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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Not too late to hold rail accountable
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:47 PM :: 4876 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...New York and California killed off expensive rail projects--Hawaii can too....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Board of Agriculture Chair Resigns After Two Weeks on Job
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 6947 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...Ige has appointed Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser chairperson of the Hawai‘i Board of Agriculture. Former Chair Denise Albano resigned for personal reasons on January 29, 2019....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Charting a New Course For Hawaii Tourism
By UHERO @ 1:21 PM :: 3928 Views :: Tourism
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...Diminishing economic contribution, eroding resident sentiment, and increasing congestion and stress on sites and attractions provide evidence that the current governance model is inadequate....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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INRIX: Honolulu Traffic Congestion Costs $1282 per Driver
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 3371 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu is the 18th-most congested city in USA....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Honolulu GOP Chair Brett Kulbis Running for Reelection
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:38 AM :: 4141 Views :: Republican Party
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...my intent is to run for re-election as the chairman of the Honolulu County Republican Party at our county convention next month....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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12,000 Leave Hawaii: Five Can Bring Them Back
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 AM :: 4801 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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...‘Perry & The Posse’ hosts Keli'i Akina on morning radio show....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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U.S.-build rule deters ocean cargo service to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 AM :: 3662 Views :: Jones Act
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...why there are only a few ocean common carriers carrying goods between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland....
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Friday, February 15, 2019 |
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Last Day to Register as Candidate: 2019 Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 12871 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Candidate registration open through Friday, February 15, 2019....
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Thursday, February 14, 2019 |
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Hawai‘i County Seeking Applicants for Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 3561 Views :: Hawaii County
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...The following vacancies need to be filled....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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UPDATE: FSM Government Responds to Lyon Bribery Charge
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 12627 Views :: Ethics, World News, Law Enforcement
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...On February 14th, 2019 the FSM National Government was informed that the United States Government has approved the sharing of information related to this case....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Disbar Dubin--Disciplinary Board
By Andrew Walden @ 10:38 PM :: 7237 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...The Board recommends that the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i issue an Order that Respondent Dubin be DISBARRED....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Who Wants to Give OHA Millions More?
By Video @ 7:21 PM :: 4094 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Talk About Throwing Good Money After Bad ....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Screening Committee Selects Three KSBE Trustee Finalists
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 4237 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...three finalists to replace Kamehameha Schools Trustee Corbett Kalama whose term ends on June 30, 2019. They are: Anton Krucky, Coralie Chun Matayoshi and Crystal Rose....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
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Gabbard Hires Russian Agent--Story to go National?
By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 6444 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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...Very interesting. Tulsi Gabbard, the only Democratic presidential candidate who has full Kremlin support and who praised Syria's Assad, has hired Chris Cooper of Potomoc Square Group, the same DC fixer who the Russians hired to smear me and Sergei Magnitsky in 2016. Coincidence?....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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More Anti-Gun Legislation Scheduled for Hearings Wednesday
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 3146 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Wednesday, February 13th, the Hawaii state House Committee on Public Safety, Veteran and Military Affairs will be hearing several anti-gun bills....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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HB1180: $60M Lava Relief for Big Island
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 3216 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Not Included: HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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FULL TEXT: Connors, Ballard ask Supreme Court to Remove Kaneshiro--Prosecutor Accused of Retaliating Against Witnesses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 5604 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary
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...“Once he sent those disciplinary notices to those employees, signed them, and said you are hereby put on notice, I think it’s moved over to tampering with a witness or obstruction of justice”....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery Micronesia: Arrests Start at the Top
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 AM :: 24695 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, World News
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...Arrested over the weekend, Master Halbert, son-in-law of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Peter Christian and son of FSM Senator Dohsis Halbert, appeared before Honolulu Federal Judge Richard L. Puglisi for arraignment Monday, February 11, 2019....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Hearing: Should Auwahi Windfarm Be Allowed to Kill 140 Bats?
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5911 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Medical Care is a Right—Except When it isn’t
By Mary Smart @ 9:41 PM :: 4984 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...In the State of Hawaii we protect turtle eggs and other animals, and yet we don’t give the same protections to our young humans....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Janus: UH Employee Sues HGEA
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 7569 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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...The University and HGEA refuse to allow her to resign union membership....
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Monday, February 11, 2019 |
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Senate Committee Refuses to Recognize Hundreds of Emailed Testimonies
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 6854 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Second Amendment
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...The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs has arbitrarily decided to not accept testimony submitted to it via e-mail....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:26 PM :: 4944 Views :: Family, Life
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...Planned Parenthood Has Plans for Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Another Saint for Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 4995 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...Joseph Dutton heard about Father Damien's work in Hawaii and joined him, helping the sick in the leper colony for 45 years....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Wanna Buy a House? No Problem Just Save $946 a month for 12 years
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 4336 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Here's How Much Generation Zers Will Need To Save For A Honolulu Home in 2031....
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Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
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Creativity Abounds at our Legislature, Pt. 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 2993 Views :: Taxes
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...creative tax-related bills at our legislature....
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Saturday, February 9, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribe: DHHL Releases Suspect Contract Docs
By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 9751 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Ethics
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...Full Text: 211 pages of documentation related to the now-infamous 2010 DHHL contract with Lyon Associates....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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PRP App Reveals Web of Political Connections
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 4928 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...After taking over the publishing of the Hawai‘i Directory of Public Officials in 2018, PRP saw an opportunity....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Public-funded Anti-gun Firearm Factoid Factory
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 3577 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Following California’s lead, Hawaii lawmakers are seeking to use money gleaned from Aloha State taxpayers to fund their anti-gun propaganda efforts....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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UHERO: New Benchmarking Will Reveal Higher Unemployment
By UHERO @ 3:09 PM :: 4201 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...We expect downward revisions in the healthcare industry and in accommodation and food services, where job gains remained lackluster throughout 2018....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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USA Today: Makaha 4th Worst City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 6421 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Goods and services are 61.4 percent more expensive...Housing is particularly unaffordable...an average of 9.7 percent of the city's labor force has been out of work over the last five years....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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Gas Tax? HDOT Doesn't Spend the Money it Already Has
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:09 PM :: 3093 Views :: Taxes
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...Hawaii residents paid an average of 65.32 cents per gallon in combined gas taxes in 2018....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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HB1184: Legislators Vote Down Infant Born Alive Protection Bill
By Mary Smart @ 5:21 AM :: 7096 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... it is the first time in many years that a PRO-LIFE bill was actually heard in a committee ....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Abigail Kawananakoa Releases Edited Interview
By Video @ 3:33 AM :: 6534 Views :: Ethics, Family, OHA
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...Campbell Estate heiress Abigail Kawananakoa released a video interview on Feb. 7, 2019 that was filmed on Jan. 15, 2019 at her home in Hawaii....
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Friday, February 8, 2019 |
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BoE Announces Transsexual Bullying Policy--How Many HSTA Members Will be Fired?
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 6355 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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...Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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VA Town Hall Set for Honolulu
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 4706 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...To share information, resources, hear feedback from customers and to answer questions on VA health care, benefits, and memorial affairs....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Do 'affordable housing' requirements work?
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6000 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Thursday, Feb. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, Room, 312 ....
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Thursday, February 7, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Highest Sales Taxes Per Capita in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 2:06 PM :: 4385 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...In fiscal year 2017, the highest state sales tax collections per capita were found in Hawaii -- $2,269....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Aquarium Fishing and Hawaiian Culture
By Selected News Articles @ 11:49 PM :: 4377 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... the ancient Hawaiians were practical people that utilized their natural resources ....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Ethics: Rowena Akana Fined $23K--Trouble Began with OHA-Funded Scheme to Dig Up Kawaiahao Church Graveyard
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 5194 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Princess Kawananakoa believes that Kawaiaha’o church officials and construction workers dug up and disturbed the burial plot of her ancestor Queen Kapi’olani ....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearings This Thursday
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 3484 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Thursday, February 7th, the Hawaii state Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs is scheduled to hear Senate Bills 556, 600, 621, and 1466....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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SOTU: "America will never be a socialist country"
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 3482 Views :: National News
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...President Trump’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery and released by the White House....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 6430 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Tourism
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...the few studies that have addressed the environmental impacts of sunscreens experimentally “are not representative of real world conditions”....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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JEFS Fail: Judiciary Electronic System Leaves Lawyers in the Dark
By Robert Thomas @ 1:38 AM :: 3782 Views :: Judiciary
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"...the JEFS system has failed to notify us of events in the cases in which we are counsel...."
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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ICA Throws out Case Against Vacation Rental
By Robert Thomas @ 1:24 AM :: 6159 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Tourism
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...Hitting someone with a notice of violation and then telling them to disprove it (all the while laboring under ever-increasing daily fines) just won't cut it....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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Up 30%--Hawaii Second-Highest Per Capita Expenses for Higher Education
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 AM :: 4922 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...Over the past five years, Hawaii's cumulative increase in higher education funding is more than 30%....
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019 |
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County of Kaua‘i celebrates one year of Electronic Plan Review services
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 4549 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...“I commend the Building Division and its staff for implementing this system, which creates added efficiency of the plan review process and reduces costs and waste associated with building permits and development approvals,” said Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami....
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