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Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 229 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary
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... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....
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Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 209 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 220 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Military
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... the lab’s operations are managed by Laulima Government Solutions, an (8a) Native Hawaiian LLC based in an office park in Orlando, Florida ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 PM :: 268 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Politicians
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"...While Democrats posture about taking on 'Big Oil,' they’re shielding Par Hawaii—a top fossil fuel donor to their own party—from climate lawsuits...."
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession
By UHERO @ 2:09 PM :: 194 Views :: Economy
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... volatile fiscal and immigration policies are undermining consumer confidence, raising inflation expectations, and worsening the business outlook ....
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 265 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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... If a license plate is deemed actionable, it can be added to a hotlist—triggering real-time alerts the moment the vehicle is detected by a Cloudrunner camera ....
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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Reflections of Gene Ward
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 224 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party
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... reflecting on a person I got to know over my years of participation in the political world of Hawai‘i ....
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 11:03 PM :: 278 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... In the long-awaited preliminary decision, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi awarded 17 plaintiffs damages ....
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 370 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs
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... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
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‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 515 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness
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... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 325 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 370 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 647 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 287 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... in the criminal case of United States v. Raymond Martinez and Juanita Moser, 15-CR-00031 ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 590 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... strategic reorganization to centralize and accelerate the City’s housing initiatives ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Legislature on a housing-reform streak
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 PM :: 553 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... Bills that will help mitigate Hawaii’s housing crisis include ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:13 PM :: 564 Views :: Family, Gambling, Life
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... Marcus Oshiro and Eva Andrade go over the session ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 11:57 AM :: 559 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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The Major Raid that Wasn’t
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 690 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Senate Draft 2 of the bill proposed to raid ninety-seven special funds for $320M ....
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Saturday, May 3, 2025 |
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Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 1145 Views :: Second Amendment
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... a sweeping ban on a range of common firearms, including semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, semi-automatic shotguns holding more than five shells, and any handgun capable of holding more than ten rounds ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 1665 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... to obtain tuition assistance payments from the VA for ghost students ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 552 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business
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“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,”
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 589 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 903,891 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2025, up 3.0 percent from the same month last year ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:30 AM :: 485 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... State legislators also OK'd bills that will increase healthcare access and reform civil asset forfeiture, pending approval by the governor ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 674 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The move boosts the odds that the Supreme Court will take up the case ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 2938 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"... The federal lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempts to block Hawaiʻi from holding the fossil fuel industry responsible ....”
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 632 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
By Court House News @ 1:38 PM :: 639 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session draws to a close ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Health Measures up for Final Passage
By News Release @ 12:44 PM :: 637 Views :: Health Care
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... A series of health-related measures is up for final reading today on the House floor ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Senate Confirms Eight Judges
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 866 Views :: Judiciary
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... Hawai‘i State Senate’s confirmation of eight judges across the state — including Judge Karen T. Nakasone as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) ....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 2474 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Higher Education
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... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 750 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money. Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 648 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... only San Jose and Washington, DC are worse ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 671 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living
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... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 563 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... Attorney General Office of Child Support Hearings has successfully transitioned to conducting administrative hearings almost exclusively by video conference ....
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Monday, April 28, 2025 |
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‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 4420 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down ....
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Sunday, April 27, 2025 |
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HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 523 Views :: Taxes
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... It’s a genuine procedural trap ....
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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 1580 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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... the Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....
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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 AM :: 962 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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... Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Patty Murray of Washington are also seen by some Senate insiders as potential candidates ....
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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling
By Court House News @ 4:30 AM :: 493 Views :: Gambling
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... Hawaii lawmakers failed to reconcile House and Senate versions of a sports betting bill, leaving the state without legal wagering ....
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Friday, April 25, 2025 |
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Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:21 PM :: 1386 Views :: Jones Act
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... A recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Jones Act has not surprisingly caught the eye of Hawaii-based shipping giant Matson, which filed a motion on April 11 to intervene in the case ....
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Friday, April 25, 2025 |
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Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:06 PM :: 432 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii continues to suffer anemic economic growth — the second slowest in the country ....
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Friday, April 25, 2025 |
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Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 399 Views :: Maui County
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... When County crews began work on sewer repairs in April 2024, approximately 1,822 lots had inactive sewer service ....
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Thursday, April 24, 2025 |
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Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 6:43 PM :: 793 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... McCoy faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, as well as mandatory restitution. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18 ....
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Thursday, April 24, 2025 |
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Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 4019 Views
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... It is not clear what low-budget legislative shenanigans caused Republicans to give Green this chance ....
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Thursday, April 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 AM :: 662 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii Residents Spend the Highest Percentage of Income on Housing ....
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
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SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 528 Views :: Family, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... The bill increases penalties for individuals who violate temporary restraining orders (TROs) and orders for protection (OFPs) ....
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
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Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 577 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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... years of trauma can lead to a complex set of injuries: sleep disorders, PTSD, hormonal imbalances, pain, depression and more ....
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