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Sunday, April 15, 2018 |
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220% Conveyance Tax Hike: HB207 Gut n Replace
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5239 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...The Feds Gave You a Break? Now We, the State, Can Turn the Screws!....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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VIDEO: How to Save $5B on Rail
By Video @ 6:21 PM :: 4193 Views :: Rail
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...Clayton Hee explains in this 2-minute video....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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Opioids and Assisted Suicide
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 6714 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...It would have been nice to see this kind of concern on "medication" intended to kill....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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OHA Hit With Subpoenas After Trustees Fail to Act on LLC Reform?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 5300 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA Trustees were to discuss reforms of OHA’s troubled LLCs ....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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Ray L’Heureux Launches Republican Campaign for Governor
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 10059 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...Pledges to Bring Trust and Confidence back to Government with sound servant leadership....
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Saturday, April 14, 2018 |
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State Supreme Court to Hear Molokai Ranch Water Case
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 9335 Views :: DHHL, Greenmail, Land Use, OHA
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...Joint statement by DHHL and OHA on 1993 water use permit....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Appeals Court, First Circuit
By News Release @ 6:08 PM :: 3753 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the State of Hawaii....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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GAO: Hawaii-Pacific Vets Wait 75 Days to Receive VA Care
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 6253 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...veterans experienced delays related to the processing of their enrollment applications, contacting them to schedule appointments, and completing comprehensive mental health evaluations....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii schools need flexibility, not centralization
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:09 PM :: 5155 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...At a time when many advocates of education reform are promoting greater local involvement in schools, Hawaii appears to be moving in the opposite direction....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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City Hires Private Security Guards to Protect Parks Overnight
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 5430 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...parks were selected for this pilot project as many are in close proximity to another park, providing for a good test comparison of effectiveness....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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TMT Board Postpones Decision on Telescope Site
By News Release @ 11:36 AM :: 6794 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The permit application process in the Canary Islands, in La Palma, continues. The environmental impact assessment of the project has been submitted to the competent authorities and, once the document is accepted, construction permits and other authorizations will be requested....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii County seeks applicants for Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 3611 Views :: Hawaii County
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...The following vacancies need to be filled....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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UH System--Legislative Session Update
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 3696 Views :: Higher Education
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...the university will be watching conference meetings to see how they fare as agreements are made....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Honolulu World's Best City Sanitation?
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 6264 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu tops the City Sanitation ranking, followed by Helsinki and Ottawa in joint second, whereas Dhaka (230) and Port au Prince (231) fill the bottom places....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Nomination of Mark Bennett Shows Limits Of Outside Group Influence On Judges
By Selected News Articles @ 8:25 PM :: 5217 Views :: Judiciary
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...one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows that conventional wisdom isn’t quite right....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Senate Panel Endorses Jill Otake for Bench in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 3976 Views :: Judiciary
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...The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for a position on a federal court in Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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PEW: Hawaii, Alaska More Middle Class Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 3033 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Alaska and Hawaii are the two states with the lowest concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Does Your State Tax Manufacturing Machinery?
By Tax Foundation @ 4:38 PM :: 5345 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...the sales tax bases in Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Dakota are incredibly broad, so it’s not surprising that they would tax these types of transactions....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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End of Session: House Republican Bills Still Alive
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:11 PM :: 6583 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Drugs
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...We are three weeks away from the end of the 2018 Legislative Session....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Caldwell Ordered to Repay Military Personnel After Illegally Seizing Their Cars
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 6031 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...and the establishment of a $150,000 settlement fund for other affected servicemembers, who may be eligible to receive compensation....
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
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Kauai County Sues Opioid Manufacturers
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 7147 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Drugs
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...litigation against manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid pain medications who have irresponsibly spread this terrible epidemic....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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OHA Needs a 12-Step Program
By Video @ 6:46 PM :: 4677 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Is It Past Time For An OHA “Intervention?”....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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SB2609 Unconstitutional? Would Hide Financial Disclosures from Public
By Video @ 6:34 PM :: 3201 Views :: Ethics
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“Article 14 of our Constitution requires all boards and commission members who wield significant discretionary or fiscal powers to file financial disclosure statements...."
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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AMA: Hawaii Has Longest Life Expectancy
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6467 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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...In 2016, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth (81.3 years) and Mississippi had the lowest (74.7 years), a 6.6-year difference....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Tax Freedom Day Hawaii -- April 20
By Tax Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 4219 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...last year Hawaii Tax Freedom Day was April 19....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii occupational licensing laws 'headed in wrong direction'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 5564 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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House Approves 61 Bills for Final Crossover
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2916 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline more than 220 bills have crossed over from the House to the Senate....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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DBEDT: US average labor earnings higher than Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 5276 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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...and these figures are not adjusted for cost of living....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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HTDC Report: After Billions in Tax Credits, Hawaii Tech Sector Still Minuscule
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 5583 Views :: Small Business, Tax Credits
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...After all the billions we gave them, HTDC's pet 'High Tech' tax credit recipents claim a paltry $61.27M in revenues for 2017....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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NAEP Shows Multi-Year Decline in DoE Math Scores
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 2382 Views
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"...Math scores are often correlated to college and career readiness...."
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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DoE Touts Increased Enrollment in AP Classes
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 4297 Views :: Education K-12
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...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report released by Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Is Obamacare Unconstitutional Without Individual Mandate Tax? Hawaii AG Attempts to Intervene
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 4107 Views :: Health Care
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...Congress’ gutting of the individual mandate tax penalty last year leaves the law unconstitutional....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii Millennials 2nd Lowest Home Ownership Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3425 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...2018’s Best & Worst States for Millennials....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections to be Cancelled?
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 4818 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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'''Extends the terms of board members from two (2) years to four (4) years...."
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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HB2010 Would be 'Devastating' to Tourism Industry--HTA
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5896 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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"...Misinformation is being circulated that attempts to downplay the devastating effects that HB2010 SD2 will have on HTA’s tourism marketing...."
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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EA Debunks Hysteria: Aquarium Fishery has 'No Significant Impact'
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 5264 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...maybe now attention can be focused on more important issues such as the recent spate of deaths caused by snorkel rentals....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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HSTA Bosses Reelected without Opposition
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5347 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA State Leadership Team to Serve through 2021....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Amicus Brief on Behalf of Evan McMullin et al in Hawaii v. Trump: Congress Intended to 'Eliminate All Vestiges of Discrimination'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 6474 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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...The Republican Party platform of 1960 had endorsed an “immigration policy…based upon judgment of the individual merit of each applicant for admission.”....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Tax Burden: Hawaii Ranks #2
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 4221 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...only New York State is higher....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Trump To Replace 'Liberal Lion' Of The Ninth Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 4353 Views :: Judiciary
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...a conservative jurist will replace Judge Stephen Reinhardt....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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Hanabusa: Political Insiders are My Strength
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 4010 Views :: Politicians
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"...legislators are...in the best position to judge...."
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Sunday, April 8, 2018 |
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OHA Trustees to Order Shutdown of LLCs?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 5680 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...On Wednesday April 11, Trustees appear set to take the next step—ordering the LLCs to cease operations and transfer their remaining assets back to OHA....
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Sunday, April 8, 2018 |
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Can Government Avoid Its Responsibilities with LLCs?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5053 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Can you say 'ankle shackles?' ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 8209 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...Bills that would have (1) established a task force to reduce suicides in Hawaii by 25% (HB2278 HD1), (2) designate September as Suicide Prevention Month (HB1703) and (3) create an application for smartphones designed to provide resources to Hawaii's youth (HB1704) all perished....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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1 Hour Notice--Hawaii House Committee Passes Trigger Modification Ban
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 4987 Views :: Ethics, Second Amendment
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... April 4th, the Hawaii House Committee on Judiciary passed Senate Bill 2046 with amendments. The Committee added SB 2046 to their agenda less than an hour before the scheduled hearing. SB 2046 will now head to the House floor ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Kirstin M. Hamman as Maui District Court Judge
By News Release @ 10:15 PM :: 5473 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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...Recktenwald has today appointed Kirstin M. Hamman to the District Court of the Second Circuit (Island of Maui) to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Keith E. Tanaka....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Mandatory paid sick leave wrong medicine for Hawaii economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:16 PM :: 5723 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...There are currently three different bills still alive that would require local companies to give all employees paid sick leaves: HB 1727, HB 2598 and SB 2990 ....
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Friday, April 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Need $153K Salary to Buy Average Home
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 6316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Place Where You Need the Highest Salary to Afford the Average Home -- Hawaii: $153,520 for a house worth $610,000 ....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s ill-chosen legalization of assisted suicide
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 5407 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...We can learn a lot about the folly of this path if we look to other places here and abroad where assisted suicide already is legal. A quick survey turns up countless instances of the failures of these laws to safeguard the most vulnerable....
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