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Friday, May 16, 2025 |
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Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 1139 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 4433 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs
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... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms. Where are the rest of the millions? ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 910 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Small Business
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... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
By UHERO @ 4:21 PM :: 973 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 908 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 6:05 PM :: 701 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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.... Hawaii extracts $9,503 per person ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 1118 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 577 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes
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“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 793 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Customers in states such as Hawaii and Connecticut, where retail electricity prices are relatively high, paid more than $200 per month for electricity ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 851 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... $204 million project to design, construct, operate and maintain a 1.7 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant ....
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Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 530 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... States With the Best Budgeting Education in High Schools ....
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Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:05 AM :: 698 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... there were a few tax increases and a bill that is kind of a tax cut ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 6:51 PM :: 869 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 779 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes
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... SB1296 will allow most Lahaina residents in the area’s Special Management Area to rebuild without having to go through the burdensome SMA permitting process ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 673 Views :: Judiciary
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... nomination deadline is June 23, 2025 ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 891 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Only residents living in contested areas are able to vote ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Another chance to make things right
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 1705 Views :: Judiciary, Police
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... the police seize your car because someone stole it and used it in a crime ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 1012 Views :: World News, Military
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... US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations ....
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Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 995 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary
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... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....
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Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 946 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 1041 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Military
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... the lab’s operations are managed by Laulima Government Solutions, an (8a) Native Hawaiian LLC based in an office park in Orlando, Florida ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 PM :: 880 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Politicians
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"...While Democrats posture about taking on 'Big Oil,' they’re shielding Par Hawaii—a top fossil fuel donor to their own party—from climate lawsuits...."
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession
By UHERO @ 2:09 PM :: 712 Views :: Economy
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... volatile fiscal and immigration policies are undermining consumer confidence, raising inflation expectations, and worsening the business outlook ....
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 882 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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... If a license plate is deemed actionable, it can be added to a hotlist—triggering real-time alerts the moment the vehicle is detected by a Cloudrunner camera ....
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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Reflections of Gene Ward
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 855 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party
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... reflecting on a person I got to know over my years of participation in the political world of Hawai‘i ....
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 11:03 PM :: 837 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... In the long-awaited preliminary decision, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi awarded 17 plaintiffs damages ....
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 2791 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs
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... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
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‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 2466 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness
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... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 923 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 1116 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 1874 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 861 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... in the criminal case of United States v. Raymond Martinez and Juanita Moser, 15-CR-00031 ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 1523 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... strategic reorganization to centralize and accelerate the City’s housing initiatives ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Legislature on a housing-reform streak
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 PM :: 824 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... Bills that will help mitigate Hawaii’s housing crisis include ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:13 PM :: 917 Views :: Family, Gambling, Life
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... Marcus Oshiro and Eva Andrade go over the session ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 11:57 AM :: 988 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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The Major Raid that Wasn’t
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 978 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Senate Draft 2 of the bill proposed to raid ninety-seven special funds for $320M ....
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Saturday, May 3, 2025 |
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Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 1409 Views :: Second Amendment
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... a sweeping ban on a range of common firearms, including semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, semi-automatic shotguns holding more than five shells, and any handgun capable of holding more than ten rounds ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 2656 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... to obtain tuition assistance payments from the VA for ghost students ....
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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 :: 788 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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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 940 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There were 903,891 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2025, up 3.0 percent from the same month last year ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:30 AM :: 817 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... State legislators also OK'd bills that will increase healthcare access and reform civil asset forfeiture, pending approval by the governor ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 902 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The move boosts the odds that the Supreme Court will take up the case ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 3448 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"... The federal lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempts to block Hawaiʻi from holding the fossil fuel industry responsible ....”
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1023 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... More than 900 interested job seekers attended ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 950 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
By Court House News @ 1:38 PM :: 881 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session draws to a close ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Health Measures up for Final Passage
By News Release @ 12:44 PM :: 859 Views :: Health Care
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... A series of health-related measures is up for final reading today on the House floor ....
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