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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii--The most expensive place to live in America
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 PM :: 6905 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Out-of-control living expenses in some of these places....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Best Cities to Drive in—Honolulu Scores 86th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 6062 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...driving is often a major hassle and expense....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Kau Charter School Shuttered Amid Criminal Investigation
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 9340 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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...Big Island police have subpoenaed all of the school’s computers, financial records and student records....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Popular science news website promotes pesticide conspiracy theory
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 AM :: 6550 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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...Was the "secret cocktail" being sprayed from black helicopters?....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu's Sidewalk Obstruction Prohibition Goes Island-Wide
By Robert Thomas @ 1:17 AM :: 5100 Views :: Homelessness
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...city lawyers have taken great pains to craft the bills with language that works around areas that federal courts have found unacceptable....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Ige Signs Firearms Bills Including Bump Stock Ban
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 4438 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Act 157 prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer and possession of bump fire stocks, multi-burst trigger activators, and trigger cranks....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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Tech Debacle: Hawaii v Ciber Stays in State Courts, Guaranteeing Big Money Payoff
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 4262 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the State defeated a recent attempt by Ciber’s insurers to move the lawsuit out of state....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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Ala Moana Park EIS Released for Public Comment
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 4770 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Revised improvement plans highlighted in Ala Moana Regional Park Draft EIS....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Make Hawaii Affordable Again
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:58 PM :: 5354 Views :: Republican Party, Cost of Living
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...imposing heavy taxes, creating massive bureaucracies and lavish government programs....
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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii 11th Most Efficient Education System--When Cost of Living Taken into Account
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5690 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Education narrative favoring wealthier, whiter states was just proven wrong....
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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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If You Don’t Rock the Boat, How Do You Change Its Direction?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5350 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...When many of us in Hawaii grew up, we were taught to go with the flow....
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Saturday, July 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii's First Hemp Growers Licensed
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 7286 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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...industrial hemp refers to cannabis plants with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration at or below 0.3 percent....
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Saturday, July 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii Timeshares Average 92% Occupancy in First Quarter 2018
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 5023 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...By comparison, hotel properties averaged an 82.9 percent occupancy rate for the same quarter....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Recording Employees: HART’s evasiveness troubling
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:32 PM :: 5426 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...To date, HART officials have not publicly explained why it has been recording the meetings between the auditor and HART employees....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Public lodging and island-wide sidewalk obstruction bills submitted to City Council
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 5483 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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"...Although we’ve made gains in combating homelessness, there is a group of service-resistant individuals who continue to disobey the rules and take up our public spaces....”
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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After Years of Hype: Hawaii Electricity Still 82.4% Coal and Oil
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 6490 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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...and this was before the geothermal plant was overrun by lava....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Honolulu Auditor Announces Next Audit Plans
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 4512 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...In accordance with the City Charter Section 3-502.1 (c), we submit to the Honolulu City Council our plan of proposed audits for FY2018-19....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Blue Cross: Hawaii Lowest Rate of Diagnosed Major Depression
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 5078 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Wide variations exist in diagnosis rates between states and cities....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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Only One Jones Act Ship Used in Iraq War
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:25 PM :: 6266 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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...For its overseas sealift operations, America’s military generally relies on America’s Maritime Security Program (MSP) fleet — all foreign-built ships that do not comply with the requirements of the Jones Act....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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The Jones Act: A Burden America Can No Longer Bear
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 4199 Views :: Jones Act
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...closer scrutiny finds the law’s national security justification to be unmoored from modern military and technological realities....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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Department of Hawaiian Home Lands: Broken Promises
By Video @ 12:52 PM :: 7604 Views :: DHHL
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...Representative Gene Ward formed a study group to analyze what could be done to fulfill the Prince's promise....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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SCHHA: Danner Confab Set for July 14-15
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 4500 Views :: DHHL
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...“It’s a really cool summit,” said Robin Puanani Danner, the SCHHA elected chairman since the fall of 2015....
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Thursday, July 5, 2018 |
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Who Wants to Kill OHA's Forensic Audit?
By Video @ 1:09 AM :: 4927 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...After Voting For It Some OHA Trustees Have Been Secretly Trying To Kill It Off....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Matson Christens Big Overpriced Inouye Boat
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 4788 Views :: Jones Act
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...It is the first of two new ships being built for Honolulu-based Matson by Philly Shipyard at a total cost of approximately $418 million for the pair, and the first of four new vessels that Matson will put into its Hawaii service during the next two years....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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Akina: Where is the "Forensic" Audit OHA Trustees Promised?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:49 PM :: 4718 Views :: OHA
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...After over a year of endless delays and obstacles, the independent audit has not even started....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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UH Cancer Center Keeps National Cancer Institute designation
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 5226 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...Of more than 1,000 cancer centers across the country, the UH Cancer Center is one of only 70 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in the nation....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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ACLU Demands Pahoa Voters be Allowed to Register and Vote in Person on Election Day
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5747 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...The letter, written by ACLU of Hawai’i Legal Director, Mateo Caballero, vows swift legal action if the “severe burden on the right to vote” imposed by the Office of Elections’ current voting plans for areas of Hawai‘i Island affected by the eruption of Kilauea Volcano are not fixed....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes?
By Tax Foundation @ 5:13 PM :: 4524 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... Hawaii Ranks 27th --Income taxes account for 22.8% of spending ....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Four New Members to HTA Board
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 4507 Views :: Tourism
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...Ige recently nominated the four business and community leaders to serve on HTA’s board, with their appointments confirmed by the Hawaii State Senate....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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Designed to Fail: Local 5 Pushing Subprime Mortgage Scheme
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 5959 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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- Loan-to-value -100% for purchase and 110% for purchases with a rehab
- No consideration of credit score
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Monday, July 2, 2018 |
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HART Seeks Applicants to Fill Board Vacancy
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 4332 Views :: Rail
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...Applicants must submit the HART Board Application Form, along with a cover letter and resume via email by July 6, 2018 at 4:30 p.m....
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Monday, July 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How They Voted July 2, 2018
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4063 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Weekly Digest of Hawaii Conressional Delegation Votes from GovTrack.us....
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Monday, July 2, 2018 |
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Best States to Start a Business? Hawaii 50th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:59 AM :: 4629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states across 25 key indicators of startup success to determine the most fertile grounds in which to launch and grow an enterprise....
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Monday, July 2, 2018 |
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Hawaiian Legislative Report Card Released
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 6776 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Politicians
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...Ka Lahui Hawai‘i Political Action Committee (KPAC) announces the publication of its 3rd KOHO PONO Legislative Report Card in the July 2018 issue of the Ka Wai Ola....
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Sunday, July 1, 2018 |
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It’s Not Easy Bein’ — an Employer
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5400 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...Before I hire the worker, I need to comply with laws saying what I can and can’t ask the prospective employee....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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State Payroll Modernization Readies for ‘Group 2’ Rollout
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 5069 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The HawaiiPay project is helping the state to replace its mainframe payroll system that is more than 50 years old with a single integrated software system called PeopleSoft....
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 7424 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released June 27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Hawaii Sierra Club Leader Hit With $1000 per day SMA Fines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 12028 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Land Use
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... Fines in excess of $236,000—still accruing at $1000 a day—and a lawsuit--are forcing into the open a 13-year battle over alleged violations of numerous State and County permitting and land use laws on a Huelo, Maui shoreline property owned by Hawaii Sierra Club Vice Chair and Maui Tomorrow President Lucienne De Naie ....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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DBEDT: "Population and Economic Projections for the State of Hawaii to 2045"
By News Release @ 11:32 AM :: 5406 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...The report projects that Hawaii’s economy, measured by real gross domestic product (GDP), will grow at 1.7 percent per year between 2016 and 2045....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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DLNR Public Land Trust Database Now Open to Public
By News Release @ 11:27 AM :: 4846 Views :: Land Use
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...The central Public Land Trust Information System (PLTIS) available only to State and County agencies since January 2015 becomes accessible to anyone June 29, 2018....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Hawaii public unions must adapt to new reality
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:15 AM :: 5872 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...On Wednesday, the Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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City Vans Shuttle Chinatown Homeless to Waianae
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 10:52 AM :: 4846 Views :: Homelessness
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...On May 16, three vehicles transported homeless individuals from Chinatown to the Waianae Civic Center as reported by the executive director of the city’s housing office. On June 13, the director used a city van to take two people and their dog to the Waianae Civic Center during outreach efforts in Ala Moana Park, Waikiki and Old Stadium Park....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Former HPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
By News Release @ 1:52 AM :: 7249 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Copeland staged a burglary of his Pearl City home and reported jewelry, cash, liquor and electronics were missing...the keys to his Mercedes as well as the vehicle itself were missing. It was later reported burning nearby....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Caldwell: Outlaw Homeless Blocking Public Facilities While Refusing Shelter Space
By News Release @ 1:22 AM :: 8314 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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...The “public lodging bill” would make it illegal to lodge on a public sidewalk or other public areas if shelter facilities are available....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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May Tourism Spending up 11%--Arrivals up 7%
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 4255 Views :: Tourism
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...The island of Hawai‘i realized growth in visitor spending despite a drop in visitor arrivals (-1.6%) in May year-over-year....
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Thursday, June 28, 2018 |
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Trump OKs federal aid for Oahu and Kauai victims of April floods
By News Release @ 9:42 AM :: 5445 Views :: Honolulu County, Kauai County
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...Gov. Ige submitted the request for reconsideration on June 13. It was based on the identification of additional damages resulting from the disaster....
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Thursday, June 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii 9th-Most Reliant on Sales Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 9:30 AM :: 4631 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...36.9% of State and Local Revenues come from the GE Tax....
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 |
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Accused OHA Mis-Spenders -- Why You Should Vote for Them Anyway
By Video @ 7:22 PM :: 5436 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Two Trustees Accused Of Minor Misspending Could Actually Be Key To Stopping All Misspending At OHA....
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