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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 |
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Djou: Exempt Hawaii from Obamacare, Jones Act
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:41 PM :: 6705 Views :: Health Care, Jones Act, Politicians
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"Hawaii has America's highest cost of living and I am committed to reducing this burden...."
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 |
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Nine Years of Inverse Condemnation
By Robert Thomas @ 2:28 AM :: 4657 Views :: Land Use
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...as you get older, you forget birthdays....
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Monday, September 8, 2014 |
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Caldwell Blocks off Two Lanes of King Street, Installs Bicycle 'Conflict Zone'
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 4183 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Mayor Caldwell, Councilmembers, Hawaii Bicycling League representatives, and city workers applied green paint to a “conflict zone” near the Alapa‘i Transit Center....
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Monday, September 8, 2014 |
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The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: High Cost Of Living Leads To Doctor Shortage, Wait Times
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 4677 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...A new report over the weekend on the growing doctor shortage is just the latest sign that the Abercrombie-Ige policy agenda is not working....
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Monday, September 8, 2014 |
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Marijuana Task Force Releases Report Aimed at 2015 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 6172 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...The Dispensary System Task Force will submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the 2015 Legislature....
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Monday, September 8, 2014 |
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Islamic Gulen Cult Pours Money into Takai Campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 12:16 AM :: 12272 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Military, Politicians
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Cult members laboring for the Imam under "Tuzuk contracts" are obligated to kick back all of their salaries beyond a bare minimum needed to survive....
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Sunday, September 7, 2014 |
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State-Provided Targeted Benefits: Help or Harm?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3671 Views :: Taxes
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...State governments, including ours, are increasingly using targeted benefits, such as tax credits and exemptions, to attract companies....
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Sunday, September 7, 2014 |
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Reports of Hawaii's Climate Death are Greatly Exaggerated
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 AM :: 5467 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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Even over the last 40 years, the Hilo, Kahului, and Lihue regions all show non-significant trends with negative – cooling – correlations....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii LNG Shipping Options
By Michael Hansen @ 11:31 PM :: 9475 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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From the point of view of shipping, there are several issues which will impinge on HECO’s planning to transition from liquid petroleum fuels to LNG....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Is HOPE Probation Creating a False Sense of Hope?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:05 PM :: 6402 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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Every few years, an intervention bursts upon the scene, is heralded as having special crime-reducing powers, and is enthusiastically implemented....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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CNHA-OHA Backroom Deal to Control ‘Nation Building’?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 4745 Views
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...At the meeting the CNHA, SCHHA and AOHCC proposed that they, as a consortium, take over the education and nation building aspects of federal recognition....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Mayor’s Remembrance Walk to be held on Sept. 7
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 3644 Views :: Honolulu County
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The public is invited to join Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Honolulu’s first responders at the Mayor’s Remembrance Walk to pay tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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LA, TN, NV, HI Decisions: States May Uphold Traditional Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 4874 Views :: Family
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"This is a great win...that puts the lie to the claim that it is inevitable the US Supreme Court will redefine marriage. To the contrary, we believe they will leave this issue with the states."
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Global Warming Stops, Science Progresses
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:36 PM :: 3540 Views :: Environment
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...[T]he pause [in global warming] has now lasted for 16, 19 or 26 years—depending on whether you choose the surface temperature record or one of two satellite records....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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HECO Prepares to Disconnect Unapproved Solar Systems
By News Release @ 4:53 AM :: 4893 Views :: Energy
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...PUC rules give the utility authority to shut off the system and lock it to prevent interconnection....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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OHA Finally Gets Around to Announcing Roll Reopening--Takes Aim at Hawaiian Registry Program
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 5349 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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All names on OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program are allowed by law to be added to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission’s Official Roll of participants for the nation-building process....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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The Ige-Abercrombie Agenda Isn't Working: Economy Again Falls Short Of Expectations
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6623 Views :: Economy, Politicians, Republican Party
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The Hawaii Council On Revenues Now Forecasts The State Will Have $100 Million Less In Tax Revenues Because Of A Slowing Economy....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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VIDEO: 'Biblical' Spawning Event on Hawaii Reefs
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 6282 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Scuba divers and aquarium fisherman have noted throughout the islands have noticed that there has been major increases in new juvenile fish populations over the past months....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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Controversial sex education program reinstated in Hawaii public schools
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:48 PM :: 6960 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...the program for middle school students will include some key revisions....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii Scores B+ in Government Technology
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 3713 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...B+ grade in e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government’s (CDG) biennial Digital States Survey. The grade is an improvement from a B- in 2012....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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Analyst Estimates Obamacare Will Increase Number of Uninsured
By NCPA @ 2:16 PM :: 2982 Views :: Health Care
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...in 2017, two significant ACA provisions -- which keep insurance costs down by giving taxpayer dollars to insurance companies -- expire....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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Dreamhammer: Keeping Hawaii’s Drones Under Control
By Video @ 4:17 AM :: 4392 Views :: Military
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Rep Gene Ward discusses “Drones” with Lawrence E. ‘Larry’ Osborn, DreamHammer, Inc....
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Friday, September 5, 2014 |
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Honolulu Grants-in-Aid Workshops Set
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:58 AM :: 4794 Views :: Honolulu County
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City grants are very competitive and the City’s Department of Community Services (DCS) strongly recommends that interested non-profits attend a grant workshop....
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 |
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Refinery Switch: HECO Dumps Par Petroleum for Chevron
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 6379 Views :: Energy
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...to help Hawaiian Electric meet more stringent federal Environmental Protection Agency air emission requirements known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards....
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 |
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DoE: Pono Choices is Back for 2014-15 School Year
By News Release @ 7:12 PM :: 5713 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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The updated Pono Choices curriculum is one of seven sexual health education programs available to DOE middle schools. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, all parents must sign an opt-in form permitting their children to participate....
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 |
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Puna: Lava Diversion 'Culturally Insensitive'
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 6579 Views :: Hawaii County
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...for the advancing lava flow in the Wao Kele O Puna area after the flow extended to less than a mile from the edge of the Ka‘ohe Homesteads subdivision....
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 |
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The State of Obesity in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 3557 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...in 1991, no state was above 20 percent....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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In Hawaii, Your Housing Dollar Worth Less Than 63 Cents
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 PM :: 4657 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...your dollars go the furthest in Mississippi, where the relative value of $100 is $161.03. Your dollars get you the least in Hawaii, with a relative value of $62.89....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Research Institute for Hawaii USA Hit With $843K Fine
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 8598 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party, Religion
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... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Wong, Dwyer, Namuo: Betray for Pay
By Video @ 9:49 PM :: 6391 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This Week We’ll Tell You About Three Individuals Who Betrayed & Got Paid....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Hughes Corp. Fails to Wheedle Out of Affordable Housing Requirement
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 5464 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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The housing requirement is a promise Hughes made in order to gain approval for its massive, 22-tower Kaka’ako luxury high-rise condominium development....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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GE Tax: Will Cost Overruns Lead to New Rail Showdown?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 6005 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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By their own admission, HART executives underestimated the effect of litigation on construction costs and schedules. Will they now underestimate their ability to push through an unpopular tax hike?
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Teachers in Honolulu Lowest Adjusted Salary in USA
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 6276 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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State Releases Premium Comparison for ACA Small Group Plans
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 3491 Views :: Health Care
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...creates openness and rate transparency, and promotes increased competition by requiring Hawaii’s health insurers to allow its small group ACA rates to be published....
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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HIRA 2014 Legislative Scorecard
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 5208 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...who supports multimillion dollar bailouts for various failing state programs, such as Hawaii's Obamacare exchange, the system of failing state hospitals, and the state's employee retirement system....
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:27 PM :: 5352 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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A report by a fiscal watchdog deems Hawaii one of the worst “sinkhole” states for its growing debt burden to taxpayers....
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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UHPA Approves Abercrombie $32M Gift Contract with 99% 'Yes' Vote
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 5393 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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(Flashback June 27, 2014: Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with $32M -- 'Unprecedented' Early Contract)
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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HGEA, Legislature Force More State Employees into Union
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 4138 Views :: Labor
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Since 2003, efforts have been made to facilitate the conversion of exempt positions to civil service in the Executive Branch of state government....
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Monday, September 1, 2014 |
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Ige Pushed $791M GE Tax Hike in Face of Protests
By Andrew Walden @ 11:25 PM :: 6324 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Ige, Chun-Oakland, and Fukunaga were the three bitter-enders holding out for the full $791M in GE Tax hikes....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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At First, Takai Voted For the Pension Tax 'Every Time'
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 8380 Views :: Labor, Politicians, Taxes
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Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Pension Tax: How Did Your Legislator Vote?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 7808 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...find your state representative and determine how he or she voted every time the pension tax was up...
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Report: These Five States Have Highest Liability Per Taxpayer
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 6103 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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“Sinkhole States” — are Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Mauna Kea Audit: UH Lacks Critical Rules
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 7033 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...UH lacks critical rules but progress has been made on other prior recommendations....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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REIT – A New Kind of Tax Shelter?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4850 Views :: Taxes
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What qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes is an issue that recently has been in the news....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega Slow on the Draw
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 8326 Views :: Energy, National News, Politicians, Small Business
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...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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More than 5,000 Testify on Federal Recognition
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 9773 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...OHA cronies claim 2000 support fake Indian tribe....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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OCCC Escape: Possible Staff Misconduct, Hole in Ceiling
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 4387 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...After jumping down from the roof, Skelton walked around the back of the Annex and followed the fence line along Kamehameha Highway....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Audit: Honolulu Motor Vehicle Division Does Not Care About Long Lines
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4845 Views :: Honolulu County
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...the MVLP Division did not support the initiatives for improving customer service; did not consider the long lines and long waits as valid concerns....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Video: Steering Hawaii Through Rough Waters
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:13 PM :: 4141 Views :: Politicians
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...Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews Cam Cavasso, who is currently running to represent Hawaii in the U.S. Senate....
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Friday, August 29, 2014 |
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Kanaiolowalu Roll Quietly Reopened Last Week
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 6361 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Online registration is available and will remain open until a few weeks prior the election....
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