HONOLULU (KHON2) -- There are tens of thousands of kanaka on the waitlist for Hawaiian homestead and DHHL, the agency that oversees the program, announced a down payment assistance program for beneficiaries. Hawaiian Lending & Investments has entered into a partnership with DHHL to provide direct assistance to construct or purchase a home on Hawaiian []
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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Debate is brewing over how New Mexico should manage some of its prime tracts of land. Recently the State Land Office announced they wouldn't open any new leases on several hundred acres of land, but some state leaders are pushing back. “Not only are millions of dollars of lease revenues going to []
Former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has been fired after exactly one appearance on the NBC networks — an appearance that could cost the network $600,000.
Federal judges have ruled against the Biden administration in several recent high-profile cases, and those on the Left are not happy about it. Instead of Read More
A newly built housing estate in Calstock has been left abandoned and boarded up after the developer's costs snowballed out of control amid a planning row
The news keeps getting better and better for the Democrats following Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican National Committee. On Thursday, RNC co-chair Lara Trump announced she hopes to hire Scott Presler, a conservative activist who has shared QAnon messages on social media, organized "anti-Sharia law" protests and appeared outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, to lead the party’s so-called “legal ballot harvesting” initiative — essentially a get-out-the-vote effort aimed at getting...
A group of killer whales spotted hunting off the coast of California and Oregon over two decades may actually be their own unique population of animals, a new study says.
The extent to which the media has normalized Donald Trump’s 2021 coup and 2024 candidacy is truly alarming, and NBC News has been one of the biggest offenders. After longtime “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd, in a flourish of quantum sleight of hand, improbably departed the show from both sides of his clown car, Kristen Welker took over the wheel. She looked to be a breath of fresh air before suddenly going full-blown Chernobyl, scheduling a fib-festooned interview with the guy who literally...
Embattled former New York Rep. George Santos announced Friday he is leaving the Republican Party, saying the “embarrassing” display by the House GOP passing a $1.2 trillion spending deal made him bolt. “After today’s embarrassing showing in the house I have reflected and decided that I can no longer be part of the Republican Party […]
Republicans raged against earmarks littered throughout the latest government spending legislation, unveiled overnight Thursday, that fund “pet projects” in lawmakers’ districts. The deal includes the remainder of fiscal 2024 funding for the departments of Defense, Labor, State, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and other parts of the government. While those federal agencies are scheduled […]
Rugby’s stakeholders held a conference to discuss and propose numerous ideas. A shot clock to speed up scrums and line-outs was one of the options advanced. The council of the game’s governing body will vote on the proposal in May