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Entries for May 2018
Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees for the First and Third Circuits
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 2727 Views :: Judiciary
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...judicial nominees for four vacancies, two in the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) and two in the Third Circuit (Island of Hawaii)....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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BLNR Approves Another Windfarm for Kahuku
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 4209 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...BLNR has given the greenlight to Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings LLC’s Na Pua Makani Power Partners LLC’s plans to build a 25-megawatt wind farm near Kahuku....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Ige to Tourists: Just Ignore that Little Volcano Thingy
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 3727 Views :: Tourism
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"...Hawaii is Open for Business: There is absolutely no reason for visitors planning a trip to the Hawaiian Islands to change or alter their leisure or business travel plans...."
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Good Intentions Pave Road to Hawaii Housing Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:28 PM :: 7487 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Land Use
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...Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawaii....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Can Uber Stay in Honolulu?
By Video @ 12:28 AM :: 4962 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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... "The Infamous" Bill 35 and it's effects on Hawaii's local population as well as tourists ....
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Friday, May 18, 2018 |
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Applicants Sought for Hawaii Elections Commission
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 4383 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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...Chief Justice Recktenwald is soliciting applications from residents of the County of Kauai....
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Thursday, May 17, 2018 |
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Caldwell: LimeBike will be Cool When it Properly Greases the Haunches of Power
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 6888 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...Government Moves Quickly When Politicos Don’t Get a Cut of New Business....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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The Delphi Technique: Let’s Stop Being Manipulated!
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 6884 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...More and more, we are seeing citizens being invited to “participate” in various forms of meetings, councils, or boards to “help determine” public policy in one field or another....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Liliha-Nuʻuanu Complete Streets community meeting set
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 3998 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The meeting will be held at the Maʻemaʻe Elementary School Cafeteria, 319 Wyllie Street, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22. ....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Gun Permits Down 24%
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 4335 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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...A total of 16,443 personal firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2017, marking a 23.2% decrease from the tally in 2016....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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OHA Math: Five Plus One Equals Zero
By Video @ 6:54 PM :: 4362 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Due to the recent State Audit, some have been calling for the ouster of all current Trustees....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Republican Caucus: Legislative Session in Review
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 2:58 PM :: 4888 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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The 2018 Legislative Session has come to a close. Close to 200 bills sit on the Governor's desk awaiting his signature....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Free Market Thinking is Good for You
By Video @ 2:57 AM :: 3565 Views :: Economy
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...Keli'i Akina and Professor Schoolland demonstrate how free market thinking is good for the economy and our personal lives....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Is Affordable Housing Constitutional?
By Video @ 2:42 AM :: 8088 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...affordable housing in Hawaii, how it works, whether it is legal, and how it could be done better....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Launch a Career? Honolulu Lowest Starting Salaries in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 5606 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu and Pearl City tie Sta Rosa, Ca and Rancho Cucamonga, Ca for lowest monthly avg starting salaries adjusted for cost of living....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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Ninth Circuit’s Equal Pay Decision Requires Hawaii Employers to Reexamine Pay Structures
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 AM :: 4445 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...In the case, Rizo v. Yovino, the court determined that the EPA bars employers from relying on past wage or salary history as a justification for pay disparities....
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 |
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House 'Working Group' to Evaluate Sex Harassment Rules
By News Release @ 4:11 AM :: 3631 Views :: Ethics
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...members include Robin Wurtzel, Chief Counsel of the secretive Hawaii Civil Rights Commission which has helped cover up many sex-harassment claims....
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Overturns Federal Sports Betting Ban--May Lead to Legislation in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 AM :: 3847 Views :: Gambling
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...Supreme Court ruling could lead to sports gambling bills in Hawaii Legislature....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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State encouraged building in risky lava zone
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:22 PM :: 5665 Views :: Hawaii County
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...ongoing disaster could have been avoided....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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UHERO: Rolling Blackouts Can Hide Green Energy Rate Hikes
By UHERO @ 7:56 PM :: 4656 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Dynamic pricing = 'Voluntary' rolling blackouts or brownouts. You agree to use at certain hours and not at others ....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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Drug Use by State: 2018’s Problem Areas
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 5620 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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... Hawaii ranks 46th ....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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Little Pink House Coming to Honolulu
By Robert Thomas @ 12:44 AM :: 4372 Views :: Land Use
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...June 11, 2018, 6:30pm....
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
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Reactionary Reaction to Resort Fees
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4864 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...SB 2699 proposes to make “resort fees” subject to our Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT)....
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Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
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HSTA Again Selects Ige as Governor
By News Release @ 12:26 AM :: 5870 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Politicians
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...he worked with HSTA for days at the bargaining table. Sometimes he stayed up with us until 3 a.m....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3
By Andrew Walden @ 9:57 PM :: 61483 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Land Use
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...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka. Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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Property Taxes Cost Hawaii $1070 per Person
By Tax Foundation @ 3:45 AM :: 4630 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Average Per Capita Property Taxes: How Does Your State Compare?....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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Trump Approves Volcano Disaster Proclamation
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 3646 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Today’s Presidential Disaster Declaration for Hawai‘i Island follows the Presidential Disaster Declaration for flood-damaged Kaua‘i and the City and County of Honolulu, which was granted on May 8....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Inflation Making Minimum Wage Irrelevant
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:54 PM :: 4284 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Hawaii’s Legislature did not approve a higher minimum wage this year....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s first public preschool program opens new classrooms
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 6702 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...EOEL – which oversees the development of Hawaii’s only state-funded preschool program – now offers 26 prekindergarten classrooms serving 520 keiki statewide....
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Friday, May 11, 2018 |
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Pressler out at DoH
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 4852 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Anderson will be taking over for Pressler. He has served as administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources since October 2015....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Dope Magazine Tours Bumpy's Marijuana Grow-Op
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 7415 Views :: Greenmail, OHA, Drugs
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"...inside these gates, we can do what we need to do...."
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Court Orders Hawaiian Shallow-set Longline Fishery to Close
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4398 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...enviros continue to obstruct all non-tourism activities in and around Hawaii....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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How State Government fanned flames of volcano disaster
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:45 PM :: 13134 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Senate Panel Approves Mark Bennett for Ninth Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 PM :: 4823 Views :: Judiciary
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...Mark Bennett, who served as Hawaii’s attorney general from 2003 to 2010, cleared the committee in an 18-2 vote and was a rare Trump nominee to receive more support from the Democrats on the committee than from the Republicans....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii Judiciary Celebrates National Drug Court Month
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 5304 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Since the implementation of Hawaii’s first Drug Court in 1996, more than 2,000 people have graduated and found success in improving their lives....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Ige Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for Kilauea Eruption
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 3677 Views :: Hawaii County
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...The governor is asking that the declaration authorize the Public Assistance Grant Program for Hawai‘i County, as well as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program statewide....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Hawaii Timeshares Average 89.5% Occupancy for 2017
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 4185 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...In comparison, occupancy of hotel properties statewide averaged 80.0 percent in 2017....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Hawaii Constitutional Convention--The Basics
By Video @ 7:23 PM :: 5281 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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...basic questions that will elucidate the nature of the institution....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Why OHA Wants You to Believe Three Myths
By Video @ 5:06 PM :: 2896 Views
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... Smoke & Mirrors At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Assisted Suicide: A Look into Hawaii's Future
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 PM :: 5168 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...look to other places both here and abroad where assisted suicide is already legal....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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City Buys 33 Unit Waikiki Building for Homeless
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 6808 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...The city utilized funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to acquire the eight-story building at 436 ‘Ena Road in Waikīkī....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 |
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Ookala: DoH Warns on Dairy-Related Water Pollution
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 6075 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture
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...Big Island Dairy has reported untreated wastewater from the dairy’s wastewater treatment system spilled from a damaged sewage pipe in the evening on May 6....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 |
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Follow the Money? Not so Easy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 7116 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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... Following the Money 2018 -- How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data ...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 |
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Best & Worst States to Be a Police Officer
By Selected News Articles @ 2:38 PM :: 4545 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Police
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... Hawaii Ranks 24th ....
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Monday, May 7, 2018 |
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Homeless Count Drops 10% Statewide as More are Pressured to Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 4302 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...Every county experienced a decrease in homelessness. Kaua‘i County saw the largest decrease at 28.9 percent, O‘ahu saw a 9.4 percent decrease, Hawai‘i County saw an 8.8 percent decrease, and Maui County saw a 2.6 percent decline....
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Monday, May 7, 2018 |
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Rewrite of Hawaii Environmental Rules -- Public Hearings Set
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 3823 Views :: Environment
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... the Environmental Council is conducting nine public hearings from May 21-31 throughout the state on changes to the state Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) rules ....
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Monday, May 7, 2018 |
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Best States for Working Moms -- Hawaii Ranks 24th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 4287 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... WalletHub compared state dynamics across 15 key metrics to identify the Best & Worst States for Working Moms ....
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Sunday, May 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:19 PM :: 6206 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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... May 3 Adjournment Sine Die ....
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