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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Case, Cavasso agree on updating Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:41 PM :: 4993 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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HEI Rate Payers to Pony up $2.6B for 1055 MW of Batteries
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 4508 Views :: Energy
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...Do the Math: US EIA says median cost for energy storage is $2,500 per kw x 1,000 for mw x 1,055 mw = $2.64B project cost -- just for the storage....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii ACLU: DMV Must Allow Islamic Hijab
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 6800 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Religion
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...The ACLU has also requested that Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai counties respond....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu Rents Flat for Year
By News Release @ 1:13 AM :: 4080 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Of the nation’s biggest 252 cities 93% have registered Y-o-Y rent increases, 6% flatlined, and only 1% of cities have seen their rents decrease compared to September, 2017....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 5042 Views :: Honolulu County
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...GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 19. Last year more than $7.6 million in GIA were awarded....
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018 |
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Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 9641 Views :: Judiciary
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...What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige’s campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 6480 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 4755 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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...introduced with relatively little public notice in September 2017, the OFF Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act), is gaining support from Democrat political candidates across the nation....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:22 PM :: 7638 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hirono Won’t Say Whether Harassing Senators in Restaurants is ‘Going Too Far’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 6046 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary
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...“This is the kind of activism that occurs and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that.”....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5128 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Taxes
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...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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HGEA Claims Another Pelt: DOCARE Chief Quits
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 6758 Views :: Environment, Labor, Police
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...Robert Farrell, who has served as Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) since January 2017, announced his decision to move into a project support role with reduced hours, effective today....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Gay Divorce: Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Lesbian Control Over Another Lesbian's Baby
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4101 Views :: Family
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...The case involves a dispute between L.C. and M.G., a formerly married same-sex couple, regarding whether L.C. is a legal parent of a child conceived using anonymous donor sperm and born to M.G. during the marriage....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Maui 5th Lowest unemployment in USA, Oahu 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 3986 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...US metro areas with the best and worst job markets....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Counties’ Challenge to HSTA Rent tax
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 4847 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday, October 18 at 8:45 a.m. at Aliʻiōlani Hale....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii 3rd Richest State Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 5540 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The string of islands in the Pacific Ocean obviously have an economy that functions much differently than the other 49 states....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 AM :: 4699 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Tax Hike on Renters? HSTA Trots out old Front Groups
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5614 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii was Founded in 2009 when Hawaii public schools were closed for 17 “Furlough Fridays”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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The Grievance Studies Scandal Isn’t Just A Problem For Academia
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 5291 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Another journal, specializing in “feminist geography,” published a paper online in May about how dog parks are “petri dishes for canine ‘rape culture.’”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Election Countdown--Dates to Remember
By Brett Kulbis @ 8:07 PM :: 5269 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Election Day is Tuesday November 6....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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UH Glyphosate Study Debunked--Bee Death Story Is Bee-S
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 6374 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Higher Education
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...New glyphosate study suggesting danger to honeybee microbiota is detailed, sophisticated—and wrong....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure Will Raise Cost of Living -- Funds may not go to Public Education
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 7267 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Those opposed to the constitutional amendment attending the news conference today stood outside a modest, family-owned walk-up apartment on Date Street, valued at approximately $1.5 million, to draw attention to the type of investment properties that would be impacted by the new tax....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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OHA hires new Chief Operating Officer
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 3728 Views :: OHA
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...Former OHA COO Lisa Victor is now CTO....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Hirono: FBI Investigation a 'Farce'
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 5692 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Hirono made the comments after MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow opined Wednesday that “Democrats don’t pressure the FBI the way that Republicans do.”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Pearl City: Lowest Percentage of Disabled in Poverty in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 5491 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2018’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Fastest-Growing Cities in America--Honolulu 308th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 AM :: 3860 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...WalletHub compared 515 cities of varying population sizes based on 15 key measures of both growth and decline over a period of seven years....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Caldwell Appoints Chief for Troubled Joint Traffic Management Center
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 4883 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Caldwell announces Melvin Kaku as head of JTMC transition; Hirokazu Toiya named DEM Acting Director ....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Senate Approves American Samoa Airline Cabotage Reform
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 6775 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Tourism
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...Amata’s provision streamlines the requirement of foreign carriers who service the routes between Tutuila and Manu'a to reduce unnecessary paperwork....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Democrats Celebrate Serial Rapist Dan Inouye
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 AM :: 9897 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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...For Democrats, it’s always “Believe Women,” unless....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Hirono: Heretics Must be Excommunicated from Government
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 5561 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...We fully support Sen. Hirono’s important request,” said Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, High Priest, Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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2018 Digital States Survey Grades Hawaii B+
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 3856 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Since its inception 21 years ago, this biennial e-survey has helped benchmark state government use of digital technologies to improve service delivery, increase capacity, and reach policy goals....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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City Issues 467 ADU Permits--New Sewer Boosts Kaneohe ADU Capacity
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 3569 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Department of Planning and Permitting has sent 132 letters to Kane‘ohe homeowners whose pre-check forms were denied because of sewer capacity, informing them to resubmit these forms....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Guam case that echoes Rice v. Cayetano to be argued before Ninth Circuit at UH law school
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 8265 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News, Higher Education, OHA
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...Arnold Davis sued for the right to register to vote in a future plebiscite, maintaining that Guam’s Decolonization Registry Law unlawfully discriminates by allowing only “native inhabitants of Guam” to be eligible for the vote....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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Ray L'Heureux: A Vision for Changing Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:29 PM :: 5422 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...Out-of-the-box thinking for Hawaii's future....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Case, Cavasso Debate Jones Act, Rail, Akaka Tribe
By Video @ 6:17 PM :: 6169 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act, Politicians
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...The candidates also both see the federal Jones Act as a contributor to Hawaii’s high cost of living. They want to see it reformed, with possible exemptions carved out for Hawaii....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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Honolulu Make-A-Difference Month cleanups start this weekend
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 3496 Views :: Honolulu County
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...The Storm Water Quality Branch of the Department of Facility Maintenance is happy to announce a series of community outreach events as part of Make-A-Difference Month....
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Monday, October 1, 2018 |
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Food Waste Recycling Program Makes Pigs Happy--But Costs City at H-Power
By UHERO @ 8:45 PM :: 6149 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business
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“The vast majority of those businesses impacted by the City’s food waste recycling ordinance are continuing to use local piggeries to recycle their food waste.”
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Monday, October 1, 2018 |
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Finally! OHA Is Being Audited for Fraud, Waste and Abuse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:02 PM :: 5606 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I am still deeply concerned about the amount of time it has taken to begin this audit....
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Sunday, September 30, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7198 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Stop Digging Deeper Pension Debt
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 4551 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...state policymakers are willing to commit to payments on the unfunded liabilities, but haven’t done much to curb the excessive spending practices that have led us to this point....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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HSTA Rent Tax: 14 Groups Support Counties Appeal to Supreme Court
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:36 PM :: 4764 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Tax Foundation of Hawaii, a nonprofit taxpayer watchdog organization, together with 14 other organizations, businesses, and individuals, submitted a court filing supporting the Counties’ request that the Hawaii Supreme Court void the ballot measure for school funds....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Hirono Fundraising Email Sent During Blasey-Ford Testimony
By Selected News Articles @ 5:49 PM :: 4322 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...Hirono is “particularly vulnerable to right-wing attacks” because of her focus on the Kavanaugh allegations, the email said....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Years Later KOLEA System Still not 100% Compliant with Obamacare Requirements
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:30 PM :: 5260 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Follow-Up on Recommendations from Report No. 15-20, Audit of the Department of Human Services’ KOLEA System....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Financial Literacy: Hawaii Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 4101 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...24 key metrics that represent financial savvy — or lack thereof....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Audit of State DoD Accounts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:44 PM :: 4719 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Our review of six trust funds and four trust accounts of the Department of Defense (DOD) found one trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Construction Forecast: After Pullback, Construction Prospects Firm
By UHERO @ 11:33 PM :: 6359 Views :: Development, Economy, Labor
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...Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Hawaii has stabilized. The value of construction permits is posting healthy gains across all sub-sectors this year....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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DBEDT Report: Top 20 Occupations in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 5727 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Retail Sales Workers topped the list at 42,445 workers in 2016, which accounted for 5.9 percent of Hawaii’s civilian workforce; followed by Food and Beverage Serving Workers at 40,775, 5.7 percent ... Construction Trade Workers ranked third place 34,137, 4.8 percent....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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New international maritime cabotage study released
By Michael Hansen @ 3:03 AM :: 3841 Views :: Jones Act
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...The report, “Cabotage Laws of the World,” is the outcome of a an international survey of national maritime cabotage regimes....
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