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| Monday, July 18, 2016 |
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Letters to the Editor July, 2016
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:50 AM :: 6291 Views
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- CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi
- HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing
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| Sunday, July 17, 2016 |
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July 17, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 6131 Views
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- Poll: Djou Ahead 39-30
- See it Here: Your August 13 Primary Ballot
- DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission
- Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care
- Feds: Honolulu Highest Consumer Prices in USA
- No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads!
- OHA Chair Lindsey Still Missing in Action
- Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles
- Honolulu Charter Commission Prepares 27 Amendments for Ballot
- HGEA Loses—Ige Veto will Stand: Perreira -- ‘Incompetent Fools’
- Clinton Winning Hawaii 49-25
- Caldwell’s mayoral chances dissipating, blowing in wind
- 2012 Election Pattern Repeats itself?
- Easing Council term limits will deny voters fresh faces, ideas
- LAWSUIT filed: Hermina Morita vs. Thomas Gorak
- NextEra Has Until July 29 to Appeal
- Ruderman: I can be Blackmailed into Raising Your Taxes
- Walter Ritte Tries to Shake Down Queens Hospital
- Gabbard Sitting on $1.88M
- COFA: Guam Governor Deports Inmate back to Chuuk
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| Saturday, July 16, 2016 |
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July 16, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 3825 Views
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- State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal
- Rep Pat Saiki Endorses Keli’i Akina for OHA
- Rally Protests Federal Takeover of NW Hawaiian Isles
- Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment
- Auditor to review Maui county employee travel expenses
- Slim turnout for public hearings on Young Brothers’ proposed rate hike
- Hawaii Governor Signs Bio-Fuel Production Tax Credit
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| Friday, July 15, 2016 |
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July 15, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:32 PM :: 4143 Views
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| Thursday, July 14, 2016 |
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July 14, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 4451 Views
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- VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Commercial
- 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations”
- DoI Final Ruling: Slippery Slope to Fed Wreck?
- A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 14, 2016
- Register to Vote Online Here -- Before Today's Deadline
- Djou: Middle Street is Disastrous Idea
- Just in Time for Primary Election: Grabauskas to be Next Sacrificial Lamb
- Honolulu Charter Commission advances proposal to extend officeholders’ terms
- DoT: We Worked hard to Shake Down Legislators
- HGEA files lawsuit to stop privatization of airport security
- Criminal inquiry focuses on IBEW ex-leader
- General fund tax deposits up 8 percent
- Land Board Writes Greenmail into new water lease approach
- Fisheries: Local Food Production Up, Enviros Seek New Ways to Shut it Down
- Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’
- Why Honolulu Can’t Be Sure How Many Homeless Veterans It Has
- Questions raised about mayor’s PV land lease
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| Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
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July 13, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 4680 Views
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- CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th
- Ex-Rep Richard Fale Pleads No Contest, Fined $1000
- Ige Vetoes Workplace Social-Media Privacy Bill
- Star-Adv: Hospital payout veto should stand
- Ige: HGEA Hospital Payoff Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of ERS
- Legislators Give Ige Six Days to Negotiate Union Hospital Shakedown
- Djou: Police chief should step aside
- A Peek Inside The Corruption Probe Of Honolulu’s Police Chief
- NextEra Rejection Decision could come this week
- Ige Vetoes Far Fewer Bills Than His Predecessors
- Suit challenges Vacation rentals enforcement
- SB2559: New law could slash number of homeless beds in Hawaii
- 269 candidates vying for public office—5 Get Public Funding
- Next? Kauai Nearing Solar Caps
- Kenoi ethics saga drags on: Crony Board further delays complaints against mayor
- Dru Kanuha Ethics Violation Slow Walked by Laughable Hawaii County ‘Ethics’ Commission
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| Tuesday, July 12, 2016 |
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July 12, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 4035 Views
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- Ige Vetoes Eight Bills
- Full Text: Contractor Offered Cool Schools at $5990 per Classroom—Was Ignored by DoE
- Djou Challenges Caldwell to Respond to On-Going EMS Staffing Problems
- Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much
- Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong
- AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General
- Neighbor island ESSA town halls start Monday
- Power Has Been out at Oahu Jail Since Friday
- Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students
- As Predicted: Ige Vetoes HGEA Hospital Payoff, Calls for Legislature to Amend in Special Session
- Special Session Called to Amend Maui HGEA Payoff Bill
- NextEra Hardball--Iwase Panics, Gorak Law License Threatened
- 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations”
- Star-Adv: Push for Fake Indian Tribe ‘Almost Certainly will Stall Out’
- Solar Contractors Scamming Consumers Again as ‘Grid Supply’ Maxes Out
- EMS plans changes, may reevaluate 12-hour shifts as UPW-induced staffing shortages continue
- Even PR Firms Don’t Want to Spin Rail
- Young Bros. seeks 4.36% rate hike
- GMOs Safe, Dennis Gonsalves A Big Island Hero
- Dark Money Behind Anti-GMO Candidates
- Ige Signs HB2707 – Giving Tax Credits to Marijuana Dispensaries
- State Marijuana Regulations so Complicated that Nobody Can Open on Time
- Honolulu Charter: Enviros Keep Tight Grip on Land Use Laws
- Iwilei Sweep Teaches Skills to Homeless
- Ing Makes Fool of Himself, Forced to Apologize
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| Monday, July 11, 2016 |
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July 11, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4756 Views
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- HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked
- HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package
- Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’
- VICTORY! Nai Aupuni Won’t be Ready with Fake Indian Tribe Before Obama Leaves Office
- Problems In Interior’s Rule On Hawaiian Home Land
- Feds to OK New Kahuku Wind Farm
- Sister Islands: Registered Dope Fiends Exceed 2% of Population
- Disbarred Ex-Con Hired at UH Richardson Law School
- Four Killed by Police in Hawaii So Far This Year
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| Sunday, July 10, 2016 |
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July 10, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3955 Views
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- Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’
- Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner
- Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid
- Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award
- $42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs
- Absentee ballots go out, triggering Election Month
- Solar loan program wastes millions
- Natatorium: 20 Years of White Collar Make Work
- Even With Extra Funding UPW Ambulance Drivers Play Overtime Games Leave Squads Unstaffed
- HSTA Vision for Future of Hawaii's public schools focus of day-long summit
- Childcare study finds low pay, few parent resources
- HCDA: Make Affordable Housing Cheaper
- Enviros Pump up Hype Campaign Against Remaining Plastic Bags
- The final chapter in the story of sugar on Maui
- Legal Marijuana may add $4.5M to Kauai Crony Dispensary
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| Saturday, July 9, 2016 |
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July 9, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 4187 Views
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- Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000
- Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration?
- Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit
- Register to Vote Online Here -- Before July 14 Deadline
- UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless
- Pro-NextEra PUC majority reached last month, but Iwase, Gorak stalled its release Just Long Enough to get rid of Champley
- Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Override Ige Veto of $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff
- HCDA: We Were Supposed to Call Insane Asylum to Report Sewage Spill
- ‘Untrustworthy’ People Attend Caldwell Fundraisers: City Council Shakeup
- Kauai Hearings for Floating Windfarm Boondoggle?
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| Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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July 8, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 6067 Views
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- Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’
- Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
- One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign
- Djou Agrees to Eight Debates
- Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail?
- Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law
- Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties
- Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
- Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County
- Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies?
- Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza
- DoT Road Priority Blackmail not Blacktop
- Maui Hospital: HGEA, UPW Members Play Games with Sick Leave
- State Education task group takes cues from HSTA Secretary-Treasurer
- Expert: Maybe Homeless Won’t be Political Football After Election
- Waimanalo Gulch Developer’s Trashy ‘Liveability’ Award used to Boost Caldwell
- Rail Contractor Kiewit defies environmental laws, suit says
- Hawaii: Coal and Oil Become Clean Energy When Political Insiders Profit
- Offshore Wind: Another Expensive, Untested Pie in the Sky Scheme for Hawaii
- Zoning: Anderson out, Ozawa In
- Kauai: Developers, Tourism Interest Pay for Anti-Diary Farm Ads
- Smug Insiders Against Local Food: NW Hawaiian Isles Expansion
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| Thursday, July 7, 2016 |
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July 7, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 5844 Views
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- Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!”
- NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text)
- Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA
- Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law
- Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving
- Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898
- Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing
- Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures
- HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law
- Maui hospital workers’ payout bill a ‘sweetheart’ deal
- After 20 Years of Torture, Lahaina Hospital Breaks Ground for Construction
- Corrupt ex-Liquor Commissioner and ex-HPD Charged with Child Molestation (No. 1)
- Retired police officer charged with assault in bar shooting (No. 2)
- Ex-HPD officer sentenced to 3 months in jail for Stolen Car Racket (No. 3)
- HPD Officer Charged with Assault in Road Rage Incident (No. 4)
- Emotions and Irrational Behaviors: Honolulu City Council Aborts Leadership Shake-Up
- Housing First reports a 97% success rate
- Sweet Vacation Memories: Homeless Leave Needles Behind After Using Waikiki Lifeguard Towers to Shoot Up
- Dopers decide: Marijuana or Oxy? Decisions, Decisions
- Council Entices Homeowners To Build Accessory Dwelling Units
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| Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
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July 6, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 6769 Views
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- Caldwell Planning Smear Tactics?
- OHA Trustees Banned from Talking to OHA Employees
- Ige Signs 13 Bills into Law
- Honolulu Republicans Endorse Djou for Mayor
- Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii
- Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law
- State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare?
- NYT: How Anti-Growth Sentiment Thwarts Equality
- Caldwell, Wife Paid Over $1M a Year by Local Banks
- HART Board Member: We Need to Reassess Rail Lies
- Pro-NextEra Senators Meet to Plan Lawsuit Against Ige
- Hawaii Ethics Board Member Caught Conspiring to Let Kenoi Off Hook
- Ominous Court Rulings For The State Ethics Commission
- HGEA: Our Hospital Job Trust is More Important Than Your Lives
- How Cool Schools Turned into a Gold Plated Christmas Tree
- Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams
- Honolulu ranked among the 10 most expensive U.S. cities for apartment rentals
- Workforce drug tests show highest marijuana use in Hawaii since 2013—1% of Hawaii Residents Now Have Marijuana Card
- Hawaii becomes last state to ban sex trafficking
- Retired Honolulu officer pleads no contest to negligent homicide charge
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| Tuesday, July 5, 2016 |
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July 5, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 4743 Views
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- SWAT Raids Honolulu Homeless Tent City after Night of ‘Wilding’
- Maui County Homeless Numbers Drop
- $40M Payoff? Maui Hospital negotiations May Extend into Special Session
- Rubber-stamping revocable permits must come to end
- Hawaii Extends Negotiation On New Private-Prison Contract
- Hawaii And Honolulu Agencies Really Try To Hide Public Records
- Hawaii: The Lowest-Paying State
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| Monday, July 4, 2016 |
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July 4, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 5405 Views
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- The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
- The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
- Mahalo for your service
- Caldwell Lets Another wave of homeless hit Waikiki beaches
- Billionaire Warren Buffett’s energy company may be eyeing Hawaiian Electric
- Honolulu rail project's CFO rescinds resignation
- ‘Rap Back’ law goes against federal law
- Hawaii Recidivism Rate 48.9%
- Cannabis group sees pot of gold ahead
- HGEA Psych Care $750 a day
- Ing to Be Tossed out of Office?
- Ex-special ed students are being sought for a lawsuit
- Plastic-bag ban has some ’splainin’ to do
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| Sunday, July 3, 2016 |
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July 3, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 7761 Views
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- The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
- General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice
- IRS Probe of Kamehameha Schools work for Nai Aupuni Tribe?
- Sitting on Unspent $540M, State DoT to Shut Down New Road Building in Gambit for Massive Tax Hike
- Roz Baker Supports NextEra Merger
- Councilmembers Squabble over who will play Second Fiddle to Ernie Martin
- Ige’s likely vacation rental tax veto bucks trend
- Enviros Against Local Food (again)
- Some Hawaii Democrats Distrust Gabbard Because she is too Honest About Islam
- Marijuana dispensaries delayed
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| Saturday, July 2, 2016 |
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July 2, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 7071 Views
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- Djou: Fundraising Exceptionally Strong
- New State Ethics Director Announced
- Savio: Rail Can be Built Without Any Taxpayer Dollars
- Ige’s choice to Kill NextEra Deal is sworn in as dispute grows over sudden move
- Councilman Calls For Audit Amid Honolulu Ethics Commission Chaos
- Rape? Maui Prison Guard Has Been Fugitive from Justice Since 2014
- Kahele divesting himself of controversial beach home
- Gov Lingle Quits Illinois Gov’s Admin
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| Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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July 1, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5899 Views
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- Russia to launch ‘Monster’ ICBM towards Hawaii
- Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills
- Tourism: Visitors Up, Spending Down
- Why are there no mobile home parks in Hawaii?
- Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock
- Senate President to Sue Governor in Desperate Bid to Let Old Boys Cash Out of HECO
- Honolulu goes from Go Rail to Stop Rail to Try Wait Rail
- Council Crisis Center Modeled on Seattle Program Specifically Designed to Support Homeless Tent Cities
- SB2559: Homeless Shelters Say Bill May Cut 200 Beds
- Mayor Arakawa -- Housing First on Maui
- Anderson Out As Vice Chair
- OHA CEO Crabbe Reappointed
- State representatives who had the best, worst attendance
- Hawaii County Council candidate delinquent on taxes
- Hawaii AG Appeals DHHL Case
- Supreme Court: Only Police Commission Can Suspend Chief
- Hawaii missing out on $100M in taxes from illegal vacation rentals
- Coral Disease Caused by Illegal TVR Cesspools Used by Vacationing Environmentalists
- 20% Rise in shoplifting tied to ban on plastic bags
- Contractor selected to modernize state’s antiquated payroll system
- Civil rights lawsuit aims to keep elderly couple together in Assisted Living Home
- Honolulu drivers 137th in nationwide ranking
- Five Zika Cases in Hawaii So Far
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| Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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June 30, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 4117 Views
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- Hawaii Hi Tech Darling Mbloom Collapses After Feds Arrest ‘Porn King’ in $60M Indian Tribe Ripoff
- Hawaii Homelessness Grows 4%—Mostly on Big Island, Kauai
- Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra
- Study: Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
- Hawaii Campaign Spending: Judge Reverses Medieval Punishment for 15th Century Campaign Contribution
- Hawaii GOP Announces Delegation to Republican National Convention
- Honolulu Rail Is Laughable, But Not Funny
- City Auditor to Reexamine Rail Project
- Power Of Incumbency On Display In Honolulu City Council Races
- HMSA Puts Patient Health at Risk to Save Money
- Kauai Homeless Take over Historic County Building, Begin Urinating on Things
- Honolulu Homeless Admit Sweeps are Working
- Auditor sets sights on county hiring practices
- Ing: Immature, Corrupt, Disrespectful
- Nobel Laureates Point out that Anti-GMO Activism is ‘Crime Against Humanity’
- Retaliation Redundancy: Kauai Suit Claims Retaliation over Retaliation Complaint
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| Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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June 29, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4626 Views
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- Esther Kiaaina Cuts Micronesia Funding, Forcing Migrants to Come to USA
- Sand Island Homeless Center Moves 61 Homeless into Permanent Housing
- Single Payer Activists to Target Hawaii for Socialist Medicine?
- HB2231: New law makes it easier to finance energy co-ops
- Legislators Laugh at Idiot Mayor: We Will not Entertain Caldwell’s Rail Tax Hike—Don’t Even Try
- Rail: “Never enough time to do it right, but lots of time to do it over”
- Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff
- Cool Schools: 300-page Bid Sheets Behind High Costs
- Oahu Homeless up by ‘Only’ 1%—Sister Isles up 9.7%
- $9,000 Rent Assist Available to Homeless Who Have Jobs
- Homeless a Political Football on Maui, Too
- The cost to house a prisoner in Hawaii may surprise you
- HB1739: Ige Threatens Veto of Social Media Privacy Bill
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