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...Hawaii disposable income = $34,683 rank 47th of 51....

Public-sector unions can impose agency fees in 23 states....

“Given the seriousness of the issue, I believe the Administration should have been more thoughtful about this process.”

...Key votes on the city rail transit project and other issues might be invalidated because Honolulu City Council members failed to disclose conflicts of interest after being wined and dined by lobbyists....

...Leeds is pushing $500 a month with no way out for the next two decades....

The Kanaʻiolowalu Roll functions to ‘manufacture consent’ for federal or state recognition....

"Senator Ige's conflict is inescapable and unacceptable." -- Star-Bulletin

...Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds who was able to broker this meeting....

The Hawaii GE Tax base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....

GMOs have never caused a single death or illness. But this vocal minority wants them banned … just in case....

The poorest scoring Senators were Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), each of whom only managed scores of 3 percent....

As then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "US citizenship is a privilege, it is not a right. People who are serving foreign powers or in this case foreign terrorists are clearly in violation of that oath which they swore when they became citizens."

...the Hawai'i Campaign Commission has given the Hawaii Carpenters Market Recovery Program Fund a pass on disclosing where its contributions come from....

No federal funds are permitted to cover abortions or administer plans that cover abortion....

...a potential violation of the law that says at least two plans must be available to consumers who don't want any association with the controversial procedure....

...The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Hawaii was conducted on September 9-10, 2014 by Rasmussen....

...Steyer, the former CEO of the Farallon investment firm, made much of his fortune from the coal, oil, and gas industries....

...To keep the utilities running in a small apartment in Honolulu, you're facing a cost of around $285 per month....

...the first important discussion at the White House was held this week and, while Governor Lolo was represented by a member of his cabinet, Faleomavaega was nowhere to be found....

... online interviews with 655 Hawaii voters conducted August 18-September 2, 2014 ....

...In light of this, we’re shifting this contest from Toss-up to Leans Democratic....

...the chamber assigned grades to each state in 11 separate measures, ranging from the state's marketplace for varying school options, such as charters, to the state's pension-funding situation....

...HART is throwing out three bids for the first nine stations in the city’s $5.16 billion rail transit project....

...the mystery of Faleomavaega’s whereabouts and physical condition remains....

Even over the last 40 years, the Hilo, Kahului, and Lihue regions all show non-significant trends with negative – cooling – correlations....

Every few years, an intervention bursts upon the scene, is heralded as having special crime-reducing powers, and is enthusiastically implemented....

...At the meeting the CNHA, SCHHA and AOHCC proposed that they, as a consortium, take over the education and nation building aspects of federal recognition....

"This is a great win...that puts the lie to the claim that it is inevitable the US Supreme Court will redefine marriage. To the contrary, we believe they will leave this issue with the states."

...your dollars go the furthest in Mississippi, where the relative value of $100 is $161.03. Your dollars get you the least in Hawaii, with a relative value of $62.89....

...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....

...the founder of the American organic movement, Jerome Rodale, died during a recording of The Dick Cavett Show after declaring how wonderful his organic diet made him feel....

But Hawaii isn’t the only state where pro-label quacktivists are taking a hit....

..."Kali Watson is campaigning for the position"....

...the United Nations third decennial conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)  will run from September 1-4 in Samoa....

...These are the kinds of issues that have dominated Faleomavaega’s agenda over the years when he hasn’t been traveling....

...Marine Sgt. Victor Farinas of Aiea deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan during Feb. 2014 with 1st Marine Regiment....

...President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation naming Hawaii as the 50th state on August 21, 1959....

...“this is certainly the most important congressional group to visit the Northern Marianas at one time.”....

Hawaii ranked lowest, with an average composite score of 18.2....

...Judge Chen found that all of the union members' allegations regarding the Hawaiian Stabilization Fund involve state-law causes of action over which the federal court has no jurisdiction....

...millionaire organic activist Mike “the Health Ranger” Adams charges that hundreds of thousands of deaths have been caused by GMO crops....

...These islands may soon be able to diversify their energy sources to include natural gas, because of relatively low natural gas prices and new shipping technology....

“You know, Adam and I both enlisted, joined the military after 9/11 because we heard our nation’s leaders say after that attack that we would go and take out these Islamic extremists wherever they are."

The states where $100 is worth the least are the District of Columbia ($84.60), Hawaii ($85.32), New York ($86.66), New Jersey ($87.64), and California ($88.57)....

...Lawmakers would have to round up 17 Senate and 34 House members willing to do it, and they’d need five days to move any bills through....

...four members of the Western collaborative -- Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon and Washington -- agreed to share educational and workforce data....