At Friday’s meeting, which dealt partly with critical position recruitment, HART Human Resources Specialist Sandy Aguilar said the agency now has 38 employee positions filled.
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The executive director of the state Ethics Commission plans to again push for two bills in the next legislative session designed to provide greater transparency about relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
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The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan. 17, 2021, the images showed.
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Before the votes, members of the public expressed support for the creation of an independent Ocean Safety Department.
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White House officials said the president would veto it, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, said it was “not going anywhere” in the Senate.
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The Biden administration’s move came hours before two committees, run by allies of Trump, were set to vote on a resolution holding Garland in contempt.
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Daniel Perry was found guilty in April 2023 of murder in the shooting death of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, a U.S. Air Force veteran.
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- By Jody Godoy and Jack Queen and Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan / Reuters
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May 16, 2024
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Cohen agreed that he had blamed others, including Trump, in the wake of his own criminal convictions on tax and campaign finance charges.
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A Hawaii consumer protection agency wants to remind rental housing landlords and prospective tenants that a new law limiting tenant screening fees took effect May 1.
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Drowning has been the leading cause of death in Hawaii for children from 2018 to 2022.
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The Planning Commission will have until June 3 to issue its final written decision.
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- By Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters
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May 15, 2024
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Israel’s international allies and aid groups have repeatedly warned against a ground incursion into Rafah, where many Palestinians fled and Israel says four Hamas battalions are holed up. Israel says it must root out the remaining fighters.
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- By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters
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May 15, 2024
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Twelve jurors and six alternates were chosen, including an investment banker, a commercial litigator, a retired economist, a doctor, and multiple therapists. Jury selection took about 2-1/2 days, and more than 130 prospective jurors were excused.
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- By Patricia Zengerle / Reuters
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May 15, 2024
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“Specifically, Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections,” Haines said. “The Russian government’s goals in such influence operations tend to include eroding trust in U.S. democratic institutions, exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the United States, and degrading Western support to Ukraine.”
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- By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen / Reuters
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May 15, 2024
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records to cover up Cohen’s $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006.
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A 1st Circuit Court judge has rejected a lawsuit to halt the city’s demolition of the Haiku Stairs in Kaneohe.
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- By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters
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May 14, 2024
In a second day of jury selection, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein questioned 32 prospective jurors on Tuesday in his Manhattan courtroom.
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- By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland / Reuters
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May 14, 2024
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China immediately vowed retaliation.
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