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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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Update: Low Income Legislative Agenda
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6594 Views :: Homelessness, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Hawaii Appleseed is making solid progress advancing important legislation to benefit low-income people in our state....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Open Budget: A bold step towards fiscal transparency
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 6593 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...a nonpartisan effort to make the state budgeting process accessible to the public by putting state budget facts and figures online, in real time....
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 2:27 PM :: 6243 Views :: Health Care, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Also in the H&R Block report is the news that the individual mandate penalty is averaging $172. This is likely to rise in future years....
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Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
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Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4288 Views :: Tax Credits
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...According to a report by the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, it lifts more families out of poverty than any other federal policy....
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Friday, January 2, 2015 |
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Auditor: State Policies Create Barrier to Glass Recycling
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:58 PM :: 8365 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...the interaction between the advance disposal fee (ADF) and the deposit beverage container (DBC) programs creates inefficiencies in the recycling or down-cycling of glass....
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
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Auditor: Unclear What Glass Recycling Program is Supposed to Accomplish
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:51 PM :: 8453 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Where the 'Recycled' Glass Goes? -- Busted: Hee Family Tied to Massive Waste Dumping Scheme....
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Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
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Corruption: Al Hee Indicted on 13 Counts--Could Get 39 Years in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 13177 Views :: DHHL, Politicians, Tax Credits
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This is happening now because Dan Inouye is dead. There will be more....
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Sunday, December 14, 2014 |
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NextEra: The Green Corruption Files
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 13549 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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NextEra paid just $88 million in taxes on earnings of nearly $7 billion. That’s a tax rate of just 1.25 percent when the statutory rate is 35 percent....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 5401 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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“Granting temporary privileges or punishment allows Congress to fund-raise on them over and over again.”
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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The Tax Credit That Should Not Die
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4655 Views :: Tax Credits
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Note to lawmakers: No touch!
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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Ige's Pihana: Which Came First the Crony or the Capitalist?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 10023 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Tax Credits
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...it almost worked, until Goldman Sachs taught them all the meaning of "preferred stock"....
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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Wind Industry Admits It Needs Handout to Compete
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:14 PM :: 5749 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....
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Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
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Property Tax Hike? You Have Until Sept 30 to Get Out of It
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 6914 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...September 30, 2014 deadline for three real property programs is approaching and urge those wishing to participate to submit the required documentation....
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Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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Timing Isn't Everything: How to Lose Your Solar Tax Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6067 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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This week’s illustration of how timing is important involves the Hawaii Renewable Energy Technologies credit....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Your Tax Dollars at Work: FlikMedia, Inc. Acquires Flikdate
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 4891 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...Flikdate is the recipient of HSDC Hi-Tech 'investment' money....
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Friday, July 18, 2014 |
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HSDC Tries To Justify Hi Tech Self-Dealing
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6935 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...there was potential in Hawaii to find and invest in (get taxpayer money for) globally competitive startups (which are based in California)....
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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 :: 5313 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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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 :: 6038 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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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Encouraging ohana housing in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 PM :: 5686 Views :: Family, Tax Credits
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Over 11% of Hawaii households are multigenerational, the largest percentage in the United States....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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DBEDT: Obama Orders Mainland to Follow Hawaii's Expensive Energy Policies
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 6300 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Other states are being ordered to follow Hawaii's example and give lots of money to green energy scammers who in turn give campaign contributions to the politicians who made their scams possible...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Council on Revenues: Tax Revenue Will Decline for 2014 as Movie Moguls Grab Tax Credit Millions
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 5192 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...The Act also increases the cap on the amount of the credit per production from $8 million to $15 million and moves the expiration date for the credit from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2019....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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HSDC Gives Away Another $4.5M in 'HI Tech' Corporate Welfare
By News Release @ 5:40 AM :: 5180 Views :: Tax Credits
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...HSDC today announced the State of Hawaii’s $4.5 million commitment to Startup Capital Ventures II....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Time for the Kapalama Terminal Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4592 Views :: Tax Credits
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Let’s use the discussion over this credit to help us all determine what time it is....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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Property Tax Exemptions Reduce Honolulu Tax Revenue $100M
By Natalie Iwasa @ 9:28 PM :: 5366 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...You’ll never see it as a line item in the budget....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Study: Biofuels Worse for Environment Than Regular Gasoline
By NCPA @ 4:09 PM :: 7483 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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Biofuels made with corn residue actually release 7 percent more greenhouse gas....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Panos: Sopogy's Demise is a Huge Victory for Honest Engineering and the Taxpayer
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:05 AM :: 9501 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Many well-known people such as Governors Lingle and Abercrombie, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, Blue Planet Foundation's Henk Rogers, and Hawaii's only billionaire Pierre Omidyar have Sopogy egg on their face....
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Thursday, April 24, 2014 |
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Why Your Boss Probably Isn't Speaking at This Conference
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:07 AM :: 3683 Views :: Tax Credits
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...Washington cronies dole out special treatment to certain companies....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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UHERO: Managing a Grid with Green Energy
By UHERO @ 9:02 PM :: 5718 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...a windfall gain for the typically wealthy households able to take advantage of the situation....
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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C’mon, Mr Producer, Do You Even Know What All The Laws Are?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4747 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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One of the bills now making its way through the Legislature concerns the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit....
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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All Eyes Should be on the First Wind – PUC Affair
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 5236 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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This was actually Plan B, after an embarrassing failed attempt to go public in 2010....
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
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For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 6220 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Located in Kawaihae on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, 35 miles north of Kailua-Kona, the assets are being marketed in a sealed bid offering that closes at 5:00 p.m. (PT)on April 4....
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Sunday, March 2, 2014 |
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Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4195 Views :: Tax Credits
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A few weeks ago this column spoke out against tax credits....
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Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
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Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6974 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Among the proposals being considered are a low-income credit; a food and excise tax credit; a low-income household renters’ credit; an earned income tax credit; and a special tax credit for seniors....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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You Like Tax Credits, Why Don’t We?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3954 Views :: Tax Credits
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Those who seek to enlarge or expand those credits at the legislature frequently find the Tax Foundation opposed. Why is that?
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Friday, February 7, 2014 |
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SB2153: Follow the Tax Credit Money
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:51 AM :: 3811 Views :: Tax Credits
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...“tax exclusions,” “tax exemptions,” “tax deferrals,” “preferential tax rates,” and “tax credits”....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire Files Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 6821 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Xtreme Power...announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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As Circuits Max Out, HECO Touts New Solar Installation Record
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 5470 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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A total of 17,609 solar installations with more than 129 megawatts capacity were added....
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Monday, January 20, 2014 |
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Progressive Tax Code Not Visible in Tax Expenditures
By NCPA @ 2:46 PM :: 5840 Views :: National News, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...high-income and low-income filers had large tax expenditures, while middle-income taxpayers had smaller expenditures....
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Jeff ‘The Solar Guy’ Davis Running for Hawaii Governor-- As Libertarian
By Andrew Walden @ 11:47 PM :: 5395 Views :: Politicians, Tax Credits
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...Jeff Davis has filled papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to form a campaign committee to run for governor....
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
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Tax Credit Scammers Find a New Home in HSDC
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 PM :: 7096 Views :: Tax Credits
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State retirees should be afraid, be very afraid....
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
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Federal Wind PTC Tax Credit Expires
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 5771 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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When the PTC was last extended, in January 2013, Congress changed the criteria. A project only had to be in construction before the expiration date to be eligible for the tax credit....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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UHERO: Ethanol Harms Public Welfare, Does Little to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
By UHERO @ 9:27 PM :: 6836 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Cost of Living
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...impacts on gross state product are estimated to be negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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$3.46M CIP for Hawaii Film Studio
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 5413 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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...$3.46 million in capital improvement project (CIP) funds for the Hawaii Film Studio, including a new production and multipurpose building....
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Tax Policy Should be Equitable and Not Hinder Economic Growth
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:00 AM :: 5291 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... another legislative session looms large on the horizon ....
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Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
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The Culture of Self-Dealing by Hawaii’s Officials
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5647 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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In this week’s Think Tech broadcast, Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Policy Director Malia Hill join host Jay Fidell ....
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Sunday, November 24, 2013 |
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Some Employer Requirements of Obamacare
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 6511 Views :: Health Care, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...how is the new health care initiative going to affect businesses?
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
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UHERO: Solar Tax Credits Boost Profitability of Investment for Rich
By UHERO @ 1:44 PM :: 5219 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...the vast majority of installations are demanded by households with the median income and higher....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Playing with Fire: Kahuku Windfarm to Install Molten Magnesium Batteries
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 AM :: 8987 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Fall-out from Hoku’s failed polysilicon project heats-up
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 6335 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits
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A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....
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Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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‘Green’ Energy Lobbyists Rate Hawaii C-
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 5744 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Blue Planet Foundation first annual Energy Report Card for Hawai‘i....
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