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| Friday, August 14, 2026 |
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$40M Libel: Princeville Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses in Federal Court (again)
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 2511 Views :: Kauai County, First Amendment
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...Q-Anon adjacent cult leader, ex-con and convicted fraudster Liana Shanti, aka Liane Wilson, Inmate #11866-122, has lost again in Federal Court....
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| Monday, August 10, 2026 |
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Another Hawaii Voter Roll Lawsuit Filed
By News Release @ 9:35 AM :: 1883 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Office of Elections
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... PILF is suing the county clerks of Maui and Kauaʻi, alleging that the counties violated the National Voter Registration Act ....
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| Wednesday, July 29, 2026 |
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Kauai Charter School not the First to Remove Wife of OHA Trustee
By Andrew Walden @ 9:56 PM :: 4852 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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"Executive Director/Principal Kanoe Ahuna gave special treatment to her husband Dan Ahuna (OHA Trustee) when she failed to reprimand him for multiple instances of using foul and abusive language toward middle school students while he was a KPCS teacher during the 2024-25 school year...."
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| Monday, July 27, 2026 |
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DHHL Sued Over Courtyards at Waipouli Evictions
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 4154 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Cost of Living
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... David Kalahiki and Linda Twitchell allege that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ blood-quantum rule violates their rights by conditioning housing on ancestry ....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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The island without childcare for babies
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 AM :: 4622 Views :: Kauai County, Family, Cost of Living
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... she’s been trying to add an additional building to run an infant-toddler center for seven or eight years, but on the island, the process is lengthy ....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Kauai CASPER Survey Results
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 4351 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Kauaʻi District Health Office (KDHO) has released its report of the 2026 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 4508 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Health Care
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"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."
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| Sunday, June 28, 2026 |
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Poll Shows Tight Kauai Mayor’s Race--will Cowden beat Carvalho?
By News Release @ 10:46 AM :: 6327 Views :: Kauai County, Politicians
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... Rapozo leads the field (31%), followed by Carvalho (24%) and Cowden (22%) ....
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| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
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X-Caliber arranges $431M financing for Coco Palms Resort
By News Release @ 8:56 PM :: 4199 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Tourism
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...The scheme is being led by developer Reef Capital Partners....
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| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
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16 Years Since Amber Jackson's Murder on Kaua’i
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 4995 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... “Please come forward with any information about Gregory Glaser, past or present. No detail is too small or insignificant.” ....
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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OIP: Kali Watson Violated Sunshine Law Pushing HHC to Acquire Waipouli
By News Release @ 10:47 AM :: 4628 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Ethics, Cost of Living
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... how Watson pressured Hawaiian Homes Commissioners to approve purchase of Kauai condo complex ....
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| Monday, June 1, 2026 |
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Kauaʻi, PMRF, and the Road Ahead
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:44 AM :: 4666 Views :: Kauai County, Military, OHA
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"...the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range...."
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| Monday, May 25, 2026 |
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KIUC 2nd Highest in State in Renewable Generation for 2025
By News Release @ 6:18 PM :: 5037 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) achieved a 52.8% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for 2025, second highest in the state behind Hawai‘i Island....
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
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Federal Jury Convicts Hanapepe Man of Producing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography
By News Release @ 8:46 PM :: 4057 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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...Biggs was a serial, self-described “groomer” who targeted children, many of whom were mentally and emotionally vulnerable....
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| Saturday, May 16, 2026 |
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Kauai Suit Challenges Delays in Gun Permits
By News Release @ 8:36 AM :: 4344 Views :: Kauai County, Second Amendment
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... Under Hawaiʻi law, permit applications are required to be issued or denied before the 40th day ....
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| Wednesday, May 13, 2026 |
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Kapaa Woman Sentenced for COVID Fraud
By News Release @ 10:20 AM :: 7948 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19
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... Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ....
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| Sunday, May 10, 2026 |
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Judicial Vacancies in Maui, Kauai Counties
By News Release @ 6:52 AM :: 4508 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Judiciary
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... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....
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| Monday, April 27, 2026 |
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Senate Confirms Judges for Kauai, Maui
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 9310 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Judiciary
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... Judge Annalisa Bernard Lee, Maui and Judge Michael Soong, Kauai ....
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| Friday, April 24, 2026 |
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KIUC to Retire $2.7 Million in Patronage Capital to Members
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 4609 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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... Patronage capital is created when KIUC’s annual revenues exceed expenses ....
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| Monday, April 20, 2026 |
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Kauai COVID Fraudster Gets 14 Months
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4758 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... along with $1,409,964.35 in restitution to the Small Business Administration ....
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| Friday, April 10, 2026 |
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Property tax changes would help Kauai farmers and ranchers
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 4754 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Development, Land Use
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Bill 2987 would reduce the risk of farmers and ranchers paying more in property taxes than they should for having certain commercial structures on their lands, including food processing facilities or slaughterhouses....
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| Saturday, April 4, 2026 |
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Following the golden rule … of budgeting
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:43 PM :: 5262 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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...All of Hawaii’s county mayors have released their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, and most appear to be fiscally responsible....
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| Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
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Judicial Nominees for Kauai, Maui
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 4970 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Judiciary
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... five nominees for Kauai, none for Maui ....
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| Tuesday, March 17, 2026 |
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Kawakami Announces Run for LG
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 7752 Views :: Democratic Party, Kauai County, Ethics, Politicians
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...The issue: Would voters favor Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami over incumbent Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke in the August 8, 2026 Democratic Primary race....
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| Sunday, March 15, 2026 |
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Reducing the Cost of Living: Grassroot Testimony
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 4093 Views :: Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... state and county testimonies submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii in the first half of March 2026 ....
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| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 |
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Sheriff Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 2032 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...manipulated computer records that tracked her time and attendance between October 1, 2021 and June 20, 2024, in order to receive more than $64,000 in unearned compensation....
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| Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
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Police Commission appoints Rudy Tai as Kaua‘i Police Chief
By News Release @ 10:55 AM :: 1270 Views :: Kauai County, Police
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... Born and raised on O‘ahu, Chief Tai brings more than 35 years of law-enforcement experience with the San Diego Police Department ....
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| Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
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Green Appoints Char Kauai Circuit Judge
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 1088 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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...Char served as a deputy public defender on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and later as supervising deputy public defender for the Kauaʻi office....
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| Saturday, January 31, 2026 |
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Antivaxxer School at Center of Chickenpox outbreak on Kauai
By News Release @ 8:30 AM :: 1546 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Health Care
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... All five cases were not vaccinated against chickenpox ....
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| Saturday, January 10, 2026 |
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Another Woman Sentenced in Kauai Meth Ring
By News Release @ 12:06 PM :: 1404 Views :: Kauai County, Drugs
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... Henderson is one of eleven defendants charged in three separate indictments for crimes related to the operation of a trans-Pacific drug trafficking network, nine of whom have pled guilty with the remaining awaiting trial ....
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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150 lbs of Meth: Kauai man second of eleven to be Sentenced
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 2709 Views :: Kauai County, Drugs
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... 150 pounds of methamphetamine, several kilograms of fentanyl and carfentanil, eight firearms, ammunition, and over $150,000 in cash ....
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| Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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After Evicting Tenants, DHHL Offers Rent-to-Own on Kauai
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 1817 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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... the department’s first apartment acquisition aimed at beneficiaries interested in a rent-with-option-to-purchase program ....
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| Saturday, November 8, 2025 |
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'Building common ground' housing event travels to Kauai on Wednesday, Nov. 12
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:33 PM :: 2307 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Land Use
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...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice have teamed up with the Rice Street Business Association....
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| Thursday, October 9, 2025 |
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Family argues helicopter maker is liable in fatal Hawaii crash
By Court House News @ 3:52 AM :: 2056 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary, Tourism
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... a case testing manufacturer immunity under a 1994 federal law ....
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| Sunday, October 5, 2025 |
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Kauai Judicial Vacancy
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 2104 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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... Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit (island of Kauai) ....
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| Thursday, September 25, 2025 |
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Petition: OHA Trustee's Wife Using Charter School Funds for 'improper personal expenses'
By News Release @ 6:18 AM :: 4390 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, OHA
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"...Ahuna is responsible for a five-year decline in K-12 enrollment and using school funds for improper personal expenses benefiting herself, her family, and associates...."
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| Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
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Kauai: Failed Solar Battery System Causes ‘Minor Blasts’ – six homes evacuated
By News Release @ 12:58 PM :: 5763 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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... Firefighters were dispatched to a report of batteries bursting on Hekili Road in Kapa‘a ....
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| Sunday, September 7, 2025 |
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 4153 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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... Due to the potential for hazardous conditions ....
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| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 3786 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Military
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... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....
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| Wednesday, June 11, 2025 |
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Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
By News Release @ 11:25 AM :: 3183 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....
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| Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 4009 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Small Business
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... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....
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| Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 2846 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Bill 2951, was proposed in response to a January zoning complaint that shut down the popular Princeville Farmers and Artists Market ....
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| Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 2630 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business
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“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,”
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| Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 4482 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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... the Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....
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| Friday, April 11, 2025 |
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Kauai, Maui zoning changes would help farmers, food trucks
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:23 PM :: 3126 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Lawmakers on Kaua‘i and Maui are considering bills that would increase income opportunities for farmers and other small businesses ....
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| Tuesday, April 8, 2025 |
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Testimony: Grassroot Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 3086 Views :: Honolulu County, Kauai County, Hawaii State Government
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... state and county testimonies the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii submitted for consideration by the respective lawmakers in late March and early April 2025 ....
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