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Monday, July 11, 2016
Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 7329 Views :: Environment

Our fishermen are among the major fresh food producers for Hawai‘i, with about 80% of the catch consumed in our local communities....

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Monday, July 11, 2016
AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General
By Robert Thomas @ 7:43 PM :: 5239 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
Come on, live the dream!
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Monday, July 11, 2016
Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:49 AM :: 4082 Views :: Health Care

“There’s plenty of resistance from insurance companies at the state level against direct primary care."

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package
By News Release @ 9:10 PM :: 6949 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

...In a Special Session, Legislators may amend the bill and take a vote - bill passes with a simple majority....

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 7181 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Politicians

...these endorsements are approved by Maui HGEA leaders but have not been officially ‘blessed’ by State HGEA HQ....

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:18 PM :: 6707 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections

...2016 VoterVoice Survey Results....

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
$42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:23 PM :: 6182 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

...The new hospital public-private partnership is estimated to save the state $260 million in costs over the next decade....these savings could disappear if the costs for the transition is too great....

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award
By News Release @ 11:09 AM :: 7207 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Tax Credits

"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing.  There clearly was no justification....”

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6389 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...it looks bad for individual council members to secure money for such organizations....

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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner
By Selected News Articles @ 12:42 AM :: 6287 Views :: Maui County, Tax Credits

"...the specs of the stages aren’t enough to shoot a porn...."

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Saturday, July 9, 2016
UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 4095 Views :: Homelessness

...25% decrease in mentally unhealthy days....

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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000
By Andrew Walden @ 12:51 AM :: 7555 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

...the high bids will be used to make lower—but still exorbitant--second round bids look good by comparison....

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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 6262 Views :: Second Amendment
“The 1986 Firearm Owners’ Protection Act is very explicit,” he told me. “This [measure] is not legal.”
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Friday, July 8, 2016
Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 5051 Views :: Second Amendment

...documents may point to efforts by the administration to advocate for the controversial new linking of Hawaii’s gun database with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Rap Back” program....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 4672 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

Since March, the number of prequalified contractors has increased from 18 to 36 as HIDOE prepares to put projects back out to bid....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 8640 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

New locations that are being considered include Baja California in Mexico, the Canary Islands and Chile, as well as locations in India and China....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:46 PM :: 5363 Views :: Rail

...Grassroot Institute analyst Matthew Reade speaks with Thomas Rubin, a mass transit consultant who advised Hawaii officials in the early stages of the project....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:36 PM :: 5363 Views :: Tax Credits
“A lot of the time, they’re simply checks.”
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Friday, July 8, 2016
One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 5843 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians

You can feel the momentum building....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 6809 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement

An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:18 AM :: 6188 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs

...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5285 Views :: Labor, Small Business

Penalties for Workers’ Compensation, Temporary Disability Insurance and Prevailing Wages Violations Increase....

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Friday, July 8, 2016
Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3880 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Hemp, Agriculture, Public Safety and TeleHealth....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Djou Agrees to Eight Debates
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 5474 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians

Djou will participate in the following eight debates and forums in the next five weeks -- at least one of which Caldwell has refused to attend....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:45 PM :: 3978 Views :: OHA

With your help, I can become Trustee-at-Large of OHA, a role in which we can unite Hawaii's people rather than divide them....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 4583 Views :: Land Use

...Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., in Conference Room 224....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 4304 Views :: Higher Education
“Serious deficiencies in the institution’s approach to laboratory safety, [especially the] lack of a culture of safety.”
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5268 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement

In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 4886 Views

...at any given moment during daylight in the U.S., 660,000 people are using handheld cell phones while they drive....

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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 3814 Views :: Hawaii State Government
  • HB 2169 Act 212  Relating to Social Workers
  • SB 2811 Act 213  Relating to Parental Rights
  • HB 1726 Act 214  Relating to Murder

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text)
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 5198 Views :: Energy
In light of your informal opinions via letters dated June 27, 2016 and June 30, 2016, are Attorney General Opinions 73-7 and 80-4 null, void and overturned?
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 4658 Views :: Tourism

U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Shows Increased Growth in 2015: Another Year of Substantial Growth....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
NYT: How Anti-Growth Sentiment Thwarts Equality
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 5043 Views :: Land Use

“You don’t want rules made entirely for people that have something, at the expense of people who don’t,” said Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Caldwell Planning Smear Tactics?
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:11 PM :: 6121 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians

...this race will soon get ugly.... 

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5030 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Honolulu Republicans Endorse Djou for Mayor
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5695 Views :: Honolulu County, Republican Party

Honolulu faces a crisis of old-boy crony-leadership, a mismanaged railroad, homelessness, and deteriorating public facilities....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 5533 Views :: Military

“It’s unusual now, only because they haven’t done it in a while,”....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 7311 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
OHA Trustees Banned from Talking to OHA Employees
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 4763 Views :: OHA

...the CEO has banned Trustees without committees from having direct contact with Administrative staff....

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Ige Signs 13 Bills into Law
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 5238 Views :: Hawaii State Government

BILL SIGNING CEREMONIES for the following....

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Monday, July 4, 2016
Mahalo for your service
By Rep Charles Djou @ 7:06 PM :: 4732 Views :: Military

On my mind today is 1LT Timothy Steele....

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Sunday, July 3, 2016
IRS Probe of Kamehameha Schools work for Nai Aupuni Tribe?
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 8427 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA

... Another scandal for Kamehameha Schools? ....

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Sunday, July 3, 2016
General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4291 Views :: Taxes

...the Department has been raking in the retail rate GET from both the charities and the catering providers....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Djou: Fundraising Exceptionally Strong
By Rep Charles Djou @ 10:18 PM :: 5702 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians

...we will be able to file an exceptionally strong fundraising report that demonstrates the strength of our campaign and message....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
New State Ethics Director Announced
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 5155 Views :: Ethics

Since 2007, Mr. Gluck has been employed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Russia to launch ‘Monster’ ICBM towards Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5445 Views :: Military

...the missiles have been in service for more than 25 years, and each of them is able to carry ten megaton class nuclear warheads at a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock
By Robert Thomas @ 4:47 PM :: 6140 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary

...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Why are there no mobile home parks in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:33 PM :: 7505 Views :: Homelessness, Land Use

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Tourism: Visitors Up, Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 4944 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

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Friday, July 1, 2016
Hawaii Property Taxes Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:33 PM :: 4302 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

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