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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 |
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Hawaii Republican Party Endorses Akina for OHA
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 5505 Views :: OHA, Republican Party
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All State of Hawaii registered voters, regardless of ethnicity, have the right and duty to vote for OHA trustees....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 |
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Pension Reform? Fiscal responsibility is key to improving state's economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:03 PM :: 6224 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...administration will seek to both accelerate state payments into the Employee Retirement System pension fund and establish new rules for dealing with the privatization of government operations....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 |
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Caldwell Hypocritical -- Ducks Another Debate
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 6433 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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After having just demanded a live debate, Kirk Caldwell now refuses to debate Charles Djou on Olelo public television....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 |
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Kapolei & Pearl City HS advance to 2017 VEX World Robotics Championship
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 5315 Views :: Education K-12
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Eighty-eight student robotic teams from Hawaii, California, China, and Taiwan participated in the fast-paced and fiercely competitive event....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Honolulu Rail: From $4.6 B to $8.6 B In Eight Years. Now What?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 11:50 PM :: 5421 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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An average family of five would have to pay more than $1,000 per year just to complete rail....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Caldwell Lays an Egg
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:14 PM :: 5320 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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"...what could he possibly provide in an hour a month that’s worth $299,000 to Territorial other than political influence?"
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Do Hawaii's special-interest-controlled politicians really want a hospital on Maui?
By Jan Shields RN @ 1:26 PM :: 4890 Views :: Health Care
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...Maui residents fly over to Oahu, bring thousands of our medical dollars there.... It is a guaranteed income for Oahu hospitals....
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Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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Clinton: Phony Anti-Fracking Groups are Russian Plot
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5612 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....
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Sunday, October 9, 2016 |
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Does the Electorate Reflect the Population? Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 AM :: 5514 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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Election history reveals a perpetually glaring problem....
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Sunday, October 9, 2016 |
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2016’s Fastest Growing Cities—Honolulu Ranks 467th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 AM :: 4492 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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...analysts compared 515 U.S. cities of varying population sizes based on 14 key indicators of rapid economic growth....
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Sunday, October 9, 2016 |
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Dog Parks: Djou on Creating Livable Communities
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:14 AM :: 3965 Views :: Honolulu County
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This week we had a wonderful time meeting dog owners from around Oahu to discuss expanding the number of dog parks in our city....
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Sunday, October 9, 2016 |
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DHHL: Can’t Spend $60M, Asks for $500M
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5007 Views :: DHHL
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One year ago, DHHL was sitting on about $55 million in federal funds unspent, as a result of which HUD stopped providing additional funding....
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Saturday, October 8, 2016 |
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Ideological Diversity? Honolulu Ranks 295th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 3522 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...we calculated the standard deviation of donor ideology - the average distance between any two donors - for each city....
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Saturday, October 8, 2016 |
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Saturday, October 8, 2016 |
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Can a feasibility study make or break the inter-island ferry?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:24 AM :: 4734 Views :: Jones Act
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...consider how a Jones Act exemption and privately-operated model can change the game....
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Saturday, October 8, 2016 |
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No, the Bee-Pocalypse Isn’t Here Yet
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 AM :: 4886 Views :: Environment
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“The bees are dying,” read one Washington Post lede....
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Friday, October 7, 2016 |
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OHA Illegally Contributing to Lindsey Campaign?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4694 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...there are plans to secretly divert OHA funds and use them for the re-election campaign of OHA chair Robert Lindsey....
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Friday, October 7, 2016 |
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Victory: Hawaii Supreme Court Approves Haleakala Solar Telescope
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 10183 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....
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Friday, October 7, 2016 |
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2016 Hawaii elections: proposed amendments, part 1
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:21 AM :: 11610 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County
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In addition to selecting the best candidates for elected office, Hawaii voters have many decisions to make that will have a big impact on County charters and our future....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Police Release Rape Kit Test Info
By News Release @ 11:25 PM :: 10324 Views :: Law Enforcement, Police
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Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii county police departments successfully inventoried their untested sexual assault evidence collection kits....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Politicians In Un-Contested Races Get More Contributions
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:51 PM :: 3902 Views :: Ethics
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Why would candidates in uncontested races be given so much money?
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Supreme Court Hearing Hanalei Boatyard Case Today
By Robert Thomas @ 3:48 PM :: 6681 Views :: Kauai County, Land Use
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Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Aliiolani Hale....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Indiana Seed Producer Buys Kauai Seed Farm from BASF
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 7819 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs
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Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company in the United States....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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CATO: Excessive Spending Earns Ige an ‘F’
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 4511 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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General fund spending rose 7 percent in 2016, and Ige proposed to increase it 12 percent in 2017....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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DoE HS Absenteeism 19% -- only 39% of 11th Grade Students Meet Benchmark
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 4913 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"We will be taking a close look at our highest achieving schools and determine best practices that can be implemented in schools that need supports."
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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Hawaii House Leaders Agree—No Fake Indian Tribe Needed
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 6142 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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You’ve got some influential friends in the House....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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OHA to Silence Dissident Trustees?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 6748 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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On August 24th, the BAE Committee and OHA’s CEO proposed a new policy called “One Voice, One Message,” which requires that all external communications be submitted to the CEO for review and approval....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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Does OHA Need a Watchdog?
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 5263 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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Huge Sums Of Hawaiian Beneficiary Money Have Again Been Spent At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs With No One There To Stop It....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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International Sex-Trafficking Bust Reaches into Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 5805 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...an international sex trafficking organization transporting hundreds of women from Thailand....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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DoE Touts Improvement in ‘Smarter Balanced’ Test Results
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 5568 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...51 percent of students tested met or exceeded the achievement standard in ELA, up three percentage points from the previous year....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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Draft rules for Maunakea lands moving towards formal public hearing process
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 6335 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016 |
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Caldwell Campaign "Volunteer" Paid With Your Tax Money
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:21 PM :: 8927 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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..."earns" tens of thousands of dollars in City public relations contracts....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016 |
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Instead of Submitting Plan, HART begs Feds for Another Extension
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 4142 Views :: Rail
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"The City is requesting an extension of the December 2016 Recovery Plan submittal date to June 30, 2017"
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Department of Transportation to study isle ferry services
By Michael Hansen @ 10:03 PM :: 4601 Views :: Small Business
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...a feasibility study of various intra-island and interisland ferry services....
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 3, 2016
By Congress.org @ 9:23 PM :: 5457 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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CO-OP Consumer Protection – Passage
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism – Veto Override
Water Resource Development – Passage
Continuing Federal Government Funding, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations and Zika Funding
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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HR3764 is on the Move—Bill Blocks Recognition of Indian Tribes Without Congressional Vote
By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 7241 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Two weeks after the Committee vote, the Obama Administration published its “final rule” bypassing Congress with administrative recognition of a fake Hawaiian Indian tribe....
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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Inclusion for the Disabled: Hawaii Ranks 5th
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5096 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The Case for Inclusion, an annual ranking of how well State Medicaid programs serve Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities....
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Monday, October 3, 2016 |
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Hawaii Insurance Commissioner one of only Two With Secret Financial ‘Disclosures’
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 3537 Views :: Ethics
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... Review your state regulator's financial ties? -- Not in Hawaii ....
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Sunday, October 2, 2016 |
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HIDOT Fails to Answer -- $78K Administrative Cost Per Mile
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 7890 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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"...Our numbers come from the DOT submittals to the federal government for the HI state-owned road system, so if they are ‘wrong’ then the DOT needs to say why they submitted them ‘wrong’...."
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Sunday, October 2, 2016 |
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Fuel for Thought
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3947 Views :: Taxes
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...a $4 million federal grant to come up with a “reimagining” of the taxes we currently pay....
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Saturday, October 1, 2016 |
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Saturday, October 1, 2016 |
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DoH: Hawaii has highest rate of tooth decay among kids
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 6196 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The results of Hawaii Smiles confirm that Hawaii’s children have the highest prevalence of tooth decay in the United States....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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Tourism Hits New Record: 19 Consecutive Months of Growth in Arrivals
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 5129 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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A total of 780,723 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in August 2016....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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More Regulation Won’t Make Housing Affordable
By Selected News Articles @ 9:31 PM :: 6022 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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“local barriers to housing development have intensified....”
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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Hawaii Roads: More Buck for Less Bang
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:23 PM :: 7015 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Despite that heavy spending, Hawaii’s roads are the worst in the U.S. for urban pavement conditions ....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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US Census Report on Housing Affordability
By Selected News Articles @ 9:00 PM :: 4178 Views :: Cost of Living
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Value-to-income ratios above 3 suggest real or artificial limits on the ability of homebuilders to meet the demand for new housing....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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Hawaii's 2017 ranking for Business Tax Climate includes a lesson for the legislature
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:46 PM :: 4365 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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I have good news. Hawaii improved its position in the Index, moving up from 30th to 26th overall....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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As Rail Collapses, Caldwell Laughs All The Way to the Bank
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:39 PM :: 5908 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Caldwell has been using his position as Mayor to enrich himself -- making $200,000-$299,999 a year as mayor "working" just 1-2 hours a months and collecting $900,000 - $999,999 in bank stock for his "service"....
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Friday, September 30, 2016 |
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Voter Registration Deadline October 10 (sort of)
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:37 PM :: 5100 Views :: Office of Elections
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Voters are eligible for late registration for the General Election at an early walk-in voting location....
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