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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Attorney General Maui Wildfire Report
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 107 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Land Use
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... AG Lopez structured the FSRI contract to focus entirely on the role of public agencies, thus avoiding any liability borne by Hawaiian Electric or private landowners such as KSBE ....
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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 :: 218 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 :: 142 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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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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Rolling Blackouts: Senators Demand PUC Investigation
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 199 Views :: Energy
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"The lack of reliability due to insufficient energy generation, HECO’s aging equipment, unreliable oil-fired power generation, and immediate and long term solutions should be investigated."
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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10 'Good Government' Bills up for Final House Vote
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 158 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... A final vote is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, and upon approval, the bills proceed to the governor's desk for his signature....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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FULL TEXT: Maui Fire After Action Report
By Video @ 3:02 PM :: 285 Views :: Maui County
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... Maui County Fire Department presents After Action Report covering Lahaina and Kula Fires ...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
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Victim of bribery scheme testifies in Hawaii prosecutor corruption case
By Court House News @ 5:31 AM :: 412 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... A former Honolulu prosecutor is accused of accepting nearly $50,000 from a local engineering firm to go after a former employee with criminal charges ....
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Monday, April 15, 2024 |
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Rolling Blackouts for Big Island--'due to lower wind, solar output'
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 315 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"...due to a generation shortfall and lower than normal wind and solar resources...."
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Monday, April 15, 2024 |
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Homicide up 175% in Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 AM :: 461 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 13, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 10:53 PM :: 302 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 |
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Aloha ThinkTech
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 482 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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... ThinkTech has fallen victim to a phenomenon that has plagued many nonprofits including the Tax Foundation of Hawaii: a drop in donor funding ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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A tax proposal I actually like
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:33 PM :: 714 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... the state’s estate or “death” tax can force their heirs of local businesses to sell off the assets of their companies ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:09 PM :: 346 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion, Drugs
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... protecting parental rights, safeguarding religious freedoms, implementing effective suicide prevention measures, and preparing for the upcoming elections ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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E Maui Water Diversion: Sierra Club Loses at ICA
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 791 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Sierra Club requested a contested case hearing on the issuance of any revocable permits for calendar year 2021. The BLNR denied the request and voted to continue the permits ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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DOH announces new RFPs for ground ambulance services for Kaua‘i and Maui Counties
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 340 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County
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... replacing the RFPs that were canceled on Oct. 23, 2023, after concerns were raised ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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City Closing Ulehawa Beach Park to Clean Tons of Homeless Tent City Garbage
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 457 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... beaches along the Waianae Coast have been taken over by a 20-mile-long homeless camp. This is just one mile ....
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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 :: 527 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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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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2nd Crossover: Senate Moves 182 Bills
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 450 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the Senate passed 182 House Bills out on third reading this week ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing? HB2328 Bethel Block Bill Secretly a Sweet Deal for Fullard-Leo Family
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 1308 Views :: Ethics, Development
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... secretly to give $8,480,800 over the tax assessment to one specific family at the request of Neil Abercrombie ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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236 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 11834 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Candidate filing begins on February 1, 2024, and goes through June 4, 2024 ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Rape and Death: HB2340 pays $2.5M to Coverup Foster Care Disasters
By Andrew Walden @ 11:19 PM :: 1282 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... rape, sodomy, forced oral copulation and fondling, physical beatings, starvation, theft and destruction of personal property, and failure to provide medical care, clothing, and medicine ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Health Department: Lahaina Ocean Waters Safe for Recreation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 399 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 'Toxic' hysteria has been used to keep property owners away from their lots in the Lahaina burn zone--but the DoH just can't find any toxins ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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‘Surprise’ state tax last straw for veteran Hawaii bar owner?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:42 PM :: 671 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Comerford said his 45 years of living in Hawaii and 25 years of being a business owner are likely to end due to a recent state decision to collect taxes on federal Restaurant Revitalization Funds received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Study STR economic impact before banning them
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:34 PM :: 824 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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SB2706: 'Expungement' will help sex offenders find work in Hawaii schools
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 879 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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... Examples of offenses which may be eligible for automatic expungement include domestic abuse, harassment by stalking, certain sex offenses, sexual exploitation, promoting pornography for minors, and habitual intoxicated driving ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Waipahu High students, Hawai‘i Pacific Health doctors and nurses to work side by side in new Academic Health Center
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 437 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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... more than 500 health academy students who will receive hands-on training from Hawai‘i Pacific Health physicians and medical professionals to support the community clinic ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
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Case: FEMA should build housing on Maui
By Ed Case @ 6:58 PM :: 594 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Case said relying only on rehousing is extremely difficult given the severe shortage of homes on Maui ....
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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 :: 2759 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 :: 1133 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 :: 1157 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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Lahaina: 43.8% of businesses “critical, on life support"
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 611 Views :: Maui County, Small Business
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...43.8% of businesses described themselves as “critical, on life support,” with only 3.1% reporting “doing great, feeling great.”....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Hours extended for re-entry access into Lahaina Wildfire Disaster Area
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 507 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Re-entry activities, such as sifting, may be restricted ....
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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 :: 1324 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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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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‘Grave Threat’: Calls Mount For SCOTUS To Intervene In Hawaii Climate Lawsuit Against Major Energy Companies
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 835 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... the case should be in the Supreme Court’s domain given the implications it could have for the U.S. economy, national security and federalism ....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Will Hawaii ever have a ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 628 Views :: Taxes
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... TABOR, a constitutional amendment approved by Colorado voters in 1992, limits the growth of government by limiting tax increases ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Road to rebuilding Lahaina paved with obstructions
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:40 PM :: 863 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... regulations and objections by various special interests ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric Cracks Down on Useless Solar Production
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 1275 Views :: Energy
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... lower export payments for daytime solar and 'opt-out' reassignment to 'Shift and Save' evening rate hikes ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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EPA Orders Hawaii County to Upgrade Sewage Treatment Systems
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 696 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... The consent order requires the County of Hawai‘i to address broken equipment and deferred maintenance ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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SB3196: Gun Control Bill Dead for Session
By News Release @ 10:35 AM :: 2855 Views :: Second Amendment
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... gun control bill dead ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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The Passthrough Entity Problem
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 794 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... This is an issue here in Hawaii because our individual income tax rates can go up to 11%, second highest in the nation ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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How to Nurse Hawaii Back to Good Health
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:59 PM :: 699 Views :: Health Care
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... State lawmakers took an important first step last year by passing legislation that allowed Hawaii to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ....
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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 :: 1311 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... must pay fair market value for their leases ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:09 PM :: 798 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life, Religion, Drugs
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... From this point on, there will be no more public input via hearings. ...
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Judge Dismisses Claims: State cannot be Sued in Federal Court over Lahaina Fire
By Court House News @ 5:00 AM :: 1198 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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... The state is dismissed from a set of federal cases that aim to hold it liable for the deadly wildfires but may still face claims in state court ....
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