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Entries for June 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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European Travel Ban Takes 3.21% of Hawaii GDP
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 2864 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... States Hurt the Most by the European Travel Ban -- Hawaii 5th ....
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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Citizenship: Appeals Court Victory for American Samoa
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 2712 Views :: National News
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“It is the height of irony that those claiming to right the wrongs of the past fail to see they are perpetuating them by seeking to override American Samoa’s precious self determination from without."
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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Doorbell Cam Shows Moments Before Police Shot Lindani Myeni
By Video @ 5:45 PM :: 4977 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... Officers responded to calls of a burglary in progress in the Nuuanu area where they shot 29-year-old Lindani Myeni after an altercation at a home on Coelho Way ....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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SB404 Would Hide Source of Funding for Political Ads
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 1443 Views
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... SB 404 would roll back key transparency protections, making it almost impossible for voters to know who is paying for an election advertisement, and why, about a political candidate ....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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DOJ: Chinese Money Laundering Buys Big Island Properties
By News Release @ 12:50 PM :: 4608 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Law Enforcement
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... routed the proceeds of these schemes through at least six pieces of real estate on the Island of Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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UHPA: Labor Board Rejects Challenge to UH Budget Cuts
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5085 Views :: Higher Education
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... A University of Hawaii position currently occupied by a tenured faculty member is potentially being eliminated because of a legislative bill designed to target that specific job position ....
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Monday, June 14, 2021 |
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Make $100K? COVID Money will Pay Your Rent and Utilities
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 2856 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19
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"... a household of four people earning up to $100,700 a year in total and demonstrating financial hardship from the pandemic can qualify for support ...."
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Monday, June 14, 2021 |
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Wait list opening for Section 8
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 2332 Views :: Honolulu County
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“...The rental subsidy program offered by the City, serves more than 3,800 households in partnership with more than 1,400 landlords....”
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Monday, June 14, 2021 |
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Former Tsunami Center Site Transferred to DHHL
By News Release @ 5:55 PM :: 2592 Views :: DHHL
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... Transfer of Surplus Federal Land to the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Could Provide Up To 400 New Homesteads for Native Hawaiian Families ....
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Sunday, June 13, 2021 |
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Taxing Government Largesse
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3280 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...“Landlords are subject to GET on these amounts whether the payments are received from the tenants or directly from the agency that administers the relief program on behalf of the tenant.” The same reasoning applies to income tax, federal and state....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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FBI Raids Lead to Shakeup at Planning Commission?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 6097 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal authorities, March 30, 2021, unsealed indictments charging six DPP employees in a bribery scheme going back as far as 2012. Challacombe had been Deputy Director of the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting from 2013-2016, and then Acting Director in 2016-17 ....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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End COVID-19 transparency dodge
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 AM :: 3086 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, COVID-19
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... Hawaii businesses might be reopening, but Hawaii government agencies still have a ways to go ....
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 |
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Sen. Lee Introduces Bills to Repeal, Reform PVSA
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 2802 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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... Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced three bills to repeal and reform the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 (PVSA), an outdated, protectionist law that harms American jobs and American tourism ....
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Friday, June 11, 2021 |
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Another Hawaii Couple Indicted in Sovereignty-Related Tax Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 5045 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes
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... The Hawvers and the Chocks were plaintiffs alongside Rose Dradi, a Keanu Sai-Dexter Kiama collaborator, in a now-dismissed Sept 7, 2018 lawsuit claiming the IRS had no legal authority to collect taxes from them ....
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Friday, June 11, 2021 |
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State of Hawaii Veterans Summit
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2092 Views :: Military
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... Join us online for a series of free webinars ....
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Friday, June 11, 2021 |
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Public Hearing for Red Light Cam Rules
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 1961 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Thursday, June 17, 2021, from 9-11 a.m. ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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HSTA Members Ratify 2-Year Contract
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 2492 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... the short two-year duration will allow HSTA to begin this process once more in a little over a year’s time with the next permanent superintendent ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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PASH and the Changing Coastal Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 2:01 AM :: 2227 Views :: Land Use
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... a retrospective of one of the Hawaii Supreme Court's most famous (or infamous) decisions ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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HECO Ratepayer Money to Subsidize Electric Buses
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 1339 Views
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... Qualified customers will get help with installation of charging equipment ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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HPD Sued for False Arrest, Conflict of Interest
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 3257 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... The lawsuit seeks to end HPD’s continuing policy of allowing officers with conflicts of interest to abuse their police powers for personal benefit ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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Honolulu: Interest-free down-payment home loans are now available
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 2330 Views :: Honolulu County
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... $800K to fund loans up to $40,000 each ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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Vaccinations Make Honolulu 14th Most Livable City on Earth
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 2970 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... The biggest gainer in this year’s index is Honolulu. The city rose 46 places to fourteenth after its strong progress in containing the pandemic and rolling out its vaccination programme ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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OHA Seeks Community Input On New Biennium Budget
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 2035 Views :: OHA
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... OHA is hosting three public Zoom meetings to provide the public with an overview of the proposed biennium budget on Thursday, June 10 at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., and Monday, June 14 at 4 p.m. ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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UH astronomers play key role in planetary defense
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 AM :: 2032 Views :: Higher Education
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... Pan-STARRS discovered the mysterious interstellar object, ʻOumuamua, the very first of its kind spotted in the solar system ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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DLNR: Tourists Must Pay $20 to Go Fish
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 3453 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Today, Gov. David Ige signed House Bill 1023 into law. It establishes and requires a marine recreational fishing license for all non-Hawai‘i residents ....
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
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HB1019: Ige Signs $30M Fee Hike on Dive Tours
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 3505 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... Depending on tourism numbers, the user fee could generate anywhere from $14 million to more than $30 million over 15 years ....
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 |
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HECO, Army Test Gigantic Bio-Diesel Plant
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2828 Views :: Energy, Military
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... microgrid and biofuel provide rationale to build gigantic diesel plant ....
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 |
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Reform Jones Act and PVSA for Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:29 AM :: 2832 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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... President Joe Biden recently issued two Jones Act waivers ....
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Monday, June 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii Worst State Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 3874 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii is struggling with the highest unemployment rate in the country, at 9% ....
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Monday, June 7, 2021 |
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DoH Survey Shows 92% Intend to Get Vaccinated
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 1963 Views :: COVID-19
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... those with a college degree (75%) were more likely to be fully vaccinated than were those without a degree (47%) ....
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Monday, June 7, 2021 |
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Survey: What do you think about the City's Plan to Eliminate Lanes, Jam up Traffic?
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 2459 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The City invites the public to participate in the Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan Update survey ....
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Sunday, June 6, 2021 |
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Enjoying Your Maui Resort Condo? Now Pay Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3082 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... Some taxpayers on Maui are getting a nasty surprise this year because they didn’t do anything, and their real property tax rate doubled ....
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Saturday, June 5, 2021 |
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Gen. Charles Flynn Takes Command of U.S. Army Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 3052 Views :: Military
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... Meanwhile: US Army will not probe Michael Flynn over calls for coup ....
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Saturday, June 5, 2021 |
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Maunakea telescope one step closer to decommissioning
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 3736 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, one of five Maunakea telescopes that the University of Hawaiʻi says will be removed from the summit ....
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Saturday, June 5, 2021 |
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Ige: Inter-island travel restrictions end June 15
By News Release @ 3:48 AM :: 3301 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... The governor also announced that beginning June 15, travelers entering the state who have been vaccinated in Hawai‘i may bypass quarantine without a pre-travel test ....
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Friday, June 4, 2021 |
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Don't criminalize COVID-19 rule breakers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:56 PM :: 2702 Views :: Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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... When you turn ordinary behavior into criminal behavior overnight, you need to be prepared for some unjust results ....
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Friday, June 4, 2021 |
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Map: How Many are Vaccinated in Your Zip Code?
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 3297 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... as of June 3, over half (52%) of Hawaii’s total population has been fully vaccinated and 59% have received at least one dose ....
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Friday, June 4, 2021 |
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Nominees Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 6:18 AM :: 2534 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Hawaii Supreme Court is seeking to fill four attorney and two non-attorney positions on the Disciplinary Board ....
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Friday, June 4, 2021 |
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DLIR: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Recipients will Have to Look for Work
By News Release @ 6:11 AM :: 2545 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... PUA claimants will need to begin reporting the three job contacts on June 20, 2021 ....
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
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UH Survey of Resident Attitudes on Tourism
By News Release @ 6:02 AM :: 2008 Views :: Tourism
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... A majority of residents favor limiting the number of visitors ....
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
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Taxes: How Hawaii Can Gouge Teleworkers
By News Release @ 5:52 AM :: 2779 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... Taxing teleworking income from different states ....
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
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Hawaii pension funds are only 55% funded
By Tax Foundation @ 4:45 AM :: 2662 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii pension funds rank 42nd in USA ....
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
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Honolulu Rental and Utility Relief Program will reopen on Monday
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1978 Views :: Honolulu County
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... City and County of Honolulu will accept 10,000 applications ....
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 |
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Legislation to Restore Access Federal Benefits for COFA Citizens
By Ed Case @ 3:20 AM :: 3037 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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... Bipartisan Compact Impact Fairness Act Would Extend Same Federal Benefits to Citizens of the Freely Associated States Available to Other Legal Permanent Residents ....
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 |
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2021 Neighborhood Board Election Final Results Posted
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 2267 Views :: Honolulu County
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... 495 candidates filed to run in this year’s election and 402 were elected ....
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