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Entries for February 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 6233 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 :: 5279 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 :: 6229 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 :: 6422 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 :: 4858 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 :: 4568 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 :: 5390 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 :: 6929 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 :: 6777 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 :: 2962 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 :: 5956 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 :: 4373 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 :: 3859 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 :: 5166 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 :: 4048 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 :: 5639 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 :: 5500 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 :: 3370 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 :: 2874 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 :: 4880 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 :: 6940 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 :: 5270 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 :: 4580 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 :: 7823 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 :: 4661 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 :: 4033 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 :: 4100 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 :: 5712 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 :: 9388 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 :: 4685 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 :: 4057 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 :: 5381 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 :: 4357 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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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Armed Robber Running for Maui Mayor
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 17345 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Elle Cochran attempted to wrestle the gun away from the security guard before she could be subdued....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Cocaine Dealer’s Wife Running for Honolulu Council
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 AM :: 22953 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Drugs
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...Should ex-coke dealers get more political representation?....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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The Value of a Refundable Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4302 Views :: Tax Credits
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...In the 2017 legislative session, our legislature passed an earned income tax credit (EITC)....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Trigger Modification Bill Scheduled for Hearing
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 3591 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Tuesday, February 13, the House Committee on Judiciary has scheduled to hear House Bill 1908....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Community Meetings Set to Discuss 12.5% Hawaii County GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 6563 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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...nine meetings set for Feb 12-19th, 2018....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Fast and Furious: Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 1:06 PM :: 4978 Views :: Family, Life
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...Many bills are moving through the legislative process....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Hawaiian Electric Companies Claims 27% Renewable for 2017
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 4455 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Meanwhile: While Most States Clean Up, Hawaii CO2 Emissions Rise Since '08....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Hawaiian Electric: $36M Rate Hike
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4793 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...The bill impact of the interim rate is expected to be reduced by the application of anticipated corporate tax savings that are the result of the new federal tax law that took effect on Jan. 1, 2018....
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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Oahu Study: Child Molesters Exploit Drug-Addicted Homeless Youth
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 7307 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...44% of homeless youth are from the Mainland...48% first became homeless with their homeless parents....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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Will Indonesia's new shipping law impact Hawaii coal imports?
By Michael Hansen @ 8:06 PM :: 5524 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...new regulations in October 2016 requiring coal and raw palm oil exporters to ship on Indonesian flag ships....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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2018 Employment Bills Introduced
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 4675 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Want to know what labor and employment bills will be considered during this year’s legislative session?....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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Minimum Wage: Good intentions don’t always equal good policy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:38 PM :: 4606 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...SB2291 would raise the minimum wage in Hawaii to $15 an hour by 2020....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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‘Net neutrality’ could keep Hawaii in slow lane
By Joe Kent @ 2:19 AM :: 6296 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Ige this week signed an executive order that most likely will discourage competition and innovation among internet service providers ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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Jones Act leads to surreptitious imports of Russian LNG
By Michael Hansen @ 11:01 PM :: 6463 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...a cargo of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) was surreptitiously imported into the United States on January 28, 2018 at Boston, Massachusetts, in apparent violation of sanctions....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii Highways Rank 47th in Cost-Effectiveness
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 4074 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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Truth in Accounting: Defense Department
By Selected News Articles @ 6:51 PM :: 3623 Views :: Military
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...the DoD Office of Inspector General has issued a disclaimer on the DoD’s own financial statements....
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