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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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Honolulu--6th Oldest Homeowners in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 9:25 PM :: 5530 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...Provo, Ogden, and Salt Lake City have the youngest homeowners....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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Visitor Arrivals Jump 4.4% for October--Spending Drops
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 3988 Views :: Tourism
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...The average daily census (i.e. number of visitors on any given day) in October was 210,960, up 1.8 percent compared to a year ago....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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$3.56M Tourism Industry Payoffs to Community Groups Statewide
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 3745 Views :: Tourism
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...$3.56 Million to Support 130 Hawaiian Culture, Natural Resources and Community Programs....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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Details of the Horrible Carbon Tax Bill
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 8:11 AM :: 8908 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Establishes a creepy DC-based "Carbon Dividend Trust Fund" that seeks a backdoor two-child limit on families....
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 |
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To ‘Change Society’ -- Hawaii Climate Commission Pushes For State Carbon Tax
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 9621 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...Any carbon-pricing mechanism should be “adequate to change behavior.” The commission had considered asking that it be “practical” as well, but Sen. Karl Rhoads convinced the members that was a bad idea….
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Caldwell Allows 60-Day Permitting Bill to Become Law Without Signature
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 7589 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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...However, Bill 64 requires certain mandates that residents and contractors should be aware of....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Pine: Gill Family Windfarm Proceeding Against Community Opposition
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:08 PM :: 6610 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...After a fierce Neighborhood Board meeting in April where the Board and many in the community opposed the project for its perceived insensitivity to the area, many including myself were under the belief that this project would not proceed until those concerns were addressed....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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DBEDT: International Students Contribute $498M to Economy
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 6444 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...direct spending by foreign students in Hawaii was $241.5 million for the calendar year 2017. This estimate includes the total living expenses and institutional tuition and fees....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Charitable? Hawaii Ranks 46th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 5184 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...WalletHub determined the most charitable of the 50 states by comparing them across 18 key indicators of charitable behavior....
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
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Ige-Green Administration is Hiring
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 3959 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...In addition, the state is searching for individuals to serve on a variety of boards and commissions....
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018 |
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Connected: Rail, Pensions, and Vacation Rentals
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:48 PM :: 7596 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Keli'i Akina and Joe Kent discuss the latest research by the Grassroot Institute on rail, vacation rentals and the unfunded liabilty of Hawaii's public pension system....
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018 |
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Sen 19 Loser Lopresti Claims Golojuch Altered Ballots--Demands Recount
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 8865 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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"...Michele Golojuch and her entire immediate family...leading a public misinformation campaign to conduct a character assassination against me for months...filing a bizarre and recklessly fabricated slanderous complaint against me trying to remove me from the Democratic Party...." -- Matt LoPresti
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Professor Thinks Banning These Words Would Fix Free Speech on College Campuses
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 PM :: 6224 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...“Remind students that one of the central missions of the university, which justifies its existence, is to get at the truth.”....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:45 PM :: 4440 Views :: Environment
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...mass deaths, global food shortages, economic destruction, and national security risks....
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Monday, November 26, 2018 |
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Plastic Straw Ban Crusades Are About Progressive Virtue Signaling, Not Practical Solutions
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:42 PM :: 4282 Views :: Environment
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...why such a seemingly trivial matter has become such a big deal....
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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 :: 4285 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 :: 7440 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 :: 6722 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 :: 5943 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 :: 6103 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 :: 4918 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 :: 9324 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 :: 5278 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 :: 11924 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 :: 5642 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 :: 13459 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 :: 4277 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 :: 4619 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 :: 6230 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 :: 5511 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 :: 6074 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 :: 7760 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 :: 7460 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 :: 5591 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 :: 5497 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 :: 5119 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 :: 6684 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 :: 7714 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 :: 7162 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 :: 5166 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 :: 7472 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 :: 4273 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 :: 4025 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 :: 5731 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 :: 4726 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 :: 5504 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 :: 4527 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 :: 9237 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...Or Does She Have Other Plans In Mind?....
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