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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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NATO Loophole: Attack On Hawaii Not Covered By Treaty
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 AM :: 8656 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...Hawaii is in the North Pacific, not the North Atlantic....
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Monday, February 19, 2018 |
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SB270: Chin Pushing Gay Conversion Ban
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 7387 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...once a child molester turns your son gay, it will be illegal to obtain counseling which might lead to the molester/s being identified....
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Monday, February 19, 2018 |
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Experts: Universities Need to be Transparent About Money Received from Confucius Institutes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 6214 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Mounting concerns Confucius Institutes limit discussion on issues sensitive to Chinese government....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Emails: How PACOM grappled with false missile alert
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 4521 Views :: Military
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...The emails were sent in succession after thousands of people received a text-message warning Jan. 13 that prompted hysteria in parts of Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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HB1908: Trigger Modification Ban To Be Heard Wednesday
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 4028 Views :: Second Amendment
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...The broad language of this bill could encompass many common modifications done by law-abiding gun owners to make their firearms more suitable for self-defense, competition, hunting, or even overcoming disability....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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First Lateral: 2,834 Bills Still Alive in Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 3850 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...complete list of bills remaining alive after First Lateral deadline....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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HART Hosts Public-Private Partnership Conference
By News Release @ 12:15 PM :: 5743 Views :: Development, Rail
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...Andrew Robbins has been a staunch advocate of using P-3 partnerships - the joining of forces from the public and private sectors - to mitigate costs and risk and to expedite construction timelines....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Trump Tax In Hawaii?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5579 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...how to adapt the new federal tax law changes to Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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UH Maui Activists Tear Down US, Hawaii Flags
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 AM :: 7727 Views :: Maui County, Higher Education, OHA
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“...Our identity has been erased, beaten, battered and thrown to the side....”
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Highest Electric Rates, Lowest Consumption
By News Release @ 12:35 PM :: 6317 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Electricity prices are highest in Hawaii but due to low consumption, expenditures are 'only' 4th highest in the USA....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Manufacturer Questions Report of Kauai Drone-Helicopter Collision
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 7385 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...In other cases, incidents first reported as drone collisions turned out to involve a bat, an internal malfunction and a plastic bag....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Philly Shipyard: Will major U.S. commercial shipbuilding survive?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:21 AM :: 4679 Views :: Jones Act
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...PSI is one of seven active major U.S. shipbuilding yards constructing large self-propelled seagoing ships....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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HDoT Tech Disaster Leads to $11M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 3738 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the Office of the Attorney General are pleased....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Homosexual Child Molestation: KSBE Outlines Terms of $80M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 9892 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Hawaii History, Health Care
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...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Just Be Quiet
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:07 AM :: 6401 Views :: First Amendment, GMOs
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...When the anti-GMO activists started up on the social media back in 2013, something in me drove me into action....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Russian LNG episode exposes feeble Jones Act argument
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 4181 Views :: Jones Act
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...why did LNG that arrived in Boston at the end of January come from Russia — and in violation of Obama-era sanctions against Russia?....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 6676 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Marijuana Edibles Passes First Committee in the Senate....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Trump Nominates Kenji Price US Attorney for Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 5593 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...Mr. Price is currently the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaiʻi....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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UH Prof: Sustainability Means Cutting off Mortgage Credit so the Little People Can't Buy Homes
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 6604 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Cost of Living
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“...By signaling the importance of financial flows we have highlighted a potential leverage point for implementing sustainable policies….”
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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City Agrees to Stop Illegally Towing Cars Belonging to Deployed Military Personnel
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 6800 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Military
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...The Department’s investigation revealed that between 2011 and 2016, Honolulu auctioned 1,440 cars registered to individuals who had identified themselves as servicemembers on City forms during the motor vehicle registration process.....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Will Caldwell Bumbling Wipe out North Shore Surf Contests?
By News Release @ 1:17 AM :: 5156 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...the Mayor acknowledged the need to overhaul the permit rules, to support competitive opportunities....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii GE Tax hits many products multiple times
By Tax Foundation @ 8:16 PM :: 4832 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 105.08 percent of the state’s personal income....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5753 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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ERS Fires Investment Officer After Losses on VIX Puts
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 7325 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Chattergy told WSJ Hawaii will continue to sell these put contracts, convinced the income will offset market turbulence....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Brian Schatz Fear of An Anglo America
By Selected News Articles @ 10:44 AM :: 7412 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...“Do you know anyone who says ‘Anglo-American heritage’ in a sentence?” asked Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. “What could possibly be the purpose of saying that other than to pit Americans against each other?"....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG: Census Citizenship Question Might Depress Count of Non-Citizens Needed to Apportion Legislative Seats
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 3151 Views
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...Non-citizens are counted in the Census for the purposes of federal funds, apportioning of congressional seats and Electoral College votes, and the drawing of state and local districts....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii bail system victimizes taxpayers, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:38 PM :: 6273 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...government inefficiency is resulting in excessively high costs to Hawaii taxpayers....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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DHHL Funding: A morass in which the courts should not get entangled
By Robert Thomas @ 9:08 PM :: 4609 Views :: DHHL
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...This is Chapter 2 of the story....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Bills: Skip ICA, Direct Appeals to Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 8:55 PM :: 4115 Views :: Judiciary
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...The bills, HB 2191 and HB 2194, would return the state court appeals system to the way it was prior to the 2006 amendments....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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I Shill for No One!
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:52 PM :: 5443 Views :: GMOs
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...Rep Ing and Sen Green bash farmer online....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Matson Previews full year 2017 results
By Michael Hansen @ 7:38 PM :: 4358 Views :: Jones Act
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...ahead of releasing of their 2017 annual results and earnings conference call scheduled for February 20....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Honolulu Rail Creates One Tenth of Jobs Promised
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:33 PM :: 5980 Views :: Labor, Rail
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...HART rail is being built one segment at a time by a single builder, instead of having, say 4 builders building 5 miles each, simultaneously....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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SB1279: Tax-Credit Scholarships for Special Needs Students
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 5895 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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...Allows Qualifying Families To Pay For Tuition At Private And Parochial Schools....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hypocrisy: Hawaii AG Demands Congress End Secret Sex Harassment Settlements--but says nothing about State Legislators
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 3561 Views :: Ethics
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...urging Congress to end secret, forced arbitration in cases of workplace sexual harassment--while Hawaii State Legislators do exactly the same thing....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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How Ethnically Diverse are Towns in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 3058 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...comparing more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three key indicators of cultural diversity....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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$1.1B for New Airport Concourse
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 5169 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...Construction is scheduled to begin in five years....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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OHA Audit Released: "Alternate funding process directs money to individuals"
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 7348 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Some were approved by the OHA Administration without Board of Trustee vote or even knowledge....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Gallup-Sharecare: Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Well-Being
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 5655 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...this report examines well-being across the nation, including how well-being varies by state and which states lead and lag across the five elements of well-being....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Title IX Lawsuit? DoE discriminates against female athletes
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 4896 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...ACLU sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Coco Palms: Registered Sex Offender threatens to 'arrest' Judge Soong
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 AM :: 8213 Views :: Kauai County, Greenmail
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... It turns out that “Moses Enoka Heanu, ‘Chief Justice, Court of the Sovereign’” was sentenced in 1998 to five years in the state penitentiary ....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Seven Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 12:43 AM :: 4978 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Here are some bills introduced by members of our Republican Caucus that are moving through the legislature....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Sea Level: Land area of low-lying Tuvalu has increased
By Michael Hansen @ 12:32 AM :: 4299 Views :: Environment
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...Tuvalu has been held-up globally as case study of a place where sea level rise due to man-made global warming will destroy the ability of people to inhabit it....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Mandatory Funding? DHHL Statement on Supreme Court Nelson Ruling
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 4333 Views :: DHHL
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"...The Department is very disappointed in the courts decision on the Nelson case and will confer with counsel on this matter....”
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Report: Delays at OIP Are Staggering
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 6079 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...in recent years, OIP’s average time for review quadrupled, it is deciding fewer matters per year on average, and its backlog is trending upward despite a downward trend in new filings....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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SB2323: Senators Caught Lying About Peter Boy Case
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:41 PM :: 9759 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Law Enforcement
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...In little Peter's case, he was not of compulsory age, and therefore not homeschooled. The other case referred to in the bill, the girl who died in 2017 on the Big Island, was already under CPS before her mother took her out to be homeschooled....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Pacific Territories: Trump Admin Proposes Office of Insular Affairs Budget
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 4924 Views :: National News
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...President Proposes $608 Million FY 2019 Budget for the U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States--$111 Million for Palau Compact Agreement is also requested....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Honolulu 8th Healthiest City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 4319 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...data set ranges from cost of doctor visit to fruit and vegetable consumption to fitness clubs per capita....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Former AG Mark Bennett Appointed Federal Judge
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 5647 Views :: Judiciary
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...If confirmed, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaiʻi will serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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TS Gita: American Samoa Emergency Declaration
By News Release @ 11:29 AM :: 4604 Views :: National News
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...Trump declared that an emergency exists in the territory of American Samoa and ordered Federal assistance to supplement response efforts in the territory due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Gita....
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