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Entries for 'News Release'
Monday, December 8, 2014 |
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Honolulu 31st Lowest Concentration of Disadvantaged
By News Release @ 12:21 PM :: 5072 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...2014’s Cities with the Highest and Lowest Population in Need....
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 |
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Ethics Commission Fines Non-Profit for Illegal Lobbying
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 4192 Views :: Ethics
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...a nonprofit organization was lobbying at the State legislature, but had not filed lobbying expenditures and contributions reports with the Commission....
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Saturday, December 6, 2014 |
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HECO Sends Six New Solar Projects for PUC Approval
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 5183 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The average price of the seven new solar projects is 14 cents per kilowatt-hour....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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Report: 63% of Hawaii Charter Schools Fall Below Academic Performance Standards
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 4089 Views :: Education K-12
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Notably, five of the eleven highest performing public high schools in the state and two of the four highest-performing middle schools, as measured by Strive HI, are charter schools....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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Hawaiians Lost Land, Homes in Scam: Sovereignty Activist Ordered to Pay Reparations
By News Release @ 4:30 PM :: 3535 Views
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Hawaiiloa Foundation collected approximately $468,000 from approximately 200 individuals who went through the debt elimination process. Many of the individuals tried to use the bonds but ultimately lost their homes through foreclosure....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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National Right to Life President to Speak in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 4927 Views :: Life
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Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Pearl Country Club....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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Ige's Commitment: 'No Hidden Agendas, Avoid Raising Taxes'
By News Release @ 5:22 AM :: 6535 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Taxes
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"We will spend public funds thoughtfully and without waste to avoid raising taxes...."
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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DoE Leaders Embrace Education Reform Proposals
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 5373 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“Race to the Top was very prescriptive. It was tremendously important change, but now we have to ask ourselves, ‘How can we change more collaboratively?’”
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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182 Days: BOE Adopts Teacher-Proposed School Calendar for School Year 2015-2016
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5285 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The BOE was set to approve a calendar submitted by the DOE until teachers presented their proposals....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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30 years of Honolulu City Lights
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 7488 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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Honolulu City Lights will celebrate three decades of tree lightings and holiday fun on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Honolulu Hale....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Ige Appoints Six More Cabinet Members
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 5297 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige today announced the appointments of six additional members of his Cabinet and two deputy directors....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Caldwell Creates 'Office of Strategic Development'
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 6514 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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The OSD was established to immediately address the lack of overall planning and management of the city’s real estate portfolio, which has existed since the Department of Housing was eliminated in 1996....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Day Before Announcing Sale of Company, HECO Inks Biofuel Deal with Cronies
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 6749 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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“With this new contract, Hawaiian Electric will be purchasing approximately half our production volume...."
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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State, Kauai County Select Mediator to Begin GMO Fact-finding Mission
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 4060 Views :: GMOs
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...the group will be composed of not fewer than nine knowledgeable individuals from Kauai....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Electric Bought out by 'Nation's Largest Clean Energy Company' for $4.3B
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 6997 Views :: Energy
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NextEra Energy, Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which the companies have agreed to combine....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Univ. of Hawaii Student Loans Up 100%
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 4811 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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In Hawaii and Utah total borrowing by students at public institutions spiked by more than 100 percent since the start of the Great Recession....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Auditor: Proposed Marijuana Dispensary Bill 'Flawed'
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 3951 Views :: Drugs
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The proposed regulatory vehicle, HB No. 1587 (2014), has several flaws...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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We the Powerful! -- Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 3573 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature without ever having to leave your home island....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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UH Hilo Settles Lawsuit Over Handing Out Constitutions
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 6716 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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In a victory for free speech, the University of Hawaii (UH) agreed today to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed by two students at UH’s Hilo....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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2015 Neighborhood Board Candidate filing period opens
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 3942 Views :: Honolulu County
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Beginning today, O‘ahu residents can file to run for a seat on their Neighborhood Board....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Full Text: Lt Gov. Tsutsui Inaugural Speech
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 5288 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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May God Bless all of you. May God continue to bless our great state, and may God continue to bless the United States of America....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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HECO Seeks 'Demand Response' Contractors
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 4472 Views :: Energy
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...Managing their own demand in response to utility requests is another way for customers to save on their electric bills while supporting more clean energy....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Auditor Slams State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5605 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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...Agencies failed to remit funds resulting in a potential loss of $147,213 in public arts revenues, and in one instance, the special fund received $100,000, when it should have received just $100....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Auditor: Hearing Aid Insurance Mandate Not Needed
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 3648 Views :: Health Care
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...HMSA, UHA, and HMAA now provide coverage for hearing aids, and Kaiser plans to begin covering hearing aids in January 2015.....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Audit: 67% of 'Exempt' State Positions Vacant
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 6464 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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DHRD’s jurisdiction consisted of 21,783 positions, of which 15,069 were civil service and 6,714 exempt....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Ige Releases 11-Point 'Action Agenda'
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 4412 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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State government needs to be agile and efficient, innovative in developing solutions, adaptable to a rapidly changing environment, and above all, accountable to our “customers,” the people of Hawaiʻi....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Honolulu Ethics Commission: City Officer Under Investigation
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 5292 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...the city officer is currently the subject of an investigation being conducted by the subordinate....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Full Text: Ige’s Inaugural Address
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 3793 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...looking at new ways to empower schools....
...taking our pioneering experience in pre-paid health care to the next level and not letting bureaucracy get in the way....
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Saturday, November 29, 2014 |
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Caldwell appoints Roy Amemiya to be Managing Director, effective January
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 5795 Views :: Honolulu County
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Ember Shinn will stay with Caldwell Administration through March to assist with budget proposal, strategic development office....
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Saturday, November 29, 2014 |
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Early Release: "Pflueger’s old-boy manipulation of the justice system stinks like corruption and smells like big money.”
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 6390 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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...James Pflueger has been released from jail by State Prison Head Ted Sakai after serving 1.5 months of an already meager 7 month sentence he was given for 7 felony counts of manslaughter....
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Friday, November 28, 2014 |
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Dawn Ige Addresses Education Conference
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 7081 Views :: Education K-12
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Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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October Visitors Up 3%, Expenditures up 3.3%
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 4100 Views :: Tourism
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Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Judge Kurren Strikes Down Hawaii County Anti-GMO Ordinance
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 4269 Views
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Judge Kurren found that the County’s Ordinance “is preempted by Hawaii state law” ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Jealousy? Envy? -- Carbone Statement Fact Checked by I Mua Manoa
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 8499 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Colette Machado Resigns as OHA Chair
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 5071 Views :: OHA
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"I look forward to the process to select a new chair."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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HCDA Issues RFP for Kakaako Micro Units
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 5724 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...generally are around 300 square feet and occupied by no more than two persons....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Receives Approval
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 7862 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Feds Pay SolarCity to Analyze HECO Distributed Generation
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 5137 Views :: Energy
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...to address operational issues associated with high degrees of distributed solar penetration on electrical grids....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Matson Hikes Rates 5.4%
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5437 Views :: Jones Act
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"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii, Alaska Only States to add No Ultra-Rich for 2013
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 6334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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In Hawaii 215 people have assets in excess of $30M....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Is the State with the 8th Most Frugal Consumers
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 5122 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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But Hawaii is #1 for “highest percentage of the population spending more than they make”....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii Scores ‘D’ on Sex Trafficking Laws
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 5185 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...every state receives a Report Card that grades the state on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in a state’s laws....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Caldwell Makes the Disabled Pay Starting Jan 1
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 4437 Views :: Honolulu County
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... effective January 1, 2015, persons with disability parking permits will be charged the standard parking rate at city parking lots ....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Leaving Trail of Destruction, Carbone Suddenly Quits UH Cancer Center
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 5885 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Omidyar 'Assumes Ownership' of Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 4316 Views :: Energy
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The team estimates the new system will reduce electricity usage by more than all of the utility scale photovoltaic systems currently operating in Hawaii....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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UH Report: 14,282 Homeless in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 5217 Views :: Homelessness
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5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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UH: Pono Choices Secretly Part of "Human Subject Research"
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 8701 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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UH Protest: Grad Students Win Jobs Back, Push for Budget Transparency
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 4547 Views :: Higher Education
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...fight for an allocation model that allows tuition money to follow the students....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Inequality: Hawaii the only Blue State Among America's Most Equal
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4479 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Families are changing, with fewer married couples and more single-parent families and cohabiting unions....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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HONOLULU Ranks 12th for Successful Aging
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 4360 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...life amid the palm trees can cost, especially at quality nursing facilities and hospitals. Special needs transport is adequate, but work commutes are time-consuming....
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