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Thursday, August 17, 2017 |
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Honolulu: $100 worth only $80.32
By Tax Foundation @ 3:29 PM :: 5920 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Honolulu is the most expensive city in the USA, but in rural Hawaii $100 is worth $99.90 ....
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Thursday, August 17, 2017 |
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DBEDT Releases 2016 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 3759 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...the 2016 edition of the “State of Hawaii Data Book.”....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Corporations Becoming New Arbiters Of Public Morality
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 4482 Views :: First Amendment
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....in this chess game, those in Charlottesville are just pawns....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Audit: Bulky Pickup Schemes Generate Millions in Overtime
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 6559 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...153 employees received $1.7 million in overtime for bulky and white goods collection....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Honolulu 2016 Citizen-Centric Report Released
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 4203 Views :: Honolulu County
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... government financial information in a concise, timely, clear, understandable, and accurate manner to the general public ....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Honolulu Ethics Comm Seeks Comments on Draft Strategic Plan
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 5168 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Please send your comments on the draft strategic plan by September 1, 2017....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Compact Impact: DoI Launches Census of COFA Migrants
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 4711 Views :: National News
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...Interior, Census Launch 2018 Enumeration of Compact Migrants in Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa To Determine Distribution of Compact Impact Funds....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017 |
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Jones Act: Matson and Pasha Seek Every Loophole
By Michael Hansen @ 10:41 PM :: 5762 Views :: Jones Act
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...big enough to sail four ships through....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017 |
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Rep Tupola Backs Forensic Audit for HART
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 7879 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...City and HART officials were often unable to give specific answers to our questions and rarely took responsibility for their cost overruns and inflated budgets....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017 |
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Broken Trust Published 20 Years Ago
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 6124 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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The essay titled “Broken Trust”, published on August 9, 1997 by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, reported widespread corruption involving Bishop Estate....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Charlottesville Attack Was Domestic Terrorism
By IPT News @ 9:04 PM :: 5371 Views :: National News
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...Trump's refusal Saturday to specifically condemn by name those Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi white supremacists was morally deficient....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Mattis: ‘We’ll Take It Out’ If North Korea Fires A Missile At Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 4610 Views :: Military
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...the U.S. military will shoot down North Korea’s missiles if they fire on U.S. territory....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Oahu GOP: Mo More Bailouts for Rail
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:03 PM :: 5959 Views :: Rail, Republican Party
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...today's information hearing is nothing more than kabuki theater designed to make us believe they're concerned....
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Monday, August 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot: Investigate Rail Fraud, Waste, Abuse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 5340 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“What is needed is a full, independent forensic audit of the project, to identify the reason — or reasons — for its significant cost overruns and missed deadlines...."
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Sunday, August 13, 2017 |
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The Grand Skim of Things, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4472 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the Central Services Skim has redirected about $45 million a year from the special funds to the state general fund....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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Youth Homelessness--Hawaii Ranks 5th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 PM :: 5402 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...2017’s States with the Most Underprivileged Children....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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Tough On DUI? Hawaii Ranks 26th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 3584 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...compare drunk driving penalties in all 50 states and D.C.....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Slowing
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 5905 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...After two years of consecutive growth above 2 percent, Hawaii’s economy grew by 0.9 percent during the first quarter of 2017....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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Registration Open for Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 4432 Views :: Education K-12
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LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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Honolulu Rents Jump Another 6.7%
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 6138 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Honolulu, HI, hit #3 in July with an increase of 8%, and returns to the list at #4 in August for another 6.7% increase. For August, that means median one-bedroom rent is $1,766 — the tenth highest in the country....
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Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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No need for special session this summer
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 6427 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the immediate cash flow problems have been solved for the most part by the Honolulu City Council, which authorized the sale of $350 million in bonds to help bail out the project....
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Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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Audit the rail: An idea that’s catching on
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:11 PM :: 5420 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Mahalo for helping this idea to catch on....
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Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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Rail Fail: Why You Should Speak Out
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 2:04 PM :: 7409 Views :: Rail, Republican Party, Taxes
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...Honolulu Rail Project is on track to becoming the costliest and most mismanaged public transportation project in our nation's history....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Which States Benefit Most from the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction?
By Tax Foundation @ 7:51 PM :: 3995 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii ranks 4th with an average deduction of $2629 ....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Governor needs to step up and fix Maui school bus crisis
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 7:43 PM :: 4333 Views :: Education K-12
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...students and parents of Maui are being held hostage to bureaucratic bumbling that would make the keystone cops envious....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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DLNR Sea Level Rise Adaptation Meeting Set for Hilo, Kona
By News Release @ 7:35 PM :: 7620 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...Believe this? Got Hawaii oceanfront real estate? I will buy it off you for 10% of assessed value cash money....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii: North Korea Threat is Excuse for Another Pork Barrel Project
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 AM :: 7444 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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...Hawaii’s congressional delegation is hoping they’ll hook the big fish....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Rail: ‘Special audit possibly coming down the line’
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:00 AM :: 5887 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Cliff Slater told the HART board that “everything should come up on the table, as John Henry Felix is calling for.”....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Killer Windfarms: Why do we subsidize the slaughter?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 7492 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a proposed Hawaii wind farm admits it will be lethal and seeks government permission to commence the killing....
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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Video: How Jones Act Jams up Highway Traffic
By Michael Hansen @ 2:58 AM :: 4365 Views :: Jones Act
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...the Jones Act has stifled coastal shipping and shifted the movement of freight to the nation’s roadways....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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OHA the Savior of Mauna Kea?
By Video @ 6:11 PM :: 6443 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, OHA
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...Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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Want Land? DLNR Will Buy You Some
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 5929 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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Grant applications for land acquisition....
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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Who Needs Rail? Cost-Effective Lane Projects Save Commuters Time
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 4497 Views :: Rail
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“While highways funding is limited, we haven’t let that stop us...."
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii -- Lowest Percentage of MDs Accepting Medicare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 AM :: 5586 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2017’s Best & Worst States for Health Care....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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Matson Tightens Grip on South Pacific
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 4736 Views :: Jones Act
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...once their Marshall Islands service is in place, Matson will no longer use Kyowa Line to transship cargo....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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North Korea Mulls Nuking Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 8:12 PM :: 4211 Views :: Military
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...North Korean state media warned Wednesday that it is considering launching strikes on U.S. forces in Guam, as well as the U.S. mainland....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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Full Text: Lawmaker Leaks Plan to Make Sister Isles Pay for Rail -- Public Hearing Set
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 7618 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...The Hawaii Legislature is hosting a public informational briefing on state funding for the City & County of Honolulu’s rail project at 10 a.m. Aug. 14 in the State Capitol auditorium....
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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Trump Admin Funds Micronesia One Stop Centers
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 4561 Views :: National News
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...technical assistance grants totaling $467,095 to continue support for the Micronesia Resource Center One Stop Shop on Guam and the We are Oceania Hālau Ola One Stop Center in Hawaii...
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Monday, August 7, 2017 |
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Full Text: Summary of Secret UPW Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 8165 Views :: Labor
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...The contract features 10.65% wage hikes over four years and a reopener for years three and four -- conveniently timed for after the next gubernatorial election....
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Monday, August 7, 2017 |
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Why Hawaii Isn't Rich Like Texas
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 7362 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes
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Texas has no personal income tax....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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Rail Stations Designed to Profit KSBE, HECO, First Hawaiian
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 6385 Views :: Rail
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...Cashing in at Middle Street, Kalapama, Iwilei....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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DoE Student Absenteeism Over 20%
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 7397 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... DoE student absenteeism is caused by DoE teacher absenteeism ....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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Laughed out of Court, Lawsuit Fails to Force US Unilateral Disarmament
By Selected News Articles @ 2:44 PM :: 4433 Views :: Military
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... a three-judge panel ruled in a scathing decision that the provision is not enforceable in U.S. courts ....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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The Grand Skim of Things (Part 1)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7282 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail, Taxes
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...A Hawaii law dating back to 1955, which now can be found at HRS section 36-27, says that 5% of any special fund’s income will be paid to the state general fund to pay “central service expenses....”
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
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Why a Tax on Soda is Unhealthy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:14 PM :: 7104 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii has no soda tax. But that's not for lack of trying.....
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
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Trump - Kim summit in Hawaii?
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:29 AM :: 6073 Views :: National News, Military
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...Would you like to see a Trump/Kim summit in Hawaii?....
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
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Second Amendment Guarantee Act Would Protect Popular Rifles, Shotguns from Antigun Politicians
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 4811 Views :: Second Amendment
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...This week, Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) introduced legislation that would shield popular rifles and shotguns, including the AR-15, from being banned under state laws....
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Friday, August 4, 2017 |
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Seafarers’ irrational opposition to Sen McCain’s Jones Act reform bill
By Michael Hansen @ 11:43 PM :: 6019 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...Sacco’s column was in response to U.S. Senator John S. McCain’s introduction on July 13, 2017, of Open America’s Waters Act of 2017....
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Friday, August 4, 2017 |
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Hawaii Value of $100? -- $84.18
By Tax Foundation @ 12:23 PM :: 6439 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the same amount of cash can buy you more in a low-price state than in a high-price state....
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