Tag archive for hawaii
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Eh Bad Bank!
You are really ripping people off here in Hawaii. I put a few thousand dollars in a savings account in your bank. For that, you gave me just 42 cents interest for six month’s
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More Books! Here Are Four New Books That Illuminate Life In Hawaii
The good news for those of us who still write books is that the rest of you still buy and read books. Bookstore chains may be dead or merely dying, but the act of
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Sempra Studying Adding 39 Turbines To Auwahi Wind Farm To Generate 120 MW For Oahu, Should Maui-Oahu Undersea Cable Go In
Just a few months after Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy opened their 21-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Ulupalakua to great fanfare, Sempra is proposing to build nearly 40 more wind
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UPDATED: Honolulu Civil Beat Starts Series On Why Hawaii State Law Protects Bad Cops
Today Honolulu Civil Beat started a week-long series called “In The Name Of The Law” on the oversight (or lack of it) of police misconduct. It’s not a subject we like to think about. We
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Rock Stars, Celebs and Has-Beens Say Their Friends Will Buy Big Homes in Hawaii If Legislature Passes Steven Tyler Act And Criminalizes Paparazzi
The news was abuzz this morning with word that Steven Tyler himself would be testifying this morning in front of the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee on SB 465, the so-called “Steven Tyler Act”
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Thanks To Gov. Abercrombie, Feb. 6 Is NOT Ronald Reagan Day In Hawaii
Looks like Governor Neil Abercrombie has gone and done something right. Or rather, he went and did not do something right. Specifically, join with 40 other governors to declare today, Feb. 6, “Ronald Reagan
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Maui’s Own Senator J. Kalani English Introduces ‘Steven Tyler Act’ To Protect Poor Celebs In Hawaii From Evil Paparazzi
Credit Malia Zimmerman of Hawaii Reporter for breaking this one today: State Senator Kalani English, a Maui Democrat, introduced the Steven Tyler Act, which would make it a tort to invade the privacy of celebrities. The
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Hawaii Five-O Actor Scott Caan Apologizes For Wrong Thing
So I guess life in the islands can continue now that Hawaii Five-O actor Scott Caan has humbly apologized for dissing the Great State of Hawaii. For those whose televisions burned out or simply
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This Thursday, Jan. 17: 120th Anniversary Commemoration of Overthrow of Hawaiian Kingdom at UH Maui College
By Axel Beers Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 marks the 120th anniversary of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. UH Maui College will be holding events from noon until 7pm to commemorate and inform the public
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Wailuku Attorney Wonders If The State Of Hawaii’s New Campaign For Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Will Do Any Good
By Axel Beers On Jan. 7, the Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) announced the launch of a public campaign intended to inform Hawaii’s homeowners of possible options they have when facing
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