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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Mayors commit to Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles by 2045
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 7098 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Weasel Words Allow Continued use of Fossil Fuels....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Applications Being Accepted for Maui County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 4579 Views :: Maui County
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...deadline for applications is December 31, 2017....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Keli'i Akina and Malia Hill: DC Update
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:23 PM :: 4213 Views :: Jones Act
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...the Jones Act, Federal Regulation, politics in Washington, and other issues that impact Hawaii....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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America’s Health Rankings--Hawaii 2nd Healthiest
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 4377 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In the past three years, violent crime increased 29% ....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Tax Revenue Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 4524 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...$4,540 a year in tax revenue per resident....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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How Affirmative Action Hurts Asian-Americans in College Admissions
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:09 AM :: 4834 Views :: Higher Education
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...Asian-Americans must score 140 points higher on their SATs than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students, and 450 points higher than black students....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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EPA, State of Hawaii receive Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Tank upgrade study
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 5692 Views :: Environment, Military
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...Aging fuel storage tanks at Red Hill could soon get an upgrade....
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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Ethics: Top HTA Execs Busted Taking Travel Upgrades
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 6631 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...Top HTA Exec solicited thousands of dollars in travel perks from Hawaiian, JAL, Starwood, China Air, and others....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Throwing Money at Housing Won’t Work
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 5605 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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...government’s real job is to out of the way, not create more costly programs that don’t work....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Draft EIS for Natatorium set to be complete by summer 2018
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 7070 Views :: Honolulu County, Military, Tourism
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...four alternatives proposed for the facility....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii DOE Saves $13M on School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 3914 Views :: Education K-12
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...The Hawaii State Department of Education and TransPar have saved the state approximately $13 million annually through the Get on Board student transportation initiative....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 11, 2017
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 2465 Views
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- Senate: Nielsen Nomination - Confirmation
- Senate: Balash Nomination - Confirmation
- Senate: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations
- House: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Request Conference
- House: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Between States
- House: Small Business Mergers Regulatory Exemption
- House: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Kaneshiro names new First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 5584 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...Sapolu has worked as a Deputy Prosecutor since 2011....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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State Now Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 3689 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Deadline for GIA applications is January 19, 2018....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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DCCA Approves Sale of Hawaiian Tel to Cincinnati Bell
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 3231 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The requirements outlined in the Decision and Order include....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Payday Lending: Legislature to Consider New Regulations?
By News Release @ 1:13 AM :: 3799 Views :: Small Business
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...Hawai‘i legalized payday lending in 1999 as a way to regulate the check cashing business....
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 9888 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Politicians
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...The seeming political power play is actually a sign of Perreira’s weakness....
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Voluntary Additional Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4363 Views :: Taxes
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...This will give Warren Buffett et al a chance to “walk the walk” and pay millions more....
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Saturday, December 9, 2017 |
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Hula Halau to be banned from Yale?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:22 PM :: 6872 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Native American student group accuses Polynesian dance group of ‘appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture’....
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Saturday, December 9, 2017 |
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ACS Hawaii 5-Year Report: Growth Data for Your Community
By News Release @ 11:55 AM :: 3717 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 7, 2017....
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Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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Airports Division spreads the red tape
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:47 PM :: 5494 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...The pilot program requires the rideshare drivers to pay 7 percent of each fare to the state Airports Division....
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Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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Officials Announce First DoD-Wide Audit
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4043 Views :: Military
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The Defense Department is starting the first agencywide financial audit in its history....
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Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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Top Four HS Teams to Face Off in Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 3864 Views :: Education K-12
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...Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Campus Center Ballroom from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m....
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Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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HUD: Hawaii #1 State for Homelessness
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 7589 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii still leads nation in homeless count per capita....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Moody's: UH Bonds Stable as Long as Legislature Continues to Pony Up
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 4120 Views :: Higher Education
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...The rating is tempered by significant expense pressures across the 10-campus system, declining enrollments, and extensive capital needs with a large backlog of deferred maintenance....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Ige Appoints DLIR Director to Head DoTax
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 6333 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...Takayama has served as the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) since April 2015. She will assume her new position on Monday, Dec. 11....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Ranks 22nd
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 AM :: 7105 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...2017’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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Ninth Circuit Wrestles With Unblocking Trump’s Travel Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:12 AM :: 4616 Views :: National News
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...A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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HPD Coverup: AG Drops Case of Assault on Toddler Peyton Valiente
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 5665 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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...It was difficult to have to break the news to the parents that our findings did not result in charges against a perpetrator....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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OHA Audit: Three Questions
By Video @ 9:11 PM :: 4925 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The Hawai'i Auditorʻs Performance Audit Of OHA Is About To Be Publicly Released....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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Continuing to Doubt the North Koreans Could be Dangerous to Hawaii
By Rep Gene Ward @ 8:58 PM :: 4750 Views :: Military
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“This is like thinking a man pointing a gun at you wouldn’t figure out how to pull the trigger and kill you,” Ward said.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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Kamehameha School Child Molester Case – Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 AM :: 16155 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Judge Crandall's husband, David Schulmeister, and his law firm, Cades Schutte, represented the Kamehameha Schools, billing as much as $1 million a year....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017 |
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Pasha Hawaii charged in labor dispute
By Michael Hansen @ 11:46 PM :: 6340 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...It may also lead to speculation that Pasha and the shipbuilder Keppel have not yet completed their ship design....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 5, 2017
By Congress.org @ 12:35 PM :: 4308 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Proceed
- Senate: Tax Overhaul - Education Savings Accounts
- Senate: Tax Overhaul - Passage
- House: National Forest Mining
- House: Federal Workforce Probationary Period Extension
- House: EPA Brownfields Program Reauthorization
- House: Manufactured Housing Lending Regulation
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017 |
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Nominees Sought for Two Judicial Vacancies on Oahu
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 3918 Views :: Judiciary
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The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the First Circuit (Oahu)....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Trump: Major Changes in Management of Federal Monuments
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 6293 Views :: Environment, OHA, Small Business
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...Interior will make sure local voices are not drowned out by “large, well-funded NGOs and special interests”....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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7-2 Supreme Court Allows Latest Travel Ban To Take Full And Immediate Effect
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 4427 Views :: National News
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...The Department of Justice asked the justices to lift lower court orders barring enforcement of the proclamation while legal challenges are adjudicated....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Ethics Fine: Guard Must Return Cash after $10K Inmate Payoff
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 7893 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...In or around November 2009, Respondent Kanazawa-Yee and two other ACOs, ACO A and ACO B, planned to obtain money from Inmate....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Kauai: PCBs Found in Westside Kauai Water Tank
By News Release @ 4:24 PM :: 5622 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...where are all the protesters?....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Lalamilo: Big Island Wind Farm Wants Permit to Kill Bats, Petrels
By News Release @ 2:58 PM :: 6299 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received an application from the Lalamilo Wind Company LLC for an incidental take permit of the endangered Hawaiian hoary bat and the endangered Hawaiian petrel....
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Monday, December 4, 2017 |
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Who is Gabbard's Guru?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 11704 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Religion
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"Gabbard’s life would be unrecognizable without Butler’s influence.”
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii 2nd Best State for Healthy Retirement
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 PM :: 5001 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Seniors in Hawaii are sick less often than those in any other state....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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The Tax Administration Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4825 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the Tax Administration Special Fund is becoming an all-purpose slush fund for which corrective action is needed....
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Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
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The Truth About OHA Audits
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 6122 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...this audit will, according to the SOQ, "provide recommendations on organizational, structural and procedural improvement[s] to strengthen the BOT's fiduciary oversight of the OHA and its LLCs."...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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'Certificate of need’ laws are certifiably unnecessary
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:23 PM :: 5946 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... no politician would want to get caught saying they supported limiting the number of hospitals, dialysis facilities or MRI machines for rural areas. And yet, that’s exactly what Hawaii's legislature has done ....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Tupola: Equal Funding for Charter Schools
By Video @ 4:23 PM :: 5321 Views :: Education K-12, Republican Party
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...Did you know that not all of our keiki get equal funding for school?....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Child Molester: Petition Demands Kamehameha Schools Take Responsibility
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 5202 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...justice, reparation and healing for those individuals who were violated decades ago....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Zoning, Land-Use Planning, and Housing Affordability
By Selected News Articles @ 12:35 AM :: 7603 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...regulations have also tended to reduce the supply of housing, including multifamily and low-income housing....
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