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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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House Approves 61 Bills for Final Crossover
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2651 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline more than 220 bills have crossed over from the House to the Senate....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Grassroot: Low unemployment masks Hawaii’s unhealthy economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 5910 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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....Grassroot president says high taxes, regulations discourage higher-paying jobs....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Ethics Ruling: How DTL Pays Senator Delacruz -- Legally
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 8165 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal ....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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UPDATE: Republican Bills in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 1:44 PM :: 4502 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Second Crossover is one week away....
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Monday, April 2, 2018 |
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$30K Per Resident: Hawaii Worst OPEB Liability in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 4994 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities, 2017 surveys the more than 100 state-administered post-employment benefit plans, such as health insurance, Medicare advantage, life insurance, and other non-pension benefits....
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Friday, March 30, 2018 |
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Kailua, Kaneohe Blasted by Three-Hour Siren Test
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 5:36 PM :: 5857 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...HI-EMA and News Media Fail to Inform Public of Oahu Emergency Siren Test....
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 |
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Senate WAM Passes Budget With Amendments
By News Release @ 9:23 PM :: 5477 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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...highlights include funding for...Ohana Zones....
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Thursday, March 29, 2018 |
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Senate Confirms Russell Suzuki Attorney General
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 5091 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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Suzuki has been serving as the acting chief legal and law enforcement officer for the state since February 2 when Attorney General Doug Chin resigned to become Lieutenant Governor....
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Friday, March 23, 2018 |
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Iranian Government Hacked Hawaii State Computer System
By News Release @ 10:08 AM :: 6931 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Military
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...hackers got access to Hawaii state computers using a technique called "password spraying"....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Can Ethics Commission Lift Veil of Secrecy from Hawaii Sex Harassment Complaints?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 4701 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...sex harassment complaints have been secretly adjudicated against three unnamed State Representatives and one State Senator....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Sex harassment: Souki Resigns--Three More Legislators Remain Hidden
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 6133 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...Sex Harassment: Hawaii Legislators Admit Covering up Four Cases....
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Russell Suzuki Attorney General
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 4452 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...Suzuki has been acting as the chief legal and law enforcement officer for the state since February 2 when then Attorney General Doug Chin resigned to become Lieutenant Governor....
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Thursday, March 15, 2018 |
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State House to honor Hawaii wounded warrior Brian Kolfage
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 12:59 AM :: 5426 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...March 16th, 12:00 noon -- Hawaii State Capitol, House Chamber....
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018 |
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HB1900: Highlights of House Budget
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 4229 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...an economic plan based on general excise tax collections....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Three Republican Bills Cross Over in Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 3:30 PM :: 4943 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...bills introduced by members of the House Republican Caucus that crossed over to the Senate....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 128 More Bills to Senate
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 4003 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... these 128 are in addition to bills passed earlier ....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Senate Sends 420 Bills to House
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3277 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The following are a few of the measures to pass on third reading....
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Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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Effort to Digitize Records Stopped Cold by Outdated State Computers--But Still Cuts Wait Time for Workers’ Comp Hearings in Half
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 5469 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...Thousands of files have been digitized at the state’s disability compensation program. However, they need hardware with capacity for more storage to continue progress....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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Auditor: Legislators 100% 'Fail to Meet Criteria' for New Special Funds
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:43 PM :: 6813 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...We reviewed 85 house and senate bills proposing 64 special and revolving funds during the 2018 legislative session of which none met criteria....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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By the Way, Could We Have $50 Million More?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5571 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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...In the middle of this process, sometimes a letter from the Governor arrives saying, “We need to make some adjustments...."
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 131 Bills to Senate (and counting)
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4414 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The bills include housing, homelessness, education, health, the environment, public safety, governmental affairs, the environment, and other important issues....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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If Game Makers Don’t Address Loot Crates, Lawmakers Will
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 5080 Views :: Gambling, Hawaii State Government
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...The ESRB’s decision to label video games with paid add-ons essentially does nothing to address the complaint that loot boxes are akin to gambling....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Auditor: Hawaii PUC Another Tech Disaster in the Making
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:17 AM :: 5704 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...the PUC’s $2.8 million Document Management System (DMS) is almost universally considered by management and staff to be difficult to use, unreliable, slow, and obsolete, with staff developing elaborate workarounds to accommodate for the system’s shortcomings. Yet the PUC has no firm plans to fix or replace this problematic system....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Suicide: Committee members identified loopholes in the bill
By Brett Kulbis @ 11:57 AM :: 6100 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Life
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...Committee members asked some very telling questions that identified loopholes that still remain in the bill. The Attorney General's representative couldn't definitively state that all their concerns from the 2017 version were resolved in this current version that is supposed to have more robust protections....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:44 PM :: 4772 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...All House bills are in their final committees, they have until March 8th to pass out of their last committee and pass third reading to cross over to the Senate....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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State should speed up responses to information requests
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:30 PM :: 4526 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii takes the longest in the nation to make decisions about transparency disputes....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Hawaii Bill Banning Plastic Straws Based on Research by a 9-Year-Old
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 AM :: 8247 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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First Lateral: 2,834 Bills Still Alive in Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 3670 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...complete list of bills remaining alive after First Lateral deadline....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Trump Tax In Hawaii?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5362 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...how to adapt the new federal tax law changes to Hawaii....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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HDoT Tech Disaster Leads to $11M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 3583 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the Office of the Attorney General are pleased....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5513 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 :: 7029 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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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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$1.1B for New Airport Concourse
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 4953 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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Seven Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 12:43 AM :: 4765 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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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Report: Delays at OIP Are Staggering
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 5814 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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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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‘Net neutrality’ could keep Hawaii in slow lane
By Joe Kent @ 2:19 AM :: 6428 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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Hawaii Highways Rank 47th in Cost-Effectiveness
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 4150 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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Ige Appoints Leonard Hoshijo to Head DLIR
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 4230 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Hoshijo served as education and political director with the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters. He also worked for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union for 26 years....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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Ige Asks Legislators to 'Governmentize' Services
By Joe Kent @ 4:11 AM :: 5670 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...HB 2368 and SB 2795 would begin replacing private contractors with civil service employees....
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Sunday, February 4, 2018 |
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How Much Does a Crosswalk Cost?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3552 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Senate Bill 2004, tells the story of just one signalized crosswalk yet to be built....
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Saturday, February 3, 2018 |
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SB2136: Ige Administration Opposes OHA's $119M Cash Grab
By Andrew Walden @ 2:11 AM :: 8865 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education, OHA
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...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians....
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Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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Chin to Take Lt Gov Sinecure While Running for Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 10:45 AM :: 10564 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...First Deputy Attorney General Russell Suzuki has been appointed to serve as acting attorney general....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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FCC: Hawaii false missile alert sent by worker believing attack was real
By News Release @ 11:28 AM :: 6296 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military
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...Federal Communications Commission conducts open meeting to hear investigator's report on false missile alert....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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Olelo TV Moving to Siberia?
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5397 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...Spectrum is channel slamming ‘Ōlelo – displacing channels 49, 53, 54, and 55, including Video On Demand channels 50 and 52....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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Rep Cynthia Thielen for House Speaker
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 7:29 PM :: 5912 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...To stop the factional fighting and stalemate-causing dysfunction in the Hawaii House of Representatives, Representative Cynthia Thielen has placed her name for consideration as Speaker....
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 |
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What is the state of our state?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:26 PM :: 4156 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...the 2017 Economic Freedom of North America report, ranks Hawaii a low 46th in the nation in terms of economic freedom, due to its high taxation, high regulation and high cost of living....
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 |
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TOTE Places Hawaii Plans on Hold, Cancels Ship Purchases
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 5064 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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...Updates required at Hawai’i Terminals would prevent TOTE from entering Hawai’i trade in 2020/2021....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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HB2253: Driverless Cars for Hawaii
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:38 AM :: 4910 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...jump-start the testing and operation of "driverless" cars in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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10 Bills: House Republicans Introduce Caucus Package
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 3:27 PM :: 5076 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Our bill package strives to make our government and our state more accountable, affordable, and accessible....
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