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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Naming Names: Airports Division Ran Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 267 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA, COVID-19
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... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Attorneys Blocking JetBlue/Spirit Merger Now Targeting Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 161 Views :: Judiciary, Tourism
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... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....
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Monday, April 15, 2024 |
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Homicide up 175% in Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 AM :: 479 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Honolulu Joining National Legal Strategy to Sue Glock
By Selected News Articles @ 6:13 PM :: 530 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... the bill proposes hiring specialized legal experts from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Dentons law firm ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
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SB2553: Hawaii 'opt out' retirement scam
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 2764 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...a scam designed to shunt the least attentive investors -- those who do not 'opt out' -- into low return, high fee accounts run by whichever financial institution makes the most campaign contributions....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
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Prices in Hawaii are Ridiculous: 7 Things that Cost Way More
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 1144 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Groceries, Gas, Electricity, Housing, Taxes, and more ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
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Rich States, Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 41st--Will Legislature Send Tax Cuts to Governor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 1163 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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... Gov. Josh Green addressed the tax and migration issues in his policy brief issued last month. One of his solutions is indexing the state's income tax for inflation, he said ....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Marconi Point Project Connected to DPP Bribery Scandal
By Selected News Articles @ 6:14 PM :: 1329 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Trask: UH Regents Shakeup May Profit OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 1317 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... must pay fair market value for their leases ....
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Friday, April 5, 2024 |
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Lahaina Fire Solution: A Rate Hike, of Course
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 897 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Cost of Living
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"Making ratepayers to pay for the cost of their negligence and mismanagement is not the way to go"
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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Ministry of Truth: Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Set Standards for Ethical News Sources
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 1053 Views :: First Amendment
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... Hawaii's move to mandate a journalist group to vet news sources for "ethics and objectivity" ignites debate on misinformation and freedom of the press ....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest State Tax Burden
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 1340 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Overall Tax Burden 11.80% ....
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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Concealed Carry Win on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 PM :: 1868 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... The legal ownership of a firearm inherently includes the right to carry it ....
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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Salary Needed for family of Four to Live Comfortably in Honolulu -- $299K
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 1292 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2024 |
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Stop Big Oil Suit: Did Hawaii's Hyper-Ideological Supreme Court Blow It?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 2030 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living
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... there's a price to be paid for preening and posturing ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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DoD Returns Red Hill Control to US Navy
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 1249 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Joint Task Force – Red Hill transferred authority of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage to the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill ....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 |
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‘I hope you die a slow and painful death’--Student 'triggered' by Israeli flags at UH Manoa
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 1413 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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"... Pro-Israel supporters at UHM planted Israeli flags in a common space to express their support for Israeli Jews following the Oct. 7 massacre ...."
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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Hawaii Democratic-controlled Senate Committee Passes COS Resolution
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 1276 Views :: First Amendment, Second Amendment
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... The Hawaii Senate committee’s approval of S.R. 168 and S.C.R. 196 is another example of how the Left supports an Article V convention and would use one to push radical, anti-American revisions to the U.S. Constitution ....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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HGEA Plants Convicted Felon on HLRB
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 AM :: 1700 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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Victory! Honolulu Agrees to Suspend Enforcement of Unconstitutional Ordinance, Saving Local Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 11:50 PM :: 2481 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism
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... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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Hawaii -- Most Affordable State For Healthcare
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1324 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii boasts the lowest percentages and costs in several key metrics ....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 |
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Star-Advertiser Sold to Carpenter Media -- after paying $150K ransom
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 1801 Views :: First Amendment
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... The Hawaii properties of Black Press were hit by a January ransomware attack that froze crucial computer systems ....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
By Selected News Articles @ 6:46 PM :: 1562 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... states with the Best & Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in 2024 ....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 15455 Views :: Hawaii History
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...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....
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Monday, March 18, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 1493 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... from the average annual wage of physicians to the number of hospitals per capita to the quality of the public hospital system ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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HB2079 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 7:09 PM :: 8390 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... to allow legal protections for any non-parent with sufficient access and means to remove a child of any age from their home state, and to bring them to Hawaii in the name of receiving “Gender Affirming Care” ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Study: DoE Pandemic Failure will Cost Hawaii $31B
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 1596 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii students in the COVID cohort can expect on average 3.7 percent lower lifetime earnings ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 3348 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Politicians
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... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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DBEDT Forecast: 1.5% Economic Growth for 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 1226 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Though visitor spending decreased by 4.5 percent in January 2024, state general excise tax (GET) collections were up by 2.4 percent during the same month, an increase which can be attributed to household spending ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 1291 Views :: Drugs
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... SB3335 will move to the House for further consideration ....
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Thursday, February 29, 2024 |
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Major Energy Companies Ask SCOTUS To Intervene In Hawaii Climate Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 1461 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... The Supreme Court previously declined energy companies’ request to consider whether the claims should be heard in federal court ....
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Thursday, February 29, 2024 |
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Thursday, February 29, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State to Be Middle Income from a Tax Perspective
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 1509 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... for middle income earners, taxes take 13.62% of income--highest in the USA ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Bills increasing costs for tourists moving through Hawaii Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 1295 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... two proposals that would increase the transient accommodation tax, known as TAT ....
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 |
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The real cost of returning to the office in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:57 AM :: 1534 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Employees in Hawaii can expect to shell out more than a quarter of the median household income to work from the office ....
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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Reports show assisted suicide continues to grow in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 1399 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... 197 prescriptions have been written for death-inducing drugs in Hawaii since the passage of the state’s “medical aid in dying” law in 2019 ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii committee to discuss $25 tourism tax Friday
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 AM :: 1335 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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... House Bill 2406 would impose a $25 "transient accommodation tax," also known as a TAT, on top of the 10.25% TAT that is already in place ....
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Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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SB3196 Bans Many Types of Guns
By Selected News Articles @ 6:43 PM :: 1637 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Bans all shotguns capable of accepting more than 5 rounds ....
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Friday, February 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii is State With the Least Disposable Income
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 1335 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii ranks last with an adjusted after-tax income per capita of only $47,894 ....
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Friday, February 16, 2024 |
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Gun bills pass Hawaii Senate committee
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 1395 Views :: Second Amendment
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... multiple bills that would restrict access to firearm use ....
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Thursday, February 15, 2024 |
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Tulsi for VP? Trump talks with Gabbard about U.S. defense
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 1502 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... Tulsi Gabbard running for VP again? ....
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Monday, February 12, 2024 |
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9th Circuit To Hear Oral Argument in Absentee Voting Case for Citizens in U.S. Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 1193 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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... In October 2020, former Hawaii residents now residing in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit ....
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 |
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Nearly 5,000 Maui fire victims remain in hotels
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 1369 Views :: Maui County
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... To date, 7,796 people have been moved into housing through the American Red Cross non-congregate sheltering program, but 4,961 more people remain in hotels ....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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SB2392: Hawaii committee advances bill that could keep Trump off the ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 1561 Views :: First Amendment, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Rhoads said the bill does not apply just to Trump but could also apply to others. The Hawaii Office of Elections does not have a process in place if someone tries to challenge a candidate on a ballot, he said....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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'Spirit of Aloha' Hawaii Supreme Court gun ruling brings praise and ridicule
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 1877 Views :: Second Amendment
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...A ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court saying "there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public"....
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Friday, February 9, 2024 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Fatal Crashes Involving Unlicensed Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 AM :: 1246 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii: 23.14% of drivers in fatal crashes found not to have a valid license ....
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