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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 128 More Bills to Senate
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 4708 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... these 128 are in addition to bills passed earlier ....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Senate Sends 420 Bills to House
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4099 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The following are a few of the measures to pass on third reading....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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UH Reveals Clinton visit to Maunakea Telescopes
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 AM :: 8068 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton traveled to the summit of Maunakea in early January 2018....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii Anti-Gun Legislators Attack National Reciprocity
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 4706 Views :: Second Amendment
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... On Thursday, March 8th, a number of resolutions and concurrent resolutions will be heard to request the Congressional Delegation of Hawaii to vote against any national reciprocity legislation ....
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii Democratic Precinct Meetings Set for Wednesday March 7 Statewide
By News Release @ 7:13 PM :: 4368 Views :: Democratic Party
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...between 6pm-8pm, see list of precinct meetings here....
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 |
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Full Text: Assisted Suicide 16 Floor Amendments
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 2:39 PM :: 6146 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... Rep. Tupola offers amendments to HB 2739 ....
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 |
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Sam King II and Keli'i Akina: OHA Audit Works for Betterment of Hawaiian People
By Video @ 2:24 PM :: 7355 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...In this conversation with Dr. Keli'i Akina, attorney Sam King discusses the recent audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, of which he is a beneficiary....
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018 |
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Crabbe: Who is the Auditor to Judge ME?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 AM :: 8314 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...‘No. I think in this case the beneficiary may be right and you guys may be just a bunch of auditors.’ ....
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Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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2018’s Best & Worst States for Women -- Hawaii 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 3561 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...the 50 states and the District of Columbia compared across 23 key indicators of living standards for women....
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Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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Effort to Digitize Records Stopped Cold by Outdated State Computers--But Still Cuts Wait Time for Workers’ Comp Hearings in Half
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 6706 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...Thousands of files have been digitized at the state’s disability compensation program. However, they need hardware with capacity for more storage to continue progress....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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Auditor: Legislators 100% 'Fail to Meet Criteria' for New Special Funds
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:43 PM :: 8087 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...We reviewed 85 house and senate bills proposing 64 special and revolving funds during the 2018 legislative session of which none met criteria....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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By the Way, Could We Have $50 Million More?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6917 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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...In the middle of this process, sometimes a letter from the Governor arrives saying, “We need to make some adjustments...."
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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Republican Tax Cuts Pump $1.3B into Hawaii Economy
By UHERO @ 1:30 AM :: 7726 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Democrat media unanimous: 'Nothing to see here'....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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UH, Feds Settle Title IX Case
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 4425 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 :: 4684 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 :: 5243 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 :: 8987 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 :: 8728 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 :: 6455 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 :: 5515 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 :: 6351 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 :: 8142 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 :: 7989 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 :: 15977 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 :: 6437 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 :: 8145 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 :: 6593 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 :: 5177 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 :: 5715 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 :: 13266 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 :: 4051 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 :: 3973 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 :: 7436 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 :: 6971 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 :: 5310 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 :: 5688 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 :: 6296 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 :: 4985 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 :: 6889 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 :: 4575 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 :: 8408 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 :: 6511 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 :: 6980 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 :: 7480 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 :: 6383 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 :: 7829 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 :: 6086 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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