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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Saturday, February 8, 2025 |
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SB1150 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 2051 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... Set for a February 11, 2025, hearing before Senate HHS/CPN committees, SB1150 grants a de-facto immunity and asylum in Hawaii for any kidnapper who claims to be helping a child receive so-called ‘gender-affirming’ treatments ....
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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PHOTOS: 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Show Off Luxe European and Asian Vacations
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 2068 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Register Again as 'Our Hawaii' Lobbyists and Continue the Grift Amid Eroding Community Support ....
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 |
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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Honolulu Charges the Highest Tourist Tax in the World
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 447 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... Honolulu, with its 10.25 percent tax rate and an average tourism tax of $51.70 per night, came out on top ....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
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2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 302 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... 82% utilization rate among the 139 emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs on Hawaii ....
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Friday, January 31, 2025 |
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What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1109 Views :: Higher Education
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... Ken Lawson uses images of UH administrators to illustrate hypothetical shooting ....
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Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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WSJ: Hawaii 'Down to Earth' Markets Tied to Ponzi Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 AM :: 2330 Views :: Ethics, Tulsi Gabbard
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... QI owns 'Down to Earth' -- subsidiaries were banned in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Rwanda and prosecuted in India ....
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Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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Hawaii’s failed wildfire rebuild should not be a model for California
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 774 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... California Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to Hawaii for advice on how to rebuild after wildfires ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Butterfly Knife Ban: 9th Circuit’s Devious Maneuvers Against 2nd Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 626 Views :: Second Amendment
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... a remarkable dissent that should echo through the halls of American jurisprudence ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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Tulsi Gabbard’s performance in Jan. 30 hearing could ‘make or break’ her chances
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 882 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... missing FBI background check and ethics disclosure forms ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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18 Months After Wildfires Destroyed Some 2,000 Homes on Maui, Only 3 Have Been Rebuilt
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 AM :: 1703 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... A thicket of red tape has made the island's rebuilding efforts painfully slow ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 624 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... gas prices, rush-hour traffic, road quality ....
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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Hawaii 7th-Worst State to Start New Business
By Selected News Articles @ 10:11 PM :: 502 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Choosing the right state for a business is crucial to its success ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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NCAA athletes seeking women's sports for women only
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 AM :: 576 Views :: Higher Education
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... Without those protections, women’s sports will eventually be destroyed said Sia Li'iLi'i, a product of Halawa, Hawai'i. ...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 |
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Hawaii 2nd Most Racially Integrated State
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 614 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... New Mexico is #1 ....
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Monday, January 13, 2025 |
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No-Fault Insurance for Electricity-Caused Wildfires?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 615 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... modeled on Workers Comp ....
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Deport Illegal Thieves? Hawaii Congressional Delegation Votes 'Nay'
By Selected News Articles @ 5:37 PM :: 687 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement
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... The U.S. Senate has voted 84-9 to begin debate on the Laken Riley Act. Schatz and Hirono are among the nine ....
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Hawaii attorney general questions Walmart's retreat from DEI
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 635 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Walmart reportedly is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies to focus on being more "belonging." ....
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Friday, January 10, 2025 |
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Hawaii Abortions Down 11% for 2022
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 AM :: 455 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life
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... there were 1,970 abortions reported in Hawaii in 2022, a decrease of 11% from 2021 ....
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Thursday, January 9, 2025 |
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Busted in Ibiza: Bumpy Kanahele's Fake 'Diplomat'
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 AM :: 1887 Views :: OHA, Drugs
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... The adventures of a false diplomat in Ibiza exposed: luxury vehicles, private clubs, cryptocurrency bank and other fantasies ....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025 |
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Hawaii doctor under investigation for murder in woman’s euthanasia death
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 1360 Views :: Law Enforcement, Life
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... the woman was starting to choke and motioned for the doctor to stop — but he continued ....
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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Oil industry seeks end to climate change lawsuits
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 555 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... the defendants may have a valid argument in favor of federal law since Honolulu is suing over conduct taking place outside of Hawaii’s borders ....
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Friday, January 3, 2025 |
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Can New Legal Angle Beat Jones Act in Court?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 936 Views :: Jones Act
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... lawsuits challenging the Jones Act have failed to seize upon an important piece of the Constitution ....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 |
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Hawaii 7th Hardest Gun Control Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 989 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The nonprofit analyzed every gun law in every state ....
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Sunday, December 29, 2024 |
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Why is inflation higher in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 1017 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... It mostly comes down to one thing: housing ....
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Saturday, December 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii worst state to work in 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 1141 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident ....
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Saturday, December 28, 2024 |
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Two Unconvincing Defenses of Tulsi Gabbard
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 AM :: 1521 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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"... iconoclastic inaccuracies and thought-terminating clichés ...."
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 |
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Hawaii AG Joins 18-State Coalition Targeting 'Ghost Guns'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:20 AM :: 871 Views :: Second Amendment
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... the coalition plans to take concrete action by working together to leverage and enforce each state’s existing civil liability and consumer protection laws ....
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Monday, December 16, 2024 |
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Sunday, December 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Gun Control Issue 'Far from Resolved'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 1606 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Hawaii has effectively declared that the Second Amendment, as interpreted in Bruen, does not apply within its borders ....
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 1127 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... after over 5-hours public testimony of which the majority opposed Bill 46 ....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 1155 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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“...Since 2009, Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep the U.S.. visa requirements to enter the northern Mariana islands through categorical parole....”
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Monday, December 9, 2024 |
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Supreme Court Passes On Chance To Correct Hawaii Ruling Finding ‘Spirit Of Aloha’ Trumps Second Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 1147 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment
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... the justices explained they could not accept the case at this point because the defendant, Christopher Wilson, has not yet gone to trial on other charges ....
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Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
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Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. Spymaster?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 PM :: 1148 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... Did the nomination meet terms of some backroom deal while allowing for the confirmation process to scrub Tulsi and open a path for a lackey with better qualifications? ....
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Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 1003 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii pension burden: 19.4% of personal income ....
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Monday, December 2, 2024 |
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Tax and Trade issues top Taiwan Agenda during Hawaii Visit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 PM :: 707 Views
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... It will reduce double taxation barriers for further investment by Taiwan into the United States, and vice versa ....
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii Claims the Highest Median Rent in the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 PM :: 2099 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 12 states now have median market rents exceeding $2,000 per month, an increase from nine states last year. Hawaii leads the list with a median rent of $2,909 ....
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Saturday, November 23, 2024 |
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FEMA adjusting Lahaina rental assistance to wind down inflated rental prices
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 994 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... FEMA will now attempt to wind down the inflated rental prices they have been paying on Maui. Will it work? ....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024 |
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The Value of Single-Family Neighborhoods
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 AM :: 1269 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... is there really a pent-up demand for high-density housing? ....
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Sunday, November 17, 2024 |
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$553 Million a Mile for Elevated Rail
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 1448 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... This is the biggest contract for the Honolulu rail project let to date, but as expensive as it is, this doesn’t include all of the costs of planning, engineering, and design of the line ....
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Monday, November 4, 2024 |
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Exploring China's Efforts to Spy in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 2429 Views :: Military
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... serving as a mole for China’s Ministry of State Security ....
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Saturday, November 2, 2024 |
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33% of elections in Hawaii are uncontested
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 1020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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... Of 90 regular elections in Hawaii—30 are uncontested ....
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Friday, November 1, 2024 |
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South Korea Refuses Visa to Honolulu-Based North Korean 'Collaborator'
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 AM :: 1149 Views :: World News
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... Christine Ahn allegedly 'collaborated' with North Korean agents ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
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In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 AM :: 870 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... entomologist explains the implication for global pest control ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2024 |
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How Oily Profiteer Manipulated Maui Sunscreen Legislation for Personal Gain
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 1936 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics
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... Maui Council candidate Kelly King's secret sunscreen empire ....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
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Will SCOTUS Hear Hawaii Second Amendment Appeal?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 1034 Views :: Second Amendment
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... A decision on whether to take up or turn down the case could come at any time ....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 |
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