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| Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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May 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:57 PM :: 4460 Views
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Without intervention, Hawaii government could run out of operating funds next year
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Hawaii lawmakers try to move COVID-19 relief money out of Ige’s reach
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Citing frustration with Ige administration, state Senate forms investigative committee
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Head of DBEDT Refuses to Testify After Legislators Cancel Ige Recovery Czar Funding
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Bumbling State May Need Two Months to Lift Interisland Quarantine
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DOH Says Its COVID-19 Testing Capacity Has ‘Increased Dramatically’
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CARES: Harry Kim has Two Days to Figure out How to Spend $80M
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Regents delay action on new Maunakea proposal
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Current Board of Education Member May Not Be Renominated
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Honolulu Council Gets Another Open Meetings Violation
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Have Hawaii's Covid emergency proclamations expired?
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Council resolution would scuttle Oahu construction landfill plans
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Young Bros Exploits COVID Crash to Push Massive Rate Hike
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| Thursday, May 21, 2020 |
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May 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4693 Views
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7-Time Child Molester among the 47 rearrested after being Released for COVID (and that’s just on Oahu)
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Sacrifice: Hawaii County Council Approves Pay Hikes, and Property Tax Hike Structure
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DoH Whines About Honolulu’s Plan to Test 100,000 for COVID
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Honolulu City Council wants pre-flight testing in place when Hawaii reopens for visitors
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The Pay Keeps Flowing For Accused Honolulu Officials On Leave
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Queen’s resumes non-emergency surgeries at main Honolulu operating room
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Report shows huge increases in Hawaii households unable to pay mortgages, credit cards
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Thousands of people again lined the parking-lot at Aloha Stadium to pick-up free food
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Hawaii hotel occupancy plunged 88% in April compared with 2019
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Oahu retailers struggling to climb out of slump from COVID-19 closures
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Bill 25: Honolulu Council Finds Two Ways to make Housing More Expensive—Approves Both of Them
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COVID Team Waihee: OHA Insiders hope to see new Cashflow
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Nigerian Scammers Apply for Hawaii Unemployment May 17th
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Hawaii lawmakers raise concern on notifying crime victims during the inmate release process
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Quarantine: The Regime has Spies Everywhere
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"I'm an American in America and I'm being treated like a criminal for being in America,"
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Online petition calls for continuing UH virtual classes through the end of the year – Only 57 Signatures
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With Just Days to go, Ruderman suddenly announces he won’t seek third Senate term
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Video Hearing on Youtube --- Calvin Say & Campaign Spending Commission
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Hawaii Reopened Its Civil Rights Office But Investigations Are Still Stalled
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
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May 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3285 Views
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Despite urgent social needs, legislators decide to bank state and federal funds
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Nearly 70,000 jobless still waiting for unemployment checks; state asks for patience
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Senators Put Off Vote For Land Board Nominee due to his Support for Wind Farms
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Lifting 14-day quarantine will be key factor in Hawaiian Airlines’ recovery, says CEO
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Lawmakers discover more loopholes to quarantine order
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Cluster outbreak at hospital now deemed ‘closed’
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Tourism Shutdown Destroying Hawaiian-Owned Entertainment and Tour Businesses
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Soft on Crime Crowd Hoping for More Mass Releases of Criminals
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New homeless outreach effort zeroes in on Keeping Bums Happy on Waianae Coast
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| Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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May 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3408 Views
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The politics of fear overwhelming us today
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Ige Allows Anti-Testing Faction in Department of Health to Control Policy
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Ward, McDermott Plan for Reopening
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Pay raises a bad idea now, and in 2021
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Maui County outlines rules for salons, church services
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Hawaii distributes first pandemic unemployment assistance checks
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Revealed: Soft-on Crime Crowd Exhaust themselves to Release Criminals onto our Streets
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Roth: Jail releases possibly more dangerous than outbreak
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Governor says He’s Got Plenty of Money Sloshing Around so Navigator and mainland consultants will be funded
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Department Heads Fight to Save ‘Vacant Positions’
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Waikiki retailers find that reopening is only step 1. Staying open could be the bigger challenge.
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Hawaii Fishermen Are Stuck In Port As Federal Aid Falls Short
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The Madness Of Applying For Unemployment Insurance
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The Regime has Spies Everywhere -- Hawaii residents keep eye out for visitors who break quarantine
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Four More Criminals recently released from prison due to concerns about COVID-19 were re-arrested Sunday
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Hawaii lawmakers question release of inmates amid pandemic
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Hawaii’s Homeless Have Avoided COVID-19 — So Far
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| Monday, May 18, 2020 |
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May 18, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 3626 Views
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COVID Fear Keeps Patients Away from Hospital Until Its Too Late
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Hawaii Medicaid Applications Soar Amid Widespread Job Losses
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Rep Creagan: We Need More Testing
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Schatz calls for more testing at Hawaii nursing homes
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Churches prepare strategy to open as state starts to re-open
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Sex assault lawsuit filed against former federal prison guard
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Honolulu Spared From Paying A Hefty Price For Lack Of Trash
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| Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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May 17, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 2925 Views
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Political Divisiveness Fosters Virus Fears
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COVID is Opportunity for Illegal ‘Charitable’ Campaign Activities
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COVID-19 restrictions seen as opportunity to eliminate vacation rentals
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UH Prof: ‘Bring Tourism Down’ Use COVID as Excuse for Massive Hotel tax Hike
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As Hawaii visitor counts rise, officials weigh making residents complicit if their guests violate quarantine order
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Hawaii pension fund suffers worst quarterly loss since 2002
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$1B Hawaii budget hole might avoid pay cuts for now, but won’t allow for much growth of Government
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| Saturday, May 16, 2020 |
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May 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 5206 Views
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LG says Mayor Caldwell is crossing the line by Reopening Restaurants
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Hidden COVID Cases Just Aren’t There -- Less than 1% of tested Hawaii Pacific Health workers have coronavirus antibodies
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Lawmakers cut Recovery Navigator money: “There really wasn’t a plan. The plan was to only pay for consultants,”
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‘Sheer Incompetence’ Senator claims state dragging its feet on thermal screenings, mass testings at airports
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More than a dozen granted early release amid pandemic have been re-arrested
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Honolulu Council Rebuked Again For Violating Open Meetings Law
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Maui Council Rejects Property Tax Relief for Shuttered Hotels
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No new coronavirus cases in Maui County for seven days
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Cluster identified at Kalihi Valley public housing complex
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HART: Utility Work In Town Will Cost At Least $135M More Than Expected
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Hawaii council approves luxury housing tax category proposal
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| Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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May 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3967 Views
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Caldwell says police can’t ‘babysit’ quarantined travelers, calls on state to improve ‘insane’ system
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Major General Hara expresses concern about maintaining good relations with tourists
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Tourism Policy Should be Modeled on War on Drugs
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PPP Now Funds 170,000 positions in Hawaii
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Thielen, Kahele: Why No Direct Grants to Unemployed in State Budget?
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Applications for food stamps spike
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Lockdown Kills Too
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Hawaii auto sales plummet
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Maui Hospital down to 1 COVID-19 patient
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On front lines of COVID-19 battle, nurses also find themselves fighting stigma
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Catholics Left out of Religious Reopening
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Best Locations For The NBA To Resume The Season #13 Hawaii
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Audit: Bloated HECO Wastes $46M a Year
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Man allegedly busted with defaced gun, meth, released
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| Thursday, May 14, 2020 |
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May 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3807 Views
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DoH Bungling Allows COVID Cluster at Kalihi Valley Public Housing
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Hawaii futility and absurdity are the norms
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Did False Positive Shut Down Legislative Session?
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Kauai: Nearly 500 cited for breaking rules
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People struggling, and need help fast
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Public officials cite virus while limiting access to records
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DLIR has not begun processing PUA Payments Yet
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Poll: Majority believes Hawaii is moving in right direction against COVID-19
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Fed re-open cycles would have cleared Hawaii twice -- as color-coded Hawaii plan with no timeline stays under wraps
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This Federal Bailout Is Bringing A Lot More Money To Hawaii Than The Last One In 2008
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How Honolulu Will Spend $487 Million In Federal Funds
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Stopgaps and Creative Financing: Trimmed Budget Ready For Final Senate Vote
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Kauai Mayor proposes $33.6 million CIP budget
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Despite policy pronouncements, whether universities will reopen this year is an open question
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Pedestrian death count down nearly 50% in Hawaii
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Gary Hooser Toys With Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theories
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| Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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May 13, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 4391 Views
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Legislators Grab CARES Funds Earmarked for Unemployment to Pay HGEA, UPW—Businesses will be taxed to fund illegal scheme
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Suicide uptick raises concern
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COVID Blows $100M Hole in Rail Budget—Launch Date Postponed
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Rate Commission moves out massive Bus fare hikes due to Rail Opening
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Legislators Raid Aloha Stadium Project for $20M
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Honolulu Budget Down 6%—State Losing 12%
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PGV reboot delayed waiting for PUC to Approve Rebuild of Transmission Lines
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Child Abuse Reports Down During COVID
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Doctors worry people are avoiding hospitals despite serious medical needs
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Plastic Shield for Bus Drivers May Take All Year
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Harry Kim to Reopen Restaurants ‘Maybe Later this Month’
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With Quick Testing, Tourism Could Reopen in Late June
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Report: Vacation Rentals Down 15% in March
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State aims to work with University of Hawaii to train contact tracers
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Corporation counsel responds to ACLU letter criticizing county’s decision to remove homeless camp
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| Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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May 12, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 5463 Views
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Big Island, Kauai are Completely COVID-Free
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Hawaii COVID-19 incident commander says ‘rioting’ a possibility if economy not restored
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Legislators: Raid Unemployment Funds to Avoid any cuts to Public Employees
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Which Grant-in-Aid Requests will be Accepted?
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Legislative Money Raid Pots of Money to Protect Public Employees from Slightest Suffering
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As ER Volumes Drop, Hawaii Doctors Worry People Are Delaying Care
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Hilo hospital eyes testing for all admissions
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HGEA Obstruction of Tech Upgrades Costing State Millions of Federal Dollars
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‘Clerical error’ overstated state’s coronavirus-related budget shortfall — but by how much?
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Lt. Gov. eyes May 25 for ‘medium risk businesses’ to reopen
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Maui Malls: A Mixed Reopening
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Hawaii Pacific Health CEO: Need to Reopen Economy
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Six More visitors sent home; 1 arrest over weekend
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| Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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May 11, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 2919 Views
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Legislature’s Plan includes Pay Hikes for Public Employees
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COVID Plan is an Empire-Builder for DoT—114 New Positions
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Testing key to public health and future prosperity
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Will the Depression Kill More People than COVID?
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State House committee looks at when, how to reopen economy at Monday meeting
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Kauai Budget Cut Only $10M
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31.5% Property Tax Hike to Help Hawaii County Public Employees Avoid the Slightest Discomfort
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Hawaii mothers say distance learning is failing their special needs children
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North Shore Residents Prefer COVID to Crowds
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State’s 14-day quarantine has loopholes
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Maunakea observatories prepare to reopen
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Clouds on real estate horizon
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Criminal Tries to Run Down Cop, Gets Probation, Steals a Rifle Gets Probation again, Absconds from Drug Treatment Gets Another Another Chance
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Did Homeland Security Blow Case Against Not-a-Pimp McCoy?
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| Sunday, May 10, 2020 |
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May 10, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 5666 Views
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Hawaii Legislators Should Cancel Their 10% Pay Hike
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How Kids of Insiders Became Big Players In Virus Response
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Luxe Condo Associations Snag COVID Aid Money
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Roberts takes over ‘Socially Distant’ Hawaii County Bus System
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Maui Council Has Figured Out How To Do Virtual Meetings With Live Public Testimony
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People filing jobless claims know how to fix the system
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Help hard-hit tourism workers with safe reopening of industry
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MMA Fighter Got Probation for brutal assault on Japanese tourists—Now Wanted for Violation
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Some inmates seeking release are accused of violent acts
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Prison population plummets as COVID becomes the Excuse to Release Lots and Lots of Criminals
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With Feds in Town, Prosecutor Suddenly Successful Against Massage Parlors
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‘Free’ Food Giveaways Cost $50 per Bag of Groceries
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| Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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May 9, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 4463 Views
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MMA star accuses Punahou School of retaliation after sex abuse lawsuit
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Tax collections tank as Hawaii lawmakers plan budget fixes to protect public workers from the slightest sacrifice
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$2.1B CIP Blowout, Public Employees will still get Pay Hike, ERS to be Raided, Mental Health Gutted After Diamond Head Attack
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Hotels Agree to Trap Quarantine Breakers Outside Their Rooms
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Caldwell and healthcare workers say DOH taking risks by not training more contact tracers
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Nearly 18,000 gig workers in limbo as state works to bring PUA platform online
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Cellphone spy data: Hawaii residents better than others at staying home during pandemic
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Kauai electricity use Down 16%
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Kauai: 100 Protest Lockdown
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Several Hawaii inmates released during coronavirus pandemic rearrested for new crimes
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Maui Co managing director charter proposal set for November ballot
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| Friday, May 8, 2020 |
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May 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 5591 Views
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Tourism Industry Collapse ‘A Horror Show That is Just Beginning’
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New Quarantine Form Designed to Set Tourists up for Prosecution
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The First Signs of Travel’s Return?
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Lawyer connected to Katherine Kealoha arrested for Allegedly Stealing Car, Selling Meth
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Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Kealohas Stuck In Limbo
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It’s time to reevaluate Hawaii inmate releases
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Punahou: Several Staff Placed on Leave over Child Molestation Suit
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CARES? Hawaii County Grabs $250K to ‘Administer’ $1.25M
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Unemployment Update: 141,077 Claims Processed, Additional 84,500 Under Review
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Lawmaker proposes using Hawaii’s federal stimulus aid to rush payments to laid off workers
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Schools Chief: Use Federal Bailout Money To Avoid Teacher Pay Cuts (even though they are doing nothing)
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DOE pilot program to deliver free meals to families at home
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Former Meadow Gold owner explains why money was deposited, then withdrawn from employee accounts
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Hawaii’s Only Refinery Production Drops 18,000 Barrels Per Day
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Molokai Solar-Battery Scheme: Sue MECO to Force $0.18/kwh Project
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| Thursday, May 7, 2020 |
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May 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 PM :: 4583 Views
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Hawaii Lawmakers Will Go Back To Work Monday, Looking To Cut $1 Billion From The Budget
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Ige Backs Off His Suspension Of State Open Government Laws
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Hawaii Tourism Industry Pushing for Testing as Alternative to Quarantine
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Default, Bankruptcy Coming for Hawaii Hotels?
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More dark financial clouds surround Honolulu’s rail project
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Another 4,000 People Line up for Free Food
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Clock ticks on companies’ survival
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To ease burden on system, state asks laid off workers to file certifications only on certain days
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Honolulu Police Commission allows public viewing—but only at HPD HQ
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Maui County sets Monday for reopening its shopping malls, retail operations
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On beach closures, the governor and lieutenant governor aren’t on the same page
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Mayor Caldwell announces plan to allow for deferral of Oahu property taxes
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Young Brothers predicts $11M loss due to Covid-19
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Most Hawaii industrial landlords collected 84% of rents during Covid shutdown
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Soft-on-Crime Activists Still Trying to Sell ‘COVID in Prison’ Scare Stories
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After Bumfight Stabbing, City Moves to Sweep Iwilei
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2020 |
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May 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 3507 Views
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Star-Adv: How to Test Tourists for COVID
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State says retailers on Oahu, Maui won’t be allowed to reopen this week as governor announced (Ooops!)
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Kauai Cancels Curfew, Reopens Malls, Elective Medical Procedures
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COVID: The Treatment is Worse than the Disease
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Hooser: COVID is great. This is Utopia.
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Health experts say it’s too soon to reopen Malls
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How An Antiquated IT System Failed Thousands Of Hawaii’s Unemployed
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Kim releases revised $585M budget—$14M Property Tax Hike
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Grubbing for CIP Funds, Homelessness Industry Announces Plan to Expand Homelessness in Hawaii This Summer
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Hawaiian Airlines reports $144M loss in first quarter, warns more economic pain ahead
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Coronavirus puts strain on Hawaii Electric Industries earnings
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Matson profit, revenue drop amid stormy seas of coronavirus pandemic
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Honolulu Council Can Meet By Video, But Not The Public
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Workers are shocked after money Meadow Gold promised to pay is deposited, then withdrawn from their accounts
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| Tuesday, May 5, 2020 |
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May 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:45 PM :: 5379 Views
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Black Sand CEO Was Charged With Assault. Then The Case Languished For A Year
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Ige reopens Malls, Nonprofits and Telescopes in Hawaii
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Best Case: Hawaii Economy Down 25%—Double Digit Unemployment for Rest of Year
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Hawaii tourism leaders urge state recovery plan
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Head of State Emergency Response Says Health Department Dragging Feet On Expanding Contact Tracing
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Just Days After COVID Jail Release, Suspect Allegedly Murders Homeless Dude
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COVID Keeps Alleged Two Time Baby-Killer Free
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Prosecutors say dangerous offenders are being released to free up space in Hawaii correctional facilities
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Restore access to public meetings
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Government transparency critical at all times
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Hawaii among states with few coronavirus cases to get big share of relief aid
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The Long Wait For Unemployment Checks Is Taking A Personal Toll
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Unemployment is Sweet $1248 a week—Don’t Wanna go back to work and get paid less
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National Guard, Kauai police intercept plane with two people trying to sneak in
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Hawaii County seeks site in Kona for Plywood SRO homeless housing units
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ACLU Lawyers Harass Hawaii County for Annoying Homeless Drug Addicts
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| Monday, May 4, 2020 |
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May 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3486 Views
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Bill 40: City Council to Save Construction Industry from Crooked Union PLA Requirement?
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Economic Downturn Could Hit Public Pension Funds Hard
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Queen’s Medical Center takes down coronavirus triage tent as Hawaii’s infection rate remains low
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As financial pain grows, Hawaii’s ‘nonessential’ retailers await OK to reopen
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As new coronavirus cases dwindle, the state looks at a ‘phase-in’ approach to reopening
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Carnival to resume cruises in summer when coronavirus order ends, but not from Hawaii
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With virus under control, Australia and New Zealand may form a travel ‘bubble’
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50,000 QUEST beneficiaries to be forced to change their insurance plans?
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Jail population in Wailuku drops below 300 with inmate releases
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HGEA Members Playing Solitaire on their Wang Computers are the Key to Economic recovery
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| Sunday, May 3, 2020 |
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May 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:10 PM :: 4626 Views
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OHA Insiders’ COVID Plan: “Push Money to Us”
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DoT Preps Thermal Scanning for Airports
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Burglars and Killers among 37% of Prison Population Released for COVID
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Contract Tracing Devolves into Bureaucratic Turf Battle, Squabble over Funding
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Slow-footed governor leaves Hawaii’s unemployed hanging
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Amid much talk of new normal, expect much to stay the same
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Hawaii can’t be world’s safest place with Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere
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Several Mainland Homeless Arrive at Airport as Senators Watch—Only One Deported
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Bumfight: One Homeless Dude Kills Another
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Hawaii couple that contracted COVID-19 recounts harrowing and frustrating battle against the disease — and red tape
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Waikiki bartender awake in hospital, tests negative for COVID-19 after 6-week battle
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DOH apologizes for director’s mention that Kona McDonalds Patients are Marshallese
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Layoffs and Cutbacks at Hawaii Newspapers
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Hawaii County Mayor: Mitch Roth Leads Fund Race
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Mary Day Disappearance: Another Hawaii Child Welfare Failure
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Global Warmers: Seawalls Will not Save Hawaii from Sea Level rise
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