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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 6167 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6738 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Land Use
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...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Maui: Half of Overtime Goes to 376 Police Officers
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 7870 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Police
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“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Court Lifts Stay—Allows Maui Hospital Privatization to Proceed
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 6167 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....
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Sunday, June 5, 2016 |
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What Will We Do Next for Maui Hospital Workers?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5910 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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"All patients of all ages will be negatively impacted by service cuts, so please support privatization.”
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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With HC&S Closing Anyway, A&B Settles Cane Burning Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5759 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...the lawsuit was meritless and the plaintiffs' post-settlement claims are inaccurate....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Temporary Injunction Blocks Maui Hospital Privatization
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 6698 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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Today’s order lasts only until September 30, 2016, unless sooner terminated by the Court. The Court also ordered the parties to the lawsuit to file a joint status report on or before June 30, 2016....
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
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Kaiser Names New Leadership for Privatized Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 5042 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Maui Health System will manage operations at each of the hospitals effective July 1, 2016....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Maui Dancing Law Update
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:15 PM :: 4241 Views :: Maui County
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...Jiva Jive of the Maui Dance Advocates speaks with Joe Kent to discuss the dancing laws on Maui....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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Grassroot Institute Event Highlights Need to Support Maui Agriculture
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:36 PM :: 4964 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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A large crowd attended and listened as Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilwoman Elle Cochran, and Grassroot President Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. discussed the future of farming on Maui....
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Friday, April 8, 2016 |
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9th Circuit Judges Consider Blocking Maui Hospital Privatization
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 6868 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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A federal judge refused the unions' request for an emergency stay in February, leading to Wednesday showdown in the Ninth Circuit....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
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Judges Lobby to Pause Hospital Privatization
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 4882 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit lobbied hard Wednesday for Hawaii to pause its plan to privatize money-pit hospitals on Maui and Lanai....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
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The Future of Farming on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5206 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....
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Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
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Maui Budget: Mayor Arakawa Says No Property Tax Rate Increase Necessary
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 5624 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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Citing higher property tax valuations this year....
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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Maui Council Rejects 300% Agriculture Tax Hike
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:00 PM :: 7011 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Taxes
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Combined with a regulatory scheme that allows the county to intrude on property rights by requiring approval of the "economic feasibility" of a farmer's planned use for his or her land....
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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Maui: Auditor Undervalues our Garbage
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 3740 Views :: Maui County
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The county values each "hypothetical future landfill cell" at $30 a ton ....
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Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
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Monday, February 22, 2016 |
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Grassroot Salutes Court Decision Protecting Maui Hospital Plan
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:44 PM :: 6118 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...Watchdog group expresses hope that there will be no more roadblocks to better patient care....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016 |
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Incumbents Challenged on Day One--Candidates Begin Filing on Maui, Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 PM :: 8074 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Politicians
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First in line after the 7:45 a.m. office opening in Hilo was state Rep. Joy San Buenaventura....
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Maui County Report: Co-op Should Buy MECO Transmission Grid
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 5445 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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There would be little physical infrastructure that would need to change hands, and as such the capital costs for this approach are relatively low....
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Full Text: Ige Signs Agreement Privatizing Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 6711 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...transferring the operation and management of the HHSC Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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Hana Pier to be Removed due to Public Opposition to Repairing it
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 4180 Views :: Maui County
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The estimated cost of the removal is $3.5 million. The additional $16.5 million assigned to the project will be returned to the Harbors Division for use in other improvement projects....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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A&B to Shutter State’s Last Cane Plantation
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 8162 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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...“We are happy" -- Burning Anti-Cane Activists ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 |
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Maui Homeless Initiative: 'Rapid Deployable Emergency Shelters'
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 5522 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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...this includes the acquisition of rapid deployable emergency shelters....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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DHHL Approves NextEra Windfarm on Maui
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 6948 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Energy
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...500 acres of land on the southern flank of Haleakala for wind power generation....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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New Tracking System for Maui Bus Implemented
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 4133 Views :: Maui County
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...the ability to track their bus in real-time....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Grassroot Institute Launches Maui Radio Program
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:09 AM :: 4390 Views :: Maui County
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Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina launches a one-hour program on Maui's 1110AM KAOI....
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Friday, October 23, 2015 |
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State, Kaiser Begin Maui Hospital Negotiations
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 6202 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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"The state will negotiate in good faith to secure the best possible outcome for our citizens and for employees of the facilities involved,” said Gov. David Ige....
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
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Kaiser Selected to Operate Maui Memorial Hospital
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 5562 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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Act 103 authorized Maui Region to transfer its facilities to a new entity as a way to mitigate future budget deficits....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 |
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Maui Hires Consultant to Study Utility Takeover Options
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 5288 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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“...options analysis of the alternative forms of ownership and the alternative utility business models for Maui County’s electric utility company....”
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
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Travel Technology Industry Applauds Maui's Proactive Approach to Short-term Rentals
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 5325 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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The Travel Technology Association supports formal regulations that legalize short-term rentals....
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Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
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Maui's New Public-Private Partnerships--Panel Discussion on Possibilities and Challenges Ahead
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:02 PM :: 6325 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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Mayor Alan Arakawa
Dr. David Ulin of Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Nicole Apoliona of the Kula Hospital, Maui
Dr. Gerard Livaudais, of Hawaii Pacific Health
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Sunday, August 9, 2015 |
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Ige to hear Testimony on Maui Memorial Partnership Plan Tuesday
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 6241 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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Maui Waena Intermediate School – Kahului
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015 |
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Anti-Cane Burning Suit to be First Case Heard by Hawaii Environmental Court
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 8057 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture, Judiciary
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Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be heard by the Honorable Joseph E. Cardoza, Judge of the Environmental Court of the Second Circuit on September 16, 2015 at 9:30 a.m....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Overtime Expenditures Out of Taxpayers’ Pockets
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:48 AM :: 4891 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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One common way public employees increase their pensions is by maximizing overtime....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Attack State’s Last Cane Plantation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:07 PM :: 7560 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, GMOs
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...ugly comments happily hoping to send people who work on these farms back to where they came from....
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Friday, May 8, 2015 |
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Kaiser to Bid for Maui Hospital Partnership
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 5585 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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Due to the passage of recent legislation, Kaiser Permanente is preparing to submit a letter of interest to participate in the process for the selection of a partner for Maui Memorial Medical Center....
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Monday, May 4, 2015 |
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Securities Fraud: Former Maui Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 20 Years
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 5434 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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"In total, Mr. Waikiki’s schemes scammed up to 21 victims for more than $100,000.00.”
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
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Souki: HB1075 'Will open the doors for a vital public-private partnership'
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 5564 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... But the Maui News isn't so sure it still won't be sabotaged....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Let Your Voice Be Heard for Maui Hospital!
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:29 AM :: 5679 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable
By Video @ 8:22 PM :: 5697 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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...HB1468 Removes the authorization granted to the public utilities commission to establish an interisland high-voltage electric transmission cable....
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Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
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Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 6979 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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The final three names as identified by the nominating committee will then be forwarded to the Governor....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 8080 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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If the Legislature fails to grant MMMC permission to negotiate a partnership agreement with HPH and MMMC goes bankrupt, this interview will be the smoking gun....
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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$100M Penalty? Federal Court Again Finds Maui County in Violation of Clean Water Act
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 6038 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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Maximum penalties in this case already exceed $100 million, and the meter is ticking at a rate of over $100,000 per day....
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Temporary Injunction: Judge Blocks Enforcement of Maui Anti-GMO Law
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 16601 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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...the ban will "probably bankrupt Molokai"....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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VIDEOS: Maui Anti-GMO Activists Steal Signs, Suffer Road Rage
By Video @ 5:52 AM :: 6234 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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Must See: Anti-GMO activist stops his Volvo in middle of busy highway....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Source: Maui News Shutting Down Weekly
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 AM :: 5965 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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Maui Weekly competed with Maui Time which continues to publish an independent bi-weekly print newspaper on Maui....
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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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Photos: Molokai Unites to Defend GMO Agriculture
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:36 PM :: 6643 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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Moloka’i: A Community that Comes Together When Faced with Adversity....
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Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
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Elle Cochran Fired Staffer Because he had National Guard Duty?
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 5:03 AM :: 7956 Views :: Maui County, Military
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At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....
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