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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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State of the Air: Hawaii Among the Cleanest
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 7058 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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DHS Audit: Significant Weaknesses and Deficiencies
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:10 AM :: 5708 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...auditors from KMH LLP reported one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and 14 material weaknesses and three significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Legislature Votes to Fund Suicide Prevention
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 5482 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Will Trump waive the Jones Act for Domestic LNG shipments?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:33 PM :: 6258 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...the President is considering a 10-year waiver of the Jones Act for the domestic transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG)....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Waimea and Hanapepe Property Owners to be Forced to Buy Flood Insurance?
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 4623 Views :: Kauai County
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...FEMA has determined the Waimea and Hanapepe levees on Kaua‘i do not provide a high level of protection and are to be de-accredited....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Full Text: Espinda Promises No Retaliation Against PSD Dissidents
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 5503 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Recent fatal shootings involving PSD employees and a riot/disturbance at the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) have brought the Department front and center attention....
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Monday, April 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii's Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 PM :: 5285 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....
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Sunday, April 21, 2019 |
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Financial and Compliance Audit of the Department of Education
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:53 PM :: 4462 Views :: Education K-12
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...one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting ... two significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....
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Sunday, April 21, 2019 |
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HIDOE Achieves Success with Job Order Contracting
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4441 Views :: Education K-12
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...they just make a list of the projects and call them “deferred maintenance”....
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Saturday, April 20, 2019 |
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OHA's Crabbe out of the Bucket?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:49 PM :: 8504 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...his contract expires this summer....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:11 PM :: 7418 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Are Hawaii officials paid too much or too little?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:19 PM :: 6709 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Audits, subpoenas and more: What's next for Honolulu Rail?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 4712 Views :: Rail
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...panel discussion Friday, May 3, sponsored by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii... with Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi and rail critics Randall Roth, University of Hawaii professor emeritus of law, and Panos Prevedouros, chairman of the UH civil and environmental engineering department....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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Hawaii residents voting with their feet
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:05 PM :: 3133 Views
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...For the fourth year in a row, the state’s economic policies have left us languishing in the bottom 10. And we have lost almost 52,000 residents over the past 10 years....
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Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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80% of Oahu Residents Don't Have REAL ID
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 5343 Views :: Honolulu County
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...So far, more than 190,000 O‘ahu residents have gotten the REAL ID-compliant driver license or state ID since they became available in January 2018....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii Senate to Vote on Anti-Gun Bills
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 4653 Views :: Second Amendment
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...After receiving a notice of disagreement for the House amendments to both Senate Bill 600 and Senate Bill 1466, the conference committee has met and agreed to the House amendments for both bills....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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HDOT Launches Accelerated Hiring System
By News Release @ 10:39 AM :: 5851 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...“We’re excited to be able to use the Wiki Wiki Hire process to fill our engineering vacancies and are committed to using these available resources to get qualified workers into positions within one to two weeks.”....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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State Launches Aquaculture Accelerator
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 5557 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...The accelerator will be based at NELHA’s Hawai‘i Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on Hawai‘i ‘i Island and is expected to start its first cohort in the fall of 2019....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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$17 Minimum Wage Cost $1.456 Billion per year
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 7018 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...If the average pay hike is $3.50/hr for 208K workers, a $17 minimum would cost $5.6M per 8 hour shift--$28M per 40 hr week--$1.456B per year....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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Kids Oral Health--Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 AM :: 5239 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...this is the price Hawaii pays for pandering to anti-fluoridation nuts....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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DLNR: Another Step Towards State-Run Carbon Credit Scheme
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 7137 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Certifying the project under Verra’s VCS, which includes the verification and validation of the project by independent auditors, enables DOFAW to generate certified carbon credits that it, in turn, can sell to interested buyers, brokers, traders, or retailers....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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Candidates Hirono, Case, Gabbard Refused to Release their Tax Returns
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 PM :: 6383 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...A spokeswoman for Hirono implied that financial disclosures that the congresswoman is already required to submit are sufficient....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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Lahaina Injection Wells: EPA won't regulate pollution that moves through groundwater
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 5999 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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...the memo contradicts arguments EPA and the Department of Justice made on the same case three years ago....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Auditor: AG's Child Support Fund Still Running Deficit
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:07 PM :: 6617 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...CSEA disbursed amounts received without knowing whether the non-custodial parent had sufficient funds at the bank....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Is lack of funding the real problem in the Department of Education?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:54 PM :: 7208 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Taxes
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...UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Tax Foundation Hawaii: Motion for Reconsideration Rips Rail-Skim Decision
By Tax Foundation @ 6:02 PM :: 5323 Views :: Taxes
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...This is harsh criticism, but it is well-founded....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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The Unintended Hazards Of Red-Light Cameras
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 5:40 PM :: 4845 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...In some locales it generates more crashes as many motorists make early and sudden stops at the onset of the yellow light....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Why Farm?
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:36 PM :: 7258 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...Wouldn’t be wonderful if a wealthy non-profit volunteered to pay for all the regulations they demand?....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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Ethics: DOBOR Kauai Employee Quickly Begins Taking Stuff
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4705 Views :: Ethics
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...requiring Respondent Kelekoma to pay an administrative penalty of $4,500 to the State of Hawaii, and referring this matter to DLNR for further action as appropriate....
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Monday, April 15, 2019 |
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Rich States, Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 8360 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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...Try out the “adjust performance” feature. You can abolish the GE Tax and cut other taxes, eliminate public employees, enact a right to work law, raise or lower the minimum wage, and see how each move affects Hawaii’s economic performance....
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Monday, April 15, 2019 |
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Senate: OHA Must Complete Audit of LLCs
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 7268 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...in response to concerns that there was no systematic review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' procurement processes, limited liability companies, or loans....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Unlucky and Unclean: How Not to Steal House 13
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 PM :: 11494 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Ethics, Agriculture
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...With legal representation from Neil Abercrombie’s former Attorney General David Louie, former penny stock tout Jeffrey Dunster tried to use a bag full of receipts to claim ownership of a house known as ‘13’. It didn't work....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii Smallest Firearms Industry in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 6576 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment, Small Business
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...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Blankety Blank
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4565 Views :: Taxes
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...No, that isn’t a cuss word. It’s just the facts, ma’am....
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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Special Election: Waters Beats Ozawa by 1,004 Votes
By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 AM :: 6994 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...Even as the Honolulu Rail project collapses around Mayor Caldwell’s ears, the election result gives a pro-Caldwell faction the majority on the council. This contradiction is due to the failure of anti-rail politicians to separate themselves from criminals....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 5197 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE completing school roof repairs more quickly under 'new' contracting method....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 5:47 PM :: 10376 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life, Religion
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...Upcoming Legislative Deadlines....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 6355 Views :: Maui County, 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, April 13, 2019 |
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Activists hurt farmers by fueling public’s disconnect with modern agriculture
By Selected News Articles @ 5:09 AM :: 8786 Views :: Agriculture, Greenmail, GMOs
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...farmers are increasingly frustrated and dispirited by having to deal with the demands and unrealistic expectations of a public that is growing ever more distant from the realities of agriculture....
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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UH requesting second round of public hearings for Maunakea administrative rules
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 7690 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The regents will take up the request at their April 18 meeting at Leeward Community College....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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City adopts new affordable housing rules
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 7057 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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...The rules took effect on March 31 and implement the affordable housing requirements in Ordinance 18-10 and other approvals issued by the city....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Deadline: HART 'Pleased' that city received P3 submittals
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 5595 Views :: Rail
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...HART and the City will evaluate the submittals received today and then select a short list to move on to the second part of the procurement....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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ILWU Executive Charged with Embezzlement
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 6192 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...As the Secretary-Treasurer of the Longshore Division, Brown was responsible for the union’s financial matters....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Honolulu Council Special Election Voting Ends Saturday April 13
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 11605 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...As of Friday, March 29, 2019, the Office of the City Clerk has received 17,752 vote-by-mail ballots....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Want higher wages? Try economic freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:24 PM :: 7894 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii policymakers cannot mandate people into prosperity....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is April 23rd
By Tax Foundation @ 1:41 AM :: 5348 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is 43rd among states....
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Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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Hawaii Butterfly Knife Ban Challenged on Second Amendment Grounds
By Selected News Articles @ 12:55 AM :: 5252 Views :: Second Amendment
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...“Knives are arms protected by the Second Amendment,” a complaint filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii contends....
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