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...Every single one of Mock’s customers from age 15-18 is a homosexual child molester.  Who will demand that ‘Janet’ Mock name them?  ‘Her’ identity begins with shielding homosexual child molesters from the police in late 1990s Honolulu....

...one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows that conventional wisdom isn’t quite right....

...The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for a position on a federal court in Hawaii....

...Alaska and Hawaii are the two states with the lowest concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent....

...Congress’ gutting of the individual mandate tax penalty last year leaves the law unconstitutional....

...2018’s Best & Worst States for Millennials....

...The Republican Party platform of 1960 had endorsed an “immigration policy…based upon judgment of the individual merit of each applicant for admission.”....

...only New York State is higher....

...a conservative jurist will replace Judge Stephen Reinhardt....

...We can learn a lot about the folly of this path if we look to other places here and abroad where assisted suicide already is legal. A quick survey turns up countless instances of the failures of these laws to safeguard the most vulnerable....

...The housing-market collapse and following financial crisis reminded Americans of our obsession with debt and the dangers of quick access to finances for under-informed consumers....

Politicians' hyperbolic campaign promises don't seem to be making life much better....

...If the goal is to guide human action, environmental markets work better than indecipherable regulations....

...Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities, 2017 surveys the more than 100 state-administered post-employment benefit plans, such as health insurance, Medicare advantage, life insurance, and other non-pension benefits....

...where do taxpayers get the least bang for their buck?....

...This obvious stall is an indication of mismanagement....

...“Assisted suicide is dangerous public policy with potentially deadly consequences for everyone, but especially people with disabilities, the sick, the poor, and the elderly"....

...projected to increase overall after-tax income in every quintile of taxpayers....

...UH Manoa catches up to UH Hilo....

...They argue the sea is not “land owned or controlled by the Federal government and thus not within the president’s proclaiming authority.”....

...but has the 5th-least punative Medical Board....

...Below are the 2018 rankings of the top 500 Healthiest Communities nationwide, and how they scored across each of the 10 categories....

...Couple Schatz's loathing hostility with his deliberate ignorance and you get gridlock. There won’t be any productive conversations, let alone legislation. Liberals can’t be surprised when they aren’t taken seriously....

...people would never tolerate those levels of cigarette smoke in a public place anymore. So why were they OK with pot smoke?....

...the trustees are going to "suspend" OHA CEO Kamana`o Crabbe so he has to stay out of the office but still gets full pay and benefits....

On a 2015 voyage from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico, the Jones Act–eligible cargo ship El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane Joaquin and sank, losing all 33 crew members....

...activists resort to sovereign citizen tactics in a desperate effort to prevail....

...Rank 47th – 8th Grade Math & Science Performance....

...some states receive a far higher return on their federal income-tax contributions than others....

...2018’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a First Amendment challenge Tuesday to a California law requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post information about state-funded abortions.... Hawaii and Illinois have similar laws....

...WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 18 key indicators of weight-related problems....

...against a Minnesota couple who claim they should not be forced to make wedding videos for gay couples....

...186 communities ranked based on their Well-Being Index scores....

...$8,277 -- Annual Hawaii State & Local Taxes on Median State Household....

...One issue the group is grappling with is how to justify a waiver for Puerto Rico while keeping Jones Act requirements for other US ports, such as Hawaii....

...Their educational experiences have been shaped by concepts like collaborative work, project-based learning, real-world scenarios, finding innovative solutions, and the underlying mantra that they can save the world....

...Three of them were secretly created by two former Trustees and the former Administrator without Board approval....

...“This is unacceptable in a progressive coalition or any political coalition. Antisemitism has no place in American society. We must reject this, left right and center,” Schatz wrote on Twitter....

...Mallory received backlash for attending Farrakhan's annual Saviours' Day address, an event where the Nation of Islam leader attacked "that Satanic Jew," called Jews "the mother and father of apartheid," and proclaimed that "when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door...."

...Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa....

...We focused on 10 common aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship, which include security deposits, rent increases, the warranty of habitability and eviction notices....

... the proportion of renters in Honolulu rose from 44.6% in 2006 to 56.1% in 2016 ....

...Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton traveled to the summit of Maunakea in early January 2018....

...the 50 states and the District of Columbia compared across 23 key indicators of living standards for women....

...Thousands of files have been digitized at the state’s disability compensation program. However, they need hardware with capacity for more storage to continue progress....

...The state Department of Education is instructing schools statewide to create a “designated walkout area” for students...to participate in upcoming protests against gun violence, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a Friday letter to parents....

...Nine towns in Hawaii rank in lowest quintile....

...The ESRB’s decision to label video games with paid add-ons essentially does nothing to address the complaint that loot boxes are akin to gambling....

...Russian news organizations RT and Sputnik used the term GMO in more articles than HuffPost, Fox News, CNN, Breitbart and NBC combined....