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Tuesday, October 9, 2018 |
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Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 10897 Views :: Judiciary
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...What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige’s campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 7267 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 5478 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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...introduced with relatively little public notice in September 2017, the OFF Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act), is gaining support from Democrat political candidates across the nation....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:22 PM :: 8711 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hirono Won’t Say Whether Harassing Senators in Restaurants is ‘Going Too Far’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 6806 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary
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...“This is the kind of activism that occurs and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that.”....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5900 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Taxes
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...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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HGEA Claims Another Pelt: DOCARE Chief Quits
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 7850 Views :: Environment, Labor, Police
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...Robert Farrell, who has served as Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) since January 2017, announced his decision to move into a project support role with reduced hours, effective today....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Gay Divorce: Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Lesbian Control Over Another Lesbian's Baby
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4735 Views :: Family
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...The case involves a dispute between L.C. and M.G., a formerly married same-sex couple, regarding whether L.C. is a legal parent of a child conceived using anonymous donor sperm and born to M.G. during the marriage....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Maui 5th Lowest unemployment in USA, Oahu 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 4711 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...US metro areas with the best and worst job markets....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Counties’ Challenge to HSTA Rent tax
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5758 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday, October 18 at 8:45 a.m. at Aliʻiōlani Hale....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii 3rd Richest State Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 6393 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The string of islands in the Pacific Ocean obviously have an economy that functions much differently than the other 49 states....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 AM :: 5405 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Tax Hike on Renters? HSTA Trots out old Front Groups
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6467 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii was Founded in 2009 when Hawaii public schools were closed for 17 “Furlough Fridays”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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The Grievance Studies Scandal Isn’t Just A Problem For Academia
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 6165 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Another journal, specializing in “feminist geography,” published a paper online in May about how dog parks are “petri dishes for canine ‘rape culture.’”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Election Countdown--Dates to Remember
By Brett Kulbis @ 8:07 PM :: 6065 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Election Day is Tuesday November 6....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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UH Glyphosate Study Debunked--Bee Death Story Is Bee-S
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 7279 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Higher Education
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...New glyphosate study suggesting danger to honeybee microbiota is detailed, sophisticated—and wrong....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure Will Raise Cost of Living -- Funds may not go to Public Education
By News Release @ 6:38 PM :: 8375 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Those opposed to the constitutional amendment attending the news conference today stood outside a modest, family-owned walk-up apartment on Date Street, valued at approximately $1.5 million, to draw attention to the type of investment properties that would be impacted by the new tax....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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OHA hires new Chief Operating Officer
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 4302 Views :: OHA
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...Former OHA COO Lisa Victor is now CTO....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Hirono: FBI Investigation a 'Farce'
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 6468 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Judiciary
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...Hirono made the comments after MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow opined Wednesday that “Democrats don’t pressure the FBI the way that Republicans do.”....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Pearl City: Lowest Percentage of Disabled in Poverty in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 6315 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2018’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Fastest-Growing Cities in America--Honolulu 308th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 AM :: 4530 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...WalletHub compared 515 cities of varying population sizes based on 15 key measures of both growth and decline over a period of seven years....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Caldwell Appoints Chief for Troubled Joint Traffic Management Center
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 5470 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Caldwell announces Melvin Kaku as head of JTMC transition; Hirokazu Toiya named DEM Acting Director ....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Senate Approves American Samoa Airline Cabotage Reform
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 7664 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Tourism
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...Amata’s provision streamlines the requirement of foreign carriers who service the routes between Tutuila and Manu'a to reduce unnecessary paperwork....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Democrats Celebrate Serial Rapist Dan Inouye
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 AM :: 10839 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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...For Democrats, it’s always “Believe Women,” unless....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Hirono: Heretics Must be Excommunicated from Government
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 6284 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...We fully support Sen. Hirono’s important request,” said Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, High Priest, Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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2018 Digital States Survey Grades Hawaii B+
By News Release @ 2:12 AM :: 4608 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Since its inception 21 years ago, this biennial e-survey has helped benchmark state government use of digital technologies to improve service delivery, increase capacity, and reach policy goals....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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City Issues 467 ADU Permits--New Sewer Boosts Kaneohe ADU Capacity
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 4170 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Department of Planning and Permitting has sent 132 letters to Kane‘ohe homeowners whose pre-check forms were denied because of sewer capacity, informing them to resubmit these forms....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Guam case that echoes Rice v. Cayetano to be argued before Ninth Circuit at UH law school
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 9597 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News, Higher Education, OHA
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...Arnold Davis sued for the right to register to vote in a future plebiscite, maintaining that Guam’s Decolonization Registry Law unlawfully discriminates by allowing only “native inhabitants of Guam” to be eligible for the vote....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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Ray L'Heureux: A Vision for Changing Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:29 PM :: 6228 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...Out-of-the-box thinking for Hawaii's future....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Case, Cavasso Debate Jones Act, Rail, Akaka Tribe
By Video @ 6:17 PM :: 7439 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act, Politicians
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...The candidates also both see the federal Jones Act as a contributor to Hawaii’s high cost of living. They want to see it reformed, with possible exemptions carved out for Hawaii....
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 |
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Honolulu Make-A-Difference Month cleanups start this weekend
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 4045 Views :: Honolulu County
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...The Storm Water Quality Branch of the Department of Facility Maintenance is happy to announce a series of community outreach events as part of Make-A-Difference Month....
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Monday, October 1, 2018 |
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Food Waste Recycling Program Makes Pigs Happy--But Costs City at H-Power
By UHERO @ 8:45 PM :: 7156 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business
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“The vast majority of those businesses impacted by the City’s food waste recycling ordinance are continuing to use local piggeries to recycle their food waste.”
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Monday, October 1, 2018 |
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Finally! OHA Is Being Audited for Fraud, Waste and Abuse
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:02 PM :: 6264 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I am still deeply concerned about the amount of time it has taken to begin this audit....
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Sunday, September 30, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8304 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...This law, which we have discussed before, recently has been used to create a “school impact district” that goes from Kalihi to Ala Moana....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Stop Digging Deeper Pension Debt
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 5274 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...state policymakers are willing to commit to payments on the unfunded liabilities, but haven’t done much to curb the excessive spending practices that have led us to this point....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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HSTA Rent Tax: 14 Groups Support Counties Appeal to Supreme Court
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:36 PM :: 5374 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Tax Foundation of Hawaii, a nonprofit taxpayer watchdog organization, together with 14 other organizations, businesses, and individuals, submitted a court filing supporting the Counties’ request that the Hawaii Supreme Court void the ballot measure for school funds....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Hirono Fundraising Email Sent During Blasey-Ford Testimony
By Selected News Articles @ 5:49 PM :: 4961 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...Hirono is “particularly vulnerable to right-wing attacks” because of her focus on the Kavanaugh allegations, the email said....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Years Later KOLEA System Still not 100% Compliant with Obamacare Requirements
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:30 PM :: 6357 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Follow-Up on Recommendations from Report No. 15-20, Audit of the Department of Human Services’ KOLEA System....
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 |
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Financial Literacy: Hawaii Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 4774 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...24 key metrics that represent financial savvy — or lack thereof....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Audit of State DoD Accounts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:44 PM :: 5365 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Our review of six trust funds and four trust accounts of the Department of Defense (DOD) found one trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Construction Forecast: After Pullback, Construction Prospects Firm
By UHERO @ 11:33 PM :: 7179 Views :: Development, Economy, Labor
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...Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Hawaii has stabilized. The value of construction permits is posting healthy gains across all sub-sectors this year....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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DBEDT Report: Top 20 Occupations in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 6504 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Retail Sales Workers topped the list at 42,445 workers in 2016, which accounted for 5.9 percent of Hawaii’s civilian workforce; followed by Food and Beverage Serving Workers at 40,775, 5.7 percent ... Construction Trade Workers ranked third place 34,137, 4.8 percent....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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New international maritime cabotage study released
By Michael Hansen @ 3:03 AM :: 4498 Views :: Jones Act
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...The report, “Cabotage Laws of the World,” is the outcome of a an international survey of national maritime cabotage regimes....
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Friday, September 28, 2018 |
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Janus: Hawaii union law potentially unconstitutional
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:20 AM :: 7431 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Two prominent attorneys agree Act 007 may violate Supreme Court Janus decision....
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Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
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UH System Enrollment Down 1.2%
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 4947 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...It is the smallest overall decrease in the six years following the great recession....
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Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
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Business Tax Climate--Hawaii Ranks 38th
By Tax Foundation @ 4:58 PM :: 5745 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii 4th-worst 'Individual Income Tax'....
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Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
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Hawaii Finance Commissioner Calls for Congress to Allow Marijuana Banking
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 4215 Views :: Drugs
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...the well-documented conflict between federal and state law has created barriers for financial institutions desiring to serve businesses involved in state-licensed cannabis activities....
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Thursday, September 27, 2018 |
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Usual Suspects File Briefs Supporting Hawaii Open Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 4354 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Monday, gun-grabber special interests filed “friend of the court” briefs and declarations to argue against the right to bear arms in the case of Young v. Hawaii, challenging the state’s effective ban on open carry by the whole people....
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