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Experts fear Hawaii's new voter registration law heightens fraud risk
Voters wait in line at Holy Trinity to vote on election day 2012 BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Hawaii has the lowest voter turnout in the nation, with just 44 percent of eligible Hawaii voters taking...
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Unfunded liabilities leave HI taxpayers 'drowning in debt,' fiscal watchdog says
Budget director Kalbert Young with Gov. Neil Abercrombie BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s administration is touting fiscal prudence, announcing the state deposited $100 million...
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Rise in human trafficking impacts Hawaii
Photo courtesy of The Age Cases BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Americans celebrated independence, liberty and freedom on Fourth of July, but a new report from the U.S. State Department shows there are...
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Aloha! Hawaii legislator wants taxpayers to fund airline tickets for homeless
Rep. Rida Cabanilla speaks to the press BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – Homeless from Hawaii, Micronesia, American Samoa, Thailand and the U.S. mainland are finding nooks in parks, on beaches, aside...
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Hawaii's highest-in-the-nation energy costs stay intact by politics, monopoly
POWERFUL: Much of Oahu's tropical beauty is marred by a crisscross of aging power polls and powerlines, critics say. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — If residents of Hawaii are going to have affordable...
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Quarter of Hawaii's population now on Medicaid
MEDICAID: Of Hawaii’s 1.3 million people, some 320,000 qualify for the government health-care program. (Photo: Emily Metcalf) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — New statistics released by the state...
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Hawaii's dominant shipping carrier to pay $9 million to settle federal...
BIG NAME: Matson imports the majority of goods to Hawaii. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Matson Navigation Co. Inc., Hawaii’s largest cargo container shipping company, will pay $9.95 million as part...
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Absentee ballot fraud incident has Kauai police, elections officials on alert
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who represents the island of Kauai, takes advantage of early voting in 2012. Those voting by mail should receive their ballot within 7 days of requesting one BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN...
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Feds fly immigrant minors to Hawaii on taxpayer dime
Honolulu as Seen from Diamond Head (photo by Teri Tico) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Although 2,500 miles from the continental United States, Hawaii has joined the list of states temporarily housing...
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Has Hawaii’s governor lost his mojo?
Gov. Neil Abercrombie BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Just months after becoming governor in 2010, Neil Abercrombie was ranked by Public Policy Polling as the nation’s most unpopular governor. In the...
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Is Abercrombie using human misery to gain political favor?
Gov. Neil Abercrombie BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast just says before the 2012 Presidential election, President Barack Obama, was a major part of the news cycle...
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Alleged Honolulu Teen Bank Robbers Picture Themselves with Cash on Facebook
Kalani Watson aka Kiki Seui posts himself on his Facebook account with wads of cash two days after allegedly robbing a Reynolds Recycling center of $500 BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - Probably the...
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Hawaii's remote Puna area will play big role in picking next U.S. senator
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz serves food to Hawaii island residents impacted by storm (Photo by Damon Tucker) BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Puna, a district on the island Big Island of Hawaii, is...
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First of trio of credit union thieves sentenced in Honolulu U.S. District Court
US District Court - Hawaii BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - The financial safeguards at the OTS Employees Federal Credit Union were so weak, three of its four employees, including the chief executive...
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Molokai ex con who used investors' money for virtual games, girls, sentenced...
Kawika Buchanan declines to speak to or look at reporters as he leaves the federal court house May 8. He was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Aug. 25 BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU – David...
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Small business owners in jeopardy of being shut down by Honolulu rail project
RAILROADED: Small businesses along the planned Honolulu rail route are concerned the rail construction will put them out of business. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — Cliff Garcia operates Tropical's...
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Bribes for teachers? Lawmaker says advocacy group should not pay educators to...
A PLACE IN SCHOOLS? A Hawaii lawmaker argues a new teacher training program shouldn't be allowed in public schools. BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU — State Rep. Bob McDermott filed an ethics complaint...
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9-11 Victims, We Must Never Forget, Including Those With Hawaii Ties
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - September 11, 2014 marks the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the sacrifice and bravery of those aboard United Airlines Flight...
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Former Portlock madam wants drug charges against her dismissed
Malia Arciero BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU - The attorney for 33-year-old Malia Arciero, a madam who operated her business out of the elite Oahu neighborhood Portlock for about a decade, has filed a...
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Fired chief procurement officer blows whistle on Hawaii DOE procurement troubles
BLOWING THE WHISTLE: The former chief procurement officer says she was fired for challenging top DOE officials about waste and corruption BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - HONOLULU— The former chief procurement...
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