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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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OHA Suing the State - Enough is Enough!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:02 AM :: 5082 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...a perception that the organization and its management "are ineffective, poorly managed, or corrupt" and "do not help or represent the Hawaiian people effectively."....
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
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Quality of Life? Residents Say Honolulu Ranks 391st
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 6877 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... 1 in 4 Honolulu residents say they plan to be gone by 2025 ....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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What’s Really Driving the Homelessness Crisis?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 4080 Views :: Homelessness
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...There has been remarkably little clarity on this key question....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Ninth Circuit Court Rules Trump Admin Stripping Funding From Abortion Clinics Is Constitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 9:03 PM :: 3554 Views :: Life
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...The court upheld the Trump administration’s June 2019 declaration that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions or be stripped of their Title X funding....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii House to Vote on Anti-Gun Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 6:50 PM :: 3525 Views :: Second Amendment
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...This Thursday, February 27th, three anti-gun bills: HB 1902, HB 2322, and HB 2736 will be eligible for floor votes in the House....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii Median Homeowner Pays $1,607 Property Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 3857 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has the lowest property tax rate, but high valuations make for high property tax bills....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii Grabs $1,471 Income Tax Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 6:15 PM :: 4215 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii Income Tax Take is 10th Highest in USA....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Coast Guard Interdicts Foreign Fishing Boats off Hawaii, Guam
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 5461 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military
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..."While we've seen incursions into the EEZs of partners and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the high seas, these are the first interdictions we've had in the US EEZ since 2012"....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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'Coronavirus recession' could put Hawaii in $3.8 billion hole by 2025
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:05 PM :: 5132 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Reckless state spending is exhausting our emergency reserves....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Hawai‘i Vacation Rental Performance Report--Oahu Down, Sister Isles Up
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 3829 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...In January 2020, the total monthly supply of statewide vacation rentals was 797,300 unit nights....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Thousands of O‘ahu drivers qualify to get duplicate license online
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 4486 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...If the required documents previously submitted are on file with the city, these motorists can simply get a duplicate license online and add on the star marking to indicate REAL ID compliance....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Is Allowing the Anti-Telescope Blockade Ethical?
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 7768 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: Professional Association Tries to Take Over State Board
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 5037 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Ethics: DOCARE Officer Paid to Work Both Sides of Table
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 4714 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...fined $10,000 by Hawaii State Ethics Commission....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Hawaii Budget A Rated--Except for Pension Debt
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 3256 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii -- State Budget Practice Report Cards and Budget Resource Guide....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Hawaii 8th-Safest Workplaces
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 3963 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...The Most Dangerous States to Work In....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Honolulu 18th -- Hardest Working Cities in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:30 PM :: 4062 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Hawaii ILWU Official Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Identity Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 6385 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UHERO: Corona Virus May Damage State Economy
By UHERO @ 5:02 PM :: 4791 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UH seeks to train more doctors, expand medical school to Maui
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 2964 Views :: Health Care
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...State’s physician shortage remains between 519 and 820 doctors....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Raise Minimum Wage? What Hawaii Can Learn from Seattle
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:00 AM :: 5973 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Before the Crash: Dillingham Aviator's Last Letter to Airports Division
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 9062 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism
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...Experienced aviators Rick Rogers and Bill Enoka have been identified as the two killed at Dillingham Airfield Saturday, February 22, 2020, when their Cessna crashed on takeoff. Captain Rogers forwarded this letter to media outlets Wednesday, February 19, 2020....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Do You Buy Fuel? Then Be Very Afraid!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6294 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...if this bill passes, guess what is going to happen to your electric bill....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:50 AM :: 5262 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...1st Decking: One Week Away--Good and Bad Bills on the Move....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Dillingham Crash is Fourth Fatal Incident in Less Than a Year
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 4913 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Airplane in deadly Mokuleia crash involved in another incident 7 years ago....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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Katherine Kealoha’s Boyfriend’s Attorney’s Cell Phone found at Massage Parlor?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 12180 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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...A female answering the phone did not seem to understand a reporter requesting to speak to Chris Woo. She kept asking, “You want masagee?”....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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Illegal Aquarium Fishers Busted Near Billionaires Row
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 6360 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...illegally stealing fish which exist for the viewing pleasure of billionaires....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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100% Fail: Legislators Propose 63 Special Funds, None Meet Criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:24 AM :: 5665 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...We reviewed 99 House and Senate bills proposing 63 special and revolving funds during the 2020 legislative session. None satisfied the criteria....
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Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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$13 Minimum Wage Passes Another Committee
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 5101 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...HB 2541 HD1 would make the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent, and increase the refundable food/excise tax credit. In addition, the bill would increase the minimum wage....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Poor economy is medical threat, too
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:20 PM :: 3721 Views :: Economy, Health Care
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...In times of crisis, we are likely to be held back by the same problems that affect us now — the doctor shortage, the shipping restrictions caused by the Jones Act....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 3025 Views :: Ethics
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...The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill one upcoming vacancy on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission. The term will run from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Political Engagement Among African Americans? -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 4146 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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...Hawaii Black Voter Turnout in 2018 Midterm – 46th (4th worst)....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Public Invited to Testify on 233% Bus Fare Hike
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 5914 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Cost of Living
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...Railroaded: City proposes Mind-Blowing 233% increase in bus fares....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Gap Between Buying & Renting Narrows on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 6476 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii County's median listing price decreased by 10%....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Decommissioning of 2 Maunakea Telescopes Pushed Back to 2023
By News Release @ 2:15 AM :: 6800 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory and the UH Hilo Hōkū Ke‘a teaching telescope were previously set to be demolished by 2021....
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Friday, February 21, 2020 |
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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HB1676: Red Light Scameras on 3rd Reading
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 4188 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Cameras can catch cars that run red lights, but that doesn’t make streets safer....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Thirty Meter Telescope Supporters Hold Panel Discussion
By Video @ 3:44 AM :: 5724 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Supporters of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea held a panel discussion on Sunday, February 16, at the Crown Room of the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Takes Developer's Last Dollar
By Robert Thomas @ 2:44 AM :: 6434 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the District Court had awarded nominal compensation ($1), after the jury concluded that the State of Hawaii took Aina Lea's property....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 5th Highest Per Capita Tax Collections
By Tax Foundation @ 2:20 AM :: 3720 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii annual per capita tax collections are $6,640....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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Third Circuit (Hawaii island) Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 12:48 AM :: 4913 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii island) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 |
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Animal Activists Pressure Young Brothers to Strangle Cattle Industry
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 5531 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...said state Sen. Mike Gabbard (D-Kapolei-Makakilo), who introduced the measure, “This is the right thing to do!”....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 |
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House Approves Budget--Without $65M for Mauna Kea Protests
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 6629 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, OHA
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...House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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HB1902: Gun Magazine Ban Heads to Floor Vote
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 3319 Views :: Second Amendment
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...House Bill 1902 to ban most standard capacity magazines is now eligible for a floor vote in the House at any time....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 4918 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Analysis of the vaping industry in Hawaii, including economic data, state health department findings on vaping-related lung illnesses, youth e-cigarette use, tobacco retail compliance checks, and state funding dedicated to tobacco control programs....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Vehicle Mileage Taxes are not Ready for Primetime
By Selected News Articles @ 9:06 PM :: 3300 Views :: Taxes
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...The biggest issue is concern over privacy. VMTs could allow the government to track drivers....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Hawaii one of the top 10 population losers
By Selected News Articles @ 8:48 PM :: 4142 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii Population lost: -7,047 -- Population decrease: -0.50%....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:37 PM :: 6027 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Public debate falls into two schools of thought as to why housing costs are so high....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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5 Ways to Fix Hawaii Gun Laws
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4517 Views :: Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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...Whenever we as gun owners object to yet another second amendment infringing law, we hear the same old line, "well, we have to do something," but year after year, law after law is passed, and it changes nothing....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Nanakuli: From Hardship to Hope
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:45 PM :: 5106 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, OHA
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...Diamond Garcia's own journey from hardship to hope is reflective of the challenges many face in his hometown of Nanakuli....
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