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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Study: Hawaii is Number One in Teacher Absenteeism
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 7122 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Honolulu Charter Commission Sets Community Meetings
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 4497 Views :: Honolulu County
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...meetings are set between now and July 7....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii Federalist Society: Supreme Court Term in Review
By Robert Thomas @ 12:58 AM :: 5046 Views :: Judiciary
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:30am
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Matson launches new foreign flag service
By Michael Hansen @ 12:43 AM :: 5589 Views :: Jones Act
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With this new service, Matson will be competing with several shipping companies offering direct services from the USWC to South Pacific Island destinations....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Major Unions Endorse Djou for Mayor
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 7862 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Rail
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...The unions endorsing Djou were the first unions to support Kirk Caldwell for mayor in 2010 and backed Caldwell again in 2012....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 5953 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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On July 12, any measure that has not been signed or vetoed by Gov. Ige will become law with or without his signature....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Captive Insurance Shunts $1.26B to Local Bankers
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 6841 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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The Surprisingly Sudden Demise of the Anti-GMO Movement
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 6989 Views :: GMOs
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How did this happen so quickly?
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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Condominium and Community Associations: File or Else!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5442 Views :: Taxes
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Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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Best states for driving: Hawaii Ranks 15th
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 4532 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...CarInsurance.com ranked states on eight metrics to identify which ones are more favorable for motorists....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Gun Owners May Be Monitored More Closely Than Criminals
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 6380 Views :: Second Amendment
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...the bill took effect immediately upon Ige's approval....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Access to Justice Conference 2016
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 5036 Views :: Judiciary
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...held on June 24, 2016, at the William S. Richardson School of Law....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Marijuana License Scores: DoH Reveals Which Cronies Just Don’t Make the Grade
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 5676 Views :: Drugs
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...DOH today released the scores and ranking of the applicants for Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Rail: Building To The Nowhere Of Middle?
By Robert Thomas @ 10:29 PM :: 5304 Views :: Rail
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...omit the most densely populated, and therefore the most useful, portion of the route....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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In the Beginning, Rail Cost Only $3B
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 5229 Views :: Rail
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Early in the effort to determine a mass transit alternative for Oahu, city officials announced that the rail project would likely cost a little more than $3 billion....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Privatization: 20 Years of UPW Garbage in Hawaii’s Courts
By Selected News Articles @ 10:02 PM :: 9455 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Judiciary, Labor
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20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Hawaii Passes First of Its Kind Gun Legislation
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 PM :: 5880 Views :: Second Amendment
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"The lawful acquisition, possession, carrying, or use of a firearm does not justify subjecting citizens to ongoing monitoring," the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Conviction Tossed: How They Get Away in Soft on Crime Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 5508 Views :: Law Enforcement
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"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Oppression of Education
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:54 AM :: 9879 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Djou: Rail Mess is a Pure Failure of Leadership
By Rep Charles Djou @ 12:01 AM :: 5622 Views :: Rail
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...the Honolulu rail system cost could now reach as high as almost $11 bil. from the original projected cost of $5.2 bil....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Molasses Spill Very Profitable for Aha Moku Council
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 5323 Views :: Greenmail
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...spill settlement funding to support Aha Moku for the next fiscal year....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Rap Back: Hawaii Gun Owners to be Placed in FBI Database
By News Release @ 8:06 PM :: 7390 Views :: Second Amendment
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Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action”....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 6609 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Declare Open Season
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 8354 Views :: Energy
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...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Caldwell Buys Iwilei Building: Hub for Homeless to Rival LA Skid Row
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 7606 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...Council members Carol Fukunaga, Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor on a follow-up trip to review Seattle’s homeless projects, including hygiene centers and government-sanctioned tent cities....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 8933 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Fed Wreck Plan B
By Video @ 5:48 PM :: 9238 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Danner pushing for the US DoI Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to be located in Honolulu, not DC....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Lobbyist 'Gifts' to Legislators
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 10935 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 13548 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2016
By Congress.org @ 2:35 AM :: 5191 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization
Senate: Fiscal 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
House: IRS and Free Speech
House: Fiscal 2017 Defense Appropriations
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Feral Cats Kill More Seabirds -- No Eradication Planned
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 6542 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...Last week, researchers discovered the bodies of six endangered Hawaiian Petrels at a remote breeding colony in Hono o Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kauai....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DLNR Closing Mauna Kea, Bringing in Helicopters for Sheep Eradication
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 8374 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters of feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Judiciary Expands ‘Steps to Avoid Eviction’ Program
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 6332 Views :: Homelessness, Judiciary
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Tenants and landlords are being pointed to resources designed to prevent disputes from escalating to eviction....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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HGEA Announces Primary Election Endorsements
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 8341 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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...the state’s largest labor union, announced its endorsed candidates for the 2016 Primary Election today....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 4561 Views :: Homelessness
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Ige today signed a fifth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until August....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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Education Savings Accounts: A New Way Forward
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:27 AM :: 6448 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Study: Hawaii Ex-Con Recidivism 48.9%
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 7526 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Justice Reinvestment
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This study is comprised of 2,464 offenders from the Fiscal Year 2012 cohort....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rail Recovery Plan? Feds Explain How Rail Systems Blow Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 1:00 PM :: 5854 Views :: Rail
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HART began talking publicly about a “Recovery Plan” only this month even though FTA rules apparently required a Recovery Plan since late 2014....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:35 AM :: 6535 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Trustee: OHA Wasted $33M on Akaka Bill
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:13 AM :: 7948 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Leina’ala Ahu Isa has issued a statement on her Facebook page that OHA spent $33 million on the Akaka Bill....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Star-Adv Hits Caldwell ‘Abject Failure of Leadership’
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:22 AM :: 8234 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Rail
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The newspaper characterized Caldwell's decision-making as "political expediency" driven by his re-election campaign....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Meet the Environmental Protest Industry
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:40 PM :: 7312 Views :: Greenmail
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They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:36 PM :: 8599 Views :: Environment, Greenmail, OHA
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... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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CD1: U.S. Air Force colonel Shirlene Ostrov is “a candidate who can win.”
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 8300 Views :: Military, Politicians, Republican Party
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She is a new face to Hawaii politics, but she is no stranger to the arena in Washington, DC, where she served as a Congressional liaison for the U.S. Transportation Command....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Video: How Free is Hawaii Economically?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:13 PM :: 6113 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Maui: Half of Overtime Goes to 376 Police Officers
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 9419 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Police
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“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Fatherhood, Poverty, and the “Post-Marriage Society”
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:50 PM :: 5298 Views :: Family
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A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Charter School Corruption Mirrors State Government
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5034 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Pine: Before we rush to decide on a rail route, shouldn't we get numbers first?
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:55 AM :: 6545 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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leaders are making serious decisions on changing the rail route without publicly analyzing facts or figures on how the change will affect the ridership numbers....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Mayor Becomes Incoherent
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:53 AM :: 8444 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Rail
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Over the past 48-hours the mayor's policy on rail swung wildly in a display of uneven and poorly constructed leadership....
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