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Top state and local government and political news from all the islands
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
State lawmakers tax marijuana, rescue schools with hurricane fund, move other bills at midway point of the legislative session, Honolulu mayor increases budget, Hawaii County mayor decreases budget, smoking ban flaunted, tsunami aftermath studied, more news
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Furlough Fridays would be gone, marijuana for medical purposes would be taxed $30 an ounce and gas-powered leaf blowers would be outlawed in...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Feds give Hawaii $125.7M for roads, health insurers ailing, Maui sewage spill from tsunami still lingers, bank robbers active on Oahu, businesses to get tax relief, other top news from Hawaii
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Hawaii received $125.7 million of the $26.6 billion allotted nationwide for highways under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the W...
Monday, March 1, 2010
Officials defend tsunami evacuation, lawmakers still looking for money, more top Hawaii news
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Scientists acknowledged they overstated the threat but defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of ...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tsunami alert tests Hawaii's preparedness
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Tourists lined the lanais of high-rise hotels and sightseers clustered along Hawaii's cliffside highways to take in the spectacle of a ...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sale of state's largest newspaper dominates headlines, Abercrombie bids aloha to Congress, minor fire at Honolulu airport delays flights, more top news
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Oahu Publications Inc. has agreed to purchase The Honolulu Advertiser, the state's dominant newspaper, and sell or merge the rival Honol...
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Legislature won't gamble on casinos, congressional election set, flag flap continues, most TAT to counties restored, Kauai mayor satisfied, more Hawaii news
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The state House Finance Committee agreed last night to defer a bill that would have allowed a casino on O'ahu, as lawmakers discarded ga...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Akaka Bill passes House, economy improving, few speak Hawaiian, traffic better but still bad, more news
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Hawai'i's economic difficulties may be abating, with the state saying there are signs that certain sectors may hit bottom this year ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Akaka Bill faces crucial hearing today, HECO raising rates, UPW deal in the works, Hannemann delivers State of the City, Hilo crime wave and other top news
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A new version of the native Hawaiian government reorganization bill is moving in the U.S. House, but Gov. Linda Lingle remains opposed to it...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Lingle talks transit in Washington, Hannemann preps for state of the city, lawmakers looking for money, cetacean rehab facility opening in Hilo, domestic violence rising, more Hawaii news
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Sunday Governor Linda Lingle met with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to talk about Honolulu's rail project. President Barack Oba...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill to be considered Monday, state dumps 4k mentally ill, leaf blower ban considered, flag flap intensifies, more Hawaii news
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A version of the Akaka bill could be up for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House next week. Legislation aimed at lessening the increase e...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Lawmakers look at raising taxes, Kona coffee shortchanged, thunderstorms nearing islands, Kauai to get a helicopter, more top Hawaii news
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The state House is considering a measure that would temporarily increase general excise and use taxes by a percentage point, to 5 percent, i...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Renovated USS Arizona opening today, Lost producers coy about details, homeless worry tourism officials, Hannemann's uncampaign, more
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Thousands of visitors today are expected to pour into the first phase of a new USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, designed to replace the ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Pirates of the Caribbean brings Hollywood to Hawaii, well-being tops in the nation, Oahu hotels expect improvement, survey anti-smoking, more top news
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It's Hollywood in Hawaii, as the Black Pearl arrives. That's the ship featured in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. ...
Monday, February 15, 2010
Native Hawaiian claims county land, Aloha Run today, Honolulu bus ridership down, homeless up, state hospital troubled, more top Hawaii news
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After months negotiating with a landowner, Hawaii County has almost finalized the paperwork to buy a property labeled the top priority for p...
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Friday, February 12, 2010
ACLU: State discriminates against unmarried couples, more than 5k medical marijuana users, tourism is king, green building code costing, meth addict guilty of throwing baby off overpass, more
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Hawaii’s sandalwood industry is long gone. Even sugar operations are a distant memory. For now, tourism is the industry in Hawaii. Ten yea...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
State e-waste plan not working, tent, shopping cart park ban moving forward, lawmakers debate Furlough Friday, Hamakua land to go on block, Lanai councilman could be forced out, other state news
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The Big Island's e-waste recycling centers are becoming graveyards for illegally dumped computers, televisions, microwaves and printers....
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Kilauea sends lava through subdivision, surf's up, lawmakers advance casinos, fireworks and legal marijuana, but snuff out cigarettes, more state news
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Fires are burning on the Big Island of Hawaii as a surge of lava pulses down slope through as many as six tubes, threatening the last remain...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Superferry may return, more government jobs may be lost, bar owners want smoking back, more news
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If you thought the Hawaii Superferry issue was gone, you may be wrong. The House Transportation Committee approved a bill yesterday to st...
Monday, February 8, 2010
Lawmakers target taxes, hospitals, restaurants and drunk drivers, Census seeks better representation, Chinatown and cherry blossoms celebrated, more
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The state Senate is set to discuss a bill Monday to privatize Hawaii Health Systems Corp. as a nonprofit organization. For some legislativ...
Friday, February 5, 2010
Drought extreme, Kauai bulldozes Native Hawaiian homes, state credit rating down, Fasi remembered, command center a white elephant, Big Island stores on Target, roll call on civil unions, more state news
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The rainy season here is falling so far short of normal this year that Hawaii is the only state with a National Weather Service assessment ...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Casinos coming to Hawaii? Frank Fasi dies, education in a muddle, plastic bag ban bagged, biodiesel for the Big island, more news
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Casino operations could take place on Hawaiian Home Lands under a bill that advanced out of the House Hawaiian Affairs Committee yesterday. ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
State seeks to tax cash sales and the bag you take it home in, home sales up a bit, cell phone driving bans ineffective, federal money coming for rail, more news
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Special state agents are scrutinizing businesses' cash sales in hopes of taxing some of the $2 billion in unreported transactions estima...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
UH spring enrollment highest ever, lawmakers eyeing Hurricane Relief Fund for schools, political season kicks off and other top Hawaii news
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The recession and a lousy job market continue to fuel enrollment at the University of Hawai'i, which yesterday reported its highest-ever...
Monday, February 1, 2010
Monk seals in peril, NOAA grant to aid marine research, PUC in dispute, honked horn sets off deadly McDonald's drive-through crash, more news
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The 2009 Hawaiian monk seal breeding season produced the fewest pups in at least 10 years as the highly endangered marine mammal species con...
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