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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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OHA's $139 Million Dollar Question
By Video @ 11:01 PM :: 6284 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...If Someone Offered You $139 Million Dollars To Reveal Your Darkest Secrets, Would You Do It?....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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OHA Trustees Vote 8-1 to Extend Audit
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:14 PM :: 5755 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Trustee Akina Votes No to Further Delay of OHA Independent Audit -- OHA Board Pushes Audit Completion to December ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Swamped by Carbon Dioxide Tax Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 7153 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Multiple carbon-dioxide tax bills are under consideration in the current session of the Hawaii State Legislature....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Final Crossover: House Approves, Amends 85 Senate Bills
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 3941 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline, the House today passed an additional 85 Senate bills. These bills now head back to the Senate for their consideration....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Human Services Blueprint for COFA Citizens
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 3630 Views :: Health Care
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...the State Department of Health spends $10 million annually in health care costs and the Department of Human Services spends $38 million in human services for COFA citizens....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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New UH Manoa leadership structure approved
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 3592 Views :: Higher Education
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...the president of the University of Hawaiʻi now leads the UH Mānoa campus....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii Firearm Seizure Bill Eligible For Floor Vote
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 3862 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Senate Bill 1466 to allow for the seizure of firearms without due process will be eligible for a floor vote in the Hawaii House of Representatives as early as tomorrow, April 9th....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Ige: Electric Company to Collect from GEMS Green Energy Deadbeats
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4128 Views :: Energy
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...The on-bill repayment program allows electric ratepayers on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i to invest in green energy installments....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii: County by County Health Reports
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 4255 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii: County by County Overview ....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii--78 Bridges 'Deficient'
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 3980 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the recently-released U.S. Department of Transportation 2018 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:28 AM :: 6721 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...For many Maui families, purchasing a home is a pipe dream. However, there may be an opportunity for them to realize that dream, if county residents would be open to reforming local housing regulations....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst Financial Knowledge and Education
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 4819 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...2019’s Most & Least Financially Literate States....
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Monday, April 8, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 8, 2019
By Selected News Articles @ 11:58 PM :: 3712 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... weekly update from GovTrack.us ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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Secret Timeline Shows OHA Lying to Legislature While Stonewalling LLC Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 7412 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...Earlier this year, we told the State Auditor (and essentially, the Legislature) that this audit was one of the proactive steps OHA was taking to address the state audit findings.” -- Trustee Hulu Lindsey Nov 30, 2018
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Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:00 PM :: 6061 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Life
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...Sex-Change 'Conversion Therapy' Ban Passes Full Senate....
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Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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Revenue Raisers Already Sent to the Governor
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4963 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...our legislature has a dogged focus on new taxes....
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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UHERO: How Obamacare Affects Micronesian Health
By UHERO @ 5:49 PM :: 4319 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants....
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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Kishimoto Demands Media Cover Up Failing Schools
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 5419 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...branded an “F.” How does that make the hardworking kids, educators and families of that school community feel?...."
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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New Petition Launched to Impeach Kaneshiro
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 5842 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Due to difficulty verifying validity of petition signatures on a previous Change.org impeachment petition, Impeach Kaneshiro organizers have launched a new on-line petition designed to collect verifiable signatures of Honolulu registered voters....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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9th Circuit: City Can Only Enforce Sleeping Ban if Shelter Available
By Robert Thomas @ 10:48 PM :: 5451 Views :: Homelessness
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"...the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city from prosecuting people criminally for sleeping outside on public property when those people have no home or other shelter to go to...."
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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#AuditTheRail finally on track!
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:34 PM :: 4583 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...The Honolulu rail is now famous, but for all the wrong reasons. The question is: “What we are going to do about it?....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for Floor Vote
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 4958 Views :: Second Amendment
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...could receive a vote as early as April 5, 2019....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 8302 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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...The redevelopment should take into consideration input received in the DTL, LLC Final Report....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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OHA Trustees Approve New Governance Framework
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 4552 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The group was led by OHA Vice Chair Lee and included Chair Machado and Trustees Robert Lindsey and John Waiheʻe IV, as well as OHA Chief Executive Officer/Ka Pouhana Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, OHA Chief Operating Officer/Ka Pou Nui Sylvia Hussey, and trustee and administration staff....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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Kiss of Death: OHA Endorses Amended Water Bill Just Before Senate Committee Kills It
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 6248 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Agriculture
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...Killing this bill sends $62M from A&B to Mahi Pono which has its staff larded up with anti-GMO activists....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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OHA Gives $500K to Nonprofits
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 3334 Views :: OHA
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...Ten organizations to receive funding....
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Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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Levinson: Ballard's Second Amendment Stance 'Could Precipitate Legal Catastrophe'
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 AM :: 7180 Views :: Police, Second Amendment
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"...the manner in which Chief Ballard is administering her statutory authority to process applications for concealed and open carry licenses...could potentially precipitate one of the greatest legal catastrophes...the nation (has) ever experienced...." -- Steven Levinson and Loretta Sheehan
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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Full Text: MCCC Officers Tell Riot Story, Slam 'Upper Echelons' of PSD
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5272 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...Right before the riots took place there were (214) inmates housed in the Modules, all playing " pretend lockdown", fully capable of breaching their cell doors at will....
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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2019 Graduation Dates
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 5657 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE announces its 2019 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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Sin Taxes: Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 5:48 AM :: 4450 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...'Sin' taxes are levied on a relatively narrow tax base, and many are regressive, with a larger share of the tax burden falling on those with lower incomes....
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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Do You Think Like an Islander?
By Video @ 5:00 AM :: 3552 Views :: Cost of Living
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...Is There A Way Of Living In Hawai'i Without All The Problems?....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 |
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ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 7850 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, First Amendment, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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"...The Kealoha case is arguably the single largest corruption case in the history of our state...."
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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State of the State Budget 2020
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 PM :: 5547 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...A new Grassroot Institute of Hawaii report suggests ways to build a financial reserve....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Hawaii--2nd Highest State Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 4636 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Unlike tax rates, which vary widely based on an individual’s circumstances, tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
By UHERO @ 4:50 AM :: 6524 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...the State (in 1967) and the City and County of Honolulu (in 2004) passed legislation designed to dismantle leasehold housing on private lands....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Community meeting to be held for O‘ahu’s first Pedestrian Plan
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 3251 Views :: Honolulu County
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...this will be exploited to jam up traffic even more....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Stressed States? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 AM :: 3180 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii residents get the least amount of sleep per night and have the 3rd-lowest job security in USA....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Hawaii County has Least Expensive Housing in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 5344 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Editor's Note: The Big Island is different because the subdivisions in Puna and Kau change the supply-demand equation.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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Governor Announces 2020 Census Committee
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 3864 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...The committee is charged with increasing awareness about the importance of being counted; organizing state resources effectively and cost-efficiently to promote the count; and improving the response rate for the 2020 Census questionnaire....
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Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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HHS Cuts Funding to Hawaii Planned Parenthood
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 PM :: 6715 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life
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...Trump Admin Awards $5.1 Million to Group of Pro-life Medical Clinics, Cuts Funding to Planned Parenthood....
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Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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Honolulu Republicans Reelect Brett Kulbis Chair
By News Release @ 12:37 PM :: 4841 Views :: Honolulu County, Republican Party
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"...With two newly-elected Republican legislators on Oahu in 2018, we are really beginning to turn things around....”
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Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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Hawaii County Police Community Satisfaction Survey
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 4410 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...Survey dates are Monday, April 1, 2019 to Tuesday, April 30, 2019....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Auditor: Many Deficiencies in State Federal Funding Compliance
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:04 PM :: 4426 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...four material weaknesses and ten significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance with major federal programs....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:46 PM :: 5915 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life
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...Suicide Prevention and Palliative Care bills still moving....
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Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Trump Tax Cut Lowers Electric Bills--HECO Gave Back the Least
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 5444 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Utility bills have dropped ranging from less than a dollar a month for the average residential customer in Hawaii to about $14 for the same group in Florida....
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