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Sunday, May 15, 2016
Telescope to Avoid "Death By A Thousand Days?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:42 PM :: 9049 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, Judiciary, OHA

"Why not just send it straight to the justices, if they are going to decide it eventually?”

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Sunday, May 15, 2016
Hawaii Republicans–Political Kingmakers?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:05 PM :: 5660 Views :: Republican Party

Over 30,000 Hawaii registered voters are now card-carrying members of the Hawaii Republican Party....

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Sunday, May 15, 2016
Organically Grown Tax Credits on Way to Governor
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5842 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

If this credit does indeed become law, expect to see a lot of begging and pleading....

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Sunday, May 15, 2016
Video: The Jones Act, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:55 AM :: 4663 Views :: Jones Act

Puerto Rico’s recent bankruptcy, the Jones Act, and how this could affect us here in Hawaii....

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of May 13, 2016
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 4855 Views :: Office of Elections

... Tuesday, June 7 is the last day to file ....

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
When Classrooms Get Too Hot, Laie Parents Take Matters into Their Own Hands
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 PM :: 6394 Views :: Education K-12, Energy

Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
How much do federal regulations cost Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:28 PM :: 3544 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... 41% growth in regulatory impact between 1997 and 2013 ....

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Obama Admin Orders Hawaii Schools to Let Trannies Hang out in Bathrooms
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:11 PM :: 8175 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment

Roosevelt said: "A chicken in every pot."  Obama says: "A tranny in every bathroom."

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Kaiser Names New Leadership for Privatized Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 5857 Views :: Maui County, Health Care

...Maui Health System will manage operations at each of the hospitals effective July 1, 2016....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
State of Hawaii Files First Lawsuit Relating to Faulty Takata Airbags
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 3958 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...Hawai’i is the first state to file a lawsuit against these companies for their roles in causing millions of cars to be sold with airbags that could explode, posing grave, sometimes fatal, dangers to the cars’ occupants....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
UHERO: How State Shares Transient Accommodation Tax With Counties
By UHERO @ 9:49 PM :: 5017 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

This paper examines Hawaii’s recent effort at developing a model to allocate the state’s transient accommodation tax....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Dollar Worth only $0.86 in Hawaii, the most expensive state
By Selected News Articles @ 7:03 PM :: 5913 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...compared to the national average cost of goods and services....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki? Feds Coming to Honolulu for Public Hearing
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 6157 Views :: Energy

...Monday May 16, 2016 starting at 9am....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
E-Scrips: New York First to Adopt Common Sense Solution to Opioid Abuse
By NCPA @ 3:38 PM :: 6539 Views :: Health Care, Drugs

... will Hawaii be next? ....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Elections: Supreme Court to hear Green Party Suit Against Scott Nago
By Robert Thomas @ 4:08 AM :: 4929 Views :: Office of Elections

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 8:45 a.m....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Full Text: IBEW International Details Charges Against Ahakuelo
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 6853 Views :: Ethics, Labor

The Business Manager and other members of the staff, including several family members of the Business Manager, submitted and/or were reimbursed for numerous expenses that were not authorized by Local 1260 and/or were for personal expenses for which no legitimate union business was conducted....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
McDermott calls for special session to address Campbell HS construction funds
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:33 AM :: 4952 Views :: Education K-12

...Otherwise we shall be stuck with chaos and an embarrassment in two years....

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Mediator Peter Adler appointed to serve on Caldwell’s Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 5519 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

His appointment is subject to confirmation by the City Council....

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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Act 48: Enviro Disputes Go Directly to Supreme Court
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 7978 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary, OHA

...contested case hearings before the commissions on Water Resource Management, Land Use, Public Utilities, the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority and cases involving conservation districts, to be directly appealed to the Hawai‘i Supreme Court....

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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Marijuana Legalization and State Taxes
By Tax Foundation @ 3:29 PM :: 6650 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Drugs

...two studies that serve as guides for legislators, the media, and the public as to the state of marijuana taxation today and the implications of taxing marijuana in the future....

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Thursday, May 12, 2016
After 50 Years of Empty Promises, Democrats Finally Let a Few Filipino WW2 Vets Bring Family into USA
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5048 Views :: National News

...an opportunity to receive a discretionary grant of parole on a case-by-case basis....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Open letter to Greenpeace: Jones Act Behind Lower Environmental Standards in US
By Michael Hansen @ 11:55 PM :: 4537 Views :: Jones Act

SEA Europe is seeking through the TTIP negotiations a treaty exemption in U.S. Jones Act....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Lockheed under Navy scrutiny for troubled Littoral Combat Ship program
By Michael Hansen @ 11:32 PM :: 6036 Views :: Jones Act, Military

The LCS program is indicative of the problems with U.S. shipbuilding both military and commercial with high costs, poor quality and an inability to deliver on schedule....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Energy: Banking on Wind and Solar Keeps Hawaii Dependent on Oil
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 5494 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

...After all the hype, 94% of Hawaii baseload electricity comes from non-renewable sources....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Wikileaks: Japan refused Obama Hiroshima Apology
By Selected News Articles @ 6:43 PM :: 93722 Views :: National News, World News, Military, Obama

The Japanese government in 2009 recognized that accepting such an apology would undermine the foundations of the US-Japan alliance. Just look at how the 1993 Apology Resolution has undermined the foundations of the State of Hawaii.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The Plan to Rescue Hawaii’s Birds with Genetic Engineering
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 5006 Views :: GMOs

Hawaii had no mosquitoes up until 1826. That’s when, historians say, a whaling vessel that had taken on water in Mexico carelessly “drained dregs alive with wrigglers” into a stream on Maui....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Obesity Rate Lowest in Hawaii, Highest in West Virginia
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 5083 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

At 18.5%, Hawaii has the lowest adult obesity rate in the U.S., closely followed by Colorado at 19.8%....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Hawaii Ranks Third in Nationwide Access to Justice Study
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 5388 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Judiciary

The Justice Index 2016 Findings, just released by the National Center for Access to Justice, ranks Hawaii among the top three states....

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Danner Sisters in DC to Lobby for Fake Indian Tribe Based on Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’
By Video @ 5:20 PM :: 6578 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...Theyʻll Be Meeting With Almost Every Power Broker & Theyʻll Be Telling Everyone That Hawaiians Want US Federal Recognition....

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Honolulu has 3rd-Lowest Mortgage Write Off Rate Nationwide
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 4280 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... In Honolulu 1.49% of Mortgages are written off as noncollectable by lenders ....

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
After more than a decade of West Coast disruptions, shippers are wising up
By Michael Hansen @ 2:34 PM :: 5768 Views :: Jones Act, Labor

After a decade of ILWU disruption, shippers are routing more cargo through U.S. Gulf and East Coast ports....

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Laughable: HB2085 Would Have Banned Gasoline-and Diesel-Powered Vehicles
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 5779 Views :: Energy

"...to add the extra capacity for every vehicle’s charging needs will require solar panels and wind turbines on nearly every available inch of land....”

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
BYUH One of 20 Best Education Schools in US
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 5813 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

...The 2016 National College Education Program Rankings have been released by ToBecomeATeacher.org....

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Monday, May 9, 2016
Variable Electric Pricing: What a Difference a Rate Makes
By UHERO @ 11:53 PM :: 4946 Views :: Energy

...variable pricing of electricity, both wholesale and retail, can lower the cost of intermittent renewables....

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Monday, May 9, 2016
Getting Old? Hawaii 7th Best Place to be
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 6239 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

...Study Examining Senior Care Cost and Quality Reveals Best and Worst States to Age in....

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Monday, May 9, 2016
UHERO: Hawaii Innovation Matters
By UHERO @ 9:17 PM :: 6378 Views :: Economy, Small Business

Innovation is the key to economic growth and prosperity....

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Monday, May 9, 2016
Survey: Hawaii #1 for Road Rage
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 6521 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...Are you feeling hot under the collar yet?....

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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Complete List: All Bills that Passed the Legislature in 2016
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 10:40 PM :: 6619 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...Nearly 300 bills passed the legislature this session....

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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Hawaii Family Forum: Final Report for 2016 Legislative Session
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:32 PM :: 6122 Views :: Family, First Amendment

...highlights of the bills that passed and bills that didn't pass....

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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Seven Political Parties on Hawaii Primary Ballot
By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 5292 Views :: Office of Elections

...Green Party of Hawaii, Non Partisan, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Independent Party, American Shopping Party, Constitution Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Republican Party, and Libertarian Party of Hawaii....

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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Transient Oriented Schools: Impacting Housing Costs
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5922 Views :: Education K-12, Rail

Forced exactions to fund our government don’t always come from taxing agencies....

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Sunday, May 8, 2016
Global shipbuilding depression appears on horizon for 2017; what are implications for Jones Act shipbuilding?
By Michael Hansen @ 3:10 AM :: 4705 Views :: Jones Act

...South Korea’s three big shipbuilders received “zero” newbuild ship orders during April 2016....

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Saturday, May 7, 2016
Rail: Taxpayers Robbed of $1.88B and Counting
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 6883 Views :: Rail

"Our overall surcharge revenue is still tracking about 1.12 per cent below projections, which amounts to roughly $36 million less than projected."

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Saturday, May 7, 2016
Homelessness: U.S. VETS selected for Honolulu Housing First initiative
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 5506 Views :: Homelessness

...With the addition of the U.S. VETS initiative, the City will serve a minimum of 215 households through Housing First....

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Saturday, May 7, 2016
BLNR Refuses to Replace Telescope Hearing Officer
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 7625 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

All seven members of BLNR directed retired Hawai‘i island Judge Riki May Amano to proceed as the contested case hearing officer....

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Saturday, May 7, 2016
Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of May 6, 2016
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 PM :: 5608 Views :: Office of Elections

... The deadline to file is Tuesday June 7 ....

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Friday, May 6, 2016
Moody’s: Hawaii #3 in State Debt
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 6243 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...Thirty-five states experienced a decrease in absolute debt levels....

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Friday, May 6, 2016
Did Caldwell Illegally Launch Reelection Campaign On County Time?
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 7401 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians

...There appeared to be a number of city employees in attendance....

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Friday, May 6, 2016
New FDA Regs May Shut Down 95% of E-Cig Industry
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 7521 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs

...The rule goes into effect August 8, 2016....

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Friday, May 6, 2016
Three Anti-Gun Bills on Ige’s Desk
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 5444 Views :: Second Amendment

...on Tuesday, May 3, the Hawaii State Legislature passed Senate Bill 2647, which will now join House Bill 625 and Senate Bill 2954 on Governor Ige’s desk....

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