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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Break the Government Monopoly on Flood Insurance
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:56 AM :: 7587 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Cost of Living

...Since the 21st Century Flood Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 2874) passed out of committee in June, it has been subject to intense industry lobbying....

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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Haleakala: Police Again Clear Anti-Telescope Demonstrators from Road
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 9490 Views :: Maui County, Higher Education, OHA, Police

... See how it works when the police are allowed to do their job? ....

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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Hawaii Among States with Least Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 AM :: 4929 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

...data set ranges from average student debt to unemployment rate among the population aged 25 to 34 to share of students with past-due loan balances....

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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Hawaii, 2017: 15 Cases of Rat Lungworm and Counting
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4823 Views :: Health Care

...This year, the state confirmed a total of 15 cases of the serious parasitic infection, which is the highest number of cases reported in the state over the last decade....

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Honolulu Among 10 Worst Markets for House Flippers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 AM :: 6422 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living

...“Flip or Flop”....

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Compact Impact: Trump Admin Sends Another $3M
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 4821 Views :: National News

... Supplements $30 Million Provided Previously ....

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Oahu Republicans Go Door-to-Door
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:29 AM :: 4529 Views :: Republican Party

...This weekend, hundreds of homes in several districts across Oahu each received an informative and persuasive door hanger from the Honolulu County Republican Party....

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Mike Huckabee to Speak at Hawaii Republican Fundraiser
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 4:25 AM :: 5227 Views :: Republican Party

...Tuesday October 24 at 6pm, Koolau Ballroom....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Matson: Construction-Related Shipments Down
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 6082 Views :: Economy, Jones Act

...lower construction related cargo to Hawaii as the boom of high-rise condominium developments in Honolulu has begun to ebb....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Secret Rail Meetings at Legislature
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 7203 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes

... If the funding of rail was all that was on the table it would be simple....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
HECO Public Meetings to Discuss Plan for Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 5998 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

...Hawaiian Electric Company will host a public meeting on Monday, Aug. 7, at McKinley High School....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Lawsuit: Donald Trump Personally Edits Malia Zimmerman Articles
By Selected News Articles @ 5:18 PM :: 6007 Views :: Ethics, Politicians

...Trump allegedly reviewed the Fox story before it was published on May 16....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Improve Hawai’i’s Missile Defenses — Now
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 PM :: 5865 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

...U.S. Pacific Command boss Adm. Harry Harris Jr. told lawmakers in April to consider nearer-term measures. Harris said the existing system could be “overwhelmed” by an ICBM attack. If that happened, he said, “someone would have to make a decision about which ones to take out or not.”....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
US Intel Officials Confirm North Korea Can Strike Most Of The Homeland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 4236 Views :: Military

...The missile test on July 28 performed better than the Hwasong-14 tested earlier last month....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2017
By Congress.org @ 4:16 PM :: 4721 Views :: Congressional Delegation

...The House is in the August district work period and not doing any legislative business until Sept. 5....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
E-Cigs Get a Second Chance from FDA
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 5447 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

...Unexpected update from FDA halts federal regulations and embraces e-cigarettes....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Akana: OHA Criminal Behavior has been going on for A Very Long Time
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 5991 Views :: Ethics, OHA

...“a criminal probe is now underway on a lucrative, non-bid contract issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs”....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Tourism: $8.4B in First Six Months
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 3865 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...Visitor Arrivals Increased 4.3 Percent to 4.6 Million....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Peter Apo Reinventing OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 AM :: 4811 Views :: OHA

...struggling to navigate an unfriendly sea of public opinion, a divided beneficiary community, low ratings from important state legislators, and a cautiously uneasy relationship with the state administration....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
E-W Center Features in 2017 Congressional Pig Book
By News Release @ 4:40 AM :: 5998 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Higher Education

...the center was established by Congress in 1960 with no congressional hearings and over the State Department’s opposition....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Ige Seeks Comment on Nominees for 3rd Circuit Court
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 4680 Views :: Judiciary

...Gov. Ige has 30 days, or until August 30 to make his appointments....

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
HART officials to meet with bond rating agencies in San Francisco
By News Release @ 1:32 AM :: 5385 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail

...In addition to the bond meetings, on Tuesday Mayor Caldwell and Chair Manahan will tour electric bus manufacturer Proterra to examine emission free buses that could be brought to O‘ahu in the future....

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Monday, July 31, 2017
Crosswalk Cellphone Ban: Just because something is a good idea doesn’t mean it’s a good law.
By Selected News Articles @ 7:03 PM :: 4417 Views :: Honolulu County

...What is the function of government?....

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Monday, July 31, 2017
Hawaii not College-Ready -- Second lowest median scores on ACT
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6724 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

...Hawaii among states with lowest median scores on college admissions test, study finds....

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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Hint to Hawaii: Court halts Illinois mandate to promote abortion
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 6103 Views :: First Amendment, Life

...Injunction suspends enforcement of law which ‘targets free speech rights’....

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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Slate: The Absurdity of Honolulu's New Law Banning Pedestrians From Looking at Their Cellphones
By Selected News Articles @ 8:05 PM :: 4717 Views :: Honolulu County

...If the fusty sigh of “Kids these days!” were a law, it would look something like the new Honolulu ordinance making it illegal to cross the street while looking at a cellphone....

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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Rail: Rod Tam Floats Magnetic Levitation
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 4697 Views :: Rail

...WELCOME to the PEOPLE’S PUBLIC HEARING ON RAIL....

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Sunday, July 30, 2017
No Hanahana -- Kaukau Anyway
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6145 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

...if you don’t work, you don’t eat....

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Saturday, July 29, 2017
North Korea Fires Off Another ICBM--Could Hit Chicago
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 4444 Views :: Military

...North Korean ICBM Could Strike Deep Into US Territory, Leading Experts Say....

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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Demanding best practices in rail accounting
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 PM :: 5108 Views :: Ethics, Rail

What does it say about the state of governance in Hawaii that endorsing basic standards of fiscal responsibility is a revolutionary act?

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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Telescope: Judge Recommends Permit Be Issued, Land Board Hearing Set for Sept 20
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 AM :: 8435 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....

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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Nine Homeless Accept Shelter After Latest Sweeps
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 4619 Views :: Homelessness

...Nine people, including three couples and three single adults left their encampments along the H-1 corridor and Nimitz Highway and were placed into shelter at Next Step and to permanent housing....

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Friday, July 28, 2017
Full Text: PIG Proposes Updated EIS Rules
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 4660 Views :: Environment

...Preliminary Draft of Proposed Revisions to Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Title 11 Department of Health Chapter 200 Environmental Impact Statement Rules....

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Friday, July 28, 2017
Hawaii a case study in how government can make basic healthcare a nightmare
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 5735 Views :: Health Care

...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
UH: Homelessness plays a large role in unnecessary hospitalizations
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 PM :: 4813 Views :: Homelessness

...“I Need my Own Place to get Better”: Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations....

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
Matson purchases second-hand ship for new Marshall Islands service
By Michael Hansen @ 9:56 PM :: 6061 Views :: Jones Act

“Matson announces new U.S. flag Marshall Islands service”

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
Audit: Caldwell's Section 8 Program Hides Homeless Data
By News Release @ 7:52 PM :: 6869 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness

...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
HiDoT Puts State Highway Project Database on line
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 4658 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...Available data includes the schedule, scope, and estimated cost for all current State Highways projects as well as all projects planned to begin construction in the next two years....

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
DLNR Removes 11 Tons of Homeless Drug Addicts’ Garbage from Kalalau
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 5041 Views :: Homelessness

...Illustrates Trashing of Wilderness Park by Illegal Campers & Squatters....

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Estimating Ride Hailing’s Bite out of Transit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:30 AM :: 4512 Views :: Rail

...Transit’s Precipitous Decline....

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Maui Event Features Peggy Grande, confidant to President Ronald Reagan
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 AM :: 4605 Views :: Republican Party

...Peggy will share her behind-the-scenes stories and insights about Ronald Reagan’s final years....

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Suspending Hawaii’s Grants in Aid 
By Rachelle Chang @ 2:57 AM :: 4688 Views :: Ethics

...government may not be able to fund nonprofits that are not closely aligned to current government responsibilities....

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
$1.6B Available to Pay for Rail -- Without Raising Taxes
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 9463 Views :: Rail, Taxes

... we found $1.595B being siphoned off of Rail for non-rail purposes ....

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Monday, July 24, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 24, 2017
By Congress.org @ 11:04 PM :: 4783 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Shanahan Nomination - Confirmation
  • Senate: Bush Nomination - Confirmation
  • House: Ozone Standards Implementation
  • House: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure
  • House: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Coordinating Authority
  • House: King Cove Land Exchange
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Monday, July 24, 2017
North Korean Media Identifies Hawaii And Alaska As Possible Targets
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 PM :: 4873 Views :: Military

“Hawaii, where the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) is stationed, and Alaska,” where part of the U.S. missile shield is based, are in range of North Korea’s missiles, the Rodong Sinmun wrote Sunday....

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Monday, July 24, 2017
US Prepares Another Missile Defense Test as North Korea Ramps Up Threat
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 4566 Views :: Military

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a warning to mariners earlier this week to steer clear of the waterways between Kodiak Island in Alaska and Hawaii this coming weekend....

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Sunday, July 23, 2017
EITC: Devil in the Details
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4536 Views :: Taxes

On July 10, 2017, Governor Ige proudly signed House Bill 209, a bill that establishes a Hawaii earned income tax credit.... 

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Saturday, July 22, 2017
JSC Announces Four Vacancies--Seeks Chief Judge for ICA
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 5175 Views :: Judiciary

...And ICA Judge Katherine Leonard is seeking retention....

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Saturday, July 22, 2017
Millennials are public pension losers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:56 PM :: 5719 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

Hawaii may be giving millennials the short end of the stick when it comes to the state’s unfunded public pension liabilities....

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Saturday, July 22, 2017
Rail: 75% of Contracts Already Signed
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 5:51 AM :: 4483 Views :: Rail

.... CITYLAB --formerly Atlantic Cities-- covers the Honolulu rail boondoggle ....

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