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Monday, May 2, 2016 |
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Renegades, Risks and Rewards of the Napali Coast
By Video @ 12:30 PM :: 4964 Views :: Environment
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For decades, hippies seeking paradise have polluted the Napali Coast. Now DLNR goes in to clean up their mess ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2016 |
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Much Ado About Nothing – The Hawaii Legislature Edition
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5433 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Today we are looking at a bill in our Legislature that contains nothing....
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 |
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FBI, TSA, HPD: Counterterrorism in Hawaii
By Video @ 9:21 PM :: 5679 Views :: Law Enforcement
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Learn what Federal, State, and local agencies are doing to keep the Aloha State safe....
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 |
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‘ESSA Team’ Begins Writing ‘Blueprint for Public Education in Hawaii’
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 4142 Views :: Education K-12
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...the 19 members discussed innovation and empowerment as the team starts work to create the blueprint for public education in Hawai‘i....
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 29, 2016
By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 AM :: 5111 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Candidate Report is available weekly....
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Saturday, April 30, 2016 |
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Caught 'Borrowing' Museum Funds, Bishop Museum CEO Quits
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 12174 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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The Bishop Museum Board of Directors today announced that Blair Collis has resigned as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the museum....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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Audit: DHHL Hides Loan Delinquencies from Commissioners
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 8:00 PM :: 6237 Views :: DHHL
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...the department continues to provide monthly reports to the commission that do not fully reflect the severity of loan delinquencies....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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DoH Announces Eight Marijuana Dispensary Licenses
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 8473 Views :: Drugs
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Which cronies get to sell marijuana? -- Click here to find out ....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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Hiding the Failure: DoE Gets Another Testing Waiver for Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 6002 Views :: Education K-12
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For the second consecutive year, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) will issue a specialized assessment to Hawaiian immersion students....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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Status of Bills in Conference
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 5:02 PM :: 4941 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Tuesday (5/3) will be the second to last floor session where many of the bills will be heard for final passage. The 2016 Legislative session officially ends Thursday (5/5)....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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How a Bill Becomes a Law Part 3
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 4:55 PM :: 5438 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...three different scenarios a bill can go through after passing Second Crossover....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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Duke Aiona Legislative Update April 28, 2016
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 4:47 PM :: 6976 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...From Hawai'i Family Advocates....
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Parents charged in 1997 death of ‘Peter Boy’
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 8660 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Law Enforcement
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The most notorious missing child-turned-murder case in Hawaii history will finally make its way to a courtroom....
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive Home Health Care in U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 7520 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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When it comes to hiring a home health aide, where you live matters....
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii: Two Anti-Gun Bills Enrolled to Governor
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 4842 Views :: Second Amendment
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This week, two anti-gun bills, House Bill 625 and Senate Bill 2954 were enrolled to the Governor for his consideration. Additionally, final action may soon be taken on two other anti-gun bills, House Bill 2632 and Senate Bill 2647....
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Big Island 30 Days Without Dengue
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 6325 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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"As Zika continues to spread rapidly overseas, we must take precautionary measures to prevent any locally acquired cases from taking hold in our state.”
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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Report: Hawaii Among Best in College Affordability
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 5734 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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College Affordability Diagnosis shows that higher education has gone from expensive to unaffordable for most American families....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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Federal Recognition: How ‘Super 8A’ Companies Make $800M by Doing Practically Nothing
By Video @ 6:01 PM :: 8537 Views :: Akaka Bill, Military, OHA
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How Would You Like To Easily Land Multi-Million Dollar US Federal Government Contracts?
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii: “The only state in which both legislative and executive branches are perceived to be very corrupt”
By Selected News Articles @ 5:37 PM :: 9438 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii's aggregate scores are in the highest quartiles of both illegal and legal corruption....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii Lowest Property Taxes in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 6044 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Illinois has the nation’s highest median property tax rate at 2.67 percent, according to new data from CoreLogic, while Hawaii has the lowest median property tax rate at 0.31 percent....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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HB2084: Your Insurance Rates Will Be Going up to Pay for Trannies
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 4:43 AM :: 6235 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... people who promote sexual reassignment surgery “are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder” ....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Problem Gambling? Hawaii 2nd-Worst in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 10849 Views :: Gambling, Hawaii Statistics
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...second in problem gambling treatment....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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New Schools? Zero Guidance from DoE
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 5:39 PM :: 5622 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...legislators are allowed to simply carve up the Capitol Improvement Budget by political favoritism....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Hawaii Taxpayers Still Not Getting Truthful Financial Reports
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4796 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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A new accounting standard is requiring Hawaii to come clean about its pension debt, but the state is still hiding billions of pension and health care debt from its financial reports....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Hawaii ICA Bungles Hanalei River Eminent Domain Case?
By Robert Thomas @ 4:09 AM :: 6644 Views :: Kauai County, Land Use
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...we have an old eminent domain code and don't have a whole lot of current decisional law applying it....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Dismisses ‘Birther’ Challenge To Ted Cruz Eligibility
By Robert Thomas @ 3:55 AM :: 6005 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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... when it makes allegations like this, there's not going to be much doubt about the outcome, is there? ....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Bill Requesting Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 4293 Views :: Health Care
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...requesting a waiver of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act that compromise the state’s existing Prepaid Health Care Act...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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DBEDT: Housing Gobbles Up Hawaii Consumers Income
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4966 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Compared with 2004‐2005, Honolulu consumers spent more on housing in 2013‐2014, with the share of housing increasing from 31.7% to 43.2%....
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Monday, April 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Preschool Costs More Than College
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 7368 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Child care for a 4-year-old costs an average of $776 each month....
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Monday, April 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 25, 2016
By Congress.org @ 6:36 PM :: 5494 Views
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- Senate: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Passage
- Senate: Energy Policy – Passage
- Senate: Fiscal 2017 Energy-Water Appropriations – Eliminate Funding for Various Commissions
- Senate: Fiscal 2017 Energy-Water Appropriations – Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
- House: IRS Hiring – Passage
- House: IRS Oversight and User Fees - Passage
- House: Bar IRS from Rehiring Certain Employees – Passage
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Monday, April 25, 2016 |
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Sec 280E: How the IRS Becomes Senior Partner in Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5686 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... marijuana providers with high startup costs are not allowed to deduct any of them or any routine business expenses ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2016 |
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Organically Growing Tax Credits
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7396 Views :: Agriculture, Tax Credits, GMOs
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Renewable fuel proponents took another shot this year at enacting a renewable fuels credit....
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Saturday, April 23, 2016 |
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DoE Seeks Public Input on Strategic Plan
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 4778 Views :: Education K-12
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...The Strategic Plan, which was last updated in 2012, is a combined effort to further develop comprehensive strategies focused on three foundational goals of quality education: Student Success, Staff Success and Successful Systems of Support....
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Saturday, April 23, 2016 |
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Ige Extends Homelessness Emergency
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 4254 Views :: Homelessness
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...Ige's fourth supplemental proclamation on homelessness will remain in effect until late June....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 22, 2016
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 5003 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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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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The Ideology War: UH Law School Debates GMOs
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:35 PM :: 4887 Views :: GMOs
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...Gary and Hector kept repeating the words corporations and chemicals over and over....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Privatization May Drive Down Costs on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 4335 Views :: Health Care
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...Until recently, hospital labor on Maui was given exclusively to a public labor union. As a result, 70% of the budget was spent on employees....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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What is Hurting Hawaii’s Investment Climate?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 PM :: 7647 Views :: Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Moving Through Conference Committee Process
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 4986 Views :: Second Amendment
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...the conference committee on Senate Bill 2954 recommended that the Senate concur with the House amendments that were made to SB 2954. This bill will now go back to the Senate for final concurrence. Additionally, House Bill 2632 has been scheduled for a conference committee hearing....
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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 :: 6272 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 :: 5522 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 :: 4034 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 :: 7343 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 :: 6575 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 :: 8024 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 :: 6073 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 :: 6268 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 :: 5012 Views :: Energy
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...debtor in possession....
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