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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Green Emergency Order: Sweep Homeless Drug Addicts out of Uncle Billy's and Demolish Hotel
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 2099 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs

... The Hawaii Police Department has responded to 6,479 calls for service/incidents in the area from September, 2018, to April, 2023, with an estimated cost for responding to these calls ranges from $319,000 to $459,000 ....

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Green Signs Emergency Proclamation on Housing
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 1985 Views :: Development, Homelessness, Land Use

...“This emergency proclamation is one of the largest state-level housing actions anywhere in the country in years, if not decades," said Senator Stanley Chang, chair of the Senate Committee on Housing....

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Monday, July 17, 2023
After Ulehawa Beach Murder, Waianae Reps Demand Immediate Homeless Sweep
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 1796 Views :: Homelessness

"...It is crucial for the well-being and security of Leeward Coast residents that this area remains cleared and safe...."

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Sunday, July 16, 2023
Auditor: Honolulu Human Resources Data Almost 100% Erroneous
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 1856 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis .... 

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Saturday, July 15, 2023
Free Money from the Sky: More COVID Cash for Honolulu's Profitable Non-profits
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 1610 Views :: Honolulu County, COVID-19

... City to accept applications for a second tranche of relief funding for non-profits affected by Covid-19 ....

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Friday, July 14, 2023
Gun Industry Group Sues Over Hawaii 'Nuisance' Law
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 1475 Views :: Second Amendment

... Hawaii’s recently-enacted public nuisance law will allow frivolous lawsuits against members of the firearm industry for the criminal and negligent misuse of firearms by remote third parties ....

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Green Signs 263 Bills -- Vetoes 11
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 8985 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green issued 11 vetoes on July 7, due to serious legal and programmatic concerns ....

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Charter School Defeats 'Strip Search' Lawsuit
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 1322 Views :: Education K-12

... grant of summary judgment means that the defendants won the lawsuit without the need for a trial ....

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Green Addresses United Nations, Admits Hawaii Failing to Implement UN Eco Goals
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 2089 Views :: Energy, Environment

... The review highlights progress on achieving the six Aloha+ Challenge goals, which are the state’s local implementation of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Hawaiʻi stands as the sole state in the United States to have submitted a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) ....

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Hawaii Finally Outlaws Nepotism--except Legislative and Judicial
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 1717 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary

... It applies to almost all state employees (except those working for the legislative or judicial branches) ....

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Double Nothing is Nothing: City announces updated and corrected ridership numbers for Skyline
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 1704 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail

... $13B / 3,666 avg daily riders = $3.5M per rider  We could have bought each rider a house near their job and a Cadillac or two to put in the garage -- and still saved billions ....

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
​Board of Parks and Recreation relaunching with eight new nominees
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 915 Views :: Honolulu County

... a volunteer board created to advise DPR on recreational, cultural, and public entertainment opportunities at City parks and facilities ....

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Red Hill Surge Tanks First to be Drained
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 1306 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Approximately 480,000 gallons of fuel are expected to be removed from the surge tanks. Defueling operations are expected to begin on July 17, 2023, and run through July 30, 2023....

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Monday, July 10, 2023
​DHHL Seeks Recommendations for 2024 Legislative Package
By News Release @ 2:16 PM :: 1184 Views :: DHHL

... All proposals must but be submitted by July 31, 2023 ....

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Sunday, July 9, 2023
Green Stacks HTA Board Before 'Special' Meeting
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 1443 Views :: Tourism

... That means the HTA board will be under new leadership when it holds a special meeting Thursday to discuss how to proceed after current HTA President and CEO John De Fries leaves the agency ....

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Saturday, July 8, 2023
HSTA Flies 98 to Florida Rally for Transsexual Agenda
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 1779 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor

... transsexual recruitment must not be opposed ....

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Saturday, July 8, 2023
New Sunshine Law Requirements
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 1354 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... two 2023 laws, Act 019 and Act 125, added new Sunshine Law requirements effective July 1 and October 1, 2023 ....

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Saturday, July 8, 2023
Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 1150 Views :: Judiciary

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following judicial vacancy ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
Only 1,245 passengers ride Rail on first day they had to pay
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 1968 Views :: Rail

... DO THE MATH: $13B / 1,245 = $10.4M per passenger  -- slightly more than a Bugatti Centodieci ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
Need $60K to Pay Your Mortgage?
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1511 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Since the program’s inception in 2021, service providers from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Hawaiʻi Community Lending have been serving homeowners with the greatest needs ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 1402 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness

... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
Green Seeks Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 1187 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... Green will nominate a successor to Circuit Judge Christine E. Kuriyama, who retired in June 2023 ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
HHFDC Gives Solar Farm Control of Waianae Affordable Housing Complex
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1266 Views :: Energy, Development, Hawaii State Government

... The agreement, which began on June 30, calls for Solar Farm View Estates LLC (SFVE) to undertake substantial repairs to the complex and operate it for the next 75 years. The Board of Directors of HHFDC, which retains the property’s fee-simple interest, approved a $4.95 million, low-interest, 10-year loan that allows SFVE to facilitate the repairs ....

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Friday, July 7, 2023
Oahu Park water reduction efforts exceed expectations
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 1243 Views :: Honolulu County

... BWS called for a voluntary 10% water reduction last summer, park users reduced their use by 15.4% ....

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
Amber Jackson Murder Case Reopened 13 years later
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 1720 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement

... Kauai Police and outside agencies working on forensic evidence and DNA testing ....

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 1:26 PM :: 1286 Views :: Judiciary

... Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for three vacancies in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu) ....

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
Animal Welfare Groups Urge Ninth Circuit to Affirm the Ban on Cockfighting in the Northern Mariana Islands
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 1336 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Drugs

... The case, on appeal before the Ninth Circuit from the Northern Mariana Islands District Court, is the latest—and likely the last—in a stream of cases filed by the pro-cockfighting bloc to obstruct the ban on cockfighting in U.S. territories. ...

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Saturday, July 1, 2023
Green Signs $37.2B Budget
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1386 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes

... Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, hailed the tax break bill as a positive financial benefit for struggling families ....

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Saturday, July 1, 2023
Learning for their Future: 127,000 Hawaii Keiki Given EBT Cards
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1388 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... DHS provided more than 127,000 eligible children with $328 million in food assistance support ....

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Friday, June 30, 2023
Green Releases 'Intent to Veto' List--Legislature Will not Override
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 3028 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., today notified legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 11 bills passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature during the 2023 session. ...

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Friday, June 30, 2023
Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1372 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Tourism, Obama

... Former President Barack Obama, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, and Senator Hirono Promote Peace through Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Sister Park Arrangement ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
UH 'Disappointed' by Affirmative Action Ruling Against Anti-Asian Discrimination
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 1507 Views :: Higher Education

... A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
801K Tourists Arrive in May, 2023
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 1113 Views :: Tourism

... this represents a 94.6 percent recovery in total visitor arrivals from May 2019 ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
UHERO: Housing Even More Expensive Than Reported
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 1256 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Report: Honolulu Liquor Commission is Still a Mess
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1305 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

... how many years has this been going on? ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects Officers
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 742 Views :: Small Business

“...The SBRRB oversees rules and regulations for Hawai‘i small businesses promulgated by state and county agencies...."

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
City Fined $434K for Dumping Sewage into Kaneohe Bay
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 829 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

... Between April 2023 and May 2023, CCH discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in exceedance of daily NPDES permit limits for enterococci on 13 occasions ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
ACLU: Why did Police Leave Rifle Unattended?
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 1299 Views :: Police

"... an incredibly neglectful and reckless weapons security practice on the part of HPD ...."

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
14 Years Later HiDoT Still Trying to get Rid of Falls of Clyde
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1467 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism

... HDOT is working to redevelop Pier 7 at Honolulu Harbor which has been vacant and inactive for the last 14 years, after Bishop Museum closed the Hawaiʻi Maritime Center ....

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii's 'Sensitive Places' Gun Law
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1426 Views :: Second Amendment

... The lawsuit targets several problematic provisions within ACT 52, including the ban on carrying firearms at parks, beaches, banks, restaurants that serve alcohol, and their adjacent parking areas ....

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Feds Back Hawaii Sterile Mosquito Plan
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 1770 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment

... Implementing cutting-edge strategies to control and eradicate invasive mosquitoes that spread avian malaria, which has ravaged Hawaiian forest bird populations ....

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Sunday, June 25, 2023
DoH conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 1772 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

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Sunday, June 25, 2023
DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 1770 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Health Care, Military

... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....

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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Kauai: Sterile Mosquito Plan Released
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 1849 Views :: Kauai County, Environment

... draft environmental assessment for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on the island of Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria ....

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Saturday, June 24, 2023
HiDOT Jacks up Airport Parking Fees in Effort to Price You Out
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 1997 Views :: Tourism, Cost of Living

... the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation expects the additional benefit of reduced demand for overnight and multiple-day parking ....

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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Hawaii Republicans Finally Elect Party Treasurer
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 6616 Views :: Republican Party

... results from electronic vote released ....

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Friday, June 23, 2023
OHA CEO Sylvia Hussey Quits
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 2555 Views :: OHA

... OHA Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey notified agency staff members of the planned June 30, 2023, departure by email on May 3. ....

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Friday, June 23, 2023
Hawaii Tops Health Rankings Again
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 214 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....

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Friday, June 23, 2023
'Multi-Ton' Chinese Fentanyl Exporters Arrested in Honolulu
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 2196 Views :: Drugs

... advertising fentanyl precursors as a “Mexico hot sale;” guaranteeing “100% stealth shipping” abroad; and posting to its websites documentation of Amarvel Biotech shipping chemicals to Culiacan ....

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
New XO at HI-EMA
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1691 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military

... Don Aweau most recently served with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a senior advisor ....

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