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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Report on the Implementation of State Auditor’s Recommendations
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:31 AM :: 4721 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...every year we follow up on recommendations made in our audit reports....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Mental Health Care: Report Ranks Hawaii at Bottom of States
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 3108 Views
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...67.5 percent of Hawaii youth with major depression don’t get any mental health treatment....
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Monday, November 5, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 6153 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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...Honolulu is accepted into a two-year acceleration program that will provide cities powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help meet or beat their near-term carbon reduction goals....
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Sunday, November 4, 2018 |
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It’s Real Property Because We Said So!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6490 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Taxes
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...a case now pending in the Hawaii Supreme Court that may give us some insight on county real property taxes and their limits....
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Saturday, November 3, 2018 |
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Saturday, November 3, 2018 |
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Who Spent What, When, and Where on the Con-Con Referendum
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 5:40 AM :: 5043 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...For the most recent period the No Campaign under the name “Preserve Our Hawaii” reported contributions of $665,000 and expenditures of $612,513....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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2018 -- Best Small Cities in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:16 PM :: 3835 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...five Hawaii towns ranked among 1,200 in USA....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest Down Payment Percentage in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:45 PM :: 4414 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...LendingTree Ranks Down Payment Affordability by State....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love, but don’t want to label
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 4342 Views :: GMOs
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...almost all the hard cheeses made in the United States, and in much of the West, use a protein that is made from genetically engineered yeast and bacteria....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 8019 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Lawsuit filed after denial of a UIPA request for the financial records of Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) owned and created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Lower cost of living to help teachers, everyone
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:50 PM :: 5747 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...lower state and county taxes, reduce government regulations, allow more housing to be built, update the federal Jones Act and narrow the scope of occupational licensure....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Haleiwa Shark Tour Boat Busted for Chumming
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 4384 Views :: Environment, Tourism
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...The violation is petty misdemeanor that upon conviction could have fines and jail time....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 7553 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....
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Friday, November 2, 2018 |
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Oahu: Lack of Wind Threatens Rolling Blackouts
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 4311 Views :: Energy
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...wind generation is down to zero. Then that pesky Sun thingy went and set on us. No solar....
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 |
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Why OHA Needs to be More Transparent
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:19 PM :: 4442 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) gave the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a failing grade of ‘F’ for its online financial transparency....
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 |
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Hawaii ACLU: Catholics Must Participate in Assisted Suicide
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 5465 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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...ACLU would like to remind housing and service providers throughout Hawaii that preventing others from killing themselves is illegal and that we are watching....
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 |
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Con-Con: Hawaii’s only hope for term limits
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 4:05 PM :: 7111 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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...Hawaii has arguably the least competitive state legislative elections among the 50 U.S. states....
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 |
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HR 5026: Streamline Citizenship process for American Samoa US Nationals
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4949 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...American Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata clarified that U.S. National status will not change....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Who Are OHA's Real Misspenders?
By Video @ 11:39 PM :: 4894 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Wants You To Watch The Left Hand So You Wonʻt See What The Right Hand Has Been Doing....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Rail: Bill 42 Breaks a Promise
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6105 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...Bill 42 break the promise made by the full City Council in 2006 that city funds or bonds would not be used to fund the rail....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4876 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...the day after Election Day, maybe nobody will notice....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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UH: After Pittsburgh Attack We Must Focus on Trannies
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5189 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...we are perfectly positioned to develop and model the behaviors we hope to see in our society-at-large....those who feel threatened should reach out for help from an appropriate campus office....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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Voting Power: Hawaii Ranks 10th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:01 AM :: 4525 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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...2018’s States with the Most and Least Powerful Voters for the Midterms....
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 |
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Tourist Count up 3.5% --Big Island Drops 14%
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 4345 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...visitor spending and arrivals are up sharply everywhere except the Big Island....
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii Electricity Prices to Jump 20% Thanks to New Ship Fuel Requirements
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5778 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...The state depends on mostly low-sulfur fuel oil for about 70 percent of its power. In 2020, though, demand for that fuel is expected to surge, pushing up prices....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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The Cost of Utilities: Hawaii Pays the Most in USA
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 6900 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Aloha State utilities cost $730.86 -- $202.90 more than #2 Alaska....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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GOP: Vote 'No' on Bill 42 Rail Ripoff
By Brett Kulbis @ 6:16 PM :: 5522 Views :: Rail, Republican Party
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...a “blank check” for adding fees and increasing Oahu property taxes for rail construction and operations....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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Feds to Caldwell, Council: We have been very patient with you
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4707 Views :: Rail
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...FTA has exercised considerable patience in waiting for the City to identify and implement the method it would use to provide the $44 million, yet the process is still incomplete....
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Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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UH: Bitcoin Causes Global Warming
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 5338 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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...it alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Crooks and Cronies: Who's Cashing in on the 2017-18 OHA Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 7444 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 8288 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...their overall statistics are in the bottom 10th percentile of the rating scale for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, employee satisfaction, primary care new patient wait time, and mental health continuity of care....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Take-Aways from the “Con-Am” Argument
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3929 Views :: Taxes
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...a prior Hawaii Supreme Court case, Cieri v. Leticia Query Realty, 80 Haw. 54 (1995), said, “[R]eal estate is, particularly in Hawai`i, both scarce and expensive. As a result, the purchase of real estate or a residence likely is the largest ‘investment’ a person in Hawai`i may make in a lifetime.”....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Full Text: HART RFP for Rail P3 Partners
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 6030 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Proposals responding to RFP Part 1 will be accepted up to 2:00 p.m., Hawai‘i Standard Time (HST) on December 21, 2018....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Property Tax Impact on Hawaii Business Environment
By Tax Foundation @ 9:57 PM :: 5151 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Ranking Property Taxes on the 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Danger: City Council to Hold ‘Special Rail Funding’ Meeting Tuesday
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:24 PM :: 5236 Views :: Rail, Republican Party
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...Contact your City Council member and strongly urge them to vote NO on all these gimmicks....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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‘P3′ for rail a budgetary ruse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 6690 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...to duck budgetary limits in the short run and spread their higher costs over the long run....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Civil Beat vs Star-Advertiser on the Con-Con Referendum
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 3:16 PM :: 5037 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the Star-Advertiser, which earns most of its revenue from ads, ran six convention related ads—all in opposition—beginning on October 14, 2018....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 6029 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...How Affordable is Your Electricity? Comparing Electric Rates, Bills, and Burden....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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The State of Obesity in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 4709 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8%, up from 15.7% in 2000 and from 8.9% in 1990....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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A victory to savor, but core issue remains
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 PM :: 5046 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...It’s time to open a real dialogue in our state and work together to find real and lasting solutions for education....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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DoE Touts AP Exam Results
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 4666 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...More HIDOE students are both taking and passing Advanced Placement Exams....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Auditor: Agriculture Department Hides $2.4M from Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:49 AM :: 5084 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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...not reported to the 2018 Legislature as required by Sections 37-47 and 37-52.5, HRS....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 5866 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Bat Killing Windfarm partially bankrolls purchase of 2,882 acres of Central Oʻahu forest and fallow lands from Dole Food Company....
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Thursday, October 25, 2018 |
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Finalists named for UH Hilo chancellor
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 3747 Views :: Higher Education
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...The UH Hilo campus and the Hawaiʻi Island community is invited to meet the finalists on the following dates....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Busted
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 6118 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...On October 16, 2018, a federal grand jury in Portland charged retired attorney Bruce L. Lamon, of Hillsboro, Oregon, with evading $744,000 in personal income taxes....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 8218 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...Sandwich Isles Communications is not before a Hawaii court. You can be sure it is not by choice....
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