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Sunday, January 21, 2024 |
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Will Tax Relief be on Agenda for 2024?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1107 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... In the 2023 legislative session, that legislation was amended beyond recognition in both the House and Senate ....
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Saiki Updates House Committee Assignments
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 2104 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Representatives Mizuno and Evslin ....
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Changing ideas is the key to improving Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:37 PM :: 1172 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...a unique, uncensored and raw platform...."
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Ways to improve Maui Interim Housing Plan
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:08 AM :: 1037 Views :: Maui County
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... $500 million plan is fine but could be improved to more quickly help displaced fire victims ....
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Hold on to your wallets! The Legislature is back in session
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:56 AM :: 1184 Views :: Development, Land Use, Taxes
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... “artificial limiters” imposed on the housing stock via the state’s 5% cap on land zoned for residential ....
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Friday, January 19, 2024 |
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HR6062: Congress Considers Amendments to American Samoa Constitution
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 1001 Views :: National News
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... to allow for American Samoa to enact constitutional changes as approved by the people without unnecessary additional procedures in Washington ....
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Friday, January 19, 2024 |
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DLNR Transfers 24,200 Acres to Agriculture Department
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 1106 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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... To date, 24,200 acres of agricultural lands have been transferred by DLNR to HDOA. In October 2023, the HBOA approved, accepting 99 more parcels on the list, totaling 21,672 acres, which still requires the review and approval of the BLNR ....
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Friday, January 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1380 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... weather-dependent wind and solar reliability issues are becoming more pronounced ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Settlement Hearing Set for Hawaii DoE Title IX Class Action Suit
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 1156 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... class action lawsuit on behalf of present and future Campbell High School female students who participate, seek to participate, and/or are or were deterred from participating in athletics ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Legislature Considering Constitutional Amendment to Enact a State Property Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1475 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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... a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to enact a tax on residential investment property valued at over $3 million ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Time to ask ‘tough questions’ about state energy policy
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:54 AM :: 1225 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... Are rolling blackouts going to be Hawaii’s “new normal”? ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Saiki Opening Day Speech: Don’t let Lahaina property owners rebuild
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2235 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism
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... Turn Lahaina into Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 1083 Views :: Homelessness
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... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Mizuno News: Green Picks Nepotistic Nominee for HD29 Vacancy
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 4026 Views :: Democratic Party
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... Mizuno hires wife as office manager, then Green appoints her to Legislature ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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State De-Carbonization Report Debunked
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:57 PM :: 1226 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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... the report presents “aggressive scenarios of emission-reduction targets that will be incredibly challenging" ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii 9th Worst State to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 1271 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... 2024’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 AM :: 1328 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... road quality ranks 49th ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Schatz Blasts Trump’s Dangerous Claim Of Total Impunity, Warns Of Rising Threat Of Authoritarianism In The U.S.
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 1150 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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“...The Official View Of Donald Trump's Lawyers Is That He, And He Alone, Should Be Exempt From The Law… That's Not A President – That's A Dictator....”
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Star-Advertiser Owner Bankrupt--Paper to be transferred to creditors
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 1423 Views :: First Amendment
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... the Transaction will address the Company’s obligations to its secured creditors and will include an injection of capital that will enable Black Press to continue serving readers ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Kona Airport Runway Cracks Force Shutdown
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 1100 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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... HDOT is also working with contractors to mill and resurface a 10’ X 10’ area. Expected completion of the resurfacing, which will allow the runway to reopen, is prior to first light Tuesday, Jan. 16 ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Are rolling blackouts the price Hawaii must pay for clean energy?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:35 PM :: 1414 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... If you spent part of this week sitting in the dark without any electricity, you probably have some questions about the state’s energy plan ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Honolulu’s Skyline rail ridership still paltry, cost now $72 each
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 1477 Views :: Rail
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... Skyline’s average daily ridership since opening in July is 3,100 ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Election 2024: Candidate Filing Begins Feb 1
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 964 Views :: Office of Elections
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... 2024 HAWAII OFFICE OF ELECTIONS CALENDAR ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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More Tax Hikes Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1732 Views :: Taxes
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... It isn’t very far into the new year, but already the tax hike proposals have begun ....
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Sites Published
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 1581 Views :: Republican Party
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... Gone: Locations already reserved and paid for: Molokai, Lanai, Hana, Captain Cook--and worst of all--Lahaina ....
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Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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Company Owned by Civil Beat Publisher Criminally Liable for Terror Campaign Against Media Critics
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 1706 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“Today’s settlement holds e-Bay criminally and financially responsible for emotionally, psychologically, and physically terrorizing the publishers of an online newsletter...."
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Navy still on the hook for negligence claims by military families injured by jet fuel leak
By Court House News @ 11:59 PM :: 225 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The government managed to dodge failure to warn claims thanks to the Federal Tort Claims Act ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Oahu Rolling Blackouts Caused by Coal Plant Closure
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 1287 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... In 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that banned coal powered energy production in the State by 2023 ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Giant Tesla Battery system comes online, speeding Hawaii's transition to rolling blackouts
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 2072 Views :: Energy
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... KES began operating in mid-December. They are announcing it now, just after the first round of rolling blackouts. And, yes, this is an ‘Only in Hawaii’ project. You know how those go. ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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House Democrats Outline Priorities for 2024 Session
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1069 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature will convene ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Honolulu Inflation 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 1090 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu prices up 0.80% in just two months ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Hawaii: $2.5M needed to retire
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii annual retirement expenditures highest in USA: $103,610 ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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State Senate Democrats Announce Legislative Priorities for 2024
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 1284 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... a Senate Majority Retreat to identify and discuss legislative priorities ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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$4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 1094 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Let’s try a bottom-up approach to more homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 1057 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Small, focused policies could free up homebuilders and generate a wave of new housing construction ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Isle property tax bill could penalize owners with ohana units
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:45 AM :: 1316 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Cost of Living
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... they often foot the bill for property tax increases in the form of higher rent ....
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 |
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$600M: Saiki Announces Act 279 DHHL Working Group
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 1006 Views :: DHHL
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... working group to oversee DHHL's execution of funds pursuant to Act 279 ....
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Rolling Blackout Hits Within Days After Kapolei Battery Farm Goes Online
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 2084 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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"...due to heavy cloud cover and rainy conditions across the island, production from solar energy systems has been reduced and battery energy storage systems could not charge...."
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Housing regulations add up to solid brick wall against homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 AM :: 1214 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... it’s taken almost half a year to see anything come from the governor’s emergency proclamation ....
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Sunday, January 7, 2024 |
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Tax Word Find
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1144 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... remedy the consequences of some other folks who dropped the ball ....
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Sunday, January 7, 2024 |
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Lahaina Senator Slams Housing Plan
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 1442 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... the plan will not only continue to exacerbate the rental market's hyperinflation but also displace West Maui families by relocating them to long-term accommodations at Maui Lani ....
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
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RNC Tells Hawaii Republicans: No Caucus, No Delegates
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 PM :: 2959 Views :: Republican Party
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... the so-called ‘leadership’ of the Hawaii Republican Party is experiencing the cold realities of the situation they have so very foolishly created for themselves ....
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