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Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Introduces Legislative Package
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 4241 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Tax Credits
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...Bill to address Adams v. CDM court ruling (HB2201/SB2993)....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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HSTA Pushing Massive Property Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 4808 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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....more money and less accountability....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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FCC: Hawaii false missile alert sent by worker believing attack was real
By News Release @ 11:28 AM :: 4414 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military
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...Federal Communications Commission conducts open meeting to hear investigator's report on false missile alert....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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Wage floor great for robots
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:57 AM :: 3007 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...it’s not a living wage if you’ve been replaced by a robot....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Ward: Fire Employees who do not Cooperate with Missile Alert Investigation
By Rep Gene Ward @ 9:33 PM :: 3959 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Military
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“This is not about an individual, this is about our national security."
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd Most Unionized State
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 3336 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii -- 21.3 percent of employees are union members....
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Monday, January 15, 2018 |
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In Hawaii, No Heads Roll over False Missile Alarm
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 3595 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...“Once a Japanese manager or his underlings are caught in a scandalous situation, they have no other choice but to resign so that the many others who are dependent on them do not take the blame or suffer any of the consequences.”....
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Happiest Workers in America?
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3395 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Creativity was a big factor in job satisfaction — Video Game Producer, Film Director, Music Producer and Comedian were labelled as the happiest jobs in the country, along with Neurosurgeon....
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Thursday, January 4, 2018 |
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Fishermen Settle Labor-Trafficking Case
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 3103 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...“We hope it becomes a model for all captains who want to do right by their immigrant crew.”....
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018 |
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Maui hospitals point the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 AM :: 5101 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...the state should consider privatizing more of its medical facilities....
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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Best Place to Find a Job? With Record Low Unemployment Honolulu Still Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 PM :: 3515 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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...comparind more than 180 U.S. cities across 26 key indicators of job-market strength....
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Friday, December 22, 2017 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Sets Record Low as Labor Force Shrinks
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 3543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Labor force drops 1% -- from 690,800 to 684,350 year over year....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Bloomberg: Jones Act political contributions and lobbying
By Michael Hansen @ 6:36 PM :: 3954 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act, Labor
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...Still playing with U.S. ports....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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State pension woes raise specter of county bankruptcies
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:15 PM :: 6741 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Taxes
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...Hokama also asked Thom Williams, executive director of the ERS, if the debt would still be owed if the county went bankrupt....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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Bureaucracy thwarts state modernization
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:07 PM :: 3979 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Hawaii’s entrenched state and county bureaucracies delaying the advance of high technology into their own operations....
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 6465 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Politicians
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...The seeming political power play is actually a sign of Perreira’s weakness....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Ige Appoints DLIR Director to Head DoTax
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 4111 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Takayama has served as the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) since April 2015. She will assume her new position on Monday, Dec. 11....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017 |
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Pasha Hawaii charged in labor dispute
By Michael Hansen @ 11:46 PM :: 3883 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...It may also lead to speculation that Pasha and the shipbuilder Keppel have not yet completed their ship design....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Ethics Fine: Guard Must Return Cash after $10K Inmate Payoff
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 4958 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...In or around November 2009, Respondent Kanazawa-Yee and two other ACOs, ACO A and ACO B, planned to obtain money from Inmate....
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
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Hawaii's Best Workplace? Monsanto
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 5913 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, GMOs
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...Monsanto took first place, scoring an impressive 91.6 percent....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Pension pinches profligacy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:00 AM :: 3290 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Hawaii’s county governments — and county taxpayers — are about to feel the pinch....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 AM :: 7506 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Crisis: How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 8173 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts. How is that possible?
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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HGEA Hospital Debacle: DOH Places Seven On Leave
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 3763 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
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‘Psychopathic’ escapee from Hawaii arrested in Stockton
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 4115 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Law Enforcement
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San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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$1.8B Special Fund Audit: DHRD Refuses to Report to Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:42 AM :: 3990 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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..."We disagree with DHRD. The statutory requirements that DHRD report to the Legislature are unambiguous and do not exempt these trust funds." -- Auditor....
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Saturday, November 11, 2017 |
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Counties stuck with bailing out pension debt
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:11 PM :: 3055 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...the state Legislature has discovered a new tactic for meeting its public pension financial obligations: passing the costs on to the counties....
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Thursday, November 9, 2017 |
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Legacy Pension Costs--Hawaii Scores D-
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 AM :: 3379 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Legacy Costs evaluates whether states provided adequate funding, as defined by retirement system actuaries, for pensions and other promised retirement benefits for public workers.....
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 |
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Video: ERS not out of woods yet
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:08 PM :: 3089 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Featuring: Thom Williams, Executive director, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii....
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Saturday, October 28, 2017 |
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Audit: New Clause in Union Contract Boosts Overtime 50%
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 4052 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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...a correspondence received on October 20, 2017 from the Fire Chief, essentially claiming the Office of the County Auditor has no right to audit the MFD....
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Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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Workers Protest as Star-Adv lays off 25% of Newsroom
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 4997 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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Recent Federal Court Ruling Affects Hawaii Tip Credit
By Selected News Articles @ 9:58 PM :: 3892 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...the 9th Circuit Court’s Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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Why is Hawaii so Healthy? Gallup vs Bloomberg
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 PM :: 4344 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 |
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Does the Jones Act Endanger American Seamen?
By Michael Hansen @ 12:16 AM :: 3349 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...the Jones Act has contributed to a smaller and older domestic shipping industry with more dangerous conditions for American seamen....
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Monday, September 25, 2017 |
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Hawaii Lowest Teacher Salaries in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 4333 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...adjusted for cost of living....
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 |
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Hawaii is #1 in Teacher Absenteeism at 79%
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 PM :: 5099 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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In Hawaii about 79 percent of traditional public school teachers are chronically absent. In Hawaii charter schools it’s 23 percent…..
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017 |
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Hawaii 6th Most Indebted State
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 4885 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...$27,100 = Each taxpayer's share of Hawaii's debt....
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Monday, September 4, 2017 |
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Honolulu Republicans: On Labor Day Celebrate Entrepreneurship
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:00 PM :: 3424 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...We hope you take a moment and reflect on how much America’s entrepreneurial spirit and free market economy have enabled us to prosper and enjoy a standard of living unrivalled in history....
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
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Obamacare Could Bankrupt ERS
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:18 PM :: 3882 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...a 1% increase in health care costs equals a $2 billion increase in unfunded liabilities....
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Saturday, August 26, 2017 |
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UHPA: Fund our Contract During Special Session
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 3618 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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..."Chapter 89, might not allow an appropriation be made during a Special Legislative Session"....
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Monday, August 21, 2017 |
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Survey: 70 Percent of Union Members Want Re-certification Vote
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 2886 Views :: Labor
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...Survey Coincides with Fifth Annual National Employee Freedom Week (Aug 20-26) to Promote Workplace Rights....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Audit: Bulky Pickup Schemes Generate Millions in Overtime
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 4265 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...153 employees received $1.7 million in overtime for bulky and white goods collection....
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Monday, August 7, 2017 |
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Full Text: Summary of Secret UPW Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 6051 Views :: Labor
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...The contract features 10.65% wage hikes over four years and a reopener for years three and four -- conveniently timed for after the next gubernatorial election....
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Monday, August 7, 2017 |
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Why Hawaii Isn't Rich Like Texas
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 4989 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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Texas has no personal income tax....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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DoE Student Absenteeism Over 20%
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 4593 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... DoE student absenteeism is caused by DoE teacher absenteeism ....
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Friday, August 4, 2017 |
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Seafarers’ irrational opposition to Sen McCain’s Jones Act reform bill
By Michael Hansen @ 11:43 PM :: 3810 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...Sacco’s column was in response to U.S. Senator John S. McCain’s introduction on July 13, 2017, of Open America’s Waters Act of 2017....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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Millennials are public pension losers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:56 PM :: 3587 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Hawaii may be giving millennials the short end of the stick when it comes to the state’s unfunded public pension liabilities....
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Saturday, July 8, 2017 |
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IT Project Stripped out of DOTax after decade of influence buying, psychosis, and bankruptcy
By Selected News Articles @ 12:55 PM :: 4824 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...The shift out of DOTax is just a scam to justify vetoing HB1414 which mandated an audit of the State's decade-long series of IT debacles....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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As Predicted, Matson Strike Avoided
By Michael Hansen @ 10:42 PM :: 4994 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...reporting on the expiration of two maritime union contracts with Matson....
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Friday, June 30, 2017 |
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SB410: Public union power grab goes too far
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:54 PM :: 3433 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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All employers need a few basic freedoms to be productive, among them the freedom to manage their employees....
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