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Hawaii retail market faced exodus, but some are optimistic
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFeb. 5—Times are tough for those in retail, but some retailers are still forging ahead with the opening of new stores, with hopes of better times to come. Major retailers have closed within ...
Kokua Line: When was jury-duty pay last increased?
Tribune via AOL· 3 months agoApr. 5—Question : If jury duty paid more () maybe so many people wouldn't try so hard to get out of it. My boss didn't pay me when I missed work for jury duty and the court pay wasn't close ...
Program addressing Oahu's chronically homeless seeks help
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 12—Administrator Kevin Konishi described the Sand Island Treatment Center's clients as "the ones that are the most burdensome on taxpayers." The city in November 2021 forced Hawaii's original ...
Trimming $1.1B from state budget is not 'hard' for Gov. Green
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 17—Green cut $554.7 million in fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1, and $533 million in fiscal year 2025. Cutting $1.1 billion from the state budget over the next two fiscal years was ...
Traffic to be 'difficult at best' during 'Eddie' surf contest at Waimea
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 21—The contest—set to run for the first time since 2016, and a 10th time since launched in the mid-1980s—is expected to draw 30, 000 to 40, 000 spectators Sunday morning, officials said ...
Woman pleads guilty in meth smuggling jail case
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 26—A Honolulu woman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for her alleged role in a conspiracy to smuggle methamphetamine to a boyfriend through a guard at the Oahu Community Correctional ...
Two men charged in 'murder for hire' acid attack plead not guilty
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 19—Judge Ronald Johnson maintained the two be held without bail, saying they were flight risks and a danger to the community. Two men pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges in a ...
With cloudy state finances, Hawaii's 'rainy day' fund held for future rainy day
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 17—The ongoing scramble for emergency wildfire recovery funding at the Legislature doesn't appear dire enough to tap what is commonly known as Hawaii's "rainy day fund " or EBRF. Hawaii ...
