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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Message to OHA: Clean up your act, not your image
By Video @ 7:35 PM :: 4916 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Their Reaction Was To Blow Even More Hawaiian Beneficiary Money....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Fishing Industry to Enforce Good Labor Practices
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5877 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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On the day the AP report was published, a Task Force was formed made up of influential vessel owners, suppliers, the Honolulu Fish Auction and the Hawaii Seafood Council to begin to assess the problem and work on solutions to protect the welfare of the crewmen....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Immediate Halt to U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 6174 Views :: National News, Military
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S.J.Res.39 is expected to go to the floor for a vote today in the Senate....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Feds ‘Search for Solution to Hawaii’s Mosquito Problem’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 7754 Views :: Environment, Health Care, GMOs
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"We all must be diligent in the search for a solution to the mosquito problem that affects humans and animals alike."
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
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Need a Sandwich? Call an Ambulance
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:02 AM :: 7363 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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Among the many problems our community faces with the rampant homeless crisis is the use of our ambulances by a minority in our community, as a personal taxi service....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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Not Too Late to Make the Right Decision on Rail
By Selected News Articles @ 9:29 PM :: 4479 Views :: Rail
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The Federal Transit Administration says it will demand its money back....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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Taxes and tracking your odometer
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:27 PM :: 4888 Views :: Taxes
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Recently, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed that it is considering a mileage-based user fee....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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DLNR Helicopters to Eradicate More Sheep
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 7031 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation Lands, and the Ka‘ohe Game Management Area (Unit G) on the island of Hawai‘i....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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PUC Approves ‘Time of Use’ Electric Rates
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 6622 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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TOU rates are higher during the evening when the overall electricity demand is greatest....
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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HELCO Proposes $19.3M Rate Hike, Blames Trees
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 8448 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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If approved, a typical residential bill for 500 kilowatt hours on Hawaiʽi Island would increase by $9.31 a month to $171.16....
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Monday, September 19, 2016 |
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Screaming Haole Papaya Chopper Returns to Farm—to Apologize
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:30 AM :: 7214 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 |
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Feds: $540M in Highway Funds can be spent on Rail
By Andrew Walden @ 10:36 PM :: 9833 Views :: Rail
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"...Farrington Highway and Kamehameha Highway ... are eligible for Federal aid funds, subject to selection by OahuMPO and HIDOT...."
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 |
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What are the Hawaii State and County Ballot questions?
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:19 PM :: 5525 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Complete List of Ballot Questions....
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 |
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Taxation Boards of Review: Facing Extinction
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4013 Views :: Taxes
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In Hawaii, we have a beast called a Taxation Board of Review that is quickly following the dodo bird down the path to extinction....
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Saturday, September 17, 2016 |
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Strong leadership is needed to promote agricultural growth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 6008 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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The Allure of Anti-Intellectualism
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:34 PM :: 5293 Views :: GMOs
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Tonight I decided to attend the “Ethics of Eating” sponsored by the Center for Food Safety, featuring Vani Hari, the Food Babe....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Ward Homeless at State Capitol Tonight
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4582 Views :: Homelessness
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...tonight at the State Capitol sleeping on the cement floor of the Rotunda....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Maui Memorial Hospital CEO Resigns
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6515 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...the Maui Region Board announces Chief Executive Officer Wesley Lo’s departure effective October 31, 2016....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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House Passes VA Accountability, Appeals Reform
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 6279 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...a comprehensive bill to help ensure that veterans like Roy Hall get the benefits they've earned....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Honolulu Rail will be studied in engineering school as prime example of how not to build a rail system
By Rep Charles Djou @ 4:35 PM :: 5074 Views :: Rail
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A couple of days ago, I talked to a senior consulting engineer on the rail project....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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What if Hawaii’s government were run by a private company?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:49 PM :: 4200 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Oliver Porter, a leader in the creation of the public-private city model, will come to Hawaii to be featured at a Grassroot Institute event on Oahu on September 28th and on Maui on September 29th....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Understanding Hawaii Teacher Shortages
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 6148 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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A State-by-State Analysis of the Factors Influencing Teacher Supply, Demand, and Equity....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Democrat Vice Chair Resigns—’Party More Dictatorial’
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 6307 Views :: Democratic Party
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...too focused on rules, discipline and policing member behavior....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court sponsors civic education events in honor of Constitution Day 2016
By News Release @ 3:05 AM :: 4512 Views :: Judiciary
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Groups of students have been visiting the Hawaii State Judiciary’s King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center this week to learn about the U.S. Constitution....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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S&P, Fitch Upgrade Hawaii Bonds
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 5702 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...highest ever bond ratings and the strongest credit position the state has ever achieved in its history....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 15, 2016
By Congress.org @ 7:01 PM :: 4741 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Conference Report
Senate: Fiscal 2017 Defense Appropriations
House: Prevent Government Settlement Donations to 3rd Parties
House: Ease Stock Listing Requirements for Certain Small Firms
House: Loosen Private Equity Fund Requirements
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Efforts to Expand GEMS Loan Programs Shot Down by Consumer Advocate, PUC
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 6518 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA), which manages GEMS, attempted in July to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries with a proposal to fund energy-saving initiatives of large corporations, with a minimum loan amount of $1 million....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Hawaii County Lawsuit: Can Lawyer Engineer Her Way into Office?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:08 PM :: 5183 Views :: Hawaii County
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The mayor and county council hired a lawyer who did not have an engineering degree -- only a bachelors with a major in English and a minor in Hawaiian studies, plus a JD....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Is Gun Confiscation Coming To Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 5235 Views :: Second Amendment
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States are seen as the laboratories for democracy....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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For the Love of Family
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:40 AM :: 6067 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...what’s happening on our farms....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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Are these OHA Check Expenditures for Real?
By Video @ 4:33 AM :: 5393 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Wait Until You See Who OHA Cuts Checks To & How Much....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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E-cigarette use linked to successful attempts to quit smoking
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 5732 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...In 2015, use of e-cigarettes may have resulted in an additional 18,000 long-term ex-smokers in England....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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Obama to Sign Bill Funneling Tourism Money to Robin Danner Cronies
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 7931 Views :: DHHL, OHA, Tourism
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The NATIVE Act is supported by a coalition of Danner stakeholders including the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homeland Assembly....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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Hawaii Marks Nation’s Sharpest Drop in Hospital Readmissions
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 5486 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii hospital readmissions fell 13.4% in 5 years....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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High Cost of Living Pushes Hawaii Poverty Rate to 9th in USA
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 5506 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...229,000 people are living below the poverty line in Hawaii. This is 16.8% of the population....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Impact of the Jones Act Build American Requirement
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 5318 Views :: Jones Act
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...the spread in ship prices between U.S. and foreign yards has now widened so much that it has significantly negatively impacted the U.S. economy and indirectly resulted in the loss of many thousands of U.S. jobs....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Fifty Years of Seed in the Fiftieth State
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 5718 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...report on the seed industry in Hawaii produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Hawaii Student Loan Debt Ranked by College
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 5372 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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Hawaii Average Student Debt Per Borrower: $23,574 -- 44th in USA....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Hawaii 7th Best State for Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 PM :: 4446 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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WalletHub analysts recently compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 3 key dimension: health care costs, access, and outcomes....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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AskMeFirst#—Open women’s facilities to men? Women Speak Out
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 4:21 AM :: 6226 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“Ask Me First” is a campaign to draw attention to the stories of women and children....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Hawaii Short 500 Doctors statewide
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 AM :: 5392 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The latest figures are from the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment, released today....
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Monday, September 12, 2016 |
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Hawaii 4th-Happiest State in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 7:52 PM :: 3649 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...we compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key metrics, ranging from emotional health to income levels to sports participation rates....
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Monday, September 12, 2016 |
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Could genetically modified mosquitoes save Hawaii’s endangered birds?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 6335 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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Mosquitoes, which carry avian malaria, are a principal reason that just forty-two of more than a hundred species of native Hawaiian birds remain....
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Monday, September 12, 2016 |
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What To Do When Your State Is Blue
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:00 PM :: 8178 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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...what happens in blue states doesn’t stay in those states....
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
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Ethics? UH Dean Endorses American Samoa Congressional Candidate on UH Letterhead
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 9659 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Higher Education, Politicians
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“Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13, the 'Fair Treatment' section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes.”
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
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Caldwell's Plan: Make Military Families Pay for Rail
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6256 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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It seems that 15%-20% of our surcharge is being paid by “tourists” in the strict sense, but when you include military families and the federal government you do come up with a percentage closer to a third....
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
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Hawaii Democrat Finger Flipper Must-Watch Video: Stop Mind-Raping Me Into Voting For Hillary Clinton
By Video @ 4:13 AM :: 5328 Views :: Democratic Party
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“Please stop telling me that I have to vote for Hillary Clinton. If she can't beat a reality star with a spray tan who thinks Mexicans are rapists on her own then she probably shouldn't be President of the United States.”
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Saturday, September 10, 2016 |
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US policies may hurt Micronesians more than they help
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:36 PM :: 6344 Views :: National News
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...Micronesians arriving in Hawaii cite three reasons for leaving their home islands: access to healthcare, education, and employment. However, US taxpayers spend a great deal to fund these issues, both locally and in Micronesia, and it’s not clear whether the money is spent wisely....
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Saturday, September 10, 2016 |
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How Guam May Impact Hawaii: Race-Based Voting Deja Vu
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:33 PM :: 5707 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...Davis v. Guam is currently being heard in federal district court. The decision could have a huge impact on the Native Hawaiian nation-building effort....
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