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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Former Schofield contractor sentenced for role in bribery and kickback scheme
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 3571 Views :: Ethics, Military

... from 2011 to 2018, Winslett paid over $100,000 worth of bribes to two U.S. Army contracting officials who worked at the Range at Schofield Barracks, in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million  ....

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Friday, January 15, 2021
When saving money isn't really
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:31 PM :: 4525 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes, COVID-19

... that $2 billion in “savings” is going to end up costing the taxpayers almost four times as much in the long term ....

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Friday, January 15, 2021
Meth Trafficking: Former Mayor of Yona, Guam Sentenced to Prison for Extortion
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 3805 Views :: Ethics, Drugs

... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....

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Friday, January 15, 2021
30 Years Without a Plan -- Auditor Rips Agribusiness Development Corp.
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:36 AM :: 6024 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government

"...ADC has done little – if anything – to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises...the State can no longer wait for ADC to figure out what it is, what it is supposed to do, and how it is supposed to do it...."

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Ed Case Reintroduces Jones Act Reform Bills
By Ed Case @ 9:49 PM :: 4662 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... His proposals would amend the century-old Jones Act to combat monopolies in domestic shipping ....

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Court Order: All commercial aquarium fishing completely banned in Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:56 AM :: 4437 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism

... until the aquarium fishing industry has completed the Chapter 343 environmental review process ....

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Worst Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 3205 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

...Of its 117 total traffic deaths in 2018, 45 traffic deaths in Hawaii came when one or more of the drivers had been drinking....

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Hawaii Judiciary to Host 'Black Lives Matter' Seminar
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 3113 Views :: Judiciary

... Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 from noon to 1:15 p.m. ....

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
VIDEO: Pro-Trump Rally at Hawaii Capitol Peaceful
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 5694 Views :: COVID-19

... VIDEO: The Knights of Aloha protesting at the Hawaii State Capitol Friday January 15, 2021 ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
US House Impeaches Trump
By Ed Case @ 10:45 PM :: 3874 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation

"President’s incitement of January 6th’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol violated his oath to defend the Constitution and cannot go unanswered" -- Rep Ed Case

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Kauai: Vaccine for Age 75+ Begins Jan 15--Sign up here
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4051 Views :: Kauai County, COVID-19

... sign up here ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
"We will create a path for them to spend time in federal prison"
By News Release @ 3:16 AM :: 3943 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... Those who choose to jeopardize the peaceful transition of power, or otherwise unlawfully wreak havoc in our communities, should know ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
COVID Vaccine Now Available on Big Island for Age 75+
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3883 Views :: Hawaii County , COVID-19

... Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital, Kona Community Hospital, and Hilo Medical Center now scheduling vaccinations for those 75 years of age and older, as well as essential workers ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
DBEDT: Hawaii Defense Spending Outlook Report
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 3779 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Military

... SWOT Analysis and Action Plan Identify Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Growth ....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Why Wait for Government? Volunteers Repair Koko Head Tramway
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 2907 Views :: Honolulu County

...the tramway track and trestle structures have been widely utilized as a hiking trail....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Delaying health benefits fund payments will add $8 billion to Hawaii taxpayer debt
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:29 PM :: 4283 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19

... Efforts to save money now will cost taxpayers more later while putting government employees and retirees at risk, says Grassroot Institute of Hawaii ....

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Monday, January 11, 2021
Online National Community Survey for O`ahu Residents
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 2723 Views :: Honolulu County

... Online Survey Period: January 4, 2021 through January 31, 2021 ....

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Monday, January 11, 2021
Supreme Court to hear Guam, Alaska Cases
By Court House News @ 12:11 PM :: 4182 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, COVID-19

... The U.S. Supreme Court granted 14 cases Friday night, adding an additional 12 hours of argument to its calendar ....

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Monday, January 11, 2021
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 9, 2021
By GovTrack .us @ 1:00 AM :: 2700 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... Bills introduced and votes in Congress for week ending Jan 9, 2021 from GovTrack.us ....

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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Say 'Uncle' -- What Connects Miske to Kealoha?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 18214 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Rail

... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....

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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Schwarzenegger: Trumpsters Capitol Attack is 'American Kristallnacht'
By Video @ 9:32 PM :: 4461 Views :: National News, Republican Party

... this is the 'fascio' organizing itself ....

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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Scrutinize the Big Agencies!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3435 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... There is still a lot of real estate between $0.3 billion and $1.4 billion a year ....

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Saturday, January 9, 2021
DoH Sitting on 56,700 Unused Vaccines
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 3817 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

... Vaccine doses received 91,700 - Vaccinations administered 35,000 = 56,700 ....

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Saturday, January 9, 2021
JSC Still Seeking Applicants for ICA Judge, 3rd Circuit Judges
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 2994 Views :: Judiciary

... and a Notice of Petition for Retention – The Honorable Dyan M. Medeiros ....

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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Sign up Here: Hospitals Start Vaccinating Age 75+
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 6335 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Health Care, COVID-19

... Maui Memorial and Adventist Health are not waiting for the DoH any more ....

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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Privileged Elite: Kauai School Employees Begin Getting Vaccinations Monday
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 5122 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19

...other school employees will begin to get access to vaccines on a regular basis toward the end of January and early February....

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Friday, January 8, 2021
From Hamas to UH Manoa: Terrorism, Lies and Videotape
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 3382 Views :: Higher Education

... Prof. Cynthia Franklin is currently on a team developing a partnership between al-Quds University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa ....

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Friday, January 8, 2021
Don't rely on pennies from heaven
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:40 PM :: 3094 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... This week, we got our first real glimpse of Gov. David Ige’s proposed budget. ...

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Friday, January 8, 2021
How to Put Hawaii Back on Road to Prosperity
By Audio @ 11:00 AM :: 3443 Views :: Economy, COVID-19

... Hawaii's economy was in trouble before the coronavirus lockdowns ....

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Friday, January 8, 2021
'You can't spend money you don't have'
By Video @ 4:15 AM :: 3235 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... Barabara Marumoto, architect of the state's legal spending cap, continues to believe Hawaii needs better budgeting practices ....

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Friday, January 8, 2021
New Honolulu Council Committee Assignments
By News Release @ 3:58 AM :: 2789 Views :: Honolulu County

... the Council made no public announcement, but here it is anyway ....

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Friday, January 8, 2021
Rep. Mizuno Says he is Victim of Unemployment Fraud
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4122 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Law Enforcement

"I was just notified that someone had filed an unemployment claim using my name, work title, Social Security number, and work address."

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Friday, January 8, 2021
Spying on You: Department of Health Launches AlohaSafe Alert App
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 3415 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19

... Free app augments contact tracing, (claims to) keep data private, sends notice of potential exposure ...

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Friday, January 8, 2021
COVID Session: How the Hawaii Legislative 2021 Session will be Conducted
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 4121 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19

... Legislative Advocacy During COVID - A Virtual Seminar - How the Hawaii Legislative 2021 Session will be Conducted ....

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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Hawaii Republican Candidate Arrested at Airport--Allegedly Photographed Attacking Capitol
By Selected News Articles @ 7:24 PM :: 8312 Views :: Republican Party

... Nick Ochs was the Hawaii Republican candidate for House District 22 ....

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Alert: US Federal Recognition is Back
By Video @ 11:24 PM :: 4683 Views :: Akaka Bill, Congressional Delegation

... Tribal leaders hope that the ‘Indian Recognition Act’ will pass both houses of Congress and be signed into law during the Biden administration’s first 100 days ....

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Trumpsters Break into Capitol, Occupy Senate Floor
By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 4649 Views :: National News

... This is the 'fascio' organizing itself .... 

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
VIDEO: DOCARE Raids Nude Beach looking for mask violators (again)
By Video @ 11:56 PM :: 8581 Views :: Maui County, Police, COVID-19

...drum circles, nudity, illegal alcohol and other illicit substances, coupled with hundreds of mask-less people in close contact with one another....

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Rail critic Natalie Iwasa named to HART board of directors
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 3909 Views :: Ethics, Rail

... “Ms. Iwasa's official engagement on the Board will ensure increased accountability and transparency at HART.” ....

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Which Hawaii Towns Have Worst Credit Card Debt?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3844 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 8 of 16 Hawaii towns are among the worst 10% credit card debtors in USA ....

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
American Samoa Begins Repatriating Stranded Residents
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 2826 Views :: COVID-19

... The American Samoa Department of Health is currently accepting applications from qualifying residents who wish to be repatriated ....

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
What COVID Emergency? Let's Quadruple Hawaii's Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credits
By UHERO @ 2:46 AM :: 2775 Views :: Tax Credits

... CLUE: There is no shortage of private capital available for tech startups.  If your tech startup needs government funds it is fake ....

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Physician Workforce Assessment Project -- 50% Shortage in Many Specialties
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 4031 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... Statewide, the greatest specialty shortages by percentage are: Colorectal Surgery (65%), Pathology (64%), Pulmonology (63%), Infectious Disease (58%), Allergy/Immunology (55%), and Hematology/Oncology (44%) ....

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Monday, January 4, 2021
Totally Trumped: Hawaii Republicans Call on Pence to Overturn Electoral College Votes
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 10:24 PM :: 3659 Views :: Republican Party

... full text: Hawaii GOP calls on Pence to seat Trump Electors ....

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Monday, January 4, 2021
2020: A Year in the Life of a Healthcare Worker
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:25 PM :: 3221 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... being at a facility with a positive worker sparked change for me ....

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Monday, January 4, 2021
The greenies’ tales about Hawaii’s vanishing beaches miss one important fact
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 4314 Views :: Environment, Land Use

...I don’t have an opinion about sea walls. I do have an opinion about connected, rich people buying oceanfront property on sinking islands even as they try to sell us on the idea that an ocean rise clocked at less than 2 mm per year is what really matters – and that we should give up fossil fuel to save their beaches....

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Monday, January 4, 2021
Hirono: GOP Senators Afraid of Trump Voters
By Video @ 5:34 AM :: 3606 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Republican Party

...“what you see is a bunch of senators trying to see who is going to be the biggest Trump suck-up to appeal to voters…It’s shameless…they’re very afraid of the Trump voters still out there."...

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Sunday, January 3, 2021
Audio: Trump Threatens Election officials if they don't 'find 11,780 votes'
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 4532 Views :: National News

... “Adding to this ill-conceived endeavor by some in Congress is the President’s call for his supporters to come to the Capitol on the day when this matter is to be debated and decided."....

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Sunday, January 3, 2021
Gaming on Hawaiian Homelands
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4190 Views :: DHHL, Gambling

... possible unintended consequences ....

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Saturday, January 2, 2021
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 2, 2021
By GovTrack .us @ 5:29 PM :: 2602 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes in Congress for week ending Jan 2, 2021 ....

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