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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 56986 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees....
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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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Racists in Congress fought statehood for Hawaii, but lost that battle 64 years ago
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 1389 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....
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Friday, August 18, 2023 |
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Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 7001 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....
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Saturday, August 12, 2023 |
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It was 125 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 27191 Views :: Hawaii History
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On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....
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Sunday, August 6, 2023 |
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This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 59005 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism. So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.
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Friday, August 4, 2023 |
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Hawaii Democrats Used ‘Fake Electors’ During The 1960 Election. Nobody Was Charged.
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 3080 Views :: National News, Hawaii History, Office of Elections
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... A recount of Hawaii’s votes ultimately reversed the outcome of the state election ....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
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1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 18193 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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At the Marquesas Islands, Herman Melville and his friend jumped ship....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 AM :: 46787 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:02 AM :: 18566 Views :: Hawaii History
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In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 22862 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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Happy Fourth of July!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 AM :: 1357 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the Declaration of Independence set our nation on its course to become the leading light for freedom throughout the world ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Regulations make housing prices unsustainable
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 1368 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... why have prices spiked over the past half-century? ....
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Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1140 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Tourism, Obama
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... 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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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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The politician and the Skyline buzzsaw
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 AM :: 2530 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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... a list of political careers derailed by rail ....
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 57589 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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Monday, June 12, 2023 |
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Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 PM :: 26715 Views :: Hawaii History
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Today is Kamehameha Day in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
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Aloha, Sam Slom, Hawaii will miss you
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:20 PM :: 1362 Views :: Hawaii History, Republican Party
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... It’s a rare man who enters politics and leaves this world mourned as much by his political adversaries as his friends and allies ....
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Saturday, May 27, 2023 |
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The Lone Ranger
By Selected News Articles @ 11:41 PM :: 1512 Views :: Hawaii History, Republican Party
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... the personal, face-to-face level, Sam was really hard to beat ....
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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The Number of Troops Hawaii Sent to Fight in WWII
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 1285 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... About 15,965 Americans residing in Hawaii enlisted to fight in World War II ....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
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Flags Lowered for Late Senator Sam Slom
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 1483 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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Friday, April 7, 2023 |
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Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:00 PM :: 33681 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion
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If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....
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Friday, April 7, 2023 |
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30 Years later First members Appointed to Oahu Historic Preservation Commission
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1382 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii History
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... Administratively, the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission will be managed by the City’s Department of Planning and Permitting ....
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Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
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Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 AM :: 33342 Views :: DHHL, Agriculture, Hawaii History, Land Use
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...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 12568 Views :: Hawaii History
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...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM :: 2562 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History
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... remember Al Hee? The first in the current wave of Hawaii corruption cases, Hee's indictment was handed down on the exact second anniversary of Dan Inouye's death ....
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
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Abraham Lincoln Abolished Slavery in Hawaii too
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 AM :: 2645 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History
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... Abraham Lincoln freed Hawaii plantation laborers from indentured servitude--in 1900--35 years after he was assassinated. How? Keep reading ....
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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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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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Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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John Waihee’s Favorite Trump-era influence peddler sentenced to prison
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 2855 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii History, Republican Party
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... Nickie Lum of the Infamous Lum Crime Family Sentenced for Facilitating Unregistered Lobbying Campaign in Exchange for Approximately $3 Million ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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How Christmas Came to Hawaii
By Hoku Paoa Stevenson @ 12:01 AM :: 38467 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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As presented by Hoku Paoa Stevenson at the Summer Palace....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 33680 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Military, Police
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“It was (his) work as as head of the HPD’s Espionage Bureau that lay the foundation for Burns’ later political success in Hawaii.”
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 |
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Drugs, Fish, and Termites: Miske FBI Backgrounder Unsealed by Federal Judge
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3533 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... 40 miles off the coast of Hawaii, FV Rachel attached a large amount of Methamphetamine to a Radio Frequency (RF) buoy and dropped the drugs into the ocean ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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The ‘mailbox conspiracy’ and what it says about corruption in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 3015 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Hawaii doesn’t have any more or less corruption than any other part of the country, but it does lack whistleblowers and introspection, which makes combating corruption so difficult ....
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
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Plague, Frogs, Fire and Cracks: Eleven Years of HART Excuses
By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 AM :: 2829 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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... HART excuses are nearly Biblical: Plague, Frogs, Fires, and Cracks -- but the real reason slipped out as COVID shut down Hawaii's tourism industry: “After Wasting Billions to Build Rail, is it worth $160 million a year to operate?” ....
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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Two from Hawaii Appointed to Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 1438 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii History
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... to identify geographic names and federal land unit names that are considered derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement names ....
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Saturday, July 16, 2022 |
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Bishop Museum Board: "Frustration, stress, and fear"
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 2923 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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... A number of talented staff have left the museum in recent months, many citing a toxic work environment ....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
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Property Rights and the New Feudalism
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 1933 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use
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... In the United States, Hawaii was the first to pass a town-and-country-type land-use law in 1961 ....
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 |
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S. 2907 Federal 'Truth and Healing Commission' will dig for Bodies at Kamehameha School
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 2150 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History
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... Waihee operative Norma Wong -- kitted out with a spanking new Hawaiian name ‘Kawelokū’ -- was sent, June 22, 2022, to denounce Kamehameha Schools and Lahainaluna School before the Sen Brian Schatz’ Indian Affairs Committee ‘Oversight Hearing on Indian Boarding Schools' ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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When permission is absent--Misrepresentation of Micronesian navigation must be corrected
By Selected News Articles @ 9:48 PM :: 2919 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Cultural appropriation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society is robbing me and my Micronesian brothers of our heritage, history and truthful place in the world ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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Transit History
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1561 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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... Fat chance of the Feds giving us that much now ....
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Thursday, May 12, 2022 |
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Interior Department Lumps Kamehameha and Lahaianaluna in with 'Indian Boarding Schools'
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 2228 Views :: Akaka Bill, Education K-12, Hawaii History
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"... 1819 to 1969, the federal Indian boarding school system consisted of 408 federal schools across 37 states or then territories, including 21 schools in Alaska and 7 schools in Hawaii ...." -- US DoI report
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Saturday, May 7, 2022 |
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Mafia News: Kahele Admits he was Picked for State Senate by Malu Motta’s Best Friend
By Video @ 11:59 PM :: 15791 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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... Kahele was picked for the Senate by the best friend of a double murderer. A bribery convict helped him "transition to the State Senate", a friend of Katherine Kealoha works for him, and Honolulu's unindicted mayor made way for his Gubernatorial campaign ....
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Friday, May 6, 2022 |
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Did Hawaii Beat the Virus?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 AM :: 2011 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism, COVID-19
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... At great cost, isolation from the world delayed the spread until vaccines and treatments were available ....
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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Evening Tour of ʻIolani Palace: A Walk Through the Past
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:43 AM :: 2876 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... the first evening tour of the ʻIolani Palace held in over a year ....
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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First Anniversary of COVID Vaccine in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 1642 Views :: Hawaii History, COVID-19
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... 2,439,075 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Hawai‘i. DOH estimates 73.2% of the state’s population has received either two doses ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Third Saint from Kalaupapa? Bishops Advance cause of Brother Joseph Dutton
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 2093 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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... Father Damien, who had just been diagnosed with leprosy, needed an assistant to help him carry on his work after he was gone. Dutton threw himself into the work ....
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Sunday, November 21, 2021 |
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Harbors Division Accepts Preservationist Bid to Return Falls of Clyde to Scotland
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 1925 Views :: Hawaii History
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... After years rotting in Hawaii, a 19th century Clyde-built ship is finally coming home ....
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
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Alaska: The Jones Act's original victim
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:43 PM :: 1915 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act
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... New report details how Jones Act targeted Alaska from the start ....
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