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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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CNN: Tulsi Gabbard says she will run for president in 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 5341 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," the Hawaii Democrat told CNN's Van Jones during an interview slated to air at 7 p.m. Saturday....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Third Chief in Three Years for DOCARE
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 4023 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...DLNR Chair Suzanne Case remarked, “Jason has stepped in and stepped up on multiple occasions to fill leadership voids when previous chiefs have retired or resigned...."
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Hawaii's coming recession--Are legislators Listening?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:03 PM :: 5978 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...The economic boom of the last few years allowed them to continue spending at high levels, and many of them would like to keep it that way....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Gabbard Standing up Against Anti-Catholic Bigotry Within Democratic Party
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:12 PM :: 6969 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Religion
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...Hirono asked, “If confirmed, do you intend to end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias?”....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Ed Case Appointed to Appropriations Committee
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 3928 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...meanwhile Senator Brian Schatz serves on the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Senate....
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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BoE Will Re-Do Sup’t Vote—May Have Acted Illegally on Other Executive Hires
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 5468 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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"...The chairwoman also said the BOE needs to review other past executive-session actions to ascertain whether or not they also should be invalidated...."
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Friday, January 11, 2019 |
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Hawaii Sex Trafficking Study--Part 2 Released
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 7407 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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"...Eighty percent of those forcibly initiated into prostitution via sex trafficking also prostituted without a trafficker at a later point...."
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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New Hi-Tech Payroll System Reveals 4,589 State Employees Paid for 'Multiple Positions'
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 5019 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...On the first pay date of the year on Jan. 4, 2019, the PeopleSoft Payroll system issued 70,771 payments to 66,182 employees, as there are individuals issued pay for multiple positions....
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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Caldwell, Green Bless Iwilei Homeless Magnet
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4742 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...designed to make refusing shelter easier....
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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Auditor: Internal Docs Show HART Lied to Public About Rail Costs
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:24 PM :: 8014 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...We found that, as the Honolulu Rail Transit Project progressed and costs swelled from $5.122 billion in 2012 to $9.188 billion in 2018, HART began reporting information to the public that often contradicted its own internal projections or differed from what it was telling the Federal Transit Administration....
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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State Supreme Court Declares Fevella the Winner--LoPresti Leaves us with One More Weird Story
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:42 PM :: 7059 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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...The Hawaii Supreme Court declared a Republican victory for Senator Kurt Fevella in the 2018 General Election for State Senate District 19....
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 |
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Hawaii Smokers Lose $48K Per Year
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 5326 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...The Real Cost of Smoking by State....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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What Should OHA Really be Doing?
By Video @ 8:08 PM :: 4354 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Beneficiaries Need More Than Unity Amongst Trustees....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Disabled: Hawaii Ranks 6th for Service, 49th for Opportunity
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 5178 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The Case for Inclusion 2019 Ranks States on Policies and Programs that Encourage Employment and Community Living....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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RIMPAC: Navy Quietly Fires 20 Hyper Velocity Projectiles Through Destroyer’s Deckgun
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 PM :: 4398 Views :: Military
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...to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Viral 2019: Ten Second Fireworks Video
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 4:54 PM :: 4868 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...24 hours later, at 9 AM on January 2, the video had 278,000 views and about 1,300 Likes....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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The Misinformed, Ineffective War on Styrofoam
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:43 PM :: 5254 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...a recent report on Oahu suggests that a Styrofoam ban is unlikely to reduce litter and increase recycling....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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DoH cites Maui Land & Pineapple for wastewater violations
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 5344 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:20 PM :: 5560 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement
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...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Gabbard Rips Religious Bigotry After Hirono Demands Judicial Nominee Quit Knights of Columbus
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 9967 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary, Religion
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"...I stand strongly against those who are fomenting religious bigotry, citing as disqualifiers Buescher’s Catholicism and his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Pedestrian Death at Site of Improperly Removed Crosswalk
By Rep Gene Ward @ 3:47 AM :: 3420 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Rep Gene Ward sent a letter today, urging Mayor Caldwell and his administration to immediately reinstate a crosswalk that was mistakenly removed by the City & County last year....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Tech Modernization Plans in the 2019-21 Budget
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 3364 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...tens of millions of dollars for modernization within nearly every department....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Christian Brothers Oust Damien School President--Dispute Over Child Molestation Settlements
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 10073 Views :: Education K-12, Religion
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...they resisted a request from the Christian Brothers to set aside over a million dollars in potential costs for sex assault lawsuits from the past....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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SPED Parents Asked to Sign up for Medicaid
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 4811 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints New PUC Chair
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 6356 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...Jay Griffin becomes PUC chair immediately....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Ige Reappoints Directors at Eleven Departments
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 11523 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...HDOT, DoTAX, DHRD, DOH, DHS, DLNR, DCCA, PSD, DHHL, ETS, DoD....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Ill-Fated Ocean Cleanup Boom Collected only 2000kg Plastic
By Andrew Walden @ 10:39 PM :: 5699 Views :: Environment
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...the boom, tagged “Wilson” and “System 001” by OC, is being towed very slowly--between one and three knots--and is not expected to arrive in Hawaii until mid-January....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Feds to PUC: Stop Approving Bat-Killing Windfarms without Endangered Species Permits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 8175 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"...HECO has not been coordinating with the Service and DOFAW to verify that a wind energy producer has completed the necessary compliance procedures...."
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Auditor Follows up on Foundation on Culture and Arts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:18 AM :: 4632 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the Foundation and DAGS have implemented 16 and partially implemented 7 of the 29 recommendations. Six recommendations have not been implemented....
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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Rep Ward Calls for Second Trump-Kim Summit to be held at Waikiki
By Rep Gene Ward @ 11:52 PM :: 5008 Views :: Military
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...US scouts Bangkok, Hanoi, and Hawaii as possible locations for Kim-Trump summit....
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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Keli'i Akina Interviews Environmental Watchdog Caroll Cox
By Video @ 10:39 PM :: 6009 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...Carroll Cox has spent decades investigating environmental violations by individuals, companies, and the government....
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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Hawaii 4th-Fewest Families with Young Children
By Selected News Articles @ 2:59 PM :: 4685 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...2019’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family....
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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HECO Pushing Seven Giant Battery Farms
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 3888 Views :: Energy
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...The projects – three on Oahu, two on Maui and two on Hawaii Island – will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) of solar energy with 1,048 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage....
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Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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Remembering Senator Fred Rohlfing, Republican Reformer
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 6267 Views :: Hawaii History, Republican Party
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"...if we fail to make our party representative of our diverse population, it will be...years before a two-party system comes back to Hawai'i...."
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Sunday, January 6, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Economic Cost of Jones Act to Koloa Rum Co
By Video @ 10:45 PM :: 5225 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business
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...How the Jones Act affects one Hawaii business....
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Sunday, January 6, 2019 |
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Surprised by Wind and Waves in Pacific: Giant Plastic Eco-Boom Breaks up, Will soon wash up on Hawaii Beaches
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 4431 Views :: Environment
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...“Really obvious question: How long until wave action tears up these booms?”--Hawai'i Free Press, May 12, 2017....
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Sunday, January 6, 2019 |
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So Did You Meet Your Goals This Year? -- Um, We Dunno
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3799 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the agencies are supposed to come up with a “variance report” that is supposed to list how much they were budgeted, how much was spent, and a narrative explanation for any significant difference ....
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Saturday, January 5, 2019 |
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Tulsi Gabbard is a Rising Progressive Star, Despite Her Support for Hindu Nationalists
By Selected News Articles @ 9:05 PM :: 7596 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Religion
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...Her progressive domestic politics are at odds with her support for authoritarians abroad, including Modi, Sisi, and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad....
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Saturday, January 5, 2019 |
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Anti-GMO? Regressive Left Just as Russian as Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 5059 Views :: GMOs
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...The Russian propaganda machine works closely with the complementary, well-financed U.S.-based anti-genetic engineering movement....
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Saturday, January 5, 2019 |
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Auditor: Conveyance Tax Money Misspent by DLNR
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 8:05 PM :: 7733 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Land Use, Taxes
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...In 2005, the Legislature provided the land conservation program with a dedicated funding source – ten percent of conveyance tax collected...here's what happened next....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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Government-Funded Sweatshops: No Minimum Wage for Hawaii Disabled Workers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:39 PM :: 9150 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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...people with disabilities in Hawaii often work for pennies per hour while living on welfare benefits....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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Happy New Year, Hawaii, now pay up!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:30 PM :: 3988 Views :: Taxes
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... Perhaps most notable are the increases in the general excise tax on Kauai and Hawaii Island ....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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US Solicitor General Urges Supreme Court to Hear Maui Injection Wells Case
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5411 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-260 should be granted, limited to the first question presented ... whether a “discharge of a pollutant” occurs when a pollutant is released from a point source, travels through groundwater, and ultimately migrates to navigable waters....
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Friday, January 4, 2019 |
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Bum Patrol: Security Contract Expands to Windward, North Shore Parks
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 5325 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...There are 18 District IV parks covered under this contract, which goes into effect on Friday, Jan. 4....
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Thursday, January 3, 2019 |
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Government Shutdown: Hawaii 4th-most Affected
By Selected News Articles @ 6:21 PM :: 5027 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metrics. They range from each state’s share of federal jobs to federal contract dollars per capita to the share of families receiving food stamps....
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Thursday, January 3, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints Clare Connors Attorney General
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 5126 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...Connors was nominated to the Federal District Court by Obama, but the Senate did not vote and the nomination lapsed when Obama's term ended....
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