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Monday, August 10, 2015
DLNR Sets Public Meetings on Wildlife Action Plan
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 5266 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

Hawai‘i State Wildlife Action Plan lays out the strategy and plans of DLNR and its partners to address the conservation needs of Hawai‘i’s native wildlife over the next 10 years....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Video: New Allies for Jones Act Reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:48 PM :: 4016 Views :: Jones Act

What was once seen as a partisan concern is gaining ground as common sense economics....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Kelii Akina vs Kanaiolowalu: Next Steps
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 4847 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...many are wondering what the next steps will be....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Hawaii Foster Care Class Action Lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6037 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

...foster care payment was just $529 per month, as the state had refused to increase it for nearly 25 years....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Hilda Cat 3 -- Projected Hilo Landfall as Tropical Storm
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 3967 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...ABOUT 600 MI ESE OF HILO MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Relativity Media: E + mc = 0
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4650 Views :: Tax Credits

You may remember Relativity Media from its efforts at the Hawaii Legislature in 2011 and 2012....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Hawaii Praised for Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 4418 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality....

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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Ige to hear Testimony on Maui Memorial Partnership Plan Tuesday
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 6240 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
Maui Waena Intermediate School – Kahului
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
HTA "Will Continue to Monitor the Jones Act"
By Michael Hansen @ 12:05 AM :: 5539 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism

HTA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a cruise development consultant....

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Saturday, August 8, 2015
Friends of NRA Events Set for Kauai, Kona, Kaneohe
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 5004 Views :: Second Amendment
August 15, 5PM Kauai 
October 31, 5PM Kailua-Kona 
November 8, 4PM Kaneohe 
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Saturday, August 8, 2015
Hurricane Hilda Now Category 4--Winds 140mph
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 3559 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...ABOUT 870 MI ESE OF HILO HAWAII MOVING W AT 15MPH....

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Saturday, August 8, 2015
Honolulu Auditor Praises Himself for Undoing PKF Contract Months Before Embezzlement Case Became Public
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 4363 Views :: Honolulu County

...PKF's managing partner is now facing federal embezzlement charges....

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Saturday, August 8, 2015
New Catastrophic Hurricane Plan Signed By State, Federal Partners
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 3633 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Coordination Efforts Begin for Hurricane Hilda....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
CDC: Hawaii #1 for Drunk Driving
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 PM :: 3767 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

In Hawaii, there were 995 drunk driving episodes yearly per 1,000 people....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
The Future of Hawaii Can’t Rest in a Protest
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:00 PM :: 8074 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs

Once again, the anti-TMT, anti-GMO, anti-everything folks are going to protest....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
European Trade Negotiators Push Jones Act Reform
By Michael Hansen @ 3:28 PM :: 4481 Views :: Jones Act

Trade negotiations offer a chance to modernize U.S. ports....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
CDC Report Claims Hawaii Schools' Early Starting Time Makes Kids Fat Drunks
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 5274 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...The percentage of schools with 8:30 a.m. or later start times varied greatly by state, ranging from 0% in Hawaii....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
Audio: Native Hawaiian Attorneys Skeptical of Nai Aupuni, Kanaiolowalu
By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 AM :: 9084 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA

We had a Native Hawaiian Convention--it was known as an 'Aha--during the 1997-99 period...delegates ... sat down and drafted and completed two constitutions.  Before we were able to distribute them for ratification by the community, we were de-funded.  OHA didn't like the result....

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Friday, August 7, 2015
Illegal Lobbying by Planned Parenthood behind New Sex Ed Program?
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 12:30 AM :: 8030 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Life

...asking the IRS to investigate allegations of lobbying the State Legislature in order to gain valuable curriculum development contracts....

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
$40M CIP Released
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 3751 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... $9,318,772 for Aloha Stadium, more than $11M for Honolulu Airport ....

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
UPW Sues to Block HHSC Hospital Privatization
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 7501 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The UPW complaint alleges that the legislation violates the contract clause of the United States Constitution by impairing the contract between UPW and the State....

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
Public Hearings Set for NextEra Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 4549 Views :: Energy

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has set formal evidentiary hearings and public listening sessions on NextEra Energy Inc.’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Electric Co., according to public documents....

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
HECO Uses Electric Vehicles to Introduce Time-of-Use Rates
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 5486 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

...at home using electricity from the grid will be most expensive during peak electricity demand from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.....

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Is Your Name Part of a Criminal Enterprise?
By Video @ 6:16 PM :: 4884 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...Each Of Them Deals In Stolen Goods....

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Fitch Affirms 'A' Rating on DHHL Bonds
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 5190 Views :: DHHL, OHA

The bonds are special, limited obligations of the department, secured by a gross pledge on general lease and license and permit fee revenues....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Hawaii Launches On-Line Voter Registration Site
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4152 Views :: Office of Elections

Click HERE to register to vote in Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Track Takes Guillermo Northwest of State, Possibility of Heavy Rainfall
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 3355 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Tropical Storm Guillermo is located 370 miles east of Hilo as of 2:00 p.m. today....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Anti-Cane Burning Suit to be First Case Heard by Hawaii Environmental Court
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 8051 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture, Judiciary

Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be heard by the Honorable Joseph E. Cardoza, Judge of the Environmental Court of the Second Circuit on September 16, 2015 at 9:30 a.m....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Jury Questionnaires to be Mailed Out for 2016
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 3823 Views :: Judiciary

Those who receive a questionnaire have 10 days to complete and return....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Students in Debt: Hawaii 2nd Fewest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 4242 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

...but 2nd highest student debt as a percentage of income adjusted by cost of living ....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
VIDEO: “Intact Fetal Cadavers … Just a Matter of Line Items”
By Video @ 12:35 PM :: 3973 Views :: Life

...$120,000 per month off of aborted fetal tissue....

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Krugman: Puerto Rico Crisis 'exacerbated by Jones Act'
By Michael Hansen @ 3:29 AM :: 4341 Views :: Jones Act

... Paul Krugman commenting on the Puerto Rico financial crisis ....

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Monday, August 3, 2015
Obama Announces Carbon Emission Standards for Power Plants
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 5104 Views :: Energy, Environment

All low-carbon electricity generation technologies, including renewables, energy efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, can play a role in state plans....

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Monday, August 3, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 3, 2015
By Congress.org @ 8:05 PM :: 3925 Views :: Congressional Delegation
Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization – Passage
Senate: Three-Month Surface Transportation Extension and Veterans Health Care – Passage
House: Congressional Approval of Major Rules
House: Veterans Affairs Accountability and Highway Transportation Funding – Passage
House: Veterans Affairs Accountability – Passage
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Monday, August 3, 2015
2015’s Best & Worst Large Cities to Live in -- Honolulu Ranks 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 4634 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics

...attractiveness of the largest U.S. cities in terms of livability, the quality of their health and education systems, economic growth and tax rates....

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Monday, August 3, 2015
Hawaiian Homes Commissioners, KSBE Trustees and OHA Trustee not on Kanaiolowalu Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 12:09 AM :: 7577 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

...82% of Native Hawaiians are not participating--including many in positions of leadership....

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Sunday, August 2, 2015
VIDEO: What’s the Future of Maunalua Bay?
By Video @ 4:54 PM :: 4045 Views :: Environment

Complete video of Moanalua Bay Town Hall meeting ....

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Sunday, August 2, 2015
Prosecutor Defends Policy on Sex Trafficking
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 4007 Views :: Law Enforcement

Sex trafficking became a prosecutor’s priority when I returned to office in 2010.    That year, exactly one pimp was arrested, and in 2011 the respected Polaris Project ranked Hawaii among the worst states for anti-sex trafficking efforts....

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Sunday, August 2, 2015
You Can Have That Road, Alphonse…No! You Take It, Gaston!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5433 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government

...the State and counties aren’t clear on which roads they own....

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Saturday, August 1, 2015
"How Much Will Rail Cost Us In the End?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 AM :: 4898 Views :: Rail, Taxes

...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....

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Saturday, August 1, 2015
Assault: HPD Officer Pleads Not Guilty, Asks for Jury Trial
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 5621 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police

"I contacted my client. He was delighted," says Myles Breiner....

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