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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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18 Months After Wildfires Destroyed Some 2,000 Homes on Maui, Only 3 Have Been Rebuilt
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 AM :: 3906 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... A thicket of red tape has made the island's rebuilding efforts painfully slow ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG: Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered by Trump
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 922 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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... addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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18th Homeless Kauhale Opens in Waianae
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 1084 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... This initiative aims to support up to 19 individuals in their transition from houselessness to healthy independence. There will be 14 emergency beds for males and five for females, specifically designed for short-term stays ....
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Report: Hawaii Jail Guards Under Extreme Stress Due to Mandatory OT, Understaffing
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 985 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Many staff cited unsustainable work conditions marked by mandatory overtime, insufficient staff, and inadequate wellness resources ....
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Hawaii K-12 Parent and School Expo to Highlight Learning Options and Family Fun
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 969 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12
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... Expo at Windward Mall Saturday, January 25, 2025, to feature student showcase, face painting, snacks, and entertainment ....
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Navy can’t dodge Clean Water Act claims over Honolulu fuel storage facility
By Court House News @ 2:02 PM :: 1003 Views :: Environment, Military
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... Senior U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi in Honolulu on Wednesday denied the Navy's request to dismiss the claims brought by Wai Ola Alliance, an environmental advocacy organization ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Maui Police Officer Indicted for Deprivation of Civil Rights
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 1010 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... the defendant would face up to ten years in prison on the deprivation of civil rights charge, and up to twenty years in prison on the false report charge ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Birthright Citizenship? Hawaii AG Joins Suit Challenging Trump's Executive Order
By News Release @ 12:01 PM :: 970 Views :: National News
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“The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states in its first words that all persons born in the United States are citizens of this nation."
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... gas prices, rush-hour traffic, road quality ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Trump Directs Coast Guard 'Surge'
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 1365 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military
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... Alaska, Hawai’i, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii Residents See Largest Tax Cut in State History
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:59 PM :: 1224 Views :: Taxes
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... This bill was the culmination of years of efforts from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, whose work on HB 2404 got them the “biggest win for freedom” award from the State Policy Network ....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Case, Moylan Reintroduce 'Affordable Shipping for All Act'
By Ed Case @ 11:52 PM :: 1157 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living
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“...HR380 will ensure that no shipping company, including the United States Postal Service, can impose discriminatory rates or exclude non-contiguous areas from receiving shipments. It will also require that shipping rates for non-contiguous areas reflect the actual cost of service, rather than arbitrary price increases....”
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Record number of students helped by Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 958 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... 3,446 students across all seven UH community colleges in fiscal year 2024, compared to 1,774 students in 2023 ....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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Trump Orders Temporary Withdrawal of Offshore Areas from Wind Leasing
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 1160 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from wind energy leasing ....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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David K. Porter Named Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Honolulu Field Office
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 1029 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Mr. Porter most recently served as the chief of staff for the Deputy Director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. ....
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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Hawaii 7th-Worst State to Start New Business
By Selected News Articles @ 10:11 PM :: 1086 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Choosing the right state for a business is crucial to its success ....
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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Court Rejects Biden's 'Project Labor Agreement' Mandate
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 1382 Views :: Labor, Military, Rail
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"...Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside...."
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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VIDEO: Trump Inaugural Address
By Video @ 2:16 PM :: 916 Views :: National News
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"... America's decline is over ...."
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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Do Lahaina recovery efforts hold lessons for LA?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:35 PM :: 1075 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... over the past year, we’ve seen how bureaucratic hurdles can make it difficult to rebuild homes and businesses ....
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Sunday, January 19, 2025 |
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Housing Affordability: Regulations or Spending?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:21 PM :: 975 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... “it’s much easier to spend money than it is to deal with regulations, and that’s what’s going on here.” ...
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Sunday, January 19, 2025 |
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Military Personnel 14% of Oahu Rental Market -- but nearly 0% of Sister Isle Rental Market
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 1570 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military, Cost of Living
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... Since DoD personnel occupy almost no rentals on the Sister Isles, DoD impact may be inferred by comparing Sister Isle rental rates to Oahu rental rates ....
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Sunday, January 19, 2025 |
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Climate Resiliency
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:21 AM :: 1085 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... Big funds with large amounts of money sitting around become, now or over time, tempting targets for lawmakers to raid or divert ....
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 |
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Spending restraint tagged as best way to protect 2024 state tax cuts
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 837 Views :: Taxes
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... employees should already be seeing a bump in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts ....
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 |
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Vigilance key to protecting historic state income tax cut
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:51 AM :: 883 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii lawmakers might undermine some of the benefits of the tax cut by raising taxes elsewhere, “just kind of surreptitiously” ....
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 |
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Trump should bypass support for the protectionist Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 AM :: 1095 Views :: Jones Act
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... trying to roll back policies that have damaged the U.S. economy ....
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Saturday, January 18, 2025 |
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City partners with UHERO to launch Subsidized Housing Tracker
By UHERO @ 2:09 AM :: 1114 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... tracker consolidates data on government-subsidized housing units across Honolulu County ....
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Friday, January 17, 2025 |
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Murdered Baby Related to HPD Deputy Chief, DHS Investigator
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 6041 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Hawaii History, Police
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... A young girl, whose remains were discovered in a Waikiki apartment in 2014, has been identified as Mary Sue Fink, born April 29, 1959 ....
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Friday, January 17, 2025 |
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OHA Trustees Never Approved $705K Hush Money Payment
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 3059 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey, who was at the time Chair of the Board of Trustees (BoT), tells Hawai’i Free Press she was not aware of this $705K Laeha case settlement and that the BoT was never asked to approve the payment ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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Illegal Vapes: AG Warns Retailers
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1514 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs
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... This initiative is part of a coordinated effort, led by a bipartisan coalition of 10 attorneys general from around the country to hold companies accountable ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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Hawaii House Updates Rules for 2025 Session
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 1643 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... 'Nay' voters on Conference Committee and 'By Request' by whom ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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Interior Department Strengthens Native Hawaiian Consultation Policies and Procedures, Affirms Federal Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiian Community
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1167 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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NCAA athletes seeking women's sports for women only
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 AM :: 990 Views :: Higher Education
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... Without those protections, women’s sports will eventually be destroyed said Sia Li'iLi'i, a product of Halawa, Hawai'i. ...
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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US DOT Sues Southwest Airlines for Chronically Delayed Flights
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 931 Views :: National News, Tourism
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... DOT’s lawsuit alleges that Southwest’s chronic flight delays were an illegal unrealistic scheduling practice ....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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Chris Butler Sabotaging Gabbard Nomination? Blames Opposition on 'Pedophile and Paranoid Murderer'
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 3141 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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"... inspired and groomed by a convicted pedophile and a paranoid delusional individual recently arrested for attempted murder ...."
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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DLE Director Quits
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1604 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... Green announces nomination of HPD Major Mike Lambert as the next Director of the State Department of Law Enforcement ....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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HS Teams to Compete in 2025 Hawaii Lifesmarts Competition
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 1090 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... The winner of the competition will represent Hawaiʻi at the National LifeSmarts Competition in Chicago ....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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'Ohana Health Plan Launches Residential Program for Homeless Psych Treatment
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1053 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Homelessness, Drugs
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"... First-of-its-kind health plan and housing agency partnership in Hawaii offers transitional housing and structured support for its most vulnerable members experiencing homelessness ...."
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 |
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Maui Wildfire: AG Releases Final Phase of Report
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 1142 Views :: Maui County
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... a list of action items the state and all counties can use to make improvements to Hawai‘i’s future preparation for and response to wildfires ....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 |
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UHERO: Maui wildfires trigger population loss, economic impact
By UHERO @ 2:35 PM :: 1384 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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“These preliminary estimates likely underestimate the magnitude of the effect.”
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 |
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Hawaii 2nd Most Racially Integrated State
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 1017 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... New Mexico is #1 ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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HECO Unveils Expanded Wildfire Safety Strategy
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 1444 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... 3-year plan focuses initial work on high-risk areas ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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No-Fault Insurance for Electricity-Caused Wildfires?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 1200 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... modeled on Workers Comp ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court Allows Honolulu 'Big Oil' Suit to Proceed
By Court House News @ 3:50 PM :: 1483 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Judiciary
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... The justices denied the oil and gas companies' petition without further explanation in Monday's orders list ....
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Sunday, January 12, 2025 |
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Walk back our tax cuts? That would be a shame.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:01 AM :: 1091 Views :: Taxes
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... You might have noticed something a little different about your most recent paycheck ....
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