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Entries for January 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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Campbell HS: DoE Lawyers Fight Female Athletes Over Technicalities
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 AM :: 3579 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...it probably costs more to pay the lawyers than to build the lockerroom....
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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Nobody in Hawaii really believes in sea level rise
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 AM :: 4927 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Rail
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...Perhaps HART should require its P3 partner to solve the ‘last mile problem’ by installing mooring cleats for gondolas....
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Highest Union Membership in USA
By News Release @ 12:51 AM :: 3049 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii has the highest union membership rate at 23.5 percent....
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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FAA Lowered Bar for Southwest Airlines Hawaii Approvals, Complaint Alleges
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 3459 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...U.S. air-safety regulators likely acted improperly in the way they authorized Southwest Airlines Co. to begin flights between California and Hawaii last year....
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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Twelve candidates to appear on Democratic Party of Hawaii Party-run Presidential Primary ballot
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 2515 Views :: Democratic Party
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...In-person voting & same day registration options will be provided on April 4 on each island from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Feds Seize Real Estate Connected to Illegal Game Rooms
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 3843 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...since at least 2016, the aforementioned individuals and others have been implicated in the operation of at least nine illegal game rooms....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Federal Charges for 7-11 robberies, UH carjacking
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 3111 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...unlike the State, the Feds actually put criminals into a thing called a 'prison'....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Gabbard Sues Clinton Over ‘Russian Asset’ Remark
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 4463 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...Gabbard filed her suit in New York’s Southern District....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Eliminating Barriers to the Treatment of Mental Illness -- HRS Evaluated Law by Law
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 4001 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...In 2019, Hawaii's legislature expressly re-incorporated failure to obtain needed treatment for mental illness to prevent serious physical debilitation or disease into its definition of 'dangerous to self.' ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Ige, Ballard, Legislators Agree: Mentally Ill Must be Forcibly Committed to Treatment Centers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 AM :: 4260 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...will the Diamond Head attack be enough to turn the tide on mental health reform?....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Senate Updates Sexual Harassment Policy
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 3001 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the Hawaii State Senate’s new Anti-Harassment Policy....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Cost of Living: Hawaii Per Capita Income 4th-Lowest in USA
By UHERO @ 8:07 PM :: 3259 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...after adjusting for Hawaii’s high prices, the purchasing power of income per person was the fourth lowest in the nation....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Why Be Pro-GMO?
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:14 PM :: 2902 Views :: GMOs
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...I had to think about what was driving me to fight for GMO tech....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii School Choice Week: Education Celebration and Resource Fair
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 2279 Views :: Education K-12
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...HawaiiKidsCAN will host a one-of-a-kind celebration of K-12 education on Sunday, Jan. 26 3-6pm....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Doctors Agonistes: Paradise Lost
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 5:17 PM :: 4476 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Taxes
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...Docs are channeling their inner Rambo: “I love my country! I just want it to love us back.”....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Full Text: State of the State Address
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 2887 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...the elephant in the room—the cost of living—got a little larger and harder to deal with each year....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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India, co-builder of Hawaii telescope, wants it shifted out of proposed site
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 5018 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Representatives from member countries are expected to convene in Los Angeles in February to decide on project modalities....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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DoE Releases Annual School Quality Survey
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 2625 Views :: Education K-12
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...Parents encouraged to provide feedback on their child’s public school....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Making Prescriptions More Available
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:53 AM :: 2331 Views :: Health Care
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...Federal laws are standing in the way of the distribution of prescription medicine to individuals in need, says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, surgeon and medical public policy expert....
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 |
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Auditor: DBEDT Hides $6.5M from Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:53 PM :: 3246 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...DBEDT had non-general funds with balances totaling $5.75 million and administratively created non-general funds with balances totaling more than $750,000 that were not reported to the 2019 Legislature as required by HRS....
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 |
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DoTax: State Tax Collections up $380M
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 2986 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...In FY 2019, total State tax collections were $8.28 billion, a 4.8% increase from FY 2018 which were $7.9 billion....
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 |
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Don’t Let Them Double Up!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3206 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...After this one-two punch, many more businesses that sell to Hawaii customers are going to find themselves with Hawaii tax obligations....
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Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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HECO Reports 21% jump in solar generation capacity
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 3536 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...The completion of large grid-scale projects and thousands of residential solar systems provided the largest-ever annual increase in solar capacity....
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Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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10 Hawaii Robotics teams qualify for 2020 VEX Worlds
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 2836 Views :: Education K-12
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...Results of State VEX Robotics Championships....
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Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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2020 Legislature: Gun Bills Introduced
By News Release @ 2:28 AM :: 4216 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Current list of Firearms-related Bills introduced in the 2020 legislative session....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Hits 105.29% of Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 4:33 PM :: 3711 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Taxes
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...The sales tax in Hawaii has a broad base that include many business-to-business services....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Ige's philosophy: Spend, spend, spend
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:12 PM :: 3048 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government
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...Ige plans to “boost” the construction industry by increasing the number of public works projects....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Most Integrated State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 AM :: 2629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...2020’s States with the Most Racial Progress....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii Cost of Smoking $2.2M per Smoker
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 3340 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Ed Case: Why Was VFR Helicopter Pilot Flying in Fog?
By Ed Case @ 5:56 PM :: 3525 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Tourism
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...“A pilot flying his eighth 50-minute tour in one day. Without instrument certification and flying in a rough and variable terrain, rapidly changing weather environment, on visual flight rules only (solely what he could see). According to a close-by witness and other observations, probably in ‘20 ft visibility in rain and fog.’ No flight tracking equipment aboard....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Homeless deaths increase on O‘ahu Because They are not Being Forced into Shelters
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 4283 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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...The average age of death amongst this vulnerable population here on O‘ahu was 54.4 years old....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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DBEDT: Family of 4 Needs $80K for a frugal lifestyle--But only $67K on Big Island
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 3758 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii County had the lowest self-sufficiency income requirements among all counties....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Vote-by-Mail Reminder Coming to Your Mailbox
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 2338 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Active voters should expect to receive the postcard within the next seven to ten days confirming they are properly registered....
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
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Family of Murdered Woman Demands Action Against Homeless Criminal Camp Near Whitmore Village
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 6182 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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"...ADC acknowledged that there is some criminal activity going on but said they did not want to send sheriffs there and clear it out because criminals would just come back...."
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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Ige, Legislators Announce "Joint Economic Package"
By News Release @ 8:04 PM :: 5681 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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"...legislative package of bills to reduce income inequality...."
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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DoH Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Drug Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4311 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Drugs
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...Pacific Quest Corp operating two illegal special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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DoH Forced Dairy Farmer to Give $87K to Anti-GMO Group
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 4211 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, GMOs
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...$87,000 to the Center for Food Safety....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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HSTA Pushing ANOTHER Massive Pay Hike with No Accountability
By Andrew Walden @ 2:21 PM :: 4216 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA got $45M in a contract reopener April 1, 2019. On December 5, 2019 HSTA and DoE announced a massive pay hike for teachers working in so-called 'hard to fill' positions. Now in a January 10, 2020, anouncement, the HSTA and Kishimoto are proposing to bump thousands of union members up five steps....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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Ige Approves Mauna Kea Administrative Rules
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 4576 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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“...It is now time to utilize these rules to address the issues with excessive traffic that have been raised, as well as to issue new permits for commercial tour operations....”
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 12, 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 10:49 PM :: 2307 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... votes and bills introduced from GovTrack.us ....
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
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Common Cause Announces Legislative Agenda for 2020
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 3077 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Common Cause Hawaii will be holding a meeting about the 2020 Hawaii State Legislative Session on Saturday, January 25....
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
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27 Vacant Seats on Honolulu Neighborhood Boards
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 2758 Views :: Honolulu County
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...To volunteer to fill a NB vacancy, apply to the NB Chair....
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
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What Really Is a Minimum Wage?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4317 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...the reasons for an ever-increasing “living wage” have been a second tier topic of discussion....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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'Rest Stop' Serves Homeless 68,000 Times--Only 92 Accept Housing
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 3642 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...92 people have been placed into housing as a direct result of the consultation they received when visiting the Pūnāwai Rest Stop. Along with housing, 35 individuals have found employment through the services offered at Pūnāwai, and another 10 people have entered into substance abuse treatment....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Audit: DPP Deficiencies Hamper Service
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:44 PM :: 4090 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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"...DPP should convert from its inefficient plan-review operation to an inspection-driven model...."
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates 2020 Public Policy Priorities
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 10:30 PM :: 4369 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...Hawaii Family Advocates intends to monitor the Hawaii Legislature and testify and otherwise weigh in on bills....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Schatz Bill: Funnel Tax Credit Money to Pono Shim's LLC
By News Release @ 10:15 PM :: 4594 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Tax Credits
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...“Inspiring Nationally Vibrant Economies Sustaining Tribes (INVEST) Act"....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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State spending cap is useless
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:19 PM :: 2468 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...When you’ve dug an $88 billion hole, you need to stop digging....
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