in the nation to declare their state’s housing crisis a statewide public emergency in summer 2023 .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |  
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								|  | Maui Council to Meet November 3 to Establish Process to Fill Vacancy By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 305 Views  ::  Maui County,  Politicians
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														| ... The process would closely follow steps taken by the council in 2002 to replace Council Chair Patrick Kawano, who passed away while in office .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |  
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								|  | HART Board of Directors Elects New Chair and Vice Chair By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 379 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ... following the resignation of Chair Colleen Hanabusa on September 26, 2025 .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |  
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								|  | Kamehameha Admissions:  Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology? By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 AM :: 595 Views  ::  Akaka Bill,  DHHL,  Education K-12,  Judiciary,  OHA
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														| ... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii Joins 22 States Suing to Keep Welfare Cash Flowing By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 344 Views  ::  National News,  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Coalition Urges Court to Immediately Restore SNAP Funding Relied Upon by 42 Million Americans .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |  
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								|  | Final request: Kama asks Council to name Kauanoe Batagan as her successor By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 411 Views  ::  Maui County,  Politicians
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														| ... Kauanoe Batagan is Executive Director of the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hegseth in Hawaii--Update on Purge of Generals (in China) By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 541 Views  ::  Military
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														| ... Pentagon chief told purge of PLA generals was linked to Party disloyalty, as well as corruption .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |  
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								|  | OHA sets aside $6.1 Million for emergency relief to protect Native Hawaiian families amid federal shutdown By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 324 Views  ::  OHA
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														| ... More details on OHA’s $6.1 million dollar emergency funding program, who qualifies, and how benefits will be distributed will be announced no later than early November ....  |  
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					| Monday, October 27, 2025 |  
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								|  | Brenton Awa to Challenge Tokuda for Congress By Video @ 3:10 PM :: 425 Views  ::  Politicians,  Republican Party
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														| ... Awa's state senate seat is not up in 2026 so he does not have to resign to run .... |  
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					| Monday, October 27, 2025 |  
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								|  | Grassroot: Lahaina, Jones Act, and Rail By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 624 Views  ::  Maui County,  Development,  Jones Act,  Rail
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														| ... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed .... |  
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					| Sunday, October 26, 2025 |  
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								|  | Rubber Stamp Legislature Needs More Dissent By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:42 PM :: 685 Views  ::  Ethics,  Hawaii State Government,  Hawaii Statistics
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														| ... Out of 94,000 votes cast during the 2025 session of the Legislature, 92,000 were “Yes.” .... |  
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					| Sunday, October 26, 2025 |  
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								|  | Spend That Money, Vought Is Watching By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1288 Views  ::  DHHL
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														| ... DHHL's carryover balances, and these high annual re-appropriations that they have, kind of made it low-hanging fruit for the Trump Administration ....  |  
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					| Sunday, October 26, 2025 |  
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								|  | Honolulu’s “No Firearms” Transit Signs Are Misleading By Selected News Articles @ 4:41 AM :: 1246 Views  ::  Small Business
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														| ... HRS §134-9.1 explicitly allows people to transport an unloaded firearm in a locked, hard-sided case .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 25, 2025 |  
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								|  | Statewide Traffic Deaths Top Last Year's Total By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 751 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Law Enforcement
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														| ... The 106 were a combination of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists, scooter riders, bicyclists and people on non-traditional conveyances like skateboards, foot scooters and Utility Task Vehicles .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 25, 2025 |  
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								|  | Inch by inch, everything's a cinch! By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:22 PM :: 1124 Views  ::  Maui County,  Development
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														| ... If we can keep clearing away the regulations that hamper recovery efforts, we might someday see a rebuilt and prosperous Lahaina .... |  
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					| Friday, October 24, 2025 |  
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								|  | Contracts: How Much Money is in Honolulu's Sewers? By UHERO @ 2:48 PM :: 1166 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Environment
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														| ... ENV’s role as a local engine of employment and income .... |  
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					| Friday, October 24, 2025 |  
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								|  | Pohoiki Boat Ramp Opens--Blocked by Shifting Shoreline within week By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 904 Views  ::  Hawaii County
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														| ... From October 16 – 19, 2025, the entrance channel filled with black sand, cobbles, and larger lava rocks carried by ocean swells .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | Red Flag Could Lead to Blackouts By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 664 Views  ::  Energy,  Environment
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														| ... Strong winds, low humidity could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | Too Many Blackouts? HECO will buy you a Generator By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 1418 Views  ::  Energy
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														| ... Qualified Hawaiian Electric customers in wildfire risk areas who are subject to preemptive power shutoffs would be eligible to receive a rebate for the purchase of backup power equipment .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii needs help with its social worker shortage By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 586 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care,  Higher Education
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														| ... Nearly half a million Hawaii residents live in mental health deserts, with just one provider for every 335 patients .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | VIDEO: Building common ground: Expanding housing in Hawaii By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 PM :: 882 Views  ::  Development,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Speaking to an audience of more than 70, including state and county lawmakers and department executives, the four presenters touched on myriad possible reforms, including those related to land-use laws, inclusionary zoning, density regulations, parking and amenities requirements, and farm-worker housing .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | New report shows how outdated parking mandates inflate Hawaiʻi housing costs By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 1373 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Development,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| ... parking mandates are adding tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of construction of new homes on Oʻahu .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | Japanese Archery Range Coming to Honolulu By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 1036 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Second Amendment
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														| ... kyudojo facility planned in the undeveloped area of Mau‘umae Nature Park in Kaimukī .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii DoE Disciplines Teacher for Student-Initiated Charlie Kirk Free Speech Discussion on Constitution Day By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 2514 Views  ::  Education K-12,  First Amendment
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														| ... the vice principal interrupted a social studies department meeting to announce that teachers are not allowed to discuss “controversial issues” and that if controversial issues arise in student discussions, teachers must “shut it down” .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |  
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								|  | Green in DC to Meet with Army By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 1970 Views  ::  Environment,  Land Use,  Military
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														| ... Governor Green and Secretary Driscoll anticipate working toward a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of this year, with the goal of outlining clear parameters for a suitable land arrangement and addressing the issues most important for Hawaiʻi’s communities .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |  
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								|  | Time for new choices on how to fix Hawaii’s shortage of housing By Selected News Articles @ 3:58 PM :: 893 Views  ::  Development,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Our housing crisis is the result of past choices. The solution requires the courage to make new ones going forward .... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |  
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								|  | Even on Fare-Free Weekend, Rail Ridership falls short of Blangiardi's 25,000 By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 2199 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ... DTS announces ridership numbers for Skyline Segment 2 .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4915 Views  ::  Energy,  Environment
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														| ... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |  
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								|  | 100th Pre-K Classroom Opens By News Release @ 5:15 AM :: 475 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Family
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														| ... Ready Keiki initiative marks major step toward statewide preschool for all .... |  
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					| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |  
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								|  | US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 905 Views  ::  Land Use,  Military
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					| Monday, October 20, 2025 |  
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								|  | Milk Recall:  Children Sickened at More Elementary Schools By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 1684 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Health Care
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														| ... 31 illnesses potentially linked to the product .... |  
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					| Monday, October 20, 2025 |  
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								|  | Lawsuit Filed Over Kamehameha Admission Policy By Court House News @ 11:45 PM :: 1216 Views  ::  Akaka Bill,  Education K-12
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														| ... The group challenges the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2006 decision in Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, which upheld the schools’ admissions policy by an 8-7 vote .... |  
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					| Monday, October 20, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii State Most Affected by Government Shutdown By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 1141 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics
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														| ... Hawaii is tied with MD and DC for the largest share of federal employees .... |  
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					| Sunday, October 19, 2025 |  
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								|  | SD19 Dems Send Three Names to Governor By News Release @ 10:54 AM :: 3390 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Democratic Party,  Ethics
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														| ... On Sep 25, 2025, SD19 Senator Aquino announced he would quit Senate to join lobbying firm .... |  
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					| Sunday, October 19, 2025 |  
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								|  | Even More TANF Hoarding By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 852 Views  ::  Family,  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... federal TANF money that we haven’t spent: $452 million .... |  
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					| Sunday, October 19, 2025 |  
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								|  | Harnessing AI for Government Transparency By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 657 Views  ::  First Amendment,  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Grassroot’s “Open Hearings” project can monitor and summarize government hearings and produce transcripts and summaries of those hearings almost immediately .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 18, 2025 |  
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								|  | Former Maui resident pleads guilty in fentanyl trafficking case By Court House News @ 5:44 PM :: 782 Views  ::  Maui County,  Drugs
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														| ... man with 11 prior convictions, including five drug felonies in Hawaii, admitted to shipping nearly a pound of fentanyl to Maui .... |  
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					| Saturday, October 18, 2025 |  
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								|  | BBC: Harbors Division Rejected Two Offers to Save Falls of Clyde By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 868 Views  ::  Ethics,  Hawaii History
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														| ... A Norwegian firm which operates heavy lift ships offered to transport Falls of Clyde back to Scotland for free, but the campaign was soon embroiled in a wrangle with the …(Hawaii Dept of Transport Harbors Division)… over insurance costs and other conditions .... |  
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					| Friday, October 17, 2025 |  
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								|  | Profitable Nonprofits: Four Legislators Oversee $50M Cash Giveaway By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 792 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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														| ... Rep Daniel Holt, House Finance Committee Vice Chair Jenna Takenouchi, Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz and Senate Majority Leader Dru Kanuha ... |  
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					| Friday, October 17, 2025 |  
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								|  | Hawaii on Verge of Affordable Housing Breakthrough? By Grassroot Institute @ 2:29 AM :: 1443 Views  ::  Development,  Cost of Living
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														| ... Legislative action in all four of Hawaii’s counties could soon help ease the state’s acute housing shortage .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |  
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								|  | Falsely arrested by their own Department?  Four Sheriff Deputies File Suit By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 867 Views  ::  Ethics,  Law Enforcement
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														| ... trumped-up the charges against the four deputies as part of a convoluted scheme to manipulate Horton as a ‘pawn’ to retaliate against the number three man in the State Sheriff Division, First Deputy Lanikoa Dobrowolsky .... |  
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					| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |  
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								|  | Defensive Gun Use Proves Armed Citizens Aren’t ‘Vampires’ By Heritage Foundation @ 3:07 PM :: 922 Views  ::  Second Amendment
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														| ... Hawaii and several other states passed a series of spiteful measures—including the so-called “Vampire Rule” now before the court .... |  
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