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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Honolulu 2nd-Lowest Average Internet Speed
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 5333 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

Honolulu average Internet download speed ranks 99th of 100 US cities....

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
A third marine carrier in Hawaii?
By Video @ 1:43 AM :: 5879 Views :: Jones Act

VIDEO: Mike Hansen discusses what this means, whether it's likely to happen, and how it fits in the Hawaii marine seascape....

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
UH: Housing First Keeps 89% of Homeless Housed
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 7049 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

Clients were 64% less likely to visit the emergency room and 74% less likely to be admitted to a hospital....

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 17th in Child Well-being
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 8380 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Oahu GOP: No Rail Tax Hike Special Session
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:36 AM :: 6632 Views :: Rail, Taxes

Island taxpayers are already struggling from paycheck to paycheck....

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Hawaii GOP: Ige Paris Accord Grandstanding will Cost Hawaii Consumers
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 1:31 AM :: 7372 Views :: Environment, Republican Party

...Democrats—who so piously declare themselves champions of the middle class and working families—will have accomplished nothing but to further increase the already exorbitant cost of living in Hawaii....

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Monday, June 12, 2017
Message to OHA: ‘Clean up your Act’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:29 AM :: 6291 Views :: Ethics, OHA

Beneficiaries are calling for higher levels of transparency and accountability....

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Monday, June 12, 2017
The saga of fishing vessel ‘America’s Finest’ continues
By Michael Hansen @ 1:27 AM :: 5303 Views :: Jones Act

...New Anacortes-built trawler could be grounded by old law, endangering two Washington State firms....

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Monday, June 12, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 12, 2017
By Congress.org @ 1:24 AM :: 5629 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Senate: Elwood Nomination - Confirmation
Senate: Iran Sanctions - Cloture
House: Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver
House: Financial Regulation Restructuring

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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Reaching Back into the Past
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:01 AM :: 3792 Views :: Taxes

...retroactive tax legislation....

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Saturday, June 10, 2017
Hilo: DLNR Land Lease Ends with Demolition of Hotel
By News Release @ 12:53 AM :: 7637 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Tourism

...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
Rep Thielen: Bring Rail Down to Earth
By Video @ 12:50 AM :: 4064 Views :: Rail

...Representative Cynthia Thielen (H District 50 Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) assistant Minority Floor Leader, discusses the Honolulu rail project with Randall W. Roth, JD,LLM....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
TVRs: No Taxation Without Legalization!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:48 AM :: 5979 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

...state lawmakers are eager to capture $26 million dollars in tax money every year from short-term vacation rentals....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
CyberStates: Hawaii Lags
By Selected News Articles @ 12:46 AM :: 2948 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

The laggards are Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
Global Warmers: Waikiki Sea Level Rise Will Drown Trump Hotel
By Andrew Walden @ 12:43 AM :: 4166 Views :: Environment

...oddly enough, global warmers are still not lining up to accept my very generous offer of 10% of assessed value for their Hawaii oceanfront real estate....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
Ships Under Construction for New Cargo Liner Service for the Hawaii Trade?
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 4364 Views :: Jones Act

...Philly Shipyard is in advanced talks with a leading Jones Act operator to establish a new shipping service in the Hawaii containership trade with up to four new, state-of-the-art, cost-effective and environment-friendly vessels....

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Friday, June 9, 2017
Hawaii: To Afford 2BR Must Earn $73K
By News Release @ 12:38 AM :: 3912 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
Beer Taxes: Hawaii 5th-Highest in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 12:35 AM :: 6409 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

All fifty states and the District of Columbia impose some tax on beer above and beyond the general sales tax....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
GE Tax Hike Cornerstone of McDermott Plan to Rescue Rail
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 12:32 AM :: 6925 Views :: Rail, Taxes

...McDermott calls for Special Session....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
KOS: Poll Shows Tulsi Gabbard Vulnerable to Primary Challenge
By Selected News Articles @ 12:29 AM :: 10742 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard

...Gabbard earns positive marks from just 49 percent of Democrats....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
Mindless Bureaucracy Detains Machine at Honolulu Airport for Lack on Non-Existent Form
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 7536 Views :: Small Business, Drugs

...DEA Form 452 doesn’t exist....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
Potholes Cost Hawaii Drivers $708 per Year
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 4735 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...ASCE Hawaii Infrastructure Report....

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Thursday, June 8, 2017
BoE Puts 'ESSA Team' Principal in Charge, Temporarily
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 5178 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Who Just Got Caught at OHA?
By Video @ 12:16 AM :: 9789 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, OHA

...The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Independent Audit Hasn't Even Started Yet & Already Someone Has Been Caught....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
From colonial navigation acts to the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 12:13 AM :: 7822 Views :: Jones Act
“The Navigation Acts Are Still Alive: A Century of the Jones Act.”
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Maui Mayor Signs Polystyrene Ban
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 8944 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Small Business

The law is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2018....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
City seeks proposals for its third Housing First program
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 8033 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Socrates Visits a Homeless Camp in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 5980 Views :: Homelessness

...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Hawaii: Most Expensive State to Put Your Kid Through College
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 AM :: 5374 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living

At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
2017’s Safest States in America–Hawaii 10th
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 7025 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...37 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories....

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
90 mins to work: Hawaii Supercommuters up 63%
By Selected News Articles @ 11:58 PM :: 5383 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...The number of Hawaii residents commuting 90 minutes or more increased 63 percent from 2010 to 2015, to almost 17,000....

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Wikileaks: Omidyar Website Gave up Leaker to NSA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 9353 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Military, Pierre Omidyar

Civil Beat June 5, 2016: "Not all anonymous sources are created equal. Some do benefit you, and those should be protected...."

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
16 State Coalition Backs Travel Ban Before Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 7266 Views :: National News

...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order....

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
2017’s Best State Economies–Hawaii 39th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 7867 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

...48th – Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....

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Monday, June 5, 2017
Containership capacity in Transpacific trade increasing
By Michael Hansen @ 11:44 PM :: 3187 Views :: Jones Act

...This is an important development for many shippers in Hawaii and Guam because it further places the supposed opportunity to take advantage of these international services to the islands out of reach....

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Monday, June 5, 2017
VIDEO: Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice
By Video @ 11:42 PM :: 7805 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

...E Hana Kakou with Keli'i Akina, "Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice"....

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Monday, June 5, 2017
Ige: Trump Can’t Stop Me From Jacking up your Electric Bill to Line Pockets of Green Energy Scammers
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 8794 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living

...More sweetheart contracts to buy overpriced electricity from campaign contributors....

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Sunday, June 4, 2017
Human Casualties at the Legislature, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:31 PM :: 8314 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government

...fifteen senators wanted to stick their thumbs in the Governor’s eye....

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Saturday, June 3, 2017
OHA releases report on the health of Native Hawaiian men
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 8600 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, OHA

...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....

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Saturday, June 3, 2017
VIDEO: The Right to Home Share in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:26 PM :: 6532 Views :: Small Business

...Airbnb and other home-sharing applications are regulated by market demands for safety and quality, most notably, by star ratings....

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Saturday, June 3, 2017
Update on key initiatives at UH Mānoa, including enrollment management
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 5946 Views :: Higher Education

...progress report on efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to improve student recruitment and retention....

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Saturday, June 3, 2017
Matson charters foreign flag containership for Samoa service
By Michael Hansen @ 11:22 PM :: 6556 Views :: Jones Act

...The SAMOANA is a fully cellular containership built in 2015 in China....

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA’s Former Poi Mill
By Andrew Walden @ 11:19 PM :: 11368 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, OHA

Guess who owns Makaweli poi mill now?

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Where Pro-Rail and Anti-Rail Voices Agree
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:18 PM :: 6348 Views :: Rail

...it's something we should have done a long time ago....

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Friday, June 2, 2017
‘Free’ Food for all Children at 63 Hawaii Public Schools
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 5843 Views :: Education K-12

...Meals will be served at select locations Monday through Friday, except June 12 and July 4. Most schools will serve breakfast and lunch....

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Hawaii: Lowest Pay in the USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 7037 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...Hawaii has he lowest Median Annual Income (adjusted for cost of living) of all 50 states....

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 11:06 PM :: 7346 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Supreme Court to Hear Rail Skim Lawsuit
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 7769 Views :: Rail, Taxes

...Tax Foundation of Hawaii v. State of Hawaii on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 11:15 AM at the Supreme Court Courtroom....

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Thursday, June 1, 2017
Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:59 PM :: 10569 Views :: Energy, Environment, Economy

...policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures....

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Thursday, June 1, 2017
Caldwell: I’m Building Rail Along the Waterfront—But We Should Ignore That and Just Pretend to Believe in Climate Change Anyway
By News Release @ 10:57 PM :: 7359 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Rail

...Hawaii Legislators pledge to Keep Shoveling Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires like Elon Musk....

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