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Monday, December 23, 2019 |
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Honolulu 3rd Most Expensive Homes Per Square Foot
By Selected News Articles @ 6:10 PM :: 5334 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu, HI – Ownership Cost per square foot -- $684.31....
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Sunday, December 22, 2019 |
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Ninety-One Hours in a Work Week?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3559 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii’s cost of living was 201.3 percent of, or double, the national average, with the primary problem being housing costs that punched in at a staggering 347.1 percent of the national average. Our grocery costs were at 160.8, utilities at 185.2, transportation at 135.7, and health care at 120.3 percent of the national average respectively....
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Sunday, December 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii: State Tax Changes for 2020
By Tax Foundation @ 2:11 AM :: 4490 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...State tax hikes taking effect January 1, 2020....
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Sunday, December 22, 2019 |
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HUD: West Coast is Source of Growth in Homelessness
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 2958 Views :: Higher Education
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...The estimated number of persons experiencing long-term, chronic homelessness increased 8.5 percent between 2018 and 2019. This increase was concentrated on the West Coast, with the largest increases in California....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Ed Case Innovative Approach to Jones Act Reform
By Michael Hansen @ 6:25 PM :: 3451 Views :: Jones Act
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...The first bill would reduce the ocean shipping companies’ capital and operating costs and the second place a hard cap on ocean freight rates. The third bill would be a failsafe alternative....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Hawaii 'Ghost Guns' Already Illegal
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 7141 Views :: Second Amendment
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...for a criminal to possess a "ghost gun" and use it for crime, they must have violated eight separate laws....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Property Tax Onslaught Looms
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:47 PM :: 5085 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...First they came for the owners of million-dollar homes, but I didn’t speak against it because I didn’t have a million-dollar home....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Confused about GMOs and pesticides? Here’s a science-based handbook for combating anti-biotech fallacies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:13 AM :: 3888 Views :: GMOs
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...examine the difference between science and opportunistic activism....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Campaign Spending: John Carroll Declines to Seek Criminal Charges Against Eric Ryan
By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 AM :: 4309 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... Respondents reported a monthly charge of $14.65 to Netflix on 6/19/18, 7/17/18, and 8/17/18 for “online research” ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Busted: Josh Green Hiding Out of State Contributions--Out $13K
By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 AM :: 4468 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...8 contributors who each gave the $6,000 maximum amount to Respondent, also gave to another candidate committee. However, Respondent reported that these 8 contributors had Hawaii addresses while the other candidate committee reported that these 8 contributors had out-of-state addresses....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Legislative Agenda: CSC Behind Seven Bills for Campaign Finance reform
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 2863 Views :: Ethics
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...the following 7 bills have been drafted for the Commission’s consideration for the 2020 Legislative Session....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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UHERO: Hawaii economy enters soft patch
By UHERO @ 1:00 AM :: 4376 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The state’s population has been declining for the past three years, in part because of outward migration....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Ed Case Introduces Three Jones Act Reform Bills
By Ed Case @ 4:26 PM :: 5892 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...“My three bills aim directly at one of the key drivers of our astronomically high cost of living in Hawai‘i and other locations in our country that are not part of the continental U.S,” said Case....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Insurance System Ranks 28th in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 10:28 AM :: 4659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...Well-designed UI tax systems emphasize greater stability and predictability....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Kalapama Container Terminal Enters Phase 2
By News Release @ 10:17 AM :: 4906 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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...The project is the largest capital improvement project in Hawaii harbors history....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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DoH raids Two Unlicensed Care Homes
By News Release @ 10:11 AM :: 3520 Views :: Health Care
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“...This is (only) the third NOVO that we have issued against illegal care homes this year in response to complaints we have received....”
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Hawaii Grade F for Business Subsidy Transparency -- 2nd Worst in USA
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 6094 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tax Credits
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..."Failing States" do not meet even basic standards of online spending transparency for economic development subsidies....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Timeline: Hawaii County Council Abandons TMT--Ige Abandons Mauna Kea—Confusion Reigns
By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 AM :: 5999 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway." The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
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TMT: State and County have not Demonstrated they are able to Provide Safe Access to Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 5451 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Ige pulls state law enforcement from Mauna Kea
By Video @ 4:37 PM :: 5356 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
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Alleged Synagogue Vandal Arrested in Kailua-Kona
By News Release @ 2:35 AM :: 4104 Views :: Law Enforcement, Religion
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...Beverly Hills, California authorities are requesting extradition....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Why You Should Mahalo OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina
By Video @ 11:52 PM :: 4084 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...He's the only one that got the forensic audit done...."
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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State Supreme Court to Hear Gut n Replace Appeal
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:12 PM :: 3776 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...The Supreme Court of Hawaii will take over the Common Cause / League of Women Voters' gut-n-replace appeal. The transfer order was filed today....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Impeachment: Gabbard Votes 'Present'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:32 PM :: 5214 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Tulsi Gabbard
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...Bottom Line: Gabbard depends on Republican cross over voters for support in the Democratic Presidential Primaries -- just as Ed Case depends on Republican crossover voters to win a Hawaii 'Democratic' Congressional Primary race....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Grassroot: Ige’s fiscal 2021 budget ‘unsustainable’
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:45 PM :: 2862 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige’s proposed $15 billion budget for fiscal 2021 is headed toward a fiscal cliff because it would draw on the state’s financial reserves, leaving the state unprepared to deal with a recession....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Barbers Point Air Museum Sues Airports Division to Block Eviction, Destruction of US Navy-owned Planes
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 5468 Views :: Ethics, Military, Small Business
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...the museum did quite a bit more work at Kaleloa Airport than just display airplanes....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Unique Accomplishment: Kauai Runs on 100% 'Renewable' for a Few Hours
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 3883 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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“...We believe this is a unique accomplishment for a stand-alone electrical grid relying on small-scale renewable generation....”
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Land Use: Hawaii Supreme Court Creates New Procedural Hoop to Jump Through
By Robert Thomas @ 12:04 PM :: 4111 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...HAWSCT: When Agency Includes Conditions In Phase 1 Land Use Permit, But Later Removes The Conditions In Phase 2 Permit, Party Who Asked For Conditions Is Entitled To Notification....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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Revolving Door: Andrew Pereira leaving City for 'new opportunity in private sector'
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 3776 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Pereira’s last day at Honolulu Hale will be Tuesday, Dec. 31....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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Legislative Agenda: UH Budget Request for 2020
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 2580 Views :: Higher Education
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...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2020 UH budget request to the Legislature....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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Keli'i Akina: The Jones Act and Hawaii
By Audio @ 8:30 PM :: 3114 Views :: Jones Act
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...The shipping regulation known as the Jones Act turns 100 next year....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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2020 Federal Spending Plan Includes Lots of Hawaii Pork Projects
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 3025 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Schatz: Federal Funding For Hawai‘i Continues To Rise....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 |
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Homelessness: Ige Signs Seventh Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 3:16 AM :: 11111 Views :: Homelessness
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...Ige signed the first emergency proclamation for homelessness on Dec. 14, 2018....
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Monday, December 16, 2019 |
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Monday, December 16, 2019 |
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Ed Case Finally Gets Around to Announcing he will Vote for Impeachment
By Ed Case @ 6:20 PM :: 3912 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Ed Case had to make it look good for the Republican voters he depends on to win an open 'Democratic' primary....
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Monday, December 16, 2019 |
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Homelessness: Kauai LEAD Program Launches
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 3661 Views :: Kauai County, Homelessness
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...pilot project deals with substance abuse, homelessness and low-level crime....
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 14, 2019
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 PM :: 2689 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...this week's votes in Congress and bills introduced....
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
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“Piling On” to Transient Vacation Rentals
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5591 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...The bill would classify bed and breakfast homes and other transient vacation rental units as “hotel and resort” for property tax purposes....
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Saturday, December 14, 2019 |
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Ranking Property Taxes on the 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index
By Tax Foundation @ 11:53 PM :: 4725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...the property tax component of the 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index....
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Saturday, December 14, 2019 |
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OIP Strips Back OHA Censorship
By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 5334 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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...OIP deconstructs OHA insiders’ latest gambit in their flagging attempt to silence dissident Trustee Keli’i Akina....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Maui on $10K per day: New Vacation Rental Fines
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 4396 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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...a civil fine of $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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'Gut and replace' has got to go
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:23 PM :: 4481 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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...the name game is at the heart of the Legislature’s practice of “gut and replace"....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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HPD Settles Employment Discrimination Suit
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 3601 Views :: Labor, Police
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...The Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) today announced the settlement of a complaint alleging employment discrimination by the Honolulu Police Department (“HPD”) on the basis of credit history and credit report....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Samoa Rep Aumua Amata: Disappointed in Citizenship Ruling
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 3354 Views :: National News
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...We are committed to the preservation of Fa’a Samoa, and we intend to appeal this ruling....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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17 Weeks on Mauna Kea: 8,031 Tickets, 74 Arrests
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 3613 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 17-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 8013 citations issued and 74 persons arrested for 135 offenses....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 |
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Anti-Vaxxers Target Samoa with Disinformation Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:41 AM :: 5104 Views :: Ethics, World News, Health Care
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"...Unfortunately, these anti-vaxx people all live overseas, but they’re using social media to influence our population and our community. What can the government do? We’re not wasting time with those people....”
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Mauna Kea Defining Sacred
By Video @ 10:13 PM :: 7197 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Religion
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Navigator/Captain/Educator Kaelpa Baybayan
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Attorney/Educator/Cultural Practitioner Kimo Stone
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Former Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Peter Apo
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 |
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Hawaii GOP Cancels Caucus, Binds Delegates to Trump
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 10:02 PM :: 4341 Views :: Republican Party
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...Hawaii GOP Will Bind all its 2020 Convention Delegates to Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump....
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