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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Friday, August 21, 2015 |
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It was 56 years ago today we added the 50th state
By Selected News Articles @ 6:49 PM :: 4986 Views :: Hawaii History
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There were southern politicians who were concerned about adding the territory’s multiethnic population to the Union....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii is the Best State for Women’s Equality
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 3178 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Aug. 26 is Women’s Equality Day ....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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Kauai Republican Presidential Straw Poll Results
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 4944 Views :: Republican Party
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100 Kauai voters participated ....
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
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Campaign Spending: A-1 A-Lectrician Appeals to US Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 PM :: 4338 Views :: Ethics
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The Hawaii defendants are members of the Campaign Spending Commission....
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
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Most Educated Cities? Honolulu Ranks 24th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 4833 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the attainment gap between women and men....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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Profiting from Homelessness: Publicist, Lobbyist Take Control
By Selected News Articles @ 8:45 PM :: 9985 Views :: Homelessness
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With zero experience in getting families off the street....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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Sex Ed: Hawaii School Board decision is concerning
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 6669 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Life
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Students in Hawaii will be subject to sex-ed classes with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention rather than abstinence, whether they or their parents like it or not....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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NRA: Honolulu's Shame
By Selected News Articles @ 4:44 PM :: 5982 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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...straight out of a Michael Bloomberg gun-ban training manual....
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Sunday, August 16, 2015 |
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Biotech supporters learn from campaign that turned tide on anti-vaxxers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 4810 Views :: GMOs
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According to a recent PEW survey, 25 percent of people in the last year have change their opinion to a favorable view of vaccines....
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Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
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What Rep. Sylvia Luke, Sen. Brian Schatz, the City Council and the Mayor don’t know about solving Honolulu’s homelessness crisis
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 PM :: 4952 Views :: Homelessness
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If the Gov’s team wants to learn why Hawaii should try Housing First, they can start with Google and actually learn a lot....
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Friday, August 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Property Tax Rate Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 8:02 PM :: 4778 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%....
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Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
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How transparent is your state's lobbying disclosure?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 4028 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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...states could easily offer more data to their citizens....
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
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117 years ago today: The U.S. becomes a global power
By Selected News Articles @ 7:52 PM :: 4411 Views :: Hawaii History
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A joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898...
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Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii 24th Best State for Children
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 PM :: 5053 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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August is Child Support Awareness Month ....
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Sunday, August 9, 2015 |
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Ige to hear Testimony on Maui Memorial Partnership Plan Tuesday
By Selected News Articles @ 12:40 AM :: 6358 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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Maui Waena Intermediate School – Kahului
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
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Friday, August 7, 2015 |
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CDC: Hawaii #1 for Drunk Driving
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 PM :: 3834 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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In Hawaii, there were 995 drunk driving episodes yearly per 1,000 people....
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Thursday, August 6, 2015 |
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Public Hearings Set for NextEra Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 4633 Views :: Energy
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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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Tuesday, August 4, 2015 |
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Students in Debt: Hawaii 2nd Fewest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 4327 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...but 2nd highest student debt as a percentage of income adjusted by cost of living ....
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Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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2015’s Best & Worst Large Cities to Live in -- Honolulu Ranks 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 4744 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...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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Sunday, August 2, 2015 |
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Prosecutor Defends Policy on Sex Trafficking
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 4102 Views :: Law Enforcement
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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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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Telescope Crackdown: Arrests on Mauna Kea, Haleakala
By Selected News Articles @ 6:18 PM :: 6033 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...Meanwhile -- 3,500 astronomers converging on Waikiki....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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9th Circuit Rejects Hawaii Jones Act Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 PM :: 5819 Views :: Jones Act
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...it was possible that plaintiffs could establish standing if they amended their complaint, any amendment would be futile because plaintiffs’ Commerce Clause challenge to the Jones Act would fail on the merits....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Study Suggest ‘Regressive’ Gas Tax Hike for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4614 Views :: Energy
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...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Honolulu 4th Most Expensive City for Singles
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 AM :: 4970 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Thousands of Hawaiians Fraudulently Added to Kanaiolowalu Roll, 23,000 to be Stripped out by Roll Commission
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 6151 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The certified list is shorter because it omits the names of people whose Hawaiian ancestry has not yet been verified....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Gas Taxes 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 5374 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Mother of Murdered Baby Challenges Hawaii Child Abuse Registry
By Selected News Articles @ 12:35 PM :: 6623 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: Kaiser Barely Pays for Medevac
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 PM :: 4933 Views :: Health Care
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...Kaiser policy said it would cover 80 percent of the cost of medically necessary emergency transportation services, Kaiser denied most of it, leaving him with a $36,000 balance due....
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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UH Hilo spending $33,000 to ensure U.S. flag does not fly above state flag
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 4481 Views :: Higher Education
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“On Dec. 1, Hawaiian sovereignty activists lowered the American flag on the single pole at the front entrance to the UH-Hilo campus and hoisted the Hawaii state flag that previously flew beneath."
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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Unhealthy Fixation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6406 Views :: GMOs
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...the deeper you dig, the more fraud you find in the case against GMOs....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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It's time to end net energy metering
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 6644 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...the threat of losing NEM has led some in the PV industry down the path of hyperbole, exaggeration and self-interested fear-mongering....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Consumer Energy Expenses--Hawaii Ranks 28th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 5604 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The average monthly consumption of electricity per housing unit in Louisiana is triple that in Hawaii....
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Friday, July 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii GE Tax 'Broadest Sales Tax in US'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 4597 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii: $100 Worth only $86.06
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 5056 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Only in Washington DC is $100 more worthless....
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 |
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Tax Spirits? In Hawaii its $5.98 / gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 PM :: 5845 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Today’s map shows how spirit excise taxes in your state compare....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 |
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Fiscal Condition? Hawaii Ranks 40th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:46 PM :: 3317 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii ranks 40th among US states for its fiscal health, based on its fiscal solvency in five separate categories....
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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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Honolulu Highest Cost of Living in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 5667 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Across all metro areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii has the highest cost of living, while Danville, Illinois is the least expensive place to live in the country....
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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Worst State to Make a Living 2015
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 5224 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Why? Cost of living is the main issue....
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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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America’s Future: California Or Texas?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 4806 Views :: Economy
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If California is America’s future, then that future is overrun with poverty....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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New Study: “Medical Marijuana Laws Amplify Recreational Juvenile Marijuana Use”
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 AM :: 4747 Views :: Drugs
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Study also finds that alcohol consumption is a salient predictor of marijuana use....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Patriotism: Hawaii Ranks 24th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 5018 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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Hawaii Ranks 24th: 5th for ‘Military Engagement’ and 49th for ‘Civic Engagement’....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Project Imua: Hawaii Student payload tested at NASA Flight Facility
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 4549 Views :: Higher Education
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Comprised of four UH Community College campuses, Project Imua involves a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage may pave way for expanded gun rights in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 5338 Views :: Second Amendment
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"...concealed carry licenses held by more than 11 million citizens across the country should now be valid in every state without question...."
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 6128 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Ige’s diffidence risks making things on Mauna Kea worse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5466 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 4261 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Kaiser: King v. Burwell will not Affect Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 4705 Views :: Health Care
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The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....
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