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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Friday, August 15, 2014 |
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Faleomavaega Skips Visit of Key House Committee to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 AM :: 5570 Views :: National News, Politicians
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The group flew in and out without ever having seen the place or having had to entertain the question “Where’s Eni?”
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Has Vested Interest in Quick Puna Vote
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 7638 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...Puna residents have been shamelessly made the latest pawns of Progressives as they desperately attempt to hold on to power after a stunning rebuke at last Saturday’s primary elections....
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
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Sabato: Abercrombie Biggest Loser in History of 50 States
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 AM :: 6781 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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Abercrombie’s defeat by 36.1 points is the largest primary loss by of any sitting governor in U.S. history....
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
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It was 116 years ago today: The U.S. becomes a global power
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 4575 Views :: Hawaii History
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On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 |
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Two Big Island Precincts Voting Postponed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 AM :: 6780 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...Delayed Voting Could Sink Hanohano....
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 |
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Squeezed by High Prices, Hawaii Consumers Spend the Least on Nonessentials
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 3761 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...just 34% of spending, compared with 54% nationally....
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 |
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UH: GMO Crops Conserve Topsoil, Reduce Herbicide Use
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 4253 Views :: GMOs
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...there has been a reduction in the use of more toxic herbicides, and soils have benefited from reduced tillage....
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Candidate Forced by UH to Take Leave Without Pay
By Selected News Articles @ 10:05 PM :: 7991 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, Politicians
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...J N Musto, Executive Director of UHPA indicated that they had been fighting the contract language for 30 years and did reach an agreement that UH professors could maintain their position while campaigning....
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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GMO tobacco ‘mystery serum’ rescues Ebola virus victims
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 7931 Views :: World News, Health Care, GMOs
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...Genetically engineered tobacco plants produce an experimental Ebola serum....
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Democrat Nod Goes to Faleomavaega in a Slick Maneuver
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 7053 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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...The party chairman then called for a vote and the dozen party attendees present (out of 600 people said to be members) unanimously endorsed Faleomavaega for re-election....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Charter Schools Produce 7% More Student Achievement Per Dollar Spent
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 3363 Views :: Education K-12
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While gains were small in places like Hawaii (7 percent), D.C. saw advantages of more than 100 percent....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Honolulu: Good Recession, Bad Recovery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 PM :: 5883 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu performed better through the recession than most other major American cities. Unfortunately, Honolulu’s recovery was not as impressive....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Shocker: Hawaii only 8th Most Socialist State
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 AM :: 5014 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The math? Simple. The FY2013 state expenditure divided by the state's 2013 GDP....
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Monday, July 28, 2014 |
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Replicating HOPE: Can Others Do It As Well As Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 AM :: 5182 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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The lead researcher in NIJ's HOPE evaluation discusses efforts to duplicate the swift-and-certain sanctions model on the mainland....
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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Retiree Healthcare: Hawaii's $3.5B Magic Trick
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 7688 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...Can anything be in worse condition than unfunded government pensions? Unfortunately, yes – and it’s called OPEB....
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Friday, July 25, 2014 |
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US Territories Suddenly Exempted from Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 AM :: 5861 Views :: National News, Health Care
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The decision covers residents in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands...the law was "undermining the stability" of the territories' insurance markets....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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Matson Pays $9.95M to Settle Federal Fraud Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 4729 Views :: Jones Act
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...ocean carriers improperly and with intent applied ocean bunker fuel surcharges to inland (overland) freight charges....
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
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If You Want a Glimpse of the Future Food Wars, Look to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 AM :: 5566 Views :: GMOs
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Underlying the debate about GMOs in Hawaii is, I suspect, a tension between those who have lived in the islands for generations and newcomers from the mainland....
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Saturday, July 19, 2014 |
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Photos: Chinese spy ship off Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:59 PM :: 6917 Views :: Military
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...operating within the United States 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone around Hawaii, but not within the 12-nautical-mile territorial seas....
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Friday, July 18, 2014 |
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Ocean Patch Claims Are 99.5% Garbage
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 5225 Views :: Environment
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Media exaggerated the patch size by a factor of more than 200....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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WSJ: In Hawaii Happiness Costs $122K/year
By Selected News Articles @ 5:51 PM :: 5210 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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A few years ago, a Princeton prof and a renowned psychologist found that income of $75,000 a year is the threshold for daily happiness....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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House Bill Could Free Hawaii Consumers from $20M Internet Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 PM :: 4665 Views :: Taxes
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The Senate version, called the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, is awaiting consideration from the Senate Finance Committee....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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“Parallel science” of NGO advocacy groups: How post-modernism encourages pseudo-science
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 4204 Views :: GMOs
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“Parallel science” seemingly resembles science, but it differs from science since its conclusions precede experimentation....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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New Native American Tribal Regulations Implicate Hawaiian Sovereignty
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 AM :: 6953 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...a substantial revision of 25 CFR 83, was announced on April 14 and will be the gatekeeper of future admissions of new tribal organizations....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Honolulu Ranked 'Best City for Child-Free Living'
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 5304 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...ranked first in percentage of households without children....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Where the U.S. wiretap hotspots are? Not Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 AM :: 7098 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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Only five states—Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Vermont— had no wiretap requests during 2013....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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OHA Trustees Vote to Proceed with ‘Aha in Six Months
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 4323 Views :: OHA
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An agenda for a July 8th executive board meeting was posted on the OHA website and then removed shortly thereafter prior to the 8th....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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1935: Hawaii Imposes GE Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 5527 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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By the end of the 1930s, 22 states had implemented a sales tax....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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The Sky Fell last month, but almost nobody noticed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 AM :: 3964 Views :: Environment
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The sky fell on Hawaii last month, all because carbon dioxide levels peeped above the much-hyped 400 ppm hurdle....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 |
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Matson, Crowley to Grab for Horizon’s Alaska, Hawaii Ships?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 4916 Views :: Jones Act
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...men in suits have been seen visiting Horizon's facilities. Is somebody doing due diligence?....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 |
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How might the Jones Act be altered to make US shipping competitive?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 4511 Views :: Jones Act
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Cheaper ships mean more ships in operation which create more U.S. seafarer and ship repair jobs and improve service to the shippers....
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Monday, July 7, 2014 |
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July 7, 1898: Hawaii Republic Annexed by USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 14514 Views :: Hawaii History
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Hawaii became a U.S. Territory JULY 7, 1898, as President McKinley signed the Treaty of Annexation.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 |
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1874: Liliuokalani Cheers as Marines Occupy Queen’s Palace
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 5036 Views :: Hawaii History
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"No dependence could be placed on the police nor on the Hawaiian Guards; these had proved unfaithful to their duties to preserve order, and had in some cases joined the partisans of Queen Emma...."
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Friday, July 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks 46th in Patriotism
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 AM :: 4937 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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To find out how patriotic each state was, we first made a list of criteria that we considered to be pretty indicative of proud Americans....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Email Reveals Plan to Take Control of Hawaiian Homelands as Indian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 7787 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...leaked email detailing plans to achieve US tribal federal recognition status for SCHAA homesteaders through the US Department of Interior....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Write the Darndest Things
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 4745 Views :: GMOs
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We’ve been trawling the bowels of the internet for the crazier ramblings of the activists, so put on your tinfoil hats and come for a dive with us....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii, US, Other States Allege Fraud in $4B Mortgage Settlement
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 4633 Views :: National News
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...Chase was not entitled to all of the credits, because Chase no longer owned many of the loans it forgave or forgave loans that were not eligible for relief....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
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Court Rules Marriage Must Be Redefined Under Fourteenth Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 5986 Views :: National News, Family
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Today the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on Utah’s marriage amendment....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Hawaii Teachers 3rd-Best Paid in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 7453 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The top districts for paying teachers with a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience are Chicago ($62,046), New York ($52,278), Hawaii ($50,728)....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Voters Look to Small-Business Owners for Guidance
By Selected News Articles @ 8:22 AM :: 4104 Views :: Small Business
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“Disproportionately large percentages of small-business owners are registered to vote (95%), [and] usually do vote (84%)”
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Public to be Excluded from Honolulu Tribe Hearing—Protest Set
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 3749 Views
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...on the official agenda, Neil Abercrombie, countless Hawaii state officials, Robin Danner, the CNHA, the SCHAA, and other special invitees are scheduled to testify FIRST....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Hearings Mask Scheme to Seize Control of Hawaiian Homelands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8236 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It means that OHA, the Danners and the SCHAA would end up with control of all Hawaiian homestead lands, the ceded lands and other assets....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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Engineers complete nine-month Afghanistan mission, return to families in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 PM :: 3956 Views :: Military
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One hundred and eighty-eight Soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion ....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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High Tech Development Corp still relying on carbon paper and typewriters
By Selected News Articles @ 2:20 AM :: 5377 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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HTDC still relying on carbon paper and typewriters to draft communications with the state, which she says causes more work in the end for her staff....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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Six New Ways to Visualize Hawaii Campaign Spending Data
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 AM :: 5092 Views :: Office of Elections
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The new apps allow residents to locate their voting precincts, learn how lawmakers are utilizing their campaign funds, search for donor history and more....
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Saturday, June 14, 2014 |
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Solar City: Tax Subsidies For Them, Big Bills For Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 6117 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Solar City collects for itself tax subsidies intended for its consumers, who are left vulnerable to sudden spikes in their electricity bills....
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Saturday, June 14, 2014 |
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Scientist in Point-by-Point Debunk of Maui Anti-GMO Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 AM :: 4934 Views :: GMOs
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A review of this section reveals a lack of understanding of agriculture in general, a lack of supporting evidence for claims made, and a disregard for the voluminous findings in mainstream science....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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American Samoa Governor Puts Faleomavaega in His Place
By Selected News Articles @ 5:55 PM :: 6902 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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We were among those waiting for a quick Faleomavaega retort in his usual overkill with dates, times and places of consultation and were surprised by the silence....
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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1901: Territory of Hawaii Adopts First Income Tax in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 8052 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Now every state has an income tax except for Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Alaska is notable in that it is the only state to repeal an existing income tax....
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
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More Hollywood Homosexuals Sued over Alleged Child Molestation in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 6443 Views :: Family, Drugs
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...In the June 6 filing, Egan alleges that in the 1990s he was employed by the now-defunct Internet startup Digital Entertainment Network and coerced into attending sex and drug parties....
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