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Hawaii pushes back against Trump cuts, budget
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 2, 2025
Hawaii and 19 other states were granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday to prevent the dismantling of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, just as the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill to...
Partnership Gives High-Speed Internet to Hawaii Public Housing
Government Technology
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July 2, 2025
(TNS) — More than 45, 000 residents living in Hawaii’s public housing communities soon will have access to high-speed fiber internet under a new public-private partnership between the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaiian Telcom. The $6...
'Go for your dreams': 22-year-old Māori cloak maker reaching international markets
Rotorua Daily Post
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“I had mean social anxiety,” she laughed. “I come from Bridge Pā, so I thought Hastings was like this big scary town. “But being in town and talking to people, it’s been nice because I never had that experience. You meet heaps of different people...
Navy Sued for $1.2 Billion by Hawaii Water Board over Red Hill Contamination
Military.com
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July 2, 2025
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply announced Tuesday that it has filed a federal lawsuit in connection to massive jet fuel leaks at the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in 2021. In a nearly 100-page federal civil tort complaint filed in...
Hawaiian Tropic, Banana Boat parent faces greenwashing allegations
RetailBiz
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July 1, 2025
Edgewell Personal Care Australia and its US-based parent company, Edgewell Personal Care Company (Edgewell PCC) are facing legal action due to alleged misleading claims about their Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat sunscreens being ‘reef friendly.’...
Honolulu Water Agency Sues US Navy Over Red Hill Fuel Spill Damage
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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July 2, 2025
Suit estimates it is costing $1.2 billion for the Board of Water Supply to clean up and protect Oʻahu’s drinking water wells. The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is taking the U.S. Navy to court for refusing to cover the local agency’s costs...
OPINION: Forget politics: summer’s heat is now and real
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader - Arkansas
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July 2, 2025
I'll suffer no shame in dropping the politics from this column this week. It is just too darn hot to get people all worked up. Hot, as in the outside temperatures, not political persuasions, is what I am writing about. Readers tell me they like...
Hawaii joins lawsuit against Trump over Medicaid data shared with ICE
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 1, 2025
REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE/FILE PHOTO Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, after it was reported that the Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease...
Here’s Why Honolulu Doesn’t Enforce Law Against Short-Term Rental Companies
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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July 2, 2025
Platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo were supposed to give the city monthly reports on their bookings. Due to a lawsuit filed on behalf of vacation rental owners, that never happened. The head of Honolulu’s permitting department told the City Council...
DOH: East Hawaii Urgent Care clinics are ‘now in compliance’
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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July 2, 2025
The laboratories at the Hilo Urgent Care and Keaau Urgent Care clinics are now in full state and federal compliance and are legally able to conduct the same type of lab testing they’ve done for 22 years, according to the state Department of...
New Hawaii laws going into effect for 2025
KITV - Hawaii
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HONOLULU (Island News) -- Following the 2025 Hawaii Legislative Session, a series of bills were signed into law, effective as of July 1, 2025. The measures that became law on Tuesday come out of the sessions that occurred this year and last year....
Officials look into ways to cut down on government employees' transportation footprint
Hawaii Public Radio
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July 1, 2025
State and county officials on Oʻahu are looking into ways to decrease government employees’ transportation footprint when commuting to work. A final report outlined several ways to reduce miles traveled in a vehicle by government employees. " How...
Hawaii governor signs bills cracking down on illegal fireworks after deadly New Year’s explosion
The Maui News - Hawaii
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Fireworks debris lies at the home where a New Year's Eve fireworks explosion killed and injured people, Jan. 1, 2025, in Honolulu. AP Photo/Marco Garcia HONOLULU — Hawaii’s governor on Monday signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of...
Hawaii-Born Sailor Honored as Navy’s Top Junior Radiology Technician
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
ROTA, Spain (June 15, 2025)– Hospital Corpsman Second Class Herbert C. Amarillo, assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, has been named the 2024 Navy Radiology Junior Radiology Technician of the Year; a reflection of...
Governor says Hawaii can handle federal cuts -- for now
Hawaii News Now
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July 2, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Governor Josh Green said last minute changes to the Senate version of the tax bill will make it easier for Hawaii to respond to cutbacks in Medicaid, and local Republicans say many residents will benefit from the tax...
Hawai'i enacts new labeling law for locally grown māmaki tea
Aloha State News - Hawaii
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July 1, 2025
Governor Josh Green has signed Act 242 into law, enforcing stricter labeling requirements for māmaki tea grown in Hawai‘i. The legislation, which was signed on June 27, 2025, and took effect today, aims to prevent the use of certain words and...
‘No State’ Can Afford To Mitigate GOP Budget Cuts, and ‘That’s the Point’
TPM – Talking Points Memo
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July 3, 2025
When issues such as abortion were raised on the 2024 campaign trail, President Donald Trump would often wave away his allies’ hardline anti-abortion stances, hiding behind his professed belief in states’ rights to make their own decisions about...
PIC kicks off their multilateral military engagement, SHORAD Symposium ‘25
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
The Pacific Integrated Air Missile Defense (IAMD) Center hosted its first multilateral Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) Symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, between June 23-26, 2025. This initiative provided an opportunity to...
Hawaii now has new laws to combat illegal aerial fireworks
Hawaii News Now
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July 1, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly seven months after a fireworks tragedy struck in Aliamanu on New Year’s Eve, Hawaii has new laws addressing concerns of illegal fireworks. Gov. Josh Green signed several bills into law Monday, making it easier to...
Hawaii's governor signs bills cracking down on illegal fireworks
KNOX Radio - North Dakota
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HONOLULU -- Hawaii's governor on Monday signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal fireworks in the islands after a massive explosion at a New Year's party killed six people and severely burned more than a dozen others. The new...