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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Ethics: Caldwell Admin Asked Neighborhood Boards to Campaign Against HSTA Property Tax
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 7405 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...The Official requested...all 33 Neighborhood Board chairs...place the ballot issue ...on their board’s monthly agenda between September 15 and October 15, 2018, so that a certain political action committee “and others” could publicly discuss this topic prior to the election....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Ethics: City Employee ‘Likes’ Tommy Waters on City Time
By News Release @ 4:07 AM :: 5187 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...the Commission reviewed the totality of the circumstances and also confirmed the conduct as de minimis, dismissed the complaint, and did not impose a civil fine on Official....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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OHA seeks community input on its upcoming biennium budget
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 3849 Views :: OHA
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...The comment period will close June 5....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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OHA approves $100,000 in event grants
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 4431 Views :: OHA
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...22 community events that will receive a total of $100,000 from OHA’s ʻAhahui Grants Program....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 3:26 AM :: 4836 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii derives 22.9% of tax revenue from individual income taxes ....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Hawaii’s Cauliflower Coral
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 4451 Views :: Environment
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... enviros allege there is a 36% decline in Cauiflower Coral populations ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 |
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Did OHA really ‘Slash’ Trustee allowances?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:22 PM :: 5560 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...not all are so impressed....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 |
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No Ethics Conclusion: OK to Solicit State Employees to Support Espinda?
By News Release @ 5:21 AM :: 5071 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...State Makes No Conclusion On Whether DPS Deputy Director Violated Ethics Code....
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 26, 2019
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 3769 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Votes and Bills Introduced for week ending May 26, 2019....
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Monday, May 27, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribery: A Sewer Project in Chuuk
By Selected News Articles @ 9:33 PM :: 8228 Views :: National News, World News
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...A 2014 FSM government claim against Lyon Associates Inc. for over $4.6 million for ”errors and omissions” in the designs for a road and sewer project in Chuuk State raises additional questions about the company’s involvement in the FSM....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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Patient Dumping Alleged at Adult Care Home
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 4599 Views :: Health Care
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...Medicaid care homes are allowed no more than two patients, however, if in the discretion of the health department such a Medicaid care home is allowed a third patient, such a patient MUST be a Medicaid patient....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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NPS: Eruption Cut Volcanoes National Park Traffic 45%
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 5743 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...“It’s not surprising to see a decrease in visitor spending during 2018 since most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was closed for 134 days due to unsafe and unpredictable volcanic activity”....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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The “Rail Skim” Suit: We Lost the Battle, Taxpayers Won the War
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6940 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...A long time ago the Tax Foundation of Hawaii sued the State....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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Judicial Vacancy 3rd Circuit
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 4053 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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When Revival Swept Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:02 PM :: 6585 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...A decade after the first missionaries arrived, the gospel tore across the islands in the 1830s....
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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Senate Confirms Ninth Circuit Judge for Second Time in a Week
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 4312 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Senate confirmed a Los Angeles attorney Tuesday to a seat on the Ninth Circuit after he faced criticisms from Democrats over his record of representing fossil fuel companies in court, making him the second Trump nominee added to the San Francisco-based appeals court in a week....
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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Report: Hawaii Gives the Most 'Green' to Elon Musk and Al Gore
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 5465 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Hawaii earned a top of-the-class A+ for spending as much as the settlement allowed on electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Elon Musk) and electrified mass transit buses (Al Gore) ....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Census: Oahu Population Declines Again
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 5392 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...Oahu population is down 12,612 from its 2016 peak....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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'Wildly irresponsible betrayal' Kishimoto Freaks Out Over UIPA Request
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 7783 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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"...On behalf of EIH, we are prepared to litigate this matter to the full extent necessary...."
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Let’s get smart about government spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:29 AM :: 8511 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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...Kauai is looking at a budget increase of 10.7%; Honolulu, 8.6%; Maui 8.1%; and Hawaii County 12.7%....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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How the Jones Act has cost Puerto Rico dearly, and Hawaii, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:20 AM :: 4242 Views :: Jones Act
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...John Dunham, president of the highly regarded New York-based economic consulting firm John Dunham & Associates, will appear at two Grassroot Institute of Hawaii luncheons....
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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Judiciary Seeks Applicants to Discipline Wayward Lawyers
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 5172 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Applicants Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Thursday, May 23, 2019 |
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Debunk: Sierra Club Fluff Piece on Hawaii Carbon Credit Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 9008 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Ethics, Land Use
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...Apparently nobody at the Sierra Club Magazine knows what a penny stock tout is....
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Thursday, May 23, 2019 |
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Ige Administration Announces Job Openings
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 4109 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated individuals who are interested in working for state government....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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Does Legalizing Uber and Lyft 'Take' The Property Of Taxi Companies?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:34 PM :: 4046 Views :: Small Business
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...taxi companies in several cities have brought lawsuits claiming that legalizing ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Sales Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 6:21 PM :: 4727 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... the GE Tax accounts for 37.2% of State revenue, Hawaii ranks 9th most dependent....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Hirono, Megaphone, Abortion, 8th Graders
By Video @ 5:32 PM :: 6938 Views :: Education K-12, Congressional Delegation, Life
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...“And then, the boys who were there among the sixty, I told them, you know, it’s kind of hard for a woman to get pregnant without you guys,” she said....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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DBEDT Predicts Anemic Economy for Years to Come
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4877 Views :: Economy
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...DBEDT expects that Hawaii’s economy will continue the slower growth for the next few years between 1.2 and 1.4 percent....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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Mandatory Abortion and Sex Change: Hawaii AG Sues Trump
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 6895 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...a Final Rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which seeks to expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses’ or employees’ “religious beliefs or moral convictions....”
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Joint Statement from the President of the United States and the Presidents of the Freely Associated States
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 5541 Views :: National News, Military
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...Today, many citizens of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia serve in the United States military....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Will Peter Christian Run or Turn Himself In?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 AM :: 22175 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Four years ago, Panuelo’s predecessor as FSM President, Peter Christian, didn’t go to the White House. Instead he began his administration by meeting in Pohnpei at his Cliff Rainbow Hotel with corrupt Hawaii businessman Jim Lyon....
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Monday, May 20, 2019 |
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Best States for Military Retirees? Hawaii 41st
By Selected News Articles @ 5:16 PM :: 4939 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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...the average officer is only 45 years old — 42 for non-disability enlisted personnel — upon retirement from service....
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Campaign Funded by Putin Apologists
By Selected News Articles @ 5:19 PM :: 6177 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...But the list of controversial donors to Gabbard, as detailed by her filings with the Federal Election Committee, doesn’t end there....
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 |
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Gut-n-Replace 2019
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 7805 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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...the law’s discrimination against nonresidents was prohibited by a part of the U.S. Constitution that the deputy attorney general didn’t consider. “Oops,” the deputy said....
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 |
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HGEA / UPW / HSTA: Opt Out Today
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 5010 Views :: Labor
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...Today, state and local public employees can choose whether they want to join a union....
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 |
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HGEA: Contract Negotiations go to Arbitration
By News Release @ 7:01 PM :: 4144 Views :: Labor
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...Unit 9 has completed their arbitration hearing. We anticipate a decision will be rendered early this summer....
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 5982 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....
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Friday, May 17, 2019 |
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Putting a spike into pension spiking
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:41 PM :: 7351 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...The first step is admitting you have a problem....
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Friday, May 17, 2019 |
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UHERO: Counties see synchronized slowing
By UHERO @ 7:23 PM :: 5982 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...each has seen a falloff in tourism activity and a slowing of employment growth in a number of sectors....
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Friday, May 17, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints Aila DHHL Director
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 4032 Views :: DHHL
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...Aila’s appointment is subject to Senate confirmation....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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UH Regents Vote to Freeze Tuition
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 6317 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...the proposed schedule also includes decreases in resident and non-resident graduate school tuition rates that will increase the university’s competitiveness in attracting graduate students....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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Micronesian Presidents to meet Trump at White House
By News Release @ 7:35 PM :: 5626 Views :: National News, Military
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...This will be the first time all three Freely Associated States (FAS) leaders are hosted together at the White House by a United States president....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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HAWSCT: PUC Must Consider Whether Renewable Biofuel Energy Plant Might Impact Property Right To Clean And Healthful Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 6:53 PM :: 6367 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...the court's conclusion that the property right to a clean and healthful environment not only requires the PUC to conduct an administrative trial, but that as part of the trial, the agency must expressly consider "the reduction of [greenhouse gas] emissions"....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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Trump Administration Copies Hawaii Pay-for-Outcomes Medical System
By News Release @ 4:53 AM :: 3825 Views :: Health Care
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...incentivize providers to reduce hospital utilization and total cost of care by potentially significantly rewarding them through performance-based payment adjustments based on their performance....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Honolulu: Lowest Starting Salaries in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 5154 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu and Pearl City tie with Juneau, AK as the cities with the lowest average starting salaries when adjusted for cost of living....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii: 2nd Highest Taxes on Pass-Through Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 6286 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii combined pass-through business income tax rate 43.7%, second only to California....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Give OHA a Piece of Your Mind
By Video @ 4:09 AM :: 6500 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA will host eight community meetings across the state to inform the public about the planning process and to hear from our beneficiaries....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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JP Morgan Report Highlights Hawaii Pension Problems
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 AM :: 6447 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii was third behind Illinois and New Jersey for how much of its total revenue would be required to pay off its unfunded retirement liabilities over the next 30 years....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
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Lawyers for Hawaii Gun Carry Lawsuit File Supreme Court Brief in New York Case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 4322 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Those unfamiliar with the Hawaii case may wonder what it has to do with the New York action, and the answer to that is that the notoriously anti-gun Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tied the two together....
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