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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Ilagan: Petition Against Hawaii County GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6067 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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... Sign this petition opposing Bill 165 so that I may share it with the Council members when we discuss the tax increase in the Finance Committee on May 3 ....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Turns 35--Running for Vice President?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 PM :: 5358 Views :: Politicians
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...Sanders’ camp has been quiet as far as whether Gabbard would join the Vermont senator as his running mate....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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UH Budget Request Rejected by House, Senate Drafts
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 3897 Views :: Higher Education
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...much of the university’s request is not accommodated in either the House or Senate version of the budget....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Zika: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Travel to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 7078 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care
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...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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Hanabusa Named Chair of HART
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 6335 Views :: Rail
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“We look like potted plants.” -- Formby
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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SB2301: Legislators Vote $10M for Drunk Driver to Promote Rave Parties
By Andrew Walden @ 7:58 PM :: 7756 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...“Keahole Management Group LLC” is managed by former House Vice-Speaker Jon Riki Karimtsu ....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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Air Quality: Honolulu Makes ‘Cleanest Cities’ List
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 5836 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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"...only four cities—Burlington-South Burlington, Vt.; Elmira-Corning, N.Y.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Salinas, Calif.—qualified for the 'cleanest cities' list in the "State of the Air' report...."
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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HB2501: A&B To Restore Eight Streams in East Maui
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6050 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... HB2501 Conference Committee meets today at 2pm, do the math ....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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SunEdison Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 4833 Views :: Energy
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...debtor in possession....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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McDermott, Fevella: Building a New School for Ewa Beach
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 12:10 PM :: 4765 Views :: Education K-12
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Representative Bob McDermott discusses the building of a new school for Ewa Beach with Kurt Fevella President at The Ewa Beach Lions Club....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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Supply Chain Optimization – Shipping Systems in Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 10:15 AM :: 4540 Views :: Jones Act
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“reducing supply chain barriers could increase world GDP over six times more than removing all tariffs.”
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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Ige’s Secret Proclamation Used to Promote War on Other Side of the World
By Andrew Walden @ 8:15 PM :: 5865 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...While resolutions and proclamations such as these may seem to be a cheap and easy way to score campaign contributions, they can take a toll....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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Income Tax Collections Per Capita—Hawaii Ranks 14th in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 4440 Views :: Taxes
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...Hawaii collects $1,232 per person in income taxes....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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Takai: Barking Sands Can Provide Anti-Missile Defense for Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 3911 Views :: Military
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...North Korea appears relentless; and will continue test after nuclear test, before it perfects its missile capability....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 |
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Jones Act and Enviro Regs Blessing and Curse for California Refiners
By Michael Hansen @ 3:08 PM :: 6473 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...The principles applicable to the California petroleum market without doubt similarly impact Hawaii....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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SB2954: Anti-Gun Bill Scheduled for Conference Committee Hearing Tomorrow
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 4434 Views :: Second Amendment
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...input law-abiding Hawaii gun owners into a federal biometric database, managed by the FBI, for continuous monitoring....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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Auditor: At First Only Hawai’i Free Press Noticed our Mauna Kea Report
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:07 PM :: 5097 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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Suddenly, our findings, conclusions, and recommendations became important reference material for both sides of the debate....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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State Accepting Applications for free Pre-K classes
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 3900 Views :: Education K-12
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...classes are available to eligible children at 19 public elementary schools....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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The Fuzzy Accounting Behind Renewable Energy’s Falling Prices
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:29 PM :: 5721 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...most of those “savings” are coming from taxpayers pockets....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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Chevron Signs Deal to Sell Hawaii Refinery, Stations
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 4556 Views :: Energy
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...One Rock also has a unique strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Corporation....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could End Disease Transmission
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 5248 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Field trials in Brazil are using a genetically modified form of the A. aegypti mosquito....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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America’s First Freedom: Trouble In Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 5192 Views :: Second Amendment
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...threatening to make the state’s already-restrictive gun laws even more onerous for law-abiding gun owners....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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US News & World Report: Best High Schools in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 PM :: 5391 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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We reviewed 28,561 U.S. public high schools; 17 Hawaii schools made our rankings....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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DoE 2016 Graduation Dates
By News Release @ 1:01 AM :: 4350 Views :: Education K-12
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...2016 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....
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Monday, April 18, 2016 |
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Guam Justice--34 Years After Mayor’s Land Grab
By Robert Thomas @ 11:02 PM :: 4239 Views :: Land Use
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Guam land titles can be seriously messed up....
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Monday, April 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 18, 2016
By Congress.org @ 1:25 PM :: 4399 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Cloture on Substitute Amendment
House: Financial Stability Oversight Council Overhaul – Passage
House: More Banks Operating Under the Federal Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company Policy – Passage
House: Broadband Internet Access Regulation – Passage
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Monday, April 18, 2016 |
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Pine: Star-Advertiser Wrong on Makaha Realignment
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:54 AM :: 4540 Views :: Honolulu County
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The article is inaccurate and implies that the Makaha Realignment project is dead. This is absolutely false....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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House Passes More than 100 Senate Bills on Final Crossover
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 3498 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Bills include heat abatement for schools, crime victims’ rights, body cameras for police, senior care facility inspections, affordable housing, and the Judiciary budget....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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Senate Passes more than 250 Bills on Second Crossover
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 3522 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Measures include teacher travel exception, water rights, assistance for displaced Maui sugar workers....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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Shady Dealings
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 4019 Views :: Ethics
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Conference committee is a dark time at the Legislature....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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Begging for a Piece of the Hotel Room Tax Pie
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3544 Views :: Taxes
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On Friday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, a respectable delegation of county politicians gathered in the House Finance Committee hearing room....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 15, 2016
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 4389 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Planned Parenthood Resolution Passes Last Committee
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:52 PM :: 6200 Views :: Family, Life
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The resolution (SCR85) will be voted on by the full House....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Haseko Bills before Honolulu Council
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:43 PM :: 5722 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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Bill 62, Bill 63 and Resolution 15-206 are part of a master planned lagoon concept in Ewa....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Second Crossover—Bills Head for Conference Committee
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 10:36 PM :: 4511 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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On April 14th, the Legislature hit the second crossover deadline of the 2016 legislative session....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Handgun Ban: Northern Mariana Islands Flout Court Ruling
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 4826 Views :: Second Amendment
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Two weeks ago, we reported on the end of the final handgun ban in the United States....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Shadow Boxing with Jones Act Strawmen
By Michael Hansen @ 9:28 PM :: 4562 Views :: Jones Act
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... in the persons of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders ....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Full Text: Honolulu Audit Report on Rail
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 4841 Views :: Rail
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...HART’s financial and operating plans are not reliable....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Scientists use ‘assisted evolution’ in attempt to save coral reefs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:54 PM :: 4369 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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…The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology occupies its own tiny island in Kaneohe Bay, known as Moku o Lo‘e....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Does the EITC Reduce Savings Among the Poor?
By NCPA @ 7:00 PM :: 4629 Views :: Tax Credits
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Few policies have enjoyed as much bipartisan support as the EITC....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Hawaii: Four Anti-Gun Bills Heading for Conference Committee
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 6396 Views :: Second Amendment
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Yesterday, House Bill 625, House Bill 2632, House Bill 2629 and Senate Bill 2647 all passed their final floor votes in the Senate and House, respectively....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Honolulu Average Monthly Rent Jumps 7.28%
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 4221 Views :: Cost of Living
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...the average monthly rent for single-family homes in Honolulu was $2,691....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Government Spending Transparency: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 5537 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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...Hawaii fails to provide any information at all on recipients of key subsidy programs....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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DBEDT Profiles Hawaii Non-English Speaking Population
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 3250 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...report examines the non-English speaking population in Hawaii based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2010 to 2014....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints Task Force on ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 6211 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Ige has appointed Darrel Galera as chairman of the Governor’s ESSA team....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Brown Hands
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:46 PM :: 5950 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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OHA Grabbing for Control of NW Hawaiian Isles
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 2498 Views :: OHA
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For a decade, OHA has been advocating for co-trustee status....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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IHS: City-Funded Homeless Programs Meeting Goals
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 4550 Views :: Homelessness
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...183 individuals moved off the streets....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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Ward: Firearms Bill Violates Federal Law
By Rep Gene Ward @ 6:59 PM :: 4674 Views :: Second Amendment
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Rep. Ward opposes SB2954 “Rap back system.”
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