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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Hawaii: Legislation that Violates Due Process Could be Voted on in the House Tomorrow
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4409 Views :: Second Amendment

House Bill 1813, sponsored by state Representative Karl Rhoads,would prohibit an individual whose name appears on the deeply flawed and inaccurate “Terrorist Watchlist,” from owning or possessing firearms and ammunition.....

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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Waste Management: Millions for Company Tied to OHA Chair Pass House Finance on Three Minutes Notice
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 8133 Views :: Energy, OHA

...HB2607HD1 authorizes Special Purpose Revenue Bond money to “PQ Energy, LLC”.  The amount is not filled in but was originally listed as $63M....

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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Honolulu Charter Commission to Discuss Rail-Related Proposals Friday
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 4328 Views :: Rail

...a dozen proposals related to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit....

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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Impact of Jones Act Shipping on Hawaii Cost of Living? House Refuses to Study Issue
By Michael Hansen @ 1:22 PM :: 4761 Views :: Jones Act

Mizuno decided the bill was necessary after Matson raised its rates by 5 percent for goods shipped to Hawaii at the end of November. This came after the company had reported a 93 percent jump in profits....

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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Caldwell, Liberal West Coast Mayors, Hope to Exploit Homelessness for Federal Megabucks
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 4586 Views :: Homelessness

...Mayors on Wednesday asked federal leaders to increase funding for affordable housing, homeless assistance, and other initiatives by nearly $450 million....

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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Dictated by Department of Interior?
By Video @ 12:07 PM :: 5997 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
How Is It Possible That A Bunch Of People With No Prior Experience Can Write A New Constitution In Only Thirty Days?
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
CTA Innovation Scorecard: Hawaii Dead Last, Likely to Stay There
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5482 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) just released their annual Innovation Scorecard and Hawaii ranked in the lowest of four tiers....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Demographic and Economic Profiles of Hawaii's Electorate
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 5109 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections

In advance of the Hawaii caucuses on March 8 and March 26, the Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of the state’s voting-age population and industries....

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 1, 2016
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 2:32 AM :: 8267 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

From Hawai'i Family Advocates....

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Grassroot: Pro Bowl Numbers Don’t Add Up
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:29 AM :: 4187 Views :: Tourism
"Though the HTA claims that the Pro Bowl brings more than 47,000 visitors to the state, independent economists studied the data and place that number closer to 6700."
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
HB1473: Help Legislators Buy Influence, Spread Campaign Cash
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 AM :: 5943 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

This culture of “vote buying” creates a false majority....

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Hawaii: Only 38% Doubt God
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 PM :: 6316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Religion

...Pew Research Center’s most recent Religious Landscape Study....

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Tax Facts & Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare?
By News Release @ 1:09 PM :: 4236 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...lists and ranks states on 39 different tax and fiscal measures, including: rates, ranks, collections, burdens, and more....

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Guards Union: Airport Security Contractor Illegally Holding Money Which Belongs to Workers
By News Release @ 1:04 PM :: 5745 Views :: Ethics, Labor

Securitas negotiated a new Airport Contract with the Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airport Division and included the wage increases as requested by IUSPO....

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Monday, February 29, 2016
Grassroot: Aha ‘Constitution’ is Effort to Form Race-Based Government
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:02 PM :: 5492 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...the draft Constitution demonstrates the importance of the ongoing lawsuit against the use of the Native Hawaiian Roll in a race-based election....

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Monday, February 29, 2016
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 29, 2016
By Congress.org @ 1:51 PM :: 4415 Views :: Congressional Delegation
Senate: FDA Commissioner – Nomination
House: Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement– Passage
House: Fraudulent Joinder Prevention – Passage
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Monday, February 29, 2016
SB2956: Involuntary Commitment of Mentally Ill Without Court Order
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 6249 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment

...the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee, will give decision on  SB2956  Tuesday March 1....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Hawaii Right to Try Legislation Receives Bipartisan Support
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 4395 Views :: Health Care

... legislation that would enable medicine and medical device manufacturers to offer eligible terminally ill patients “investigational drugs” and “experimental treatments” ....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Feds Expanding Medicaid involvement in Hawaii homeless initiatives
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 5272 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness

...Hawai‘i will focus on expanding Medicaid involvement in and support for the state’s housing and homelessness initiatives....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns DNC, Endorses Bernie Sanders
By Video @ 2:26 PM :: 6565 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
Gabbard explained to Chuck Todd that ... we need a Commander-in-Chief with “foresight” and “good judgment.”
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Last Week of Hearings—What’s on the Move?
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 4356 Views :: Hawaii State Government

We are down to the final week for hearings before bills cross into the other chamber....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
VIDEO: Republican Legislators on HMSA Imaging Mandate, Sex Trafficking, and Shark Fins
By Video @ 12:54 PM :: 4228 Views :: Republican Party

... Video from this week's Legislative debate ....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Bureaucracy on Maui Leading to Water Shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:31 PM :: 6454 Views :: Maui County, Development
“Show Me the Water”
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Hawaii Kine Stuff - Setting the Record Straight with Al Gonzales
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:28 PM :: 5517 Views :: Hawaii History

As a Native Hawaiian who cares about the future, Al Gonzales wants to set the record straight on Hawaiian history and values....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Hawaii BOE Adopts New Standards for Science Education
By News Release @ 8:37 AM :: 4383 Views :: Education K-12

...The new standards are interwoven across disciplines, including connections to language arts and mathematics....

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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Notice Overkill?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4236 Views :: Taxes

...This repetitive idiocy can cost lots of taxpayer money very quickly....

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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 26, 2016
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4566 Views :: Office of Elections

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:46 AM :: 6831 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

Senate Judiciary and Labor Passes Bill to Silence Therapists....

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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Thousands Attend Franklin Graham Rally at the State Capitol
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:43 AM :: 5259 Views :: Religion

...urging Christians to vote....

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Friday, February 26, 2016
Constitution: OHA Cronies Want to Run Their Own Prison System, Police, and Judiciary
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 PM :: 7606 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

The tribal ‘Constitution’ envisions a judiciary, police and tribal prison system which instantly possesses legal jurisdiction over any poor souls foolish enough to sign up....

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Friday, February 26, 2016
Hawaii CON Law Throttles Health Care Access
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 4446 Views :: Health Care

...Grassroot Institute Testifies in Support of CON Law Reform....

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Friday, February 26, 2016
Report: Educational Attainment in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 4790 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

The national average of people with a graduate degree or professional degree was 11.0 percent while Hawaii’s population fell slightly short with 10.3 percent.....

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Friday, February 26, 2016
Puerto Rico moves to privatize local ferry services
By Michael Hansen @ 4:46 AM :: 5115 Views :: Jones Act

While Hawaii goes the other way....

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Friday, February 26, 2016
If judges act like politicians, shouldn't they be treated like politicians?
By Robert Thomas @ 4:26 AM :: 4690 Views :: Judiciary
Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski "wisely admonished his fellow judges that 'When we act act like politicians, we will be treated like politicians.'"
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Court: Kawananakoa Can’t Sue Over Tainted Rail Votes
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 5959 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail

...An ethics scandal called into question more than 100 votes cast by Honolulu City Council members....

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Thursday, February 25, 2016
PEW: Public support for environmental regulations varies by state
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 12698 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics

At one end of the spectrum, fully 71% of those who live in the District of Columbia, 70% of those in Vermont and 68% of those in Hawaii said stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost....

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Thursday, February 25, 2016
New School Construction: Intentional misuse of taxpayer money
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:28 PM :: 6385 Views :: Education K-12

According to new DOE information the building of a $150 million high school planned for Kihei is not what is needed....

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Thursday, February 25, 2016
El Faro Disaster could reshape Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:41 AM :: 4509 Views :: Jones Act

...negative public opinion being generated by TOTE officials seemingly callous testimony....

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Thursday, February 25, 2016
UHERO Tries to Make Hi-Tech Tax Credits Look Good
By UHERO @ 3:01 AM :: 4620 Views :: Tax Credits

"...innovation-oriented projects that improve the living standards of Hawaii residents...." LOL!

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
SB2618: Should there be a Hawaii State Ferry?
By Michael Hansen @ 8:45 PM :: 3445 Views

SB 2618 would direct and provide funds for the Hawaii State Department of Transportation to conduct a Hawaii inter-island ferry service feasibility study for a state owned and operated service along the lines of the Alaska State Ferry and Washington State Ferry....

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for House Judiciary Committee Hearing This Week
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 4760 Views :: Second Amendment

Three anti-gun bills are scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26....

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
HB2528: Shooting Range for Kailua-Kona
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 4251 Views :: Second Amendment

...scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance Committee on Thursday, Feb 25, 2016....

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Hawaiians Arrested at Nai Aupuni Tribal Aha
By Video @ 5:02 PM :: 6346 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Were You Shocked?

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Former OHA Staffer Joins Office of Mauna Kea Management
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 5268 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

For fourteen years, Lukela served as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Trustee Aide ....

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
HB2632: Many Excuses to Take Your Guns
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 4830 Views :: Second Amendment
Requires the county police to seize all firearms immediately from any person disqualified ....
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Feds: We will Recover Billions Wasted on Obamacare State Exchanges
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 9:01 PM :: 4168 Views :: Health Care

To date, recovery of the billions in wasted state exchange funds has been near non-existent, despite failed exchanges in Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Nevada costing taxpayers $733 million....

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
SB2615: Democrats to dictate theology
By Selected News Articles @ 7:49 PM :: 4770 Views :: First Amendment

...Since church/state bars the government dictating doctrine to people of faith, liberal Democrats are inventing other ways to steamroll their agenda....

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Statewide Homeless Emergency Extended
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 4313 Views :: Homelessness

Hawai‘i has the highest rate of homelessness per capita in the nation....

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Monday, February 22, 2016
Rep Bob McDermott Endorses Ted Cruz
By News Release @ 6:11 PM :: 6312 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

"I strongly encourage Republicans across the state to cast their ballots on March 8th for Ted Cruz," says McDermott....

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Monday, February 22, 2016
Hawaii’s Top Secret Japanese Prisoner of War Camp – Camp Iroquois
By John Bond @ 6:07 PM :: 6705 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

Finally its importance in helping to win the Pacific PSY-WAR against Japan in WW-II can be revealed....

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