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Entries for 'News Release'
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
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Flags Lowered for Late Senator Sam Slom
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 1688 Views :: Hawaii History, Republican Party, Small Business
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“Sam dedicated some 20 years to representing East Honolulu and was a vocal member of the Republican Party and a longtime strong voice for small business.”
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
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Slush Fund News: HTA Gives $27M Contract to CNHA
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 1693 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... $27M of Green's illegal $200M slush fund has spilled into CNHA's lap ....
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Monday, May 22, 2023 |
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Green Touts 'Progress' in First Six Months
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 1181 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The main areas where progress was cited were affordable housing, homelessness, the high cost of living, healthcare, education, and the environment ....
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
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Got Nepotism? Ethics Commission has a Form for That
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 1516 Views :: Ethics
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... the agency or employee explain and furnish proof of why they need to be exempted from the nepotism law ....
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 |
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“Aloha Always WINS!” Children’s Program & Book Fights Bullying in over 300 Hawaii schools
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 1574 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Life
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... “Choose Aloha” Program teaches keiki to choose love not hate, bullying, self-harm or suicidal ideation ....
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 |
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SB821: Illegal Fireworks Task Force
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 1421 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Senate Bill 821 passed the Legislature, with only one legislator voting no for the final floor vote across both chambers ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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City sets public hearing on new rules for personalized license plates
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 1474 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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... new rules designed to rein in the offensive language motorists want to affix to their Hawaiʻi license plates ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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OHA Biennium Budget Available for Community Input
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 1337 Views :: OHA
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... opportunity to review and comment on the proposed two-year core budget that begins on July 1, 2023 ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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$2M Settlement for Female Inmates
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 1440 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... A $2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult Corrections Officers (ACOs) at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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HECO Admits De-carbonization Means Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 1706 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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"...Hawaiian Electric’s modeling shows that...energy rates may rise in the near-term transition to clean energy...."
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
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Study Links Hawaii JROTC to positive education and career outcomes
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 1588 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....
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Monday, May 15, 2023 |
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DCCA, Feds Target Precious Metals Scam
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 1019 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Red Rock routinely and repeatedly charged mark-ups ranging from approximately 100% to 130% ....
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Sunday, May 14, 2023 |
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Hawaii State Ethics Commission Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 3:48 AM :: 1433 Views :: Ethics
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... Bills of interest introduced in 2023 ....
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 |
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Anti-Gun Gay Rights Lawyer to be Next Solicitor General
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 2006 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Fernandes has distinguished herself as a leading expert in the areas of reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights, and as one of the State’s top litigators defending Hawaii’s gun laws against Second Amendment challenges ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Hawaii DoE Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 1612 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government
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... The Department had a successful legislative session, with five out of the seven administrative bills we advocated for being passed ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Craig Angelos recommended for UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 1516 Views :: Higher Education
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... If approved, Angelos would start Monday, June 5, succeeding David Matlin ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Overtime Violation: Feds Bust Kauai Cleaning Company Again
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 1671 Views :: Kauai County, Labor
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... In a 2014 investigation, the division discovered the employer failed to pay overtime when required and recovered $33,612 ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Federal COVID Emergency Ends
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 1426 Views :: COVID-19
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... high levels of vaccination, widespread population immunity, and available treatments have significantly reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalization, and death ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 2469 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Oahu Homeless PIT Count--59% Unsheltered
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 1696 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Senators Introduce FIGHT Act to Enhance Enforcement and Crack Down on Dogfighting, Cockfighting
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 1733 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... A mass shooting at known illegal cockfighting venue outside Honolulu demonstrates that the violence from animal-fighting enterprises spills into communities, harms people ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Office of Information Practices 2023 Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 1501 Views :: Ethics
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... two Sunshine Law amendments ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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ALICE Hawaii: $104,052 is 'Household Survival Budget'
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 1849 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... $104,052 Household Survival Budget drops to $85,812 when CTC (Child Tax Credit) and CDCTC (Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) are applied ....
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
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Honolulu Citizen-Centric Report Released
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 1528 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu resident opinions about community and city services in the 2022 National Community Survey (NCS). These results were compared with results from other communities ....
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 |
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Alleged Hawaii Circuit Pimp Busted in Seattle
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 1847 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Washington uses the name “Bentley” online and allegedly had women under his control tattoo the emblem of the luxury car company on their bodies to show his ownership ....
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 |
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Hawaii Officials Sign Unified Statement on Red Hill
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 1762 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The parties will convene over the next three to four months to develop a blueprint to achieve the shared goal of clean water for the future ....
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 |
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SB1230: A one-finger salute at our military
By News Release @ 3:48 PM :: 1993 Views :: Military, Second Amendment
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... under this soon-to-be law, service members are going to be denied their basic fundamental right to bear arms for lawful purposes ....
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Monday, May 8, 2023 |
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DoI to End 'Compact Impact' Payments
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 1820 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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... More than half of these populations now reside in the continental United States and an estimated 43% are U.S. citizens ....
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Monday, May 8, 2023 |
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TheBus Routes Changing to Link up with Rail
By News Release @ 2:33 PM :: 2127 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... a complete visual map of TheBus and Rail system ....
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Sunday, May 7, 2023 |
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Territorial Governors Challenge Biden on Marine Monument
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 1802 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... the Governors have requested a meeting with President Biden to discuss the affect of his announced plan to place 777,000 square miles of Pacific waters off limits to fishing ....
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Sunday, May 7, 2023 |
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First-ever National LifeSmarts Championship for Hawaiʻi
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 1556 Views :: Education K-12
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... A team of high school students from Maryknoll School were crowned as 2023 champions at the National LifeSmarts Championship on Sunday, April 30, in Cincinnati, Ohio ....
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Sunday, May 7, 2023 |
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Sewage Plant Spews Filth into Kailua Bay
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 1656 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... wastewater discharges that exceed the bacteria limits in its state permit on 13 days beginning on April 8, and most recently on May 4. The highest exceedances, reported on April 28 and May 1, were over six times the limit set by DOH ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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HTA Funding? $30M Magically Appears After Legislature Zeroes out Budget
By News Release @ 6:20 AM :: 1911 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“HTA is thankful that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature agreed on a funding approach that will allow HTA to continue...."
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Sine Die: Green Calls Session Success
By News Release @ 6:10 AM :: 1655 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...Green would like to thank the legislature for its collaboration...."
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Green Names Tokioka head of DBEDT
By News Release @ 5:31 AM :: 2089 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... how will this help Dela Cruz make money on Aloha Stadium? ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Mana Moriarty to head Office of Consumer Protection
By News Release @ 5:03 AM :: 2287 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The Executive Director of OCP is the consumer counsel for the State of Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, May 5, 2023 |
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Every single bill submitted to fund and support OHA died at the Capitol
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 2056 Views :: OHA
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"Two months ago, we offered OHA $65 million for wharf repairs, $100 million in cash, and an increase to the annual ceded lands trust proceeds, in exchange for an easement to maintain open space by preserving the residential ban at Kakaʻako Makai." -- Speaker Saiki
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Friday, May 5, 2023 |
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HB600: Safe Routes to School
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 1652 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government
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... empower the State, county, schools, and community members to directly collaborate on efforts to make streets safer ....
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Friday, May 5, 2023 |
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Sine Die: House Leaders Tout Budget
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 1634 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... On closing day, the House passed the final version of the state budget and priority fiscal bills ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Senate Confirms Guidry for Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 4248 Views :: Judiciary
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... Solicitor General Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry served as deputy attorney general for over 20 years ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Former ILWU Officer Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 2208 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... for embezzling $96,000 while he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Chair of State Council on Developmental Disabilities Indicted for International Financial Fraud
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 2552 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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DLNR, DOA Continue Act 90 Partnership
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 1701 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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... to transfer non-ag park lands to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agricultural production ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NOAA Requirement that Vessels Pay Monitoring Fees
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 1713 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... a funding scheme that would force them to hand over 20 percent of their pay to third-party at-sea monitors they must bring on their boats—a mandate that Congress never approved by statute ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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Native Hawaiian Convention to Feature Drag Show
By News Release @ 4:25 PM :: 2316 Views :: DHHL, Family, OHA
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... The latest leftist fad has already become a 'deeply held cultural belief' ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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DOD Implements New Overseas Cost-of-Living Allowance Adjustment Process
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 1709 Views :: Military, Cost of Living
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... Many of the locations that we will see initially will be in areas such as Hawaii, Guam, Japan and other locations in the [U.S. Indo-Pacific Command] theater ....
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
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March 2023: Tourist Count Reaches 97% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 1493 Views :: Tourism
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... As measured in nominal dollars, these visitors spent $1.84 billion in March 2023, up from $1.53 billion (+20.4%) in March 2022 and $1.49 billion (+23.4%) in March 2019 ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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He'eia: DOBOR Spews Filth into Harbor for Eight Years--Now DoH Grabs Control of Budget
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 1729 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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... After eight years of inaction, DoH forced DOBOR's hand by grabbing control of their budget ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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Hawaii refinery to produce 'renewable' fuels
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 1755 Views :: Energy
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... Par Hawaii is the first refinery in the nation authorized to use renewable feedstock to produce renewable fuels under Foreign-Trade Zone procedures ....
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