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Condos Face Increase in Fees in 2024 (Condo Insider)

What’s up at the Legislature. The hosts for this show are Jane Sugimura and Raelene Tenno. House Bill 2686 contemplates an increase in fees to address issues facing aging condos. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com. ThinkTech […]

Association Accounting (Condo Insider)

Need to Avoid ‘Garbage In, Garbage Out’. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Raelene Tenno. Tips to board members to ensure that timely and relevant financial Information is provided to management. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our […]

Condo Insurance Issues (Condo Insider)

Health and Safety of Your Project. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Sue Savio. What you need to know to address the health and safety risks and exposure from liability facing your project. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and […]

The 2023 Legislative Session (Condo Insider)

Condo Bills: What Passed or Didn’t Pass. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Sharon Moriwaki. What condo bills were considered by the 2023 Legislature and what bills passed and why. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think […]

Senate Bill 729 Update (Condo Insider)

Education and Training of Board Members. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Sharon Moriwaki. Is education and/or training necessary for board members? Should it mandatory or voluntary? The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at […]

Education and Training of Board Members (Condo Insider)

Should this be Mandatory or Voluntary. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The pros and cons of requiring board members to be educated and trained in governance issues. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ljqy0AFMzlEaxzpk_ydmpe Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com. ThinkTech […]

Condo Insurance (Condo Insider)

Why Are the Premiums Skyrocketing. The host for this show is Jane Sugimura. The guest is Sue Savio. Since 2021, insurance premiums for condo AOAO’s have been increasing substantially. Sue Savio of Insurance Associates Hawaii provides the reason why the premiums have been increasing and what steps, if any, AOAO’s can take to address those […]

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Echoing Their Client, Trump’s Lawyers Pursue an Absolutist Defense

Donald J. Trump demands praise and concedes no faults, denying his lawyers time-honored defense tactics. [...]

At Trump’s Trial, a Window Into the Golden Era of Tabloids

The testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, included stories of celebrity encounters and his own wild journalistic tactics. [...]

Fact-Checking Trump’s Remarks in the Hush Money Trial

Each day before and after court proceedings, the former president stepped out in front of the cameras and offered his version of the case. [...]

‘Decisions Under Fire’: Campuses Try a Mix of Tactics as Protests Grow

Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move. Hundreds have been arrested. [...]

After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. [...]

Conservative MP Daniel Poulter defects to Labour

The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative. [...]

Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

Keith Siegel and Omri Miran are shown in undated footage released by the armed wing of Hamas. [...]

Yousaf reaches out to opponents ahead of no confidence votes

The first minister's appeal to find "common ground" is rejected by the Scottish Conservatives as "humiliating and embarrassing". [...]

Kuenssberg: SNP in meltdown, and what happens next matters across the UK

This "OMG" moment for Humza Yousaf is latest in a long line of nasty surprises for a party that has been in decline. [...]

'I had no idea my son's body was buried in the garden'

Yvonne Valentine sat having a Christmas drink with her son's partner, unaware she had killed him. [...]

Four years ago, a coup plunged Myanmar into civil war, proliferating armed groups in a place already rife with ethnic divisions. With the country disintegrating, neighbors are alarmed. [...]

Konstantin Gabov has been accused of helping create YouTube videos for the channel now run by aides of late Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony earlier this year. [...]

An ammunition explosion has claimed the lives of 20 soldiers and destroyed mutliple buildings at a Cambodian military base, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet. [...]

Israel is preparing for an offensive in Rafah despite warnings from aid organizations and allies. The Israelis have been building emergency accommodation there. [...]

Boston's Northeastern University said that protesters had called for violence against Jewish people. Meanwhile, Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr voiced support for pro-Palestinan rallies held at US campuses. [...]

Hamas says it's preparing to respond to Israel's latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

The militant group says it's examining the latest Israeli suggestions for a cease-fire in Gaza, seven months into the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. [...]

A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come

The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian [...]

Both sides prepare as Florida's six-week abortion ban is set to take effect Wednesday

The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a timetable that abortion rights advocates say is [...]

A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard." [...]

An illegal migrant, age 17, drowned in a Bosnian river. Here's how citizens responded

On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure [...]

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration [...]

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his [...]

The New York City papers gave him the headlines he craved; the National Enquirer buried the ones he didn’t. [...]

“Foreign aid” often never leaves the United States. [...]

More than a dozen former members of Congress started a discussion aimed at reviving the ailing institution. The outlook was bleak. [...]

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