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Friday, August 4, 2017 |
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Hawaii Value of $100? -- $84.18
By Tax Foundation @ 12:23 PM :: 5922 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the same amount of cash can buy you more in a low-price state than in a high-price state....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Break the Government Monopoly on Flood Insurance
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:56 AM :: 6980 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Cost of Living
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...Since the 21st Century Flood Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 2874) passed out of committee in June, it has been subject to intense industry lobbying....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Haleakala: Police Again Clear Anti-Telescope Demonstrators from Road
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 8593 Views :: Maui County, Higher Education, OHA, Police
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... See how it works when the police are allowed to do their job? ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii Among States with Least Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 AM :: 4300 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...data set ranges from average student debt to unemployment rate among the population aged 25 to 34 to share of students with past-due loan balances....
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii, 2017: 15 Cases of Rat Lungworm and Counting
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4457 Views :: Health Care
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...This year, the state confirmed a total of 15 cases of the serious parasitic infection, which is the highest number of cases reported in the state over the last decade....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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Compact Impact: Trump Admin Sends Another $3M
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 4360 Views :: National News
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... Supplements $30 Million Provided Previously ....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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Oahu Republicans Go Door-to-Door
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:29 AM :: 4117 Views :: Republican Party
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...This weekend, hundreds of homes in several districts across Oahu each received an informative and persuasive door hanger from the Honolulu County Republican Party....
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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Mike Huckabee to Speak at Hawaii Republican Fundraiser
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 4:25 AM :: 4673 Views :: Republican Party
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...Tuesday October 24 at 6pm, Koolau Ballroom....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Matson: Construction-Related Shipments Down
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 5514 Views :: Economy, Jones Act
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...lower construction related cargo to Hawaii as the boom of high-rise condominium developments in Honolulu has begun to ebb....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Secret Rail Meetings at Legislature
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 6601 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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... If the funding of rail was all that was on the table it would be simple....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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HECO Public Meetings to Discuss Plan for Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 5563 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Hawaiian Electric Company will host a public meeting on Monday, Aug. 7, at McKinley High School....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Lawsuit: Donald Trump Personally Edits Malia Zimmerman Articles
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 5493 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...Trump allegedly reviewed the Fox story before it was published on May 16....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Improve Hawai’i’s Missile Defenses — Now
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 PM :: 5390 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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...U.S. Pacific Command boss Adm. Harry Harris Jr. told lawmakers in April to consider nearer-term measures. Harris said the existing system could be “overwhelmed” by an ICBM attack. If that happened, he said, “someone would have to make a decision about which ones to take out or not.”....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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US Intel Officials Confirm North Korea Can Strike Most Of The Homeland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 3820 Views :: Military
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...The missile test on July 28 performed better than the Hwasong-14 tested earlier last month....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2017
By Congress.org @ 4:16 PM :: 4334 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...The House is in the August district work period and not doing any legislative business until Sept. 5....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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E-Cigs Get a Second Chance from FDA
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 4969 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Unexpected update from FDA halts federal regulations and embraces e-cigarettes....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Akana: OHA Criminal Behavior has been going on for A Very Long Time
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 5405 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“a criminal probe is now underway on a lucrative, non-bid contract issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs”....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Tourism: $8.4B in First Six Months
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 3490 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Visitor Arrivals Increased 4.3 Percent to 4.6 Million....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Peter Apo Reinventing OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 AM :: 4390 Views :: OHA
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...struggling to navigate an unfriendly sea of public opinion, a divided beneficiary community, low ratings from important state legislators, and a cautiously uneasy relationship with the state administration....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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E-W Center Features in 2017 Congressional Pig Book
By News Release @ 4:40 AM :: 5509 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Higher Education
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...the center was established by Congress in 1960 with no congressional hearings and over the State Department’s opposition....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Ige Seeks Comment on Nominees for 3rd Circuit Court
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 4303 Views :: Judiciary
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...Gov. Ige has 30 days, or until August 30 to make his appointments....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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HART officials to meet with bond rating agencies in San Francisco
By News Release @ 1:32 AM :: 4956 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...In addition to the bond meetings, on Tuesday Mayor Caldwell and Chair Manahan will tour electric bus manufacturer Proterra to examine emission free buses that could be brought to O‘ahu in the future....
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Monday, July 31, 2017 |
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Hawaii not College-Ready -- Second lowest median scores on ACT
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6167 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...Hawaii among states with lowest median scores on college admissions test, study finds....
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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Hint to Hawaii: Court halts Illinois mandate to promote abortion
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 5563 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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...Injunction suspends enforcement of law which ‘targets free speech rights’....
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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Slate: The Absurdity of Honolulu's New Law Banning Pedestrians From Looking at Their Cellphones
By Selected News Articles @ 8:05 PM :: 4346 Views :: Honolulu County
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...If the fusty sigh of “Kids these days!” were a law, it would look something like the new Honolulu ordinance making it illegal to cross the street while looking at a cellphone....
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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Rail: Rod Tam Floats Magnetic Levitation
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 4364 Views :: Rail
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...WELCOME to the PEOPLE’S PUBLIC HEARING ON RAIL....
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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No Hanahana -- Kaukau Anyway
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5675 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...if you don’t work, you don’t eat....
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 |
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North Korea Fires Off Another ICBM--Could Hit Chicago
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 4067 Views :: Military
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...North Korean ICBM Could Strike Deep Into US Territory, Leading Experts Say....
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 |
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Demanding best practices in rail accounting
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 PM :: 4625 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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What does it say about the state of governance in Hawaii that endorsing basic standards of fiscal responsibility is a revolutionary act?
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 |
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Telescope: Judge Recommends Permit Be Issued, Land Board Hearing Set for Sept 20
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 AM :: 7808 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 |
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Nine Homeless Accept Shelter After Latest Sweeps
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 4222 Views :: Homelessness
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...Nine people, including three couples and three single adults left their encampments along the H-1 corridor and Nimitz Highway and were placed into shelter at Next Step and to permanent housing....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Full Text: PIG Proposes Updated EIS Rules
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 4299 Views :: Environment
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...Preliminary Draft of Proposed Revisions to Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Title 11 Department of Health Chapter 200 Environmental Impact Statement Rules....
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Friday, July 28, 2017 |
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Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 5247 Views :: Health Care
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...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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UH: Homelessness plays a large role in unnecessary hospitalizations
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 PM :: 4423 Views :: Homelessness
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...“I Need my Own Place to get Better”: Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations....
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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Matson purchases second-hand ship for new Marshall Islands service
By Michael Hansen @ 9:56 PM :: 5555 Views :: Jones Act
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“Matson announces new U.S. flag Marshall Islands service”
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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Audit: Caldwell's Section 8 Program Hides Homeless Data
By News Release @ 7:52 PM :: 6292 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness
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...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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HiDoT Puts State Highway Project Database on line
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 4305 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Available data includes the schedule, scope, and estimated cost for all current State Highways projects as well as all projects planned to begin construction in the next two years....
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Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
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DLNR Removes 11 Tons of Homeless Drug Addicts’ Garbage from Kalalau
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 4671 Views :: Homelessness
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...Illustrates Trashing of Wilderness Park by Illegal Campers & Squatters....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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Estimating Ride Hailing’s Bite out of Transit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 4124 Views :: Rail
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...Transit’s Precipitous Decline....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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Maui Event Features Peggy Grande, confidant to President Ronald Reagan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 AM :: 4206 Views :: Republican Party
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...Peggy will share her behind-the-scenes stories and insights about Ronald Reagan’s final years....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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Suspending Hawaii’s Grants in Aid
By Rachelle Chang @ 2:57 AM :: 4270 Views :: Ethics
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...government may not be able to fund nonprofits that are not closely aligned to current government responsibilities....
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017 |
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$1.6B Available to Pay for Rail -- Without Raising Taxes
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 8718 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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... we found $1.595B being siphoned off of Rail for non-rail purposes ....
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Monday, July 24, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 24, 2017
By Congress.org @ 11:04 PM :: 4409 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Shanahan Nomination - Confirmation
- Senate: Bush Nomination - Confirmation
- House: Ozone Standards Implementation
- House: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure
- House: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Coordinating Authority
- House: King Cove Land Exchange
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Monday, July 24, 2017 |
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North Korean Media Identifies Hawaii And Alaska As Possible Targets
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 PM :: 4535 Views :: Military
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“Hawaii, where the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) is stationed, and Alaska,” where part of the U.S. missile shield is based, are in range of North Korea’s missiles, the Rodong Sinmun wrote Sunday....
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Monday, July 24, 2017 |
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US Prepares Another Missile Defense Test as North Korea Ramps Up Threat
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 4176 Views :: Military
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The U.S. Coast Guard issued a warning to mariners earlier this week to steer clear of the waterways between Kodiak Island in Alaska and Hawaii this coming weekend....
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Sunday, July 23, 2017 |
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EITC: Devil in the Details
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4143 Views :: Taxes
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On July 10, 2017, Governor Ige proudly signed House Bill 209, a bill that establishes a Hawaii earned income tax credit....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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JSC Announces Four Vacancies--Seeks Chief Judge for ICA
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 4760 Views :: Judiciary
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...And ICA Judge Katherine Leonard is seeking retention....
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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Millennials are public pension losers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:56 PM :: 5201 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Hawaii may be giving millennials the short end of the stick when it comes to the state’s unfunded public pension liabilities....
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