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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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UH, Feds Settle Title IX Case
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 4148 Views :: Higher Education
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...the Feds will monitor UH Mānoa until it completes its obligations under the agreement....
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Trump Approves American Samoa Disaster Declaration
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 4454 Views :: National News
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...due to Tropical Storm Gita from February 7 to February 12, 2018....
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 131 Bills to Senate (and counting)
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4999 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The bills include housing, homelessness, education, health, the environment, public safety, governmental affairs, the environment, and other important issues....
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE Organizing Students to Walk out March 14
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 8621 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment
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...The state Department of Education is instructing schools statewide to create a “designated walkout area” for students...to participate in upcoming protests against gun violence, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a Friday letter to parents....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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Maui Mayor Signs Sea Level Proclamation: County Will Grab for More Oceanfront Land
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 8349 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use
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...calls on the Planning Department to propose rule changes to the Maui, Molokai and Lanai Planning Commissions to include sea level rise in their shoreline setback calculations....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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Another $1.4M of your Tax Dollars Handed over to Phony Tech Entrepreneurs
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 6174 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... HTDC awarded 15 Hawaii-based companies $1,417,050 ....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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Aiea Tops Hawaii Towns Ranked by Money Management Skill
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 PM :: 5265 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Nine towns in Hawaii rank in lowest quintile....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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If Game Makers Don’t Address Loot Crates, Lawmakers Will
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 5994 Views :: Gambling, Hawaii State Government
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...The ESRB’s decision to label video games with paid add-ons essentially does nothing to address the complaint that loot boxes are akin to gambling....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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Russia Behind Protests Against Dakota Access Pipeline
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 PM :: 7812 Views :: Energy, GMOs
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...tag-team efforts of Russian trolls and ‘keep it in the ground’ activists....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii Democrat Suicide Takes 13 Minutes
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:58 PM :: 7654 Views :: Democratic Party, Life, Republican Party
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...After 4 Hours of Testimony, Democrats take 13 minutes to PASS HB-2739 HD1 out of committee....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Sandwich Isles Communications Closing--All Workers Laid Off
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 15526 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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...With its founder locked in a Federal Penitentiary on felony tax evasion charges, Sandwich Isles Communications is closing and laying off all 40 of its remaining employees this Friday March 2, 2018....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Battle Not Over: Protect Hawaii's Elderly from Assisted Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:17 PM :: 6084 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...We will have more opportunities to voice our concerns in the remaining half of this session....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Why economic freedom matters to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:59 PM :: 7816 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...José Torra, an economist and research director for Caminos de la Libertad in Mexico City....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Auditor: Hawaii PUC Another Tech Disaster in the Making
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:17 AM :: 6367 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...the PUC’s $2.8 million Document Management System (DMS) is almost universally considered by management and staff to be difficult to use, unreliable, slow, and obsolete, with staff developing elaborate workarounds to accommodate for the system’s shortcomings. Yet the PUC has no firm plans to fix or replace this problematic system....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Time to Throw out OHA Old Guard Trustees
By Video @ 1:19 AM :: 4933 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA’s Old Guard Trustees Giving Cash To Their Friends....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Research Shows Russians Firmly Behind anti-GMO Activism
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 5497 Views :: GMOs
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...Russian news organizations RT and Sputnik used the term GMO in more articles than HuffPost, Fox News, CNN, Breitbart and NBC combined....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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HB2739: Hawaii Democrats Blind Suicide Leap
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 10:13 PM :: 12601 Views :: Democratic Party, Health Care, Life, Politicians, Republican Party
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...All members of the committees voted “yes” on the bill, except Rep. Andria Tupola and Rep. Bob McDermott .... We were asked to vote without our members having seen a written draft of the revised bill....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Debtor State
By News Release @ 1:17 PM :: 3809 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii’s total consumer debt per capita of $64,642 averaged more than $20,000 above the nation....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Best States? Hawaii Ranks 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 12:59 PM :: 3694 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii shines in one area of 'best states' ranking....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Suicide: Committee members identified loopholes in the bill
By Brett Kulbis @ 11:57 AM :: 7025 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Life
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...Committee members asked some very telling questions that identified loopholes that still remain in the bill. The Attorney General's representative couldn't definitively state that all their concerns from the 2017 version were resolved in this current version that is supposed to have more robust protections....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Oregon Legislature Passes Bill to Allow Starving Mentally Ill Patients to Death
By Selected News Articles @ 5:20 AM :: 6693 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...House Bill 4135 passed the Oregon Senate 17-12. While the stated intent of the bill’s authors was to update the advance directive, it also paves the way for healthcare representatives to remove access to food and water for vulnerable Oregonians with dementia and Alzheimer’s....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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UH Board of Regents: Hawaii County Finalists Named
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 5061 Views :: Higher Education
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- Peter S. Hoffmann
- Duane Kanuha
- Albert Nahale-a
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018 |
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2018 Property Taxes Ranked by State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 PM :: 5444 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii Annual Taxes on Home Priced at State Median Value -- $1,459 (33rd–highest)....
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Monday, February 26, 2018 |
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Honolulu Citizen Survey: Homelessness Top Priority
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 5990 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...The results from this year’s NCS ....
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Monday, February 26, 2018 |
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Hawaii Trigger Modification Ban & Firearm Surrender Bill to be Considered on Tuesday
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 4567 Views :: Second Amendment
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...On Tuesday, February 27th, the Hawaii state Senate Committee on Judiciary will hold a decision making hearing on Senate Bill 2046 and Senate Bill 2436. The committee is only accepting written testimony for this hearing....
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Monday, February 26, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Justices Excoriate Union Lawyers Defending Forced Dues
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 6521 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...The immense political influence of public sector unions appeared imperiled Monday, as several justices of the U.S. Supreme Court grilled labor lawyers over the constitutionality of mandatory union dues....
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Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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NRA Statement on Corporate Partnerships
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 4300 Views :: Second Amendment
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...NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that school’s security preparedness, the failure of America’s mental health system, the failure of the National Instant Check System or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement....
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Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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OHA: Does Draft Audit Blow Blackmail Scheme?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:18 PM :: 7973 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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With this information out in the open, what is left for Crabbe to blackmail Trustees with?
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Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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Teachers Union Grabs for Billion Dollar Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6169 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...Do the problems in our classrooms have anything to do with special funds at all?....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Trump v Hawaii: More Challengers Seek to Join Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 6636 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Supreme Court to hear Trump v Hawaii April 25, 2018....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Honolulu GOP: Assisted Suicide Corrupts Practice of Medicine
By Brett Kulbis @ 2:28 PM :: 7144 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Life
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... Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide ....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Report: State of Computer Science Education in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 6072 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...just 14 traditional public schools offer AP Computer Science....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Hearing Set for Assisted Suicide Bill
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:45 AM :: 7523 Views :: Family, Life
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...House Health & Human Services and House Judiciary Committee have scheduled a joint hearing on HB2739--assisted suicide--Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 10:30 a.m. in Hawaii State Capitol auditorium....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Heritage hosts Jones Act panel
By Michael Hansen @ 3:28 AM :: 5833 Views :: Jones Act
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...The Heritage Foundation hosted on Friday, February 23, 2018, a panel discussion, “Time to Reform the Jones Act?”....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Vacation Rental Home Is "Public Accommodation" -- Lesbians are Mandatory
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 8363 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism
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...the court held they could be held liable, even though it is their home, first concluding that renting out a room in your home qualifies as offering a public accommodation, even though it is your residence....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:44 PM :: 5531 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...All House bills are in their final committees, they have until March 8th to pass out of their last committee and pass third reading to cross over to the Senate....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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State should speed up responses to information requests
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:30 PM :: 5231 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii takes the longest in the nation to make decisions about transparency disputes....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Pandering to Dem Base with Fake Issue: Hawaii Sues FCC over Net Neutrality
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 6438 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...politicians striking a fashionable pose against corporations and business, fearmongering by special interest groups with an agenda....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Ban the Bike! How Cities Made a Huge Mistake in Promoting Cycling
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:15 AM :: 5304 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Cycling lanes consume more space than they free up, add to pollution and drain the public purse....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Hawaii Bill Banning Plastic Straws Based on Research by a 9-Year-Old
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 AM :: 9256 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Auditor: HTA Gives Millions to Contractors Without Documentation
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:19 AM :: 5747 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...HTA’s autonomy, which includes permanent funding and an exemption from the State Procurement Code, has facilitated lax oversight, deficient internal controls, and, ultimately, less accountability....
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 |
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Kaneohe: 8.75M Gallons of Sewage Spill from City Plants
By News Release @ 10:19 AM :: 6298 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Sewage poured out of Caldwell's plants for ten hours starting 2pm Sunday Feb 18....
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 |
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Best Cities for Public Transit: Honolulu Makes Top Ten
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 6288 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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...More than 69 million passengers in Honolulu ride TheBus annually....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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OHA Reform? Lots Of Promises No Real Action
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 5384 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...This Time She's Promising To Clean Up OHA After The State Audit Results....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Least Affordable States for Your Aging Parents
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 7093 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii ranks as 4th most expensive state for aging parents, study finds....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Study: Hawaii Residents Deepest in Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 4896 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Residents of Hawaii spend, on average, 36.2% of their monthly paychecks on credit card, student loan, and housing payments—the highest percentage in the nation....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Most Sinful States? Hawaii Ranks 35th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 3593 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Some states are more well-behaved than others....
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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False Missile Alert: Report Calls for Major changes at HI-EMA
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 4916 Views :: Military
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...Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara today released the All Hazards Preparedness Improvement Action Plan and Report....
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