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Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 141 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism
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... The 11% surcharge violates the US Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from imposing taxes on vessels for entering and docking at ports ....
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Thursday, August 28, 2025 |
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Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 192 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion
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... A reminder for Non-Profit Organizations to submit applications by September 15, 2025 ....
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
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City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 262 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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... The property sits directly across from the future Mokauea (Kalihi) Skyline Station ....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
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DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 410 Views :: Police
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... Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement is now pioneering the use of virtual reality—using geographic information system (GIS) technology to build a geospatial digital twin—to enhance security and situational awareness. ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
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Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states."
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 482 Views :: Judiciary
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... While the Plaintiffs prevailed before a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel, the case is now being reheard en banc ....
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Monday, August 25, 2025 |
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Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 798 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
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Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 796 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....
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Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
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Classroom Heat
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 975 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
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Are you ready for another boondoggle?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:06 PM :: 1142 Views :: Rail
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... Like the proverbial frog in a pot of hot water, we seem to have become desensitized to just how poorly the rail project has gone ....
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
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The Worst Transit Projects
By Video @ 1:29 PM :: 1180 Views :: Rail
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"what is the worst new transit project in the United States?”
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
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$100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 1295 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 |
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Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 335 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... residents’ perspectives on community needs and access to social services, including kūpuna services, early childhood programs, services for disabled residents and more ....
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Friday, August 22, 2025 |
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Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 3461 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... Maui Police Officer Was Killed By Bullet That Hit Above Her Protective Vest ....
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Friday, August 22, 2025 |
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Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 1729 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1269 Views :: Land Use, Military, OHA
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"We want to work with you to come to a mutually acceptable framework by the end of this year"
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
By Tax Foundation @ 5:05 PM :: 1500 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii average tax cut $3,030 for 2026. Hawaii long-term jobs created 3,519 ....
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 1469 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the USA ....
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 1068 Views :: Hawaii History
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... On August 21, 1959, Hawaii officially entered the Union as the 50th U.S. state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting the islands ....
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Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
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Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 1156 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...how the Green administration is tackling some of Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues...."
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
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Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 1304 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... WalletHub compared the pet-friendliness of the 100 largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics ....
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 |
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UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 425 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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... a new Education Partnership Agreement aimed at enhancing science and technology education while advancing DPAA’s critical mission of accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts ....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 1438 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military
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... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly ....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 1299 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 1260 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....
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Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 1755 Views :: Tourism
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... Some bad ideas just won’t go away ....
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Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 563 Views :: Education K-12
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...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....
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Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1249 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... how does your community college stack up? ....
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Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1262 Views :: Honolulu County
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... If history is any guide, the City will end up right back where it started: extending Waimānalo Gulch ....
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Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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No Tax on Overtime
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1671 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... this is critical information for employers too ....
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Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
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PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 1373 Views :: Drugs
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... arrest and conviction of Yang and co-conspirator Ye Fang, also known as "Batu," a PRC national who was unlawfully present in the United States ....
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Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Suspect Named: Maui Police officer killed in line of duty
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 6304 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... Suspect in Maui police officer’s killing had extensive criminal record ....
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Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 1352 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... four recommendations — are all based off of bills that have been introduced at the Maui County Council or at the state level ....
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Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 1423 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Small Business
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... All Permit Types: Average duration of permit review and approval process has been reduced by 66%, from nearly five months to under two months ....
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Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 10257 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....
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Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 69266 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 10662 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....
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Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
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12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1556 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... The appointments follow the resignation of the previous board earlier this summer ....
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Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
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Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 1766 Views :: Rail, Cost of Living
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... tariffs drive up prices for aluminum, steel, and copper items ....
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025 |
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Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 1378 Views :: Environment, Military
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... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025 |
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Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:02 PM :: 2107 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
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"...Now, with the batteries that were installed on many of the solar AC systems nearing the end of their lifespans, one DOE official warned that the systems will need to be retired altogether. He called the heat abatement initiative a $120 million disaster...."
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
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John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 1822 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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"He is our first born, in America he entered the church of Jesus, he is the one who came with the first teachers."
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
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How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act.
By Cato Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 1920 Views :: Jones Act
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... Seven years ago, the Cato Institute launched its project on reforming the Jones Act ....
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Monday, August 11, 2025 |
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Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 2631 Views :: Rail
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...they “prematurely entered into contracts under an artificial timeline and a fragile financial plan.” The mayor admitted this was done to avoid losing out on federal funds....
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Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:04 PM :: 1334 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“if policymakers do not move faster to remove the legal barriers that have been blocking the rebuilding of Lahaina, the town will lose its sense of community and historic charm, and its residents will continue to move away or go homeless while its economy sputters into oblivion.”
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Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 12:52 PM :: 1322 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bill introductions only--no votes this week ....
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Sunday, August 10, 2025 |
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Encumbrance for the Stadium
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1602 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Act 88 of 2021, which Act 248 amended, stated that the appropriations in the biennium budget would lapse on June 30, 2024 ....
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Saturday, August 9, 2025 |
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Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake'
By Video @ 3:05 PM :: 929 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... antivaxxer RFK cut $500M funding for MRNA vaccine research ....
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Friday, August 8, 2025 |
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VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 1589 Views :: National News, Labor, Military
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... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....
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Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 6408 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….
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