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Saturday, February 11, 2017
HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:45 PM :: 5384 Views :: Ethics, Taxes

...the system knows the driver's exact route, his speed compliance and provides ratings for his braking and cornering performance. Too much info in the hands of the government....

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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Study: 72 Convicted Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 6710 Views :: National News, Military

...72 individuals from the seven countries covered in President Trump's vetting executive order have been convicted in terror cases since the 9/11 attacks....

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Saturday, February 11, 2017
SB1129: Senate CPH Committee Schedules Assisted Suicide Bill
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:23 PM :: 5686 Views :: Health Care, Life

The committee on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-17 8:30AM in conference room 229....

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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Neighborhood Board Elections: 327 Candidates Register for 437 Seats With One Week to Go
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 4595 Views :: Honolulu County

The deadline for candidate applications is Friday, February 17, 2017....

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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Justice Ginsburg at UH Law School: “We have a Dysfunctional Congress”
By Video @ 12:32 AM :: 4768 Views :: Judiciary

...Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her perspective on the law, the courts and congress in February at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa....

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Friday, February 10, 2017
Home Ownership: Hawaii Most ‘Equity Rich’ Properties
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 4483 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...equity rich — where the combined loan amount secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property’s estimated market value....

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Friday, February 10, 2017
Jones Act and Maritime Security Program
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:10 PM :: 5669 Views :: Jones Act, Military

If it is possible to address the national security concerns of the Jones Act through other, more efficient and effective legislation, then we might clear the path to modernizing the Act....

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Friday, February 10, 2017
Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 7055 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes

to lobby for a constitutional amendment that will drastically increase property taxes....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
HTDC Gives Away $9.8M of Your Tax Dollars to Six Tech Companies
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 5437 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits

... $1.6M state tax dollars and $8.2M federal tax dollars given away, not loaned ....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Ige Appoints Campaign Manager Circuit Court Judge
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 5772 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary

...Keith K. Hiraoka (Former Ige Campaign Chair), Catherine H. Remigio, and Todd W. Eddins appointed to First Circuit Court (Oahu)....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Crabbe Contract: Abigail Kawananakoa Sues OHA
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 5654 Views :: Ethics, OHA

"The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, just like every governmental agency, must follow its own rules and state law."

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
OHA Old Guard Retakes Power: Machado Selected as Chair
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 4482 Views :: OHA

Trustee Dan Ahuna was named board vice chair....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Hawaii State Ethics Commission 2016 Annual Report
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 3804 Views :: Ethics

...the Commission has jurisdiction over more than 50,000 state officials and employees....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Streetlights: Kauai First to Complete LED Conversion
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 5920 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

The change is expected to save the county approximately $400,000 annually....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Buffer Zone Bozos Descend on Capitol (again)
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:48 AM :: 7042 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

If you look closely at the activists there, none of any have t-shirt tans or even the slightest hint of field dirt under their nails or on their shoes....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
KIUC Board Sets Renewable Energy Goal of 70 percent by 2030
By News Release @ 9:12 AM :: 5643 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

KIUC expects to reach 50% in 2018....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
2017 Honolulu Rail: Advice to the Legislature
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:56 AM :: 5385 Views :: Rail, Taxes

The Legislature should not approve any extensions of the GET and it should pass a bill directing the city to handle current and future deficits with its own resources. This offers hope for some accountability and cost containment....

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Thursday, February 9, 2017
UH Law Review Sharing Economy Symposium
By Robert Thomas @ 3:34 AM :: 5125 Views :: Small Business

...the University of Hawaii Law Review is devoting one of its issues to a symposium on issues related to the sharing economy....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
OHA Audit Passes Committee Vote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:45 PM :: 5578 Views :: Ethics, OHA

...Akina Appointed to Ad Hoc Audit Committee....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8%
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 6593 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
“The downward adjustment in Hawaii’s economic growth for 2017 was mainly due to the new projection on visitor expenditures for 2017”
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
HB1589: Pro-Hunter Bill to be Heard
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 4701 Views :: Second Amendment

...House Bill 1589 would allow the use of sound suppressors while hunting in the state of Hawaii....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 8, 2017
By Congress.org @ 5:23 PM :: 4580 Views :: Congressional Delegation
Confirm Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation
Confirm Rex Tillerson Secretary of State
Confirm Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education
Disapprove Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Rule
Disapprove Stream Buffer Rule
Disapprove Labor Law Rule
Disapprove Instant Criminal Bkgnd Check Rule
Disapprove BLM Methane Rule
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Caldwell announces more Cabinet Appointments
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 5454 Views :: Honolulu County

Department director appointments require the approval of the Honolulu City Council....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
What is Kaniela Ing’s Hidden Agenda?
By Video @ 4:50 PM :: 7816 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA

... Kaniela Ing has spent years trying to force Hawaiians into a fake Indian tribe ....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Assisted suicide: Hawaii bills push envelope
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 4420 Views :: Life

Hawaii’s S.B. 357 would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs the same day a patient is diagnosed as terminally ill without a second opinion ....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
An informed opinion on GMOs
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 4560 Views :: GMOs

Hawaii chef slices through anti-GMO propaganda....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Lawyer-Enrichment Bills on the Move—Require Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 10:03 AM :: 7221 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

...passage will open doors for lawsuits as it has done in California....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 308 Candidates for 435 Seats
By News Release @ 1:47 AM :: 4781 Views :: Honolulu County

Candidate recruitment has begun and will end on February 17, 2017....

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Cost of Living: Only Manhattan is More Expensive than Honolulu
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 5322 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...six components: housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Trump Confusing Both Liberals and Conservatives
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:45 PM :: 4336 Views :: National News

Keli'i Akina and Andy Blom share Grassroot insights from Hawaii and DC....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
US Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 8:21 PM :: 8309 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections

On February 17, the court will decide whether to reconsider the findings of lower courts in the cases of Ravalli County Republican Party v McCulloch and Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
White House Calls Travel Ban ‘a Lawful Exercise’ of Authority
By Selected News Articles @ 8:06 PM :: 4144 Views :: National News

The state of Hawaii, which filed a lawsuit over the travel ban with similar claims on Friday, had asked to intervene in the Washington state case. The Ninth Circuit declined, instead allowing the Aloha State to file a friend-of-the-court brief....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Congress Considers Bill to Break up 9th Circuit Court
By Selected News Articles @ 7:56 PM :: 5151 Views :: Judiciary

The newly created 12th Circuit would include Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington state....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Shell Game: Short Form Bills on the Move
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 5031 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

...100 “Short Form” bills have been introduced to the Hawaii legislature....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
A 1-2 punch of tax proposals
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:25 PM :: 7636 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Rail, Taxes

The State kept 10% of the surcharge collected or $25.92 million – which is more than the Department of Taxation’s entire Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget of $24 million....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
County Employees in Hawaii make double what private sector workers make
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:14 PM :: 6760 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...Honolulu County workers make more than neighbor island workers....

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Monday, February 6, 2017
Hawaii government growing faster than private sector
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 PM :: 5370 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy....

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Monday, February 6, 2017
Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 6690 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs

Farmers in SE Colorado started harvesting the plant in 2013, and farmers in Vermont began harvesting in 2014....

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Monday, February 6, 2017
Fluoridated Water Reduces Gender Pay Gap by 4%
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 AM :: 5206 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
...“women who resided in communities with fluoridated water during childhood earn approximately 4% more than women who did not,” adding that they found “no effect of fluoridation for men.”....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017
Vacation Rentals: Tax Hike Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 6:47 PM :: 6743 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

There are 20 bills currently on the table dealing with vacation rentals....

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Sunday, February 5, 2017
Condo Justice - The Ball's Now In Your Court
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6699 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

HB381 is scheduled on Wednesday, February 8, 9:00 a. m. at the capitol's room 429....

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Sunday, February 5, 2017
Don’t mug taxpayers to pay for Hawaii’s high cost of living
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 AM :: 4183 Views :: Taxes

...give everybody a pay raise--by cutting taxes....

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Sunday, February 5, 2017
276 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 4586 Views :: Honolulu County

Candidate recruitment has begun and will end on February 17, 2017....

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Sunday, February 5, 2017
Unfunded Pensions – Tip of the Iceberg?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6502 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes

Is a 7% return on investment sustainable into the future? Another organization that studied the issue said that a more realistic rate of return would be the “risk-free” rate, which they calculated at 2.344%....

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Sunday, February 5, 2017
SB938: End the State Rail Tax Skim
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:37 AM :: 5091 Views :: Rail, Taxes

the Department of Taxation has been allowed to keep a full 10% of the rail surcharge for the costs of administering it, despite the fact that the law directs DOTAX to calculate how much is required for its management of the surcharge, then return the remainder to the rail project....

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Saturday, February 4, 2017
SB1056: Seawater Air Conditioning to Become New High Tech Tax Credit Scam?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 8454 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government

...the sea water air conditioning business can use the funds to pay management highly inflated salaries, purchase other business opportunities, build sea water air conditioning plants outside of the State, or for any other purpose....

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Saturday, February 4, 2017
Hawaii Union Membership #2 in USA–21.7%
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 4477 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (23.6 percent), Hawaii and Alaska are tied for second at 21.7 percent each....

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Saturday, February 4, 2017
Hawaii: Trannies Drive Push to Legalize Prostitution
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 AM :: 6331 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

Trannies used by the left as a driver of far-reaching social re-ordering....

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Saturday, February 4, 2017
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:01 AM :: 6930 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

Hawaii is trying to copy California, but look how that turned out!  ... tons of lawsuits ....

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Saturday, February 4, 2017
UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest
By UHERO @ 12:22 AM :: 7629 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes

...an owner of an investment property in Honolulu worth less than half a million dollars can expect to see his (her) combined City and State property tax bill double....

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