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Hawaii lawmaker challenges Alabama group’s ‘Teaching Tolerance’
UNDER FIRE: Morris Dees, co-founder and chief trial counsel at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama, is the target of a complaint filed by a Hawaii lawmaker. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU —...
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Hawaii's Thai laborers 'exploited, abused, subject to barbaric security...
Global Horizon CEO Mordechai Yosef Orian coutesy of ionglobaltrends BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - The Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, Global Horizons, Inc., is liable for “harassing,...
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Obama vacation to Hawaii, Africa cost taxpayers nearly $16 million
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — U.S. taxpayers spent nearly $16 million to fly the Obamas to, from and around Hawaii and Africa, Air Force records, obtained by Judicial Watch, show. "The Obama family...
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Obama takes sides in Hawaii's contentious Senate Democratic primary
PALS: President Obama endorses U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz in contentious Democratic primary BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — President Barack Obama has inserted himself into Hawaii’s most contentious...
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'Diverse' population one of many factors in Hawaii's failing health exchange
CUT US OUT: U.S. Rep Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, says Hawaii should be exempt from ACA requirements. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Six state health exchange directors, including the head of Hawaii’s...
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Hawaii gets better marks for new online transparency system
Photo: Emily Metcalf BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Hawaii state government no longer is failing when it comes to spending transparency. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund’s new...
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Pflueger's Sentencing for Ka Loko Dam Deaths Delayed Again
James Pflueger BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – The Ka Loko Dam breached eight years ago on March 14, 2006, killing 7 people and an unborn child when 370 million gallons of water and the debris it...
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Oahu Farm Fined $460,000 After U.S. Department of Labor Investigators...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Fat Law Farm, which distributes herbs and vegetables to Safeway, D. Otani Produce and a number of other stores locally, and is exports 80 percent of Hawaiian-grown basil...
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'Marijuana minister's' prosecution invigorates legalization fight in Hawaii
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Big Island minister Roger Christie learned his legal fate Monday, and his case has invigorated lawmakers and advocates who believe, as Christie does, that marijuana...
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Heated legislative debate – two prostitution arrests – spotlight Honolulu...
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN- HONOLULU – A heated legislative debate – and now the arrest of two alleged prostitutes – have put an international spotlight on Honolulu Police Department vice investigation...
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Charity controlled by Hawaii House leader gets $100,000 to maintain cemetery
Rep. Rida Cabanilla is the House majority floor leader BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – House Majority floor leader Rida Cabanilla, D-Ewa, controls a non-profit that was awarded a $100,000 grant on...
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Portlock Ex-Madam Makes Stunning Allegations in a Civil Lawsuit Against...
Malia Arciero HONOLULU – A 33-year-old madam who said her elite escort business offered prostitution services to some of Hawaii’s most prominent judges, politicians and entertainers, has made stunning...
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Hawaii welfare cheat gets 57 months in federal prison
Vaughn Sherwood BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - Vaughn G. Sherwood apologized in U.S. District Court Wednesday during his sentencing hearing, admitting to a 14-year crime spree in which he stole some...
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House leader under investigation by Campaign Spending Commission, City Ethics...
Rep. Romy Cachola BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU –State House Majority Whip Romy Cachola, D-Kalihi, has hired Honolulu criminal defense attorney Michael Green to represent him, as the state and county...
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Exclusive: Portlock madam releases black book
Malia Arciero BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - A 33-year-old madam who operated her elite prostitution business from Portlock, one of Hawaii’s most prestigious neighborhoods, for about a decade, said...
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Former Hawaii senator with troubled past wants another chance
SHE WANTS BACK IN: Former state Sen. Melodie Aduja is asking voters to return her to the state Legislature. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Former state Sen. Melodie Aduja, who was booted by voters 10...
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Hawaii military families file lawsuit; say housing project made them sick
HOUSING ISSUES: Families stationed on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe have filed a class action lawsuit. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - KANEOHE, Hawaii — Families stationed on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in...
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500 Thai workers benefit from multimillion dollar EEOC settlement with Hawaii...
Likhit Yoo-on, 43, from Sukhotai, Thailand reads a statement at the EEOC press conference BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Five hundred laborers brought to Hawaii from Thailand over four years beginning...
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Veterans Affairs audit exposes Hawaii's 'infuritating' wait list
Congresswoman Gabbard on her listening tour with veterans BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Veterans seeking care at the VA Medical Center here in Hawaii wait an average of 145 days. Maybe more striking,...
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Obama administration hearings in Hawaii incite racial disputes
NO ALOHA: Native Hawaiian activists demanded the federal government leave Hawaiians alone to self govern and not intervene (photo by Mel Ah Ching) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - A proposal by the...
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