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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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UHERO: Wind and Solar will Drive up Electric Rates a Lot More
By UHERO @ 3:06 AM :: 6267 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...the variability of solar and wind power makes the system-wide costs grow considerably as their share of the power mix rises....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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More Than 8 Cents of Each State Revenue Dollar Goes to Medicaid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 5081 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii spent the second-lowest share of its own dollars on Medicaid in 2016....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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Would Pele Play Favorites?
By Video @ 2:07 AM :: 5925 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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...All Who Have Been Promised Land From The State Should Get It & Now....
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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Caldwell: Loosen Taxi Regs for Everybody
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 6427 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...Caldwell said at a news conference that rather than require ride-hailing drivers to abide by long-held taxi rules, cabbies should be freed from their constraints and allowed to operate like their Uber and Lyft counterparts....
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 |
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Hawaii 6th Most Independent State?
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 3842 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...NOTE: Tourism is an export—WalletHub seems to have missed this....
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 |
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FCC Approves Cincinnati Bell Takeover of Hawaiian Tel
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 5479 Views :: National News
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...FCC action is the final regulatory approval....
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 2:32 PM :: 4696 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...17.6% of State and Local government revenue comes from property taxes in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
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UH Updates BoR on Maunakea Stewardship Before Supreme Court Hearing
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 6826 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The university is proceeding with the administrative rules process for public and commercial activities on Maunakea....
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 |
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Cat-Obsessed Animal Liberation Nuts Blamed for Monk Seal Deaths
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 5220 Views :: Environment
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...The recent deaths of three critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals on O‘ahu due to toxoplasmosis is very sad and could have been entirely preventable....
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Monday, June 18, 2018 |
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New Campaign Highlights 680 Beer Distribution Jobs in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 4640 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...National Beer Wholesalers Association launches 'Delivering Local Jobs'; Tells story of independent beer distributors in Hawaii....
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Monday, June 18, 2018 |
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Hawaii Hotel Workers Win Right to Refuse to Pay Union Dues
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 6017 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...The case was brought by several nonmember employees at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hawaii who received a letter from union officials demanding payment of dues for which the union had no legal claim....
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Sunday, June 17, 2018 |
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Can’t You Just Change the Agenda?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5620 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Recently, State Auditor Les Kondo shocked the public and some Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) Board members when he charged, at a HART board meeting, that HART employees had been required to record all interviews with State Auditor personnel....
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Sunday, June 17, 2018 |
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Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card -- Hawaii Stuck on 'F'
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 6977 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...The 2018 Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card shows how each state ranks among its peers in several categories that are of particular interest to site selection experts for the manufacturing and logistics industries....
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Sunday, June 17, 2018 |
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HART Board to Discuss Public-Private Partnerships
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 4444 Views :: Rail
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...The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 21 at 8:00 a.m. in Suite 150 of Ali'i Place in downtown Honolulu (1099 Alakea Street). The meeting is open to the public....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Shimozono, Yoo, Hiatt, and DeWeese as District Court Judges
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 4371 Views :: Judiciary
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...Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has today appointed Kenneth J. Shimozono to the District Family Court of the First Circuit and Kristine Y. Yoo to the District Court of the First Circuit. He has also appointed Mahilani E.K. Hiatt and Wendy M. DeWeese to the District Family Court of the Third Circuit....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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OHA to host flood relief outreach events on Kauai
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 5541 Views :: Kauai County, OHA
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...OHA is collaborating with Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi to distribute $200,000...in addition, OHA has allocated $50,000 to assist kalo farmers affected by the flooding and is also offering disaster relief loans....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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PUC: Geothermal Shutdown Means Higher Rates, Dirtier Air
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 7520 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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... PUC Plan: More solar and energy efficiency programs ....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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Kauai Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Manufacturing Child Pornography
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 7373 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Religion
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...Each charge involved a different boy and carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Never too late to ‘Audit the rail’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:49 PM :: 5683 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...The Grassroot Institute recently obtained a letter written by HART board member John Henry Felix to HART Chairman Damien Kim in which he also urged the board to call for a forensic audit....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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HART violating FTA funding agreement?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:10 PM :: 6988 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Board member John Henry Felix says there might be a breach of contract with the feds....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 9107 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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...495 young adults from Hawai'i will soon be receiving compensatory education and education-related services thanks to the recent settlement....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Expedited Building Permits for Hanalei Flood Victims
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 5742 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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...Mayor Carvalho to sign emergency permitting bill into law Tuesday--Planning Department to open field offices for expedited permitting the same day....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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Audit: State Asset Forfeiture Program -- 30 Years Without Rules
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:06 AM :: 7360 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...after nearly 30 years since the program’s inception, the department has not yet adopted administrative rules describing procedures and practice requirements for asset forfeiture....
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Friday, June 15, 2018 |
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PUC seeks public comment on Electric Vehicle road map
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 5333 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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... 5 ways to transfer more of your money to Elon Musk ....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Trump Approves Federal Individual Assistance for Volcano Victims
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 6227 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Hawai’i County Residents May Register for Assistance, Disaster Recovery Center to Open....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Limits Jurisdiction of Civil Rights Commission
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 7756 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...The HTA decision drastically restricted and reduced the number of state and state-funded programs that are covered under § 368-1.5, as there are very few such programs or agencies that do not receive any federal funding....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Sam King for OHA: I will work with Trustees to enact change
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 5392 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The pivotal vote for enacting change at OHA will come from the Oahu seat....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Wanna Buy Some Land?--DLNR has Got Money for You
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 6827 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Tax Credits
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...You will be tested on the catechism of the State Religion....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii—Need $75K Income to Afford 2br Apartment
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 4963 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...On Oahu the ‘housing wage’ is $39.06 -- In Hawaii County it is $25.42, thanks to the subdivisions shifting the supply demand equation....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Mapping 2018 Tax Reform
By Tax Foundation @ 4:23 AM :: 4913 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...The Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by Congressional District....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Is the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Fire?
By Video @ 8:28 PM :: 5032 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...What Has OHA Done To Extinguish The Flames Of The Recent State Audit?....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Wind Farms Request Permission to Kill More Bats, Petrels, and Nene
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 6338 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Public meetings: The three public scoping meetings will be held at the following locations....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
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Community Discussion on Electric Utility Regulatory Models
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 3855 Views :: Energy
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...As directed by the Hawaii State Legislature, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is conducting a study on alternative electric utility and regulatory models in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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HGEA Endorses Hanabusa
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 5688 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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...Really Obvious Question: Why should any politician help HGEA get a fatter contract? Ige gave HGEA the Sun, Moon, and Stars and look how they repay him....
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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Summit: US Security Guarantees for North Korean Denuclearization--Peace Treaty Next
By News Release @ 12:30 PM :: 4393 Views :: Military
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...President Donald J. Trump has departed Singapore and will arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Hawaii later today....
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 |
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Best States for Working Dads--Hawaii 25th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 AM :: 4903 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key indicators of friendliness toward working fathers....
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Monday, June 11, 2018 |
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Public-Private Partnerships in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:41 PM :: 6967 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...how to ease barriers to public-private partnerships in the state, and the benefits that could result if done right....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Travel Ban? Janus? Supreme Court Poised for Blockbuster Finish
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 7448 Views :: National News, Judiciary, Labor
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...With the U.S. Supreme Court approaching the conclusion of its 2017 – 2018 term, the justices are expected to release a deluge of decisions in the coming weeks....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Oahu Drivers Burn More Than $11K in Yearly Commuting Costs
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 5901 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Cost of Living
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...Oahu commuters would save $11,773 by commuting through public transportation versus driving and absorbing all of its associated costs such as gas, insurance, car maintenance, parking, depreciation, etc....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Just home from Iraq, air traffic controllers answer call for Volcano Relief
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 5786 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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...When the Kilauea volcano erupted on Hawaii’s Big Island, members of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, were just getting home from a seven-month deployment that sent them to Al Asad Airbase, Al Anbar Province, Iraq....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Nanawale on Alert After Small Breakout Near Lava Tree
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 4287 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Mid-morning, lava started to slowly spill over the channel levees in the vicinity of Pohoiki road but most of the lava did not extend far enough to reach ground not already covered by lava. By early afternoon, lava was again confined to the flow channel....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Culture of accountability results in academic successes at Kamehameha III Elementary
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 4163 Views :: Education K-12
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...King Kamehameha III Elementary has seen its achievement steadily climb in all subjects while maintaining high levels of growth....
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Saturday, June 9, 2018 |
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Attention Friends and Family: Puna Volcano and Kauai Floods Spur OHA Cash Giveaway
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 4949 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...$500,000 Cash Giveaway for Those Who Know How and Who to Ask....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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HB2748: Ige Signs Housing Bill
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 6639 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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...HB2748 appropriates $200 million to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation’s (HHFDC) Rental Housing Revolving Fund....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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Tax Collections Soar for FY2018
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 4447 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...general fund tax deposits are up by 8.5% compared with the same period in FY 2017....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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Filing Open Until June 22 for Ewa Beach Senate Dist 19 Race
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 4455 Views :: Office of Elections
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...for the purpose of nominating and electing a State Senator to fill a vacant seat, caused by the resignation of the Honorable Will Espero, from the Hawaii State Senate....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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Nago Closes Puna Polling Places—Absentee-Only for Lava Zone
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 6149 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...voters assigned to Pahoa Community Center (District Precinct 04-03) and Pahoa High & Intermediate School (District Precinct 04-04) are at risk of not being able to vote....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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As least we’re not as bad as California
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:05 PM :: 5013 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii does not perform well on the annual EFNA Index, ranking 45th out of the 50 states in terms of economic freedom....
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