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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy?
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 3552 Views :: Energy, Higher Education
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"...solar, wind, and batteries on their own will not scale to meet the needs we have...."
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| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
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Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:57 AM :: 2382 Views :: Agriculture
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... When the ranch shut down in 2008, he didn’t walk away ....
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| Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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Four New HART Board Members Appointed
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 3547 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... Mayor apponts two, Speaker appoints one, Council appoints one ....
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| Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 2973 Views :: World News, Military
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... approximately 400 miles south of Guam ....
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China
By Ed Case @ 4:47 PM :: 3197 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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... “Under long-standing loopholes in maritime law, Jones Act shippers can and do outsource major vessel parts fabrications and modifications to foreign shipyards, primarily those in the PRC,” said Case. ...
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:38 PM :: 2506 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development
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... Schatz hasn’t been all talk, either. Last week, he introduced several bipartisan bills aimed at inducing more homebuilding ....
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2564 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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... over the last fifty years, our lawmakers have tended to regard those provisions as bothersome annoyances, to be worked around or avoided ...
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| Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
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Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 2106 Views
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... If convicted of the charged offenses, Nowicke faces a maximum sentence of life in prison ....
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| Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 2601 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....
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| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
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Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:08 PM :: 2397 Views :: Health Care
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... If you need to see a medical specialist, you have to hope there is one on-island with an open appointment before it’s too late ....
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| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
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Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5315 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness, Police, Drugs
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... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....
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| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
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Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 1106 Views :: Maui County, Police
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... a comprehensive review of the department's response and outlines 35 recommendations for improving future emergency operations ....
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| Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
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Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 2341 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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"... the court affirmed the City’s position that the officers involved did not act out of malice in the death of Lindani Myeni ...."
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| Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
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Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 3667 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... 857,102 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in June 2025, down 1.8 percent from the same month last year ....
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| Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
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Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 3458 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... if weather conditions intensify in the next 24 to 48 hours Hawaiian Electric may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk ....
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| Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
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Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 2529 Views :: Education K-12, World News
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... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 3959 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs
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... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 5505 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... Green, meanwhile, is up for re-election next year and indicated he’d run for a second term. But that didn’t preclude him from entertaining the idea of a run for higher office soon thereafter ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 2524 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The 27-year-old Posse system will be taken off-line at the close of business Monday, July 28, 2025, and will not be available to the public or DPP staff ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 5389 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 5264 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 4944 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 3384 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education, Land Use
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... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 2079 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... He praised the great working relationships between the FBI and the local, state, and federal law enforcement partners ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 4563 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA
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... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....
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| Monday, July 28, 2025 |
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How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 1023 Views :: Higher Education
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... This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi system on July 21, 2025 ....
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| Monday, July 28, 2025 |
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$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 2710 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....
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| Sunday, July 27, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:13 PM :: 1690 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....
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| Sunday, July 27, 2025 |
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Pay for No Work
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4432 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....
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| Saturday, July 26, 2025 |
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Baked to order: New cottage food rules
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:23 PM :: 1281 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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... to more easily produce and sell jams, relishes and sauces made with local ingredients ....
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| Saturday, July 26, 2025 |
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Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other homebuilding bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 3038 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... Green altered course when he signed a handful of bills that had been on his intent-to-veto list ....
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| Friday, July 25, 2025 |
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Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 1868 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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... Executive Order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment ....
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| Friday, July 25, 2025 |
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Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 2453 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Schatz Introduces YIMBY Act To Encourage Localities To Cut Regulations, Adopt Pro-Housing Policies ....
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| Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 3857 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary
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... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....
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| Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 2651 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits
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... Sept. 30, 2025 is the deadline to apply ....
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| Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 2053 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... 16,879 personal/private applications for permits to acquire firearms were processed statewide during 2024, marking a 28.3% decrease ....
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2025 |
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DoE Ready to Resume Most School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 1617 Views :: Education K-12
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... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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DoH: COVID Activity on the Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 2134 Views :: COVID-19
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... The test positivity rate statewide was 12.4% as of July 19, 2025, up from 10.9% the previous week ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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Search is on for a new KSBE Trustee
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 1362 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2742 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....
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| Sunday, July 20, 2025 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 18, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 3:06 PM :: 1597 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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| Sunday, July 20, 2025 |
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Nonprofit Blankety Blank
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2677 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... $50 million in the hands of a four-person committee ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii climate policy going overboard on cruise ships
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:24 PM :: 2839 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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... the DOT is supposed to decarbonize every transportation sector in Hawaii, but there aren’t a lot of options when it comes to maritime emissions ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 3429 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 2572 Views :: Maui County
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... Hoʻokumu Hou programs are open to individuals and families who meet eligibility requirements that include income limits and loss of property during the 2023 Maui wildfires. ...
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 2588 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Drugs
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... Work crews encountered unsanitary conditions including rat infestations, feces and maggots ....
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| Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2309 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Student Jones Act Essay Contest
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:29 PM :: 1542 Views :: Jones Act
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... High school, college students can earn $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000 from Jones Act essay contest ....
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