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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.....

...On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. It did so by accident....

...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....

...veterans in many cities continue to suffer from long delays in mental-health treatment despite a $10 billion effort to expand veterans’ access to such care....

...federal law already prohibits domestic abusers from purchasing or owning guns....

...“She’s got a servant attitude, a servant’s heart,” Butler says....

...in the early 1900s Ahi, Aku, Marlin and other pelagic fish, were reported in the commercial reef fish data. Then they separated the pelagic and reef fish. This alone accounted most of the 90% decline....

Vacation house rules in works: Regulating ‘unhosted’ rentals seen as way to preserve housing for residents....

... Tulsi Gabbard 'not surprised' by Donna Brazile's DNC bombshell, but 'surprised' it went public ....

...58% Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share....

...32 communities ranked from smartest to dumbest....

• Approve -- 47%
• Disapprove -- 39%

...one of the best perks of living in a city with a relatively smaller population? Affordability (but not in Hawaii)....

...Washington, D.C., lifted its ban on these devices in May of this year. New Jersey’s stun gun ban lapsed less than a week prior to this writing....

...The Hawaii plan includes granular details down to, for example, how many specially outfitted medical aircraft the federal government would send to Hawaii after a Category 4 hurricane. It also describes an 85-step process to restore electricity....

“We want to make sure that people understand that we have a vision for the future.” -- Sen Brian Schatz

...The Supreme Court Ruling will have far reaching impacts on all ocean permits issued by DLNR....

...don’t expect to see this high-tech solution in Hawaii any time soon....

...“I was not involved in (Kealoha's) administration whatsoever. I was very marginalized, because I was very vocal,” she said....

...Honolulu Rates F but the State overall rates C-....

...meanwhile Trump Set to Appeal Hawaii Court Rejection of Travel Ban 3.0....

...the four horsemen of the transit apocalypse include....

...Nowhere are drivers angrier than in Hawaii, analysis suggests....

...Hawaii has enough in cash reserves to weather next recession, report says....

“The federal government has significantly increased its immigration enforcement activities, including, for example, a nearly 40 percent increase in arrests within the first four months of 2017,” the complaint states....

...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....

...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....

...Fiscal Stability#41....

...Tuesday’s order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....

...the 9th Circuit Court’s Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii....

...it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu’s iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus....

...Wednesday, October 11th At 10 AM....

...You know you are in trouble when you have to write a recovery plan for a project that isn’t even half built....

...Hawaii is the most unaffordable housing market in USA....

...HART’s CEO, for example, gets $317,000 plus a “housing allowance” of about $4,600 a month and a “transportation allowance” of $600 a month....

...The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that require a doctor's prescription to get an abortion pill....

...Wednesday’s lawsuit says there were 14,645 commercial air tours conducted over the Hawaii Volcanoes alone....

...“So you do not support the recriminalization of homosexuality?” Hirono asked....

... Shortage of Affordable housing:  Its not the demand, its the supply ....

...According to the Social Security Administration, one in five Americans lives with a disability, and one in 10 has a severe disability....

Hawaii has enacted such a law and it is under challenge in federal district court. ...

...Gallup says it's exercise, Bloomberg says it's labor unions....

...2017’s Most & Least Financially Savvy States....

...but Atty Gen Chin's news release was titled "CRIME IN HAWAI`I AT RECORD LOW LEVEL IN 2016".... 

...Hanabusa said operationalizing Aegis Ashore on Kauai would interfere with PMRF's missile testing and compromise the military's relationship with the local community....

...The likely practical effect, it appears, would be that the planned review simply will not occur, and that the new action would be met with new lawsuits, starting all over in the lower federal courts. ...

...adjusted for cost of living....

“This is an important case because Hawaii goes even further than California did, and they are clearly singling out pregnancy centers....” 

...Provides for an increased federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) for both Alaska and Hawaii....

“No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry"