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"...Unfortunately, these anti-vaxx people all live overseas, but they’re using social media to influence our population and our community. What can the government do? We’re not wasting time with those people....”

...Hawaii residents pay over $20,000 more per year than the second-most expensive state, California....

...bills introduced and votes in Congress.... 

...sometimes you wonder who edits articles in the newspaper....

...Hawaii is the single most difficult state for workers to get ahead, requiring $96.1K to enjoy a comfortable life and 91-hour workweeks to get there....

...2019’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....

... From GovTrack.us ....

...“Where are they going to dispose of the planes, at Waimanalo Gulch?”....

...Agency leaders share the history and potential of research-driven policy change....

...the Airports Division said that if the planes were not taken off the lot, that they would move ahead to dispose of them.  Just in the last couple of days, the State Procurement Office started sending out documents to effectuate that....

...Honolulu, Hawaii, had a net population loss from migration of 19,098 between 2010 and 2018 — 2.0% of the metro’s 2010 population of 953,207....

...On an idle Wednesday this last week, a thunderclap of a bulletin came across the 5:00 p.m. local news....

...the government agreed to dismiss two felony charges for unlawfully transporting and storing hazardous waste at locations on Maui and Moloka’i....

...Gabbard is the only candidate assessed to receive more positive mentions (28) than negative mentions (6), and more positive mentions (28) than neutral mentions (27)....

...2nd-highest in the USA....

...Votes in Congress and Bills Introduced....

...Hawaii Median household income in 2018: $80,212....

...How the 20 next-largest U.S. airports performed in 15 categories....

...the disclosure statements do not actually project the anticipated risks to the city....

...Antolini previously worked for Vic Sher, which may explain why the academic is so gung-ho to support the misguided crusade of her old boss....

...Last year, two Harvard researchers found that meeting current U.S. electricity needs with wind would require covering a land area twice the size of California with wind turbines....

...OECD estimates that the law's repeal would increase U.S. economic output by up to $135 billion....

...Idea: Use the money to FORCE the homeless into shelter with drug treatment and mental health care....

...votes in Congress and bills introduced for week ending Nov 9, 2019....

“...There are more than 500,000 similar underground injection wells in the country and nearly 6,000 in Hawaii alone....”

...We ranked 827 counties by the ratio of rent-to-income....

...and the lowest average interest rates....

... the absence of Jones Act asphalt carriers means that Hawaii must import it from abroad ....

...Attention Believers: I will buy your Hawaii oceanfront real estate for 10% of assessed value cash money right now.  Save yourself! The End is Near!....

...Honolulu Homeless Veterans per Veteran Population tied for worst in USA -- 46 times higher than first place Virginia Beach, VA....

...votes in Congress and bills introduced from GovTrack.us....

...Eric Einhorn lists stock owned by spouse valued at $168,000-$445,000....

... Chilean officials said they cancelled the Nov. 16-17 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to focus on restoring law and order in the country ....

...The SuperPAC pushing the narrative that Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset has literally taken money from a woman who won the Order of Friendship from Vladimir Putin for all of the money she made for (and from) Russian businesses....

...this week's votes and bills introduced....

...the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets....

... Wesleyan University Professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui .... 

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

...the federal production tax credit for wind is scheduled to be phased out at the end of 2019....

... From GovTrack.us ....

...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....

...some cities know the key ingredients for long-term prosperity better than others....

...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....

“...She seems very Trumpian....”

... Pearl City has the Lowest Percentage of People with Disabilities in Poverty in USA ....

...the Hawai'i Supreme Court ruled that the State of Hawai'i must resolve the claims of Native Hawaiians before selling ceded lands....

...Did you know you can weigh in on Caldwell’s $772 million splurge on replacing the Blaisdell Arena, a war memorial? Be quick, though....

...vaccines prevented 732,000 deaths in the U.S. between 1994 and 2013....

...EPA intends to issue findings on the states’ failures to submit plans to prevent interstate pollution by Nov. 22, 2019....

...the likelihood of all of these projects remains speculative, and the timeframes even more so given BOEM’s decision to review the entire permitting process....