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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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HDOT Sets Public Meeting on Use of OR&L Right of Way
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 6000 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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...the OR&L ROW, a 40-foot wide stretch from Central Waipahu to Piliokahe Gulch in Nanakuli, owned by HDOT....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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State Announces 10-Year Invasive Species Plan
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 7320 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Kai Homeless Map Cleared by Attorney General
By Rep Gene Ward @ 12:51 PM :: 7021 Views :: First Amendment, Homelessness
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According to Deputy Attorney General Diane Tiara, the Hawaii Kai Homeless Map poses no legal or constitutional issues....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: ACLU Asks Feds to Investigate Hawaii Prison Conditions
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 4520 Views :: Law Enforcement
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“Hawaii policymakers have long been warned that without a long-term plan to manage the growth of incarceration, the state could revert to conditions that led to class-action lawsuits and federal oversight."
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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151 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5365 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to apply as a candidate is February 17, 2017....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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Video GMO story: The near death and rescue of the Hawaiian papaya
By Selected News Articles @ 2:59 PM :: 5222 Views :: GMOs
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The tiny anti-GMO movement in Hawaii grew into a sizable force in 2013-14, thanks largely to funding and directional support from organizations on the US mainland....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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UH Med School Resources Used to Organize Anti-Trump Protest
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 8353 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Jerris Hedges, MD, JABSOM Dean said, “JABSOM is proud that our students hold such strong community values and will speak up for those patients who may not have a voice in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape.”
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 9, 2017
By Congress.org @ 8:56 PM :: 3211 Views
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Budget Resolution
House: Objecting to UN Resolution 2334 Concerning Israeli-Palestinian Peace
House: Executive Regulations
House: Midnight Rules
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii most racially integrated state (Except Healthcare)
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 5615 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii ranks 44th in "equality and integration" of healthcare....
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Problems with the Rail Initiative - Indebted to the HART
By Video @ 4:21 PM :: 4580 Views :: Rail
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The Future of Rail on Oahu: Plan A, B, or C?
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Assisted Suicide: 2017 Bill Written to Facilitate Elder Abuse
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 6157 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The bill eliminates “safeguards” from current doctor-prescribed suicide laws and proposals....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 13906 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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According to its attorney, a private company controlled by OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe now possesses sole title to the 1,875 acres comprising Waimea Valley....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Native Hawaiian Astronomers Testify in Support of Telescope
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 8185 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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“I see Maunakea as a special place that allows us to understand and study our origins....”
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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What's Next for Marijuana Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5927 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... legislators are considering a special, higher GET rate for marijuana, but haven’t decided upon that rate yet ....
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Saturday, January 7, 2017 |
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Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill Abandons Safeguards
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 5307 Views :: Life
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The bill gives insurance programs the opportunity to cut costs by denying payment of more expensive treatments while approving payment for the less costly prescription for a lethal drug overdose....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric seeks onshore wind farm developers on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 6469 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Report: Only 46% of HC&S Cane Workers Find New Jobs
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 9495 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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The sole purpose of the taskforce was to help the 675 workers who were laid off last year....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Retirement: HPD Chief Kealoha Finally Forced Out
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 8369 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Kealoha was not at today’s closed-door meeting....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Clyde Wadsworth Named Hawaii Solicitor General
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 4568 Views :: Judiciary
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Previously, Wadsworth was of counsel to Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing in Honolulu....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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State pension debt will likely get worse
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:53 PM :: 5254 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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"Our membership will live two to three years longer, which means we’ll have to pay...."
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Out with Obamacare…In with Trumpcare?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 4687 Views :: Health Care
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What should the government’s role be when it comes to ensuring healthcare access for its citizens?
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 5214 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission. The council is also seeking nominees to fill vacancies on the Campaign Spending Commission....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Story of Hope
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:46 AM :: 7318 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...so many kids never get the chance to see a real working farm....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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UHERO: Regulating Home-Share Rentals in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:08 AM :: 6982 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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Last year nearly one in three U.S. travelers stayed in home-based accommodation units compared to one in ten in 2011....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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137K Gallons Sewage: Caldwell Claims Latest Rupture is Repaired
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 6511 Views :: Honolulu County
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...close to where the same pipe broke in November, 2016....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Intermediate Court of Appeals: JSC Nominates Ige Campaign Chair and some other people
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 6675 Views :: Judiciary
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Why should Ige Campaign Chair Keith Hiraoka be bothered with District Court when he can go straight to ICA?....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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HD2-Hilo: Ige Appoints Chris Todd to Legislature
By News Release @ 6:47 PM :: 7718 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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He held several positions at the Suisan Fish Market before becoming distribution manager for Hawai‘i Paper Products last year....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Dean Nishina Appointed Consumer Advocate
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 6994 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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Nishina previously served in the role from December 2009 to January 2011....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Auditor: Three DoE Special Funds do not meet criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:22 AM :: 4401 Views :: Education K-12
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...1 special fund, 1 revolving fund, and 1 trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Honolulu: 1,309 Lane-Miles Repaved
By News Release @ 10:14 AM :: 4978 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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Upcoming projects this year include the repaving of N. King Street and Kalākaua and Nu‘uanu avenues in town, and across O‘ahu projects in Mākaha, Makakilo/Kapolei, Waialua and St. Louis Heights....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Caldwell Inaugural Address: Rail Could End up Like Superferry
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 7359 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...splints that have cracks... tendons that aren’t working properly... the railcars....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Akina: Ethics Commission Upholds Participation in Suit Against Fake Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 8173 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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“Today was a productive day. The will of the voters who elected me was upheld,” Trustee Akina said....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Busted in DHHL Scam, Company Teams up with Aloha United Way
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 11712 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Homelessness
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...Free Obamafones --but only for the homeless who actively refuse shelter....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Education Week: Hawaii Grade ‘C’, Ranks 25th
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5151 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii’s 2017 Highlights Report includes summarized results based on each of the nearly 40 indicators that make up Quality Counts’ overall grading rubric....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Nai Aupuni Biggest Failure of 2016, Will be Dead January 20
By Video @ 1:04 PM :: 6716 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Will be dead when Obama leaves office January 20....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Video: OHA Trustees Vote to Buy Out Crabbe--$450K Golden Parachute
By Video @ 4:33 AM :: 9209 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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During the debate, Crabbe cronies--now in the minority on the Board--revealed that they had gifted Crabbe with a $450K golden parachute just before the Nov 8 elections changed the Board majority....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Bedbugs: Honolulu Crawls up to 48th in USA
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 7836 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Tourism
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Nationally, Orkin's bed bug revenue is up more than 10 percent over last year....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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2015 Traffic Accident Map of Honolulu
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:37 AM :: 6941 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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This is an interesting and useful result of an unofficial public-private partnership....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Harbors wharfage rates to rise 34.5% in 2017
By Michael Hansen @ 1:18 AM :: 10075 Views :: Jones Act, OHA, Small Business, Cost of Living
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The first two wharfage increases of 17% and 15% on February 1st and October 1st respectively will result in a 34.5% increase in 2017 on a compound basis....
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017 |
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Ethics, HSTA Announce Agreement on School Trips
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 6510 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...teachers may continue to plan trips and serve as chaperones with private tour companies....
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Monday, January 2, 2017 |
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Legislative Agenda: Small Business on Defense (Again)
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 5552 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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The 28th Hawaii State Legislature ended on May 5, 2016, with some important victories for small business. The 29th session commences Jan. 18, 2017....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Annual Registration of Mopeds Required Beginning January 2017
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 5950 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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Act 200 of 2016 requires significant changes to moped registration throughout the State of Hawaii....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Video: Hawaii GMO Papaya Real Solutions Real Lives
By Video @ 2:45 PM :: 7013 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii is now the newest member of the Cornell Alliance for Science for global network....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Mark Moses was a Mensch
By Selected News Articles @ 1:46 PM :: 8222 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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20 years ago, I visited Mark Moses’s deathbed....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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112 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 4847 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to apply as a candidate is February 17, 2017....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Ige’s Billion Dollar Psych-Out
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5477 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...the Ige Administration has been meeting with the unions....
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Saturday, December 31, 2016 |
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CNMI Government Takes House Lot from Owner, Refuses to Pay
By Robert Thomas @ 7:32 PM :: 5624 Views :: Land Use
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...the court also issued a writ of execution, ordering the local branches of the banks in which the CNMI government kept its cash to deliver "all monies and proceeds" to the property owner's lawyer....
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Saturday, December 31, 2016 |
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State spends $72K to monitor your social media accounts
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 7187 Views :: First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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“Social media monitoring allows police to constantly target, track, and archive information posted on social media...."
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Saturday, December 31, 2016 |
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Can you name the state trying to place racial restrictions on voting?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 6837 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The CNMI law restricts voting in certain elections to those of "Northern Marianas descent."
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Saturday, December 31, 2016 |
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Another Court Blasts Unconstitutional, Race-Based Voting
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 7164 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The courts just handed unconstitutional, race-based voting—backed by the Obama administration—another defeat....
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