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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Decades of policy choices make gas more expensive for Hawaii, West Coast States: Report
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 261 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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“...most of that gap is driven by just four states: California, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon....”
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge stalls Turtle Bay resort redevelopment over outdated environmental reviews
By Court House News @ 2:29 PM :: 276 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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"...The impacts to an endangered Hawaiian bee that moved into the redevelopment area were not included in previous environmental reviews...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge Gillmor closes Trump administration's case to stop Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 280 Views :: Environment
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... The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stop the litigation ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 340 Views :: Honolulu County
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"...Extended care medical facilities and medically fragile populations lacked individual evacuation plans and procedures...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 297 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Cost of Living
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... only Alaska has a worse child care availability shortfall ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 386 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...With the signing of SB 3025, Hawaii joins a growing roster of 27 cities and states utilizing nonprofit partnerships to purchase and forgive health care debt portfolios....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 363 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Health Care
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"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
By News Release @ 8:02 AM :: 351 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Return your ballot as soon as possible. Ballots must be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM on August 8, 2026. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted ....
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
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Act222: Hospital ERs to Provide Real-Time Disease Data to DoH
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 AM :: 588 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... Program provides an early warning system for emerging threats ....
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
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Next Kakaako: City Buying up Property in Iwilei
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 639 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...advancing the administration’s long-term strategy to assemble and revitalize land surrounding the future Kūwili Skyline Station and support the delivery of thousands of ... housing units through transit-oriented development....
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
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Act233 Another Massive Pay Hike for Teachers
By News Release @ 9:31 AM :: 702 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...who needs collective bargaining when legislators keep enacting raises outside of the contract process?....
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| Monday, July 13, 2026 |
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Honolulu Charter Commission considering vague ‘empty homes’ tax ballot measure
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 868 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... a nearly identical tax approved by San Francisco voters has been ruled unconstitutional in court and is still being held up by appeals, which means Honolulu could be walking into a similar costly legal battle ....
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| Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
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Planting the seeds for progress
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:51 PM :: 994 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Small Business
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... two measures proposed by Grassroot to advance agricultural development in Hawaii have become law ....
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| Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
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Empty Homes Tax Won’t Go Away
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 1283 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... They have brought the matter to the Honolulu Charter Commission ....
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| Saturday, July 11, 2026 |
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Act 225 Extends Statute of Limitations for Bribery
By News Release @ 7:15 AM :: 1357 Views :: Ethics
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... Under existing law, bribery offenses, which are classified as Class B felonies, must be prosecuted within three years, or within six years under certain circumstances. SB2494, Act 225, extends the statute of limitations for bribery offenses to nine years ....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Disqualify Dentons, Alston from OHA Litigation?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 3249 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...lawsuit has dogged Kahele since it was filed last year....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Act 220: State to buy up Medical Debt
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 1535 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... SB 3025 requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience (OWR), now under DHS, to establish and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program ....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Act 11 won’t stop wealthy individuals from financing campaigns
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:51 AM :: 1411 Views :: First Amendment
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... Act 11 unconstitutionally silences nonprofit organizations on ballot initiatives and other election-related topics in the name of campaign finance reform ....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Line-by-Line: State Energy Office Debunks UHERO Solar Report
By News Release @ 8:37 AM :: 1670 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Higher Education
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...The Hartley/Roberts report’s centerpiece assumption of installing 5,243 MW of utility-scale solar on 31,500 acres on Oʻahu is deeply flawed....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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Auditor Gives Up: Homeless CORE Program too Chaotic to Audit
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 1841 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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"...The program's scope is currently transitioning away from purely voluntary engagement toward the 'MH-3' framework...."
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 1803 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Investigators conducted compliance checks on multiple registered sex offenders ....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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Shipping Thrived After Trump Waived the Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 2258 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Hawaii bought gasoline from Texas ....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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'That Study was Baloney': UHERO Withdraws Report co-written by Paid Solar Activist
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2297 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... “one of the individuals on that study ... was completely compromised. They run a think tank that is all in on one issue, and that is fully renewable solar. ” -- Green ....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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'No Firearms Allowed?' Think before you post
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 2290 Views :: Second Amendment, Small Business
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... It’s important to understand who these signs actually affect ....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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A career of serving America and Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:04 PM :: 2370 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, Military
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...Former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly has spent his career in uniform, in the courtroom, and in government....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 61882 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Official ballot drop boxes begin arriving across O‘ahu
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 2099 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...There are 17 official ballot drop box locations across Oʻahu....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Tax Credits: Green Signs $60M give away to Movie Moguls
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 2287 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Tourism
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...sets the aggregate annual cap at $60,000,000. Beginning with costs incurred after December 31, 2023, any unused portion of the aggregate cap will carry over to increase the next year’s cap....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Military-Related Urgent Needs Now Qualify for Hawaii Family Leave
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 2088 Views :: Family, Labor, Military, Small Business
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... up to four weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any calendar year ....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Trump admin can't duck blue states' suit over canceled clean energy grants
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 2086 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Thirteen Democrat-led states can continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of terminating multi-billion dollar clean energy programs without congressional approval ....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Open the Books: Transsexual Agenda Being Forced out of DoD Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 3017 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Military
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"...These 'explicit conversations' provoke 'strong emotions' and crying students are expected...."
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Half of Oahu residents say transportation costs hurt their access to daily life
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 2404 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Cost of Living
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...Twenty-eight percent of households earning below $75,000 have zero cars....
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| Sunday, July 5, 2026 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 11:02 AM :: 2293 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ...
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| Sunday, July 5, 2026 |
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SNAP Disaster Imminent
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 2862 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... if the error rate is 10% or more, then we get socked for 15%, which would come out to about $109 million ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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UHERO: Honolulu remains among nation’s least affordable
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 AM :: 2725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In 2024, the median home price in Honolulu was about twice what a median-income household could afford ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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Pandering to protesters: UKIRT is third Maunakea telescope decommissioned
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 3118 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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"...funding challenges, especially given the expiration of the UH master lease in 2033, in addition to the obligations contained in the UH Master Plan, led to the decision to end science operations...."
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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Hawaiʻi patients spent $230M+ on out-of-state cancer care, 2021–2023
By Selected News Articles @ 10:42 AM :: 2574 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... patients with complex cancers, such as leukemia and brain tumors, were most likely to require out-of-state care ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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AG: $35K Bribe investigation "broader and more complex than initially anticipated"
By News Release @ 9:00 AM :: 28539 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... "As more facts are discovered, witnesses interviewed, and documents examined, what seemed a simple matter is in fact complex." ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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Let freedom ring
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:19 AM :: 2442 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Happy Independence Day! ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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Two Worlds, One Foundation: Hawaiian and American Ideals of Freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:44 AM :: 3048 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the 1840 Constitution and Declaration of Rights of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kamehameha III ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 12:15 AM :: 30238 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....
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| Friday, July 3, 2026 |
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Green: Hawaii will be First to Enroll Foster Kids in Trump Accounts
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 4543 Views :: National News, Family
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... included in the "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law in July 2025. It provides a $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Treasury Department to a tax-free account for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028 ....
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| Thursday, July 2, 2026 |
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Medicaid Fraud: Hawaii AG Joins Another 'Global' Settlement
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 3080 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... joining other states' global settlements is easy, but if Hawaii doesn't initiate its own cases, it just isn't getting the message ....
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| Thursday, July 2, 2026 |
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Professionalism, Respect, and Our Responsibility to the Lāhui
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 3001 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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"Trustee conduct matters. When interactions become adversarial, dismissive, degrading or demeaning, it weakens the collective ability of the Board...."
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| Wednesday, July 1, 2026 |
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State Senate District 18 Special Election Proclamation
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 3248 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Party candidates for the unexpired senate term shall be nominated by the county committees of the parties and file a nomination paper at the Office of Elections not later than 4:30 p.m. on September 4, 2026 ....
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| Wednesday, July 1, 2026 |
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14 Missing Children Recovered on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:21 AM :: 3495 Views :: Honolulu County, Family
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...Operation Shine the Light VII resulted in the safe location and recovery of 14 minors between the ages of 13 and 17, including 9 females and 5 males....
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