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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Inspector General Releases False Missile Alert Report
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 3987 Views :: Military
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...From Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Council Resolution: Ban Cars, Buses from Waikiki by 2030
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 7014 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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... The Public Works, Infrastructure & Sustainability Committee will publicly discuss its Draft 1 of Resolution 18-221 [1] in the City Council Committee Meeting Room, on the 2nd floor of Honolulu Hale, at 1:00 pm Weds ....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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The County Strikes Back (part 1)
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:03 PM :: 6204 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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...a long and hotly litigated property tax case from Maui....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 AM :: 5593 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...U.S. agents shot several rounds of the gas after migrants tried to penetrate several points along the border at the San Ysidro border crossing....
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Saturday, November 24, 2018 |
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Lloyd’s of London Throws in the Towel on Lava Exclusion
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 5767 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Volcano Lawsuits Force Abrupt Change; Payouts in the Tens of Millions to Victims....
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Friday, November 23, 2018 |
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The Jones Act: Charting a New Course after a Century of Failure
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 4583 Views :: Jones Act
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....Cato Institute Conference featuring Keli'i Akina and Michael Hansen from Hawaii....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 8732 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Taxes
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...Businessman convicted of tax fraud has Guam, Micronesia deals....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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State economic growth downgraded
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 4955 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...DBEDT revised its projection on Hawaii’s economic growth downward to 1 percent for 2018 from 1.5 percent....
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 |
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UH: Convicted Felon Paid to Get Other Convicts Released
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 10535 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...Why would any court trust 'exculpatory' evidence submitted by a convicted felon?....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Medicaid waivers allowed for inpatient psychiatric treatment
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5218 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...a milestone for our efforts to reduce the preventable tragedies caused by the lack of inpatient treatment....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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If Hawaiians Were Indians, Hawaii Would be #3 for Reservations
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 12131 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Hawaii Statistics, OHA
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... Largest reservation: Nanakuli Hawaiian Home Land ....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG Demands More Focus on Trannies
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3974 Views :: National News
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...Attorney General Russell A. Suzuki joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general urging the Trump Administration to abandon efforts to adopt a definition of “sex” that would exclude transgender and gender nonconforming individuals....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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DoE Announces New Scheme to Extract CIP Money from Legislature
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 4317 Views :: Education K-12
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...HIDOE is redesigning its facilities maintenance program to align the Department’s strategic focus....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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Wind Farm: Hearing to Consider Plan to Kill More Bats, Petrels
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 5841 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) hearing will be held at 6:00 pm on Thursday November 29, 2018 at Kaʻala Elementary School, 130 California Avenue in Wahiawa....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 |
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UHERO: Revenue Decoupling Jacks up Utility Rates
By UHERO @ 3:36 AM :: 5081 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...statistically significant upward adjustments on average are observed across utilities that experienced decoupling....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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Grandstanding: Hirono Lawsuit Challenges Trump Appointment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 5724 Views :: National News, Politicians
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...The Justice Department said in reaction Monday that the claims by the senators “ignore centuries of practice and precedent.”....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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A Smaller World
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:12 AM :: 7256 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...These feel-good ideas are placed upon farmers with no consideration of the consequences of its impacts....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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Hawaii putting bond investors in a world of hurt
By Selected News Articles @ 12:58 AM :: 6975 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Hawaii is precariously stretched to fund debt obligations....
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |
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UH 'Scientists' Assemble Cavalcade of 467 Global Warming Hysterias
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 5242 Views :: Environment
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... warming, drought, heatwaves, wildfires, precipitation, floods, storms, sea level rise and changes in land cover and ocean chemistry.... (and lions, tigers, and bears)
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Monday, November 19, 2018 |
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HRA Backs Hawaii Concealed Carry Lawsuit
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 5170 Views :: Second Amendment
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...HRS 134-9 has been used to effectively block our citizens’ Second Amendment rights....
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Monday, November 19, 2018 |
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Hawaii Grade C for Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Laws
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 4716 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii is among only seven states retaining an outdated standard requiring that harm to self or others be imminent for a person to qualify for inpatient commitment....
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Sunday, November 18, 2018 |
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Sunday, November 18, 2018 |
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Walden versus OHA’s LLCs
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6141 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...These companies received cash and property, including 1,600+ acres of land in Waimea Valley, from OHA....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Full Bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible Published
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 7276 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...the first full bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible with modern diacritical markings....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 6759 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...5,270 students were bullied or harassed again after school officials were made aware of their initial incident....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Nobody Has More Individual Income Tax Brackets
By Tax Foundation @ 10:38 AM :: 4810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has 12 brackets, the most of any state, followed by California and Missouri, each with 10....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Maui rental fines not fine
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:25 AM :: 6962 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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...Renting out your room illegally to someone vacationing on the island for 10 days would mean more than $100,000 in fines....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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City to Feds: OK We've Done What You Told Us To
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 3983 Views :: Rail
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...Joint letter sent to FTA as city and HART meet all deadlines for rail project....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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State Legislature Hiring for Upcoming Session
By News Release @ 1:40 AM :: 3745 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...30th Legislature - Session Employment Opportunities....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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Auditor Rips Health Department Oversight of Board and Care Homes
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:19 PM :: 5387 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...Why is this such a difficult issue? Because care home owners 'vote' their patients....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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HR5025: Protect Fishermen from Enviro Fines
By News Release @ 10:57 PM :: 4400 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata’s bill (H.R. 5025) to put sensible time limits on any government fines and penalties for fishing vessels was marked up and passed by the Natural Resources Committee....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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Bum Patrol: City Launches 24/7 Security Project for Nine Parks
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5139 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...This pilot project involves two uniformed guards regularly patrolling the above mentioned parks, using a marked vehicle as their transport. These guards do not have citation powers, but are trained to mitigate confrontational situations and coordinate with the Honolulu Police Department should further enforcement be necessary....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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GE Tax Receipts Down 0.7%
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 4164 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...but income tax is up 12.4% and TAT is up 16.7%....
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 |
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Esther Kia'aina--New OHA CEO?
By Video @ 1:14 AM :: 8608 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...Or Does She Have Other Plans In Mind?....
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 |
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Anti-Pesticide Hysteria: Enviros Shift from Bees to Birds
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 8908 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Greenmail, GMOs
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...As global honeybee population increases, activists blame neonicotinoid pesticides for ‘bird-pocalypse’ that’s not happening....
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 |
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Ninth Circuit Considers Plea of Guam Elders in Airport Land Compensation Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 3921 Views :: Land Use
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...While Crawford has said he is one of 130 Tiyan landowners deprived of property, Highsmith estimates that 3,000 former landowners are in a similar position....
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 |
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Nine New Democrats Elected to House
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5113 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...House Speaker Scott K. Saiki and the House Majority Democrats are pleased to welcome nine newly elected Representatives to the 2019 Legislature....
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii 39% of Homeowners are 'Equity Rich'
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 5754 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...second only to California....
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 |
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Applications Being Accepted for Maui County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 3958 Views :: Maui County
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...Positions are appointed by the Mayor, confirmed by the County Council and have terms lasting two to five years....
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 |
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Caldwell: No Limebike Treatment for Ride Sharee
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 5357 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...Unlike Limebike, Ride Sharee hired local insider Alex Wong. That makes all the difference. It is amusing to watch them try to explain why Ride Sharee bikes are OK and Limebikes are not....
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii rank goes up, but not its economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:31 PM :: 5001 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...The Economic Freedom of North America 2018 outlines Hawaii's statistical paradox....
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Monday, November 12, 2018 |
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How to Build More Housing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:02 PM :: 5703 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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...how some well-intentioned regulations have had a chilling effect on efforts to build more homes....
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Monday, November 12, 2018 |
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Hawaii 3rd Skinniest State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 5274 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Telescope: OHA Greenmail Overplays its Hand?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 6248 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...political cronies haven’t figured out how to grab a cut of your kid’s PhD salary....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA has Lowest Job Vacancy Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 PM :: 5515 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...Honolulu VA has the jobs filled--but its still not getting the job done....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 6392 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...November 11, 2018 - Free to the Public Concerts, Films, Celebratory Service, Flyovers and Fireworks....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Honolulu VA Touts Few Improvements
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 5688 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Oh? Can’t We Keep HART’s Funding Sources “Pure”?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5353 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...For a long time, I was wondering what the authors of 07-001 were smoking....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Special Funds: Auditor Looks at HART, OHA, PUC and Others
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:29 AM :: 4486 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...and found one special fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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