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Entries for 'Court House News'
Friday, September 1, 2023 |
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Suit: Hawaii governor overreaches with housing crisis proclamation
By Court House News @ 1:59 PM :: 1501 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Native Hawaiian interest groups and environmental organizations joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and the Sierra Club on Thursday ....
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Thursday, August 24, 2023 |
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County of Maui files lawsuit against HECO
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 1224 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Maui County and other state officials and entities have also faced their own share of criticism for the response during and after the fires ....
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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Fossil fuel giants fight for dismissal of climate change liability suit
By Court House News @ 9:36 PM :: 1387 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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... C&C of Honolulu and energy giants faced off over where the suit should be taken to trial ....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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Maui wildfire search and rescue continues as community decries government response
By Court House News @ 2:21 PM :: 1454 Views :: Maui County
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... Hawaii officials are facing criticism, and a review, of their handling of wildfires on Maui that have become the deadliest natural disaster in the Hawaii history ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 |
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Historic Maui town in ruins after wildfires
By Court House News @ 6:00 AM :: 1496 Views :: Maui County
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... Officials have confirmed 53 fatalities in the devastating wildfires that destroyed Lahaina and have yet to be fully contained ....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023 |
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Hawaii cannot prevent gun owners from carrying in many public areas — for now
By Court House News @ 3:06 PM :: 2218 Views :: Second Amendment
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... A federal judge has temporarily enjoined Hawaii from enforcing a brand-new law that would block open carrying in public areas, like local beaches ....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023 |
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Honolulu sued for plans to demolish iconic ‘Stairway to Heaven’
By Court House News @ 11:59 PM :: 1340 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... The Haʻikū Stairs have been slated for removal due to safety concerns, but activists say that there are alternatives to ripping out the popular steps ....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023 |
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Ninth Circuit limits remote abortion access on Guam
By Court House News @ 3:08 PM :: 2025 Views :: Life
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... The Ninth Circuit ruled that Hawaii doctors may no longer provide the abortion pill to their patients in Guam through telemedicine ....
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Thursday, July 20, 2023 |
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Military operations on Guam spur endangered species challenge
By Court House News @ 2:11 PM :: 1603 Views :: Environment, Military
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... Camp Blaz is being outfitted to host thousands of U.S. Marines, a plan said to threaten more than a dozen species with extinction ....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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American Samoans fear tuna fishing limits in Pacific Ocean sanctuary could threaten their livelihood
By Court House News @ 1:50 PM :: 1531 Views :: Environment, Economy
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... The industry supports about 5,000 jobs in American Samoa, chief among those a StarKist Co. tuna cannery ....
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Thursday, July 13, 2023 |
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Hawaii Sues Pay Pal over Scams
By Court House News @ 3:46 PM :: 1048 Views :: Pierre Omidyar
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... residents had their accounts locked without warning or were victimized by scams and couldn’t recover their money ....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 |
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Trail of Ethical Gaffes Leads from US Supreme Court to UH Law School
By Court House News @ 3:29 PM :: 1524 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... Emails and other records provided by UH Richardson Law School show justices in the program--currently co-sponsored by Case Lombardi--often met with local dignitaries and frequently dined at private clubs or the private residences of prominent UH Law School donors ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Feds move forward on introducing imperiled species outside historic habitat in Hawaii, Guam
By Court House News @ 4:31 PM :: 1103 Views :: Environment, Land Use, GMOs
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... The Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan that will give it more flexibility in helping species recover when their historic range is no longer suitable for survival ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Ninth Circuit upholds ban on 'FCKBLM' license plate
By Court House News @ 1:00 AM :: 1256 Views :: First Amendment
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... The banning of profanity on license plates is constitutional, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, following a Honolulu man's challenge to the city's recall of a vanity plate reading "FCKBLM" ....
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 |
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Maui Antivaxxers Sue to Save Mosquitoes from Eradication
By Court House News @ 1:38 PM :: 1650 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... The Birds, Not Mosquitoes program looks to curb the mosquito populations by implementing the “incompatible insect technique” as a form of birth control ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Another Crackpot Election Lawsuit Thrown out of Court
By Court House News @ 12:00 PM :: 1807 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... Failed plaintiff Karl Dicks is a member of the Hawaii Republican State Committee and District 46 Chair. Will he be expelled from the Republican Party for seeking its removal from the ballot in a previous lawsuit? ....
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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 :: 1648 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 :: 1958 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 :: 1292 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 :: 1616 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 :: 1319 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 :: 1409 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 :: 1459 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 :: 1273 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 :: 2127 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 :: 2641 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 :: 1714 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 :: 1314 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 :: 1073 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 :: 1256 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 :: 1183 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 :: 1323 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 :: 1220 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 :: 2277 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 :: 2458 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 :: 2283 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 :: 1413 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 :: 1348 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 :: 1368 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 :: 1477 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 :: 1443 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 :: 1700 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 :: 1695 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 :: 1480 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 :: 1855 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 :: 2007 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 :: 2439 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 :: 2647 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 :: 2866 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 :: 3141 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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