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Entries for 'Court House News'
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |
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Sue and Settle: Feds Agree to Designate Critical Habitat for another 49 Hawaii Species
By Court House News @ 5:37 AM :: 2370 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... the Fish and Wildlife Service has until June 30, 2028 to officially designate habitats for 46 of the 49 species. The ‘Akē‘akē, or band-rumped storm petrel, the anchialine pool shrimp and Baker’s loulu palm tree have a separate deadline of June 30, 2027 ....
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 |
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Judge dismisses parts of lawsuit over arrest of 10-year-old girl
By Court House News @ 2:03 PM :: 5881 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Police
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... Trial for the case has been scheduled for February 2024 ....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
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Sue and Settle: 122,277 acres on Big Island to be 'critical habitat'
By Court House News @ 3:44 PM :: 2153 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... The perennial’s natural habitat happens to overlap with a military-owned training area ....
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Friday, March 24, 2023 |
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Another Bank of America Lawsuit Crashes and Burns
By Court House News @ 5:39 AM :: 2519 Views :: DHHL, Judiciary
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“...egregiously long, unnecessarily complex, and confusing....”
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Green Signs Abortion Bill
By Court House News @ 3:35 AM :: 2048 Views :: Life
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... The state bolstered its already robust abortion laws to better shield abortions seekers and providers from being targeting by states with more hostile abortion restrictions ....
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Friday, March 17, 2023 |
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Honolulu police officers charged over car chase
By Court House News @ 5:50 PM :: 2404 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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" ... officers ran a car off the road and abandoned the driver with brain injuries and a 14-year-old boy that was left partially paralyzed .... "
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Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Finds Excuse to Reverse Sex-Trafficking Conviction
By Court House News @ 7:07 PM :: 2106 Views :: Judiciary
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"CW testified that she gave all of the money that she made from prostitution activities directly to Ferreira"
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court rejects Big Island bioenergy plant
By Court House News @ 6:08 AM :: 1982 Views :: Environment, Cost of Living
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... Rate hikes and massive amounts of greenhouse gases from a proposed biomass burning power plant would outweigh any benefits, the court found ....
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Saturday, March 4, 2023 |
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Foreclosure Suit: 'Way too long, way too confusing'
By Court House News @ 3:42 AM :: 2870 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... plaintiffs' Honolulu-based attorney is Frederick Arensmeyer, formerly of the Dubin Law Office ....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
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Lawsuit: Ke'eaumoku Condo Site--15 Burials and Counting
By Court House News @ 2:08 AM :: 3661 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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... no archaeological survey or assessments were conducted after demolition and despite the subsequent findings of burials and related sites and features. The state and city have granted several permits ....
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Friday, February 17, 2023 |
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Judge denies Native Hawaiian group’s bid for promised home loans
By Court House News @ 10:50 PM :: 2681 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii History
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... Na Po’e Kokua failed to show it represents individuals seeking to recover loan funding meant for Native Hawaiian homelands ....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
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Hawaii Republicans lose challenge of 2022 election audit process
By Court House News @ 1:30 PM :: 2329 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... The Republicans' attorney William Dean characterized the party’s claims of damages to be "extemporaneous" ....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
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Tour company sues Hawaii County for removing access to beach road
By Court House News @ 11:57 PM :: 1551 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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... Waipi'o Valley Road, now partially reopened, has been the subject of controversy since its February 2022 closure ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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30 Years Later: Will Court Toss Out $150M Grift Against Bank of America?
By Court House News @ 10:35 PM :: 2156 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii History
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... a Maui-based 'nonprofit' filed a complaint seeking the funds ....
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Saturday, November 19, 2022 |
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Case for reinstating cockfighting on the Northern Mariana Islands dismissed
By Court House News @ 5:12 PM :: 2013 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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... Andrew Salas, a former member of the House of Representatives and former Secretary of Commerce for the NMI, first filed the suit ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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Defamation trial begins in pregnancy porn promotion case
By Court House News @ 5:40 AM :: 1939 Views :: Health Care
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... Doula defendants take the stand against a fellow birth worker they accused of enticing women into creating maternity and breastfeeding porn ....
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Monday, October 17, 2022 |
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Fa'a Samoa Survives: Supreme Court Lets Citizenship Decision Stand
By Court House News @ 1:36 PM :: 1999 Views :: National News
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... the American Samoan Legislature recently passed a unanimous resolution opposing citizenship without their consent ....
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Friday, October 14, 2022 |
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Hawaii judge halts ban on short-term rentals
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 3204 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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... Airbnbs and similar rentals on Oahu can continue operations as usual for now ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Rape in Turkmenistan: How HPD Rejects Female Police Recruit
By Court House News @ 12:48 AM :: 3316 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... her husband had “sold [her] a few times for [] money in order to buy himself alcohol and pay gambling debts . . . [while] he kept a knife by the throat of [her] 6 month son.” ....
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Friday, September 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii short-term rental property owners urge judge to stop new ordinance from disrupting business
By Court House News @ 4:04 AM :: 2926 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... the Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance alleges the ordinance will cause irreparable economic damages to owners that have been renting out properties for less than 90 days....
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Friday, September 9, 2022 |
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Judge: Former Residents May not Vote in Hawaii Elections
By Court House News @ 3:56 AM :: 2234 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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... Allowing voters living in U.S. territories to vote absentee in states they used to live in would give them outsized voting rights compared to fellow residents, a federal judge found....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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Military families sue US over water contaminated by Navy jet fuel
By Court House News @ 4:28 PM :: 1797 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... The Navy’s “toxic secrets” contributed to severe health issues for military families in Hawaii who were forced to drink tainted water and denied appropriate medical care, according to the lawsuit ....
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Monday, August 22, 2022 |
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Alleged Russian spies in Hawaii to remain in federal custody until September trial
By Court House News @ 11:47 PM :: 1785 Views :: Military
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... A judge denied the couple’s appeal for release, citing flight risk related to one defendant’s military history ....
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Friday, August 19, 2022 |
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Kaiser mental health worker strike expands to Hawaii
By Court House News @ 10:46 AM :: 1964 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Mental health workers will join their counterparts in California already on strike over understaffing and long wait times for patients ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Accused Russian spies in Hawaii are set for trial
By Court House News @ 9:01 PM :: 1928 Views :: Military
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... “That’s what they’re calling me” ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Short-term rental property owners contest new bill regulating rentals on Hawaii
By Court House News @ 6:10 PM :: 2358 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
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Feds move to protect deadliest shark
By Court House News @ 8:09 PM :: 2197 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... One of the most famous incidents occurred after the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed during World War II ... hundreds of sailors were killed by sharks before rescue ....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 |
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9th Circuit Allows Class Action Suit over Lack of Female Locker Rooms in Hawaii DoE Schools
By Court House News @ 3:22 PM :: 1901 Views
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... Once again a local Hawaii federal judge protecting a local power structure has been reversed by the 9th ....
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
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Grand Wailea Lucrative Target of Next Birdlights Suit
By Court House News @ 2:59 PM :: 2351 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... Grand Wailea Resort isn't the only place on Maui with night lighting ....
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021 |
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Judge tosses claims over King’s Hawaiian rolls packaging
By Court House News @ 5:39 AM :: 2398 Views :: Small Business
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... A logo depicting a crown slightly evocative of a pineapple alongside "Hilo, Hawaii" did not persuade a federal judge to accept claims that King's Hawaiian misleads customers into believing its rolls are actually made in Hawaii ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Hawaii State Legislature Declares Climate Emergency
By Court House News @ 5:15 AM :: 2880 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... SCR44 is just a toothless symbolic statement, but it is being hyped nationwide ....
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 |
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White House Finalizes Pacific Ocean Protections for Humpback Whale
By Court House News @ 7:49 PM :: 3067 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... the Biden administration agrees to designate more than 100,000 square nautical miles as critical habitat for the endangered humpback whale ....
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
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Carrying Guns in Public Is Not a Constitutional Right, Ninth Circuit Rules
By Court House News @ 11:45 PM :: 3238 Views :: Second Amendment
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... In a Hawaii case, the majority of an 11-judge en banc Ninth Circuit panel concluded that the Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to carry firearms outside the home .....
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Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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Supreme Court to hear Guam, Alaska Cases
By Court House News @ 12:11 PM :: 3698 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, COVID-19
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... The U.S. Supreme Court granted 14 cases Friday night, adding an additional 12 hours of argument to its calendar ....
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 |
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Hawaii Joins 46 State Anti-Trust Suit Against FaceBook
By Court House News @ 3:54 AM :: 3432 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Nearly Every State Suing Facebook for Monopolistic Behavior....
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Monday, October 12, 2020 |
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Trans-Generational Corruption: Another Charged in Hawaii Lum Scandal
By Court House News @ 6:01 PM :: 4234 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Republican Party
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...Federal authorities charged former top fundraiser for the Republican National Committee Elliott Broidy with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent over his alleged involvement in a secretive effort to lobby the Trump administration....
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Thursday, September 24, 2020 |
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Federal Appeals Court hears American Samoa Citizenship Case
By Court House News @ 8:07 AM :: 3057 Views :: National News
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...The government of American Samoa argued his arrangement preserves the islanders’ traditional way of life, or fa’a Samoa, including communal property ownership which would be impossible to protect under the U.S. Constitution....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
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Hotels Sue to Block San Francisco’s Daily Cleaning Mandate
By Court House News @ 10:08 AM :: 3594 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism, COVID-19
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...the industry groups say the law will endanger guests and employees by increasing the frequency of cleaning staff in guest rooms, creating more opportunities to catch and spread the Covid-19 virus in a confined space....
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Thursday, May 28, 2020 |
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With Campaign Over, Gabbard Drops Suit Against Clinton
By Court House News @ 5:53 PM :: 4280 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Tulsi Gabbard
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...“This was a publicity stunt through and through, and this filing makes that clear,” Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Clinton, told CNN Wednesday....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 |
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State Supreme Court: Victims of Homeless Criminals May Sue Those Who Enable Homelessness
By Court House News @ 5:49 PM :: 4265 Views :: Homelessness
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...In the case of a bar owner who was assaulted by a homeless man illegally living in a nearby storage unit, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled, May 5, 2020, that plaintiffs can recover damages in public nuisance suits if they have suffered individualized harm....
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Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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Court Orders FAA Clampdown on Helicopter Tours over National Parks
By Court House News @ 4:32 PM :: 4088 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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...Friday’s ruling says the agencies must bring 23 national parks into compliance with commercial air tour regulations....
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Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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Justice Department Approves Sale of Dairy Producer Amid Antitrust Concerns
By Court House News @ 4:15 PM :: 3415 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...On April 30, Dean Foods completed the sales of its Hilo facility and related distribution branches on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui, as well as a license to the Meadow Gold Hawaii brand name and related intellectual property to MGD Acquisition LLC....
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 |
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Captain’s Ouster From Virus-Plagued Navy Ship Faces Full Probe
By Court House News @ 3:05 PM :: 3100 Views :: Military, COVID-19
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...The initial investigation of the outbreak on the carrier included a recommendation that the Navy reinstate Captain Brett Crozier....
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 |
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Maui Injection Wells: Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit, Creates New Test
By Court House News @ 1:30 PM :: 3626 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...a 6-3 majority found that the Ninth Circuit’s ruling went too far. At the same time, however, the court declined to adopt the reading of the law advanced by the county....
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Saturday, April 18, 2020 |
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Model Shows Hawaii Could Ease Social Distancing in Early May
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 3363 Views :: COVID-19
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...the Institute for Health and Metrics Evaluation model makes projections for when each state can safely begin relaxing social-distancing guidelines....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Gabbard Quits Presidential Race, Endorses Biden
By Court House News @ 5:11 PM :: 4276 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...her endorsement of Biden quells Democrats’ concerns the Iraq War veteran would mount a third-party challenge in November....
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Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Release of Secret Report on Wrongdoing in State Auditor's Office
By Court House News @ 3:45 PM :: 5073 Views :: Ethics
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"...The attorney general’s office has refused to publicly release documents related to its inquiry, although it has shared its final investigative reports with certain state legislators...."
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 |
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Feds Agree to Consider Protections for Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral
By Court House News @ 10:00 AM :: 2689 Views :: Environment
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...The National Marine Fisheries Service has until June 30 to make its decision....
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