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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Family Prosperity Index: Hawaii Ranks 41st
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 7546 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

In 2015, Hawaii had the highest SNAP spending at $222.99, while New Hampshire had the lowest at $103.87—a difference of 115 percent....

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators—2016 Session
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 6284 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians

In our third year of rating the state, ACU found that the Republican average decreased by 21 points—from 67 out of 100 in 2015, to 46 out of 100 in 2016....

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
SB501: AG Slaps Senators for Censoring Testimony opposing Anti-Free-Speech Bill
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 AM :: 8520 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life

On March 6 Hawai’i Free Press carried an article reporting on SB501: “Hawaii lawmakers are censoring pro-lifers who were defending free speech”.  Now the Attorney General has weighed in....

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Caldwell Signs Tax Hikes, Spending Bills
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 7427 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes

“This shows that the city is committed to funding and completing the rail project,” said Mayor Caldwell....

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Monday, April 10, 2017
Top Dems Attack Gabbard After She Fails to Blame Assad for Gas Attack
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 9227 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard

...Neera Tanden, a close confidante of Hillary Clinton and president of the Center for American Progress, took to Twitter on Friday to urge Hawaiians to vote Gabbard out of Congress....

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Monday, April 10, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 10, 2017
By Congress.org @ 3:52 PM :: 5126 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch
  • House: Employee Stock Sales
  • House: Self-Insured Health Plans
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Research surveys Jones Act costs and effects
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:19 PM :: 6198 Views :: Jones Act, Military

...Jones Act distorts U.S. economy, endangers military....

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Sunday, April 9, 2017
CreditAbles
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5833 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes

Terms being bandied about include exemptions, deductions, and tax credits, and among tax credits there are the “CreditAbles” – refundable, nonrefundable, and assignable credits.....

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Sunday, April 9, 2017
After Appealing to Supreme Court, State Wins Right to Forcibly Medicate Psycho Killer
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 6174 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement

In 2013, the Hawaii State Hospital moved for a court order authorizing the involuntary administration of medication to Lawrence after he refused to accept medication....

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Saturday, April 8, 2017
SB501: House Set to Vote on Bill Forcing Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 10160 Views :: First Amendment, Life

... Tuesday April 11 at 9AM ....

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Saturday, April 8, 2017
Schatz-Connected Developer building ‘Shopping Center’ at Pupukea
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 11547 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Development

...the Star-Adv omits any reference to “Hanapohaku Project Manager Linda Schatz”, also known as Mrs Brian Schatz....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
DLNR: Waikiki Eco Confab Cost Taxpayers Millions
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 10541 Views :: Environment, Ethics, OHA, Tourism

...and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ponied up $500K buying Kamanao Crabbe the chance to MC the event....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
Time for change at Hawaii’s airports
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:12 PM :: 151784 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tourism

For Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the problems at Hawaii’s airports are just a matter of not enough kumbaya....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 7:13 PM :: 8121 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

...Upcoming Legislative Dates....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
Dairy: Billionaire Developer Omidyar Creates More Precedents Farmers Can’t Follow
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 6787 Views :: Environment, Agriculture

...the Makauwahi Cave Reserve be the recipient of $125,000 for a supplemental environmental project to be funded by Hawai‘i Dairy Farms....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
Ige Energy Code: Increase Home Construction Costs by $4700 per unit
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 6358 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

Gov. Ige’s signing of the new IECC will pave the way for the eventual adoption of the code by Hawai‘i’s counties, requiring that all new commercial and residential construction meet the code....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
HB1022: $10M for Latest Honolulu Airport Mess
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 6210 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

“Settling these claims now spares all parties years of litigation and lets HDOT use existing project monies to pay subs for the work that was done,” said Doug Chin....

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Friday, April 7, 2017
Good Citizen or "Vexatious Requester"?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 7332 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government

When first introduced, HB1518 put forth a very worrisome proposal....

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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Hawaii Pensions Underfunded by 39%
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 5643 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

Pension obligations must be fulfilled eventually....

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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Deal Announced to Preserve Ka Iwi Coast
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 4827 Views :: Environment

...ending a 40-year-long battle to preserve the area....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Hawaii 2nd-Highest Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 5917 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...Total Tax Burden: 11.27% – #2 in USA....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Who lives longer: Hawaii life expectancies examined in research study
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 6231 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

The life expectancy at birth in Hawaii in 2010 was 82.4 years....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Full Text: Arab Newspaper Describes Trump Role in Gabbard Syria Trip
By Selected News Articles @ 6:47 PM :: 11805 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Military, Tulsi Gabbard

"The story of Trump 's message to Assad"

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Who’s Hiding Behind Homes for Hawaiians?
By Video @ 5:41 PM :: 6195 Views :: DHHL, Ethics

...A Grab For Money & Power....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Hawaii: Monsanto is First Farm Awarded Zero Waste Certification
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 8632 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs

The first business in Hawaii to earn the certification, Monsanto’s Upper Kunia Farm has been focused on increasing yields while using fewer resources, and has successfully diverted 98 percent of its waste....

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Green Energy Schemers: Hawaii success story because of the high price of electricity, state tax credits
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 8463 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Cost of Living

Honolulu ranks first for installed solar capacity per capita in the United States....

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Hawaii Cannabis Tracking System Designed By Feds, Silicon Valley Billionaires
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 AM :: 7584 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Drugs

Don’t worry: You can trust the Feds and Silicon Valley with your ‘medical’ marijuana records—unless you annoy them in some way....

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Caldwell Appoints Banker to be Deputy Director of Budget and Fiscal Services
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 5736 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

Most recently, Biggs developed a series of lectures for the University of Hawai‘i Shidler School of Business and Hawai‘i Pacific University providing an overview of local banks and the Hawai‘i banking market....

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Monday, April 3, 2017
Survey: Hawaii Stressed over Money, not Family
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 7615 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

Hawaii Ranks #1 for Fewest Hours of Sleep per Night ....

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Monday, April 3, 2017
Brian Schatz and the Story of How Senate Dems Went Anti-Israel
By Selected News Articles @ 1:29 AM :: 7383 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Brian Schatz sold his hardly used soul for a low six figures. And George Soros probably overpaid for a worthless product....

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Sunday, April 2, 2017
Carnival Cancelled Thanks to OHA Money Grab?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 9151 Views :: Maui County, OHA, Small Business

“A little over half of this increase is attributable to State wharfage charges"

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Sunday, April 2, 2017
Economic Nexus: Solving the Online Tax Dodge
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4419 Views :: Taxes

...SB 620 would redefine how our general excise tax laws define “doing business”....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 4936 Views :: Health Care

The authors note that their recommendations are important as the healthcare system moves toward value-based payment....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:06 PM :: 7688 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

...14,000 Hawaii voters sign petition against assisted suicide....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
After $2B in Tax Credits, High Tech Scammers Pay Only $27M in Taxes
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 7285 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits, Taxes

After burning $2B, the state received a pathetic $27.1 million in taxes from 150 companies tied to the High Technology Development Corporation....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Hawaii lawmakers barreling toward $1 billion spending increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 6015 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

Hawaii lawmakers would like us to believe that they are cutting the state budget in the current legislative session, but it’s not true....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Rickrolling Rail
By Robert Thomas @ 5:01 PM :: 5262 Views :: Rail

...city officials feel they have been given the green light to get the project finished, whatever the eventual cost might be....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Video: Should Being Homeless in Hawaii be Considered an Illness?
By Video @ 4:33 PM :: 5764 Views :: Homelessness

Question: How can we increase homelessness 100-fold?  

Answer: Make housing a right.

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Abortionist Moves to Hawaii after Undercover Video Expose
By Video @ 5:14 AM :: 6329 Views :: Life

Dr. Deborah Nucatola, former Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood’s national operation  relocated to Hawaii as the abortion giant’s Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands medical director....

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Friday, March 31, 2017
Travel Ban: 9th Circuit Court Will Reverse Hawaii’s Political Hack Judge
By Selected News Articles @ 4:55 AM :: 7153 Views :: National News

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii "is so way out – he's such a political hack . . . that I think even the Ninth Circuit will reverse him...."

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
As Expected, EPA Rejects Anti-Pesticide Activists’ Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 8535 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs

...in response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America....

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
OHA seeks input on upcoming budget (for three days)
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 5877 Views :: Ethics, OHA

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is accepting community input through March 31...

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
OHA issues two more business loans
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 6223 Views :: OHA, Small Business

...two Hua Kanu business loans, totaling $450,000, to Reliant Trucking Inc. and Goldwings Supply Service Inc....

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
UHERO: Electric Car Batteries Part of Plan to Go 100% Renewable
By UHERO @ 5:58 PM :: 5115 Views :: Energy

...plan to achieve 100% renewable power on Oahu by 2045, subject to a 5% limit on biofuel....

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Micronesian students head to International Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 6735 Views :: Education K-12, National News

The famously traditional Island of Stone Money is sending top students to a high tech global robotics competition....

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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Senate WAM Budget -- $386M More Spending than House
By News Release @ 2:28 AM :: 5437 Views :: Hawaii State Government

HB100 HD1 SD1 proposes reducing the Governor’s budget request by $114 million in general funds over the biennium -- The House version reduced the Governor's increase in spending by $500M....

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
All Talk, No Action: State’s Low Refugee Count Works Against Hawaii v Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 6686 Views :: National News, Hawaii Statistics

Just 20 out of more than 530,000 refugees settled in the United States since 2010 were brought to Hawaii....

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Report: Big island Hotspot for ‘Premature Death’
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 6060 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Rates of youth disconnection are higher in rural counties than in urban counties....

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Sabotage in Store for OHA Audit?
By Video @ 5:17 PM :: 5804 Views :: Ethics, OHA

...Two Strategies That Could Compromise The Audit & Who Might Want That To Happen....

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Trump Economy: Visitor Spending Increases 11.5% in February 2017
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 5170 Views :: Tourism

...the average daily census rose 4.9 percent to 240,382 visitors per day....

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