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Friday, April 30, 2010
Legislature on last day passes civil unions, reinstates steep tax hikes, after 27 years, Kilauea losing steam, more top news from around the state
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In a dramatic last-minute reversal, the state Legislature sent Gov. Linda Lingle a bill legalizing civil unions between any two consenting a...
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Loss of JAL big blow to Big Island, state tourism up, great time for lava peepers, newspaper consolidation starts Monday, Navy to resume war games offshore, Legislature's last day, more top Hawaii news
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Hawaii officials say they hope to get Japan Airlines to reconsider its decision to end Kona service, or find another carrier to do it. Jap...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Legislature passes budget avoiding GET increase but grabbing high-tech credits, veil of secrecy drawn over business complaints, tourism looking up, state's two largest newspaper merger OK'd by court, Maui trims budget, more top Hawaii news
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State lawmakers on Tuesday passed a $10.2 billion budget that included many fee and tax hikes, but avoided an increase in the general excise...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Hawaii GOP congressional candidate gets no help from RNC, Lingle vetoes local jobs bill, no aloha for seabirds, civil union advocates launch last-ditch lobbying efforts, more top Hawaii news
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Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed legislation Monday that would have mandated state and county construction projects employ a workforce consisting of...
Monday, April 26, 2010
27 years of vog, Legislature enters home stretch, wildlife returns to Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, farm housing coming to Kauai, more top Hawaii news
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It has been 27 years since Kilauea started erupting and two since a new vent at Halema'uma'u Crater opened, doubling the amount of ...
Friday, April 23, 2010
State budget pau, Neighbor Islands income gap widens, congressional race a national fight, Thirty Meter telescope advances, more Hawaii news
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With last-minute negotiations still under way, House and Senate leaders say they have finished a budget that is about the same size as the ...
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Honolulu Hale pushing tax hikes, Hawaii renters pay the most, Big Island bans smoking when kids in car, H1N1 hits Maui school, more top Hawaii news
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A 3-cent increase in the tax on gasoline and a 30-cent hike in the real property tax rate for non-occupant homeowners advanced yesterday as ...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
New telescope for Mauna Kea, Kilaueau lava wowing viewers, civil union supporters push for reforms, Legislature targets birthers, Maui councilman runs for mayor, Miss Teen Hawaii dies from stroke, more
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Following years of delays, a new telescope was lowered in pieces into its new home. Lava from Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone has inc...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Live-aboards hit with stiff rent increase, surfboard chomped by shark, coral regrowing in harbor, U.S. Justice looking at Star-Bulletin bids, more news
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Boaters living on their vessels at Ala Wai and Ke'ehi small boat harbors are facing a more than 330 percent increase in rent, forcing ma...
Monday, April 19, 2010
Homeless find a way, Neighbor Islands gaining clout in gubernatorial contest, DLNR rules slammed, school tax district takes shape, more Hawaii news
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When police start enforcing a ban on camping tents and shopping carts in city parks as early as today, some of the homeless who live in Kapi...
Friday, April 16, 2010
Volcanic cloud hampers U.S.-Europe flights, Tea party rally draws 1k+, Hanabusa leading cash race, new scope heading to Mauna Kea, more top Hawaii news
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The bottom fell out of travel plans for thousands of U.S. airline passengers Thursday as dozens of flights between the U.S. and Europe were ...
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Business secrecy bill advances, Legislature sends fuel tax bill to governor, Save Our Schools ends protest, Hansen's disease settlement only land route blocked by mudslide, the band plays on and more Hawaii news
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Listeners swayed and tapped toes to the rhythms of the Royal Hawaiian Band yesterday, enjoying a 174-year-old tradition of free music that s...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Congressional candidates debate tax cuts, two protestors arrested at Capitol, Pirates of the Carribbean seeks extras, state revenues looking up, 817 state jobs gone, more Hawaii news
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Former Congressman Ed Case and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa said last night that they would likely vote to let President Bush-er...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Poll shows Djou-Case tie in congressional race, citations continue in Furlough Friday sit-in, budget ax hovers over state, counties, more top Hawaii news
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Deputy sheriffs cited nine people with trespassing—including two for the second time—as the sit-in against Furlough Fridays continued yest...
Monday, April 12, 2010
End of session crunch pushes tax bills, Furlough Friday protests get louder, alternative energy comes and goes in the islands, more Hawaii news
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State House negotiators last night offered to significantly scale back a proposal to lift general-excise tax exemptions on several business...
Friday, April 9, 2010
Parents and kids stage sit-in in governor's office, Merrie Monarch parade Saturday, Turtle Bay needs EIS, hotel occupancy rises, more Hawaii news
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With sleeping bags, pillows, a baby stroller and a teddy bear, people continued a sit-in at Gov. Linda Lingle's outer office for the sec...
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Asian-American Dems play race card in congressional race, parents stage Capitol sit-in, Merrie Monarch in full swing, Royal Hawaiian Band could lose funding, more
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It was a successful rescue. Wildlife experts have freed a trapped whale after a dramatic race against the setting sun. A group of parents ...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
State Legislature advances new taxes, canoe races to get farther away, Navy looks to the sun, congressional race heating up, more top Hawaii news
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The Coast Guard and state boating officials are enforcing stricter safety guidelines that could put canoe races farther from harbor entrance...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Three bids for Star-Bulletin, furlough opponents defeated, Merrie Monarch kicks off , woman sues judicial assistant, tsunami zones studied, more
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a ruling that shields Hawai'i's teacher furlough program from a federal le...
Monday, April 5, 2010
Case to get nod from national Dems, WWII wreck ID'd, diseases plague palms, corn, APEC bill $28M and climbing, more top Hawaii news
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A rash of palm deaths in Kona and Hilo has some folks fearing that we may have a new disease on the island. A corn virus that plagued Kaua...
Friday, April 2, 2010
Hawaii skittish about census, swine flu shot, not so much, Legislature, Lingle grapple with budgets, no interest in Hamakua land sales, more top Hawaii news
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Hawaii's participation in the 2010 Census, so far among the worst in the nation, is raising concerns about whether the state will again ...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
U.S. senators on the Big Island, furlough deal still in works, reports show government waste, Hilton Hawaiian Village growing, more top Hawaii news
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The Army National Guard accepted six new Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters on Tuesday in a dedicat...
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