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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Honolulu World's Best City Sanitation?
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 5875 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu tops the City Sanitation ranking, followed by Helsinki and Ottawa in joint second, whereas Dhaka (230) and Port au Prince (231) fill the bottom places....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Nomination of Mark Bennett Shows Limits Of Outside Group Influence On Judges
By Selected News Articles @ 8:25 PM :: 4995 Views :: Judiciary
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...one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows that conventional wisdom isn’t quite right....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Senate Panel Endorses Jill Otake for Bench in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 3823 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for a position on a federal court in Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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PEW: Hawaii, Alaska More Middle Class Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 2889 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Alaska and Hawaii are the two states with the lowest concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Does Your State Tax Manufacturing Machinery?
By Tax Foundation @ 4:38 PM :: 5079 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...the sales tax bases in Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Dakota are incredibly broad, so it’s not surprising that they would tax these types of transactions....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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End of Session: House Republican Bills Still Alive
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:11 PM :: 6359 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Drugs
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...We are three weeks away from the end of the 2018 Legislative Session....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Caldwell Ordered to Repay Military Personnel After Illegally Seizing Their Cars
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 5792 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...and the establishment of a $150,000 settlement fund for other affected servicemembers, who may be eligible to receive compensation....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Kauai County Sues Opioid Manufacturers
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6842 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Drugs
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...litigation against manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid pain medications who have irresponsibly spread this terrible epidemic....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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OHA Needs a 12-Step Program
By Video @ 6:46 PM :: 4467 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Is It Past Time For An OHA “Intervention?”....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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SB2609 Unconstitutional? Would Hide Financial Disclosures from Public
By Video @ 6:34 PM :: 3074 Views :: Ethics
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“Article 14 of our Constitution requires all boards and commission members who wield significant discretionary or fiscal powers to file financial disclosure statements...."
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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AMA: Hawaii Has Longest Life Expectancy
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6182 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...In 2016, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth (81.3 years) and Mississippi had the lowest (74.7 years), a 6.6-year difference....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Tax Freedom Day Hawaii -- April 20
By Tax Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 4026 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...last year Hawaii Tax Freedom Day was April 19....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii occupational licensing laws 'headed in wrong direction'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 5348 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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House Approves 61 Bills for Final Crossover
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2795 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline more than 220 bills have crossed over from the House to the Senate....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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DBEDT: US average labor earnings higher than Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 5035 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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...and these figures are not adjusted for cost of living....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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HTDC Report: After Billions in Tax Credits, Hawaii Tech Sector Still Minuscule
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 5355 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...After all the billions we gave them, HTDC's pet 'High Tech' tax credit recipents claim a paltry $61.27M in revenues for 2017....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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NAEP Shows Multi-Year Decline in DoE Math Scores
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 2286 Views
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"...Math scores are often correlated to college and career readiness...."
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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DoE Touts Increased Enrollment in AP Classes
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 4147 Views :: Education K-12
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...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report released by Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Is Obamacare Unconstitutional Without Individual Mandate Tax? Hawaii AG Attempts to Intervene
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 3944 Views :: Health Care
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...Congress’ gutting of the individual mandate tax penalty last year leaves the law unconstitutional....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii Millennials 2nd Lowest Home Ownership Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3278 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...2018’s Best & Worst States for Millennials....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections to be Cancelled?
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 4652 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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'''Extends the terms of board members from two (2) years to four (4) years...."
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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HB2010 Would be 'Devastating' to Tourism Industry--HTA
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5713 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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"...Misinformation is being circulated that attempts to downplay the devastating effects that HB2010 SD2 will have on HTA’s tourism marketing...."
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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EA Debunks Hysteria: Aquarium Fishery has 'No Significant Impact'
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 5052 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...maybe now attention can be focused on more important issues such as the recent spate of deaths caused by snorkel rentals....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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HSTA Bosses Reelected without Opposition
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5138 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA State Leadership Team to Serve through 2021....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Amicus Brief on Behalf of Evan McMullin et al in Hawaii v. Trump: Congress Intended to 'Eliminate All Vestiges of Discrimination'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 6239 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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...The Republican Party platform of 1960 had endorsed an “immigration policy…based upon judgment of the individual merit of each applicant for admission.”....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Tax Burden: Hawaii Ranks #2
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 4012 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...only New York State is higher....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Trump To Replace 'Liberal Lion' Of The Ninth Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 4195 Views :: Judiciary
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...a conservative jurist will replace Judge Stephen Reinhardt....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Hanabusa: Political Insiders are My Strength
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 3892 Views :: Politicians
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"...legislators are...in the best position to judge...."
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Sunday, April 8, 2018 |
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OHA Trustees to Order Shutdown of LLCs?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 5426 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...On Wednesday April 11, Trustees appear set to take the next step—ordering the LLCs to cease operations and transfer their remaining assets back to OHA....
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Sunday, April 8, 2018 |
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Can Government Avoid Its Responsibilities with LLCs?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4853 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Can you say 'ankle shackles?' ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 7953 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...Bills that would have (1) established a task force to reduce suicides in Hawaii by 25% (HB2278 HD1), (2) designate September as Suicide Prevention Month (HB1703) and (3) create an application for smartphones designed to provide resources to Hawaii's youth (HB1704) all perished....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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1 Hour Notice--Hawaii House Committee Passes Trigger Modification Ban
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 4773 Views :: Ethics, Second Amendment
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... April 4th, the Hawaii House Committee on Judiciary passed Senate Bill 2046 with amendments. The Committee added SB 2046 to their agenda less than an hour before the scheduled hearing. SB 2046 will now head to the House floor ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Kirstin M. Hamman as Maui District Court Judge
By News Release @ 10:15 PM :: 5266 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...Recktenwald has today appointed Kirstin M. Hamman to the District Court of the Second Circuit (Island of Maui) to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Keith E. Tanaka....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Mandatory paid sick leave wrong medicine for Hawaii economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:16 PM :: 5529 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...There are currently three different bills still alive that would require local companies to give all employees paid sick leaves: HB 1727, HB 2598 and SB 2990 ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Need $153K Salary to Buy Average Home
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 6025 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Place Where You Need the Highest Salary to Afford the Average Home -- Hawaii: $153,520 for a house worth $610,000 ....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s ill-chosen legalization of assisted suicide
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 5189 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...We can learn a lot about the folly of this path if we look to other places here and abroad where assisted suicide already is legal. A quick survey turns up countless instances of the failures of these laws to safeguard the most vulnerable....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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DOI moves to rescind 'illegal' threatened species rule
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 3798 Views :: Environment
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...the change could affect up to 20 species in Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Grassroot: Low unemployment masks Hawaii’s unhealthy economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 6178 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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....Grassroot president says high taxes, regulations discourage higher-paying jobs....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Death Tax: Hawaii One of Only a Few States
By Tax Foundation @ 4:28 PM :: 4616 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Recently, states have moved away from these taxes or raised the exemption levels....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Hunt for Few Remaining Rats on Lehua Island
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 4841 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...the Project Partners have recruited rat-detection dogs to join the team....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Ethics Ruling: How DTL Pays Senator Delacruz -- Legally
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 8618 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal ....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Ethics: City Supervisor Caught Working Second Job on City Time
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 6108 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...reimbursed the city in the amount of $1,891.20 approximately 62 hours of city time....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Honolulu Among U.S. Solar Leading Cities in New Report
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 4238 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Each year, the survey ranks nearly 70 of the nation’s major cities by megawatts of solar energy....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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Is OHA a Broken Trust?
By Video @ 6:53 PM :: 4875 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Why Do OHAʻs CEO & The “Old Guard” Trustees Keep Going Down The Same Road?....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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Financial Literacy--Hawaii Ranks 41st
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 6276 Views :: Family, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...The housing-market collapse and following financial crisis reminded Americans of our obsession with debt and the dangers of quick access to finances for under-informed consumers....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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UPDATE: Republican Bills in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 1:44 PM :: 4714 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Second Crossover is one week away....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Taser Ban is Unconstitutional
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 7679 Views :: Second Amendment
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...A lawsuit filed April 2, 2018 in Hawaii’s Federal District Court challenges the state ban on civilian ownership of stun guns....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Pohakuloa: Court Orders Review of State Lease
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 6400 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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...The judge’s order asks for a plan to be submitted to the court by Dec. 28, 2018 which requires a written stewardship plan, regular monitoring and inspections, inspection reports with recommendations, procedures for addressing violations and debris removal plans....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Honolulu Socialists Foolishly Allow Rep Kaniela Ing to Join Up
By Andrew Walden @ 9:11 PM :: 8024 Views :: Politicians
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...Just as people were beginning to forget that Gulag thingy--more self-inflicted damage to the Socialist cause....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Just Shut Up: The Price of Pandering to Anti-Vaxxers
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:04 PM :: 6620 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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...the other night at 1AM, my 7 year old woke up moaning about not feeling well. She was running a 104 degree fever....
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