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Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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Labor Market Effects: Obamacare vs Hawaii Prepaid Health Care
By NCPA @ 12:15 PM :: 6381 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...0.5 to 1 percentage point increase in the part-time fraction in high-uninsurance states relative to low-uninsurance states....
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Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 11:13 AM :: 3923 Views :: Honolulu County
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GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on November 16, 2015....
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Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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OHA Lawyer Represents Contractor Accused of Using Political Influence to Rip-off State
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 6488 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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The state lawsuit also claimed Ciber used lobbyists and “exercised inappropriate political influence” to persuade the state to continue making payments to the company....
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Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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To Beat NIMBYS, Ige Takes a Page from Lingle Playbook--Signs Homelessness Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 5053 Views :: Homelessness
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The emergency proclamation will facilitate the construction of a transitional housing facility for homeless families....
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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Fiber optic cables were maliciously cut on Mauna Kea this Summer
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 7816 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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Damage occurred same day a caravan of construction vehicles was turned around by protesters, leading to 11 arrests...
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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IRS Report Reveals Average Property Tax Deductions in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 4864 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the average property tax deduction taken on the Schedule A, per tax return, for each county....
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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Federal Report: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange has Returned no Unspent Money
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 12:13 PM :: 4286 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii, which is in the process of closing out its exchange, received $205,342,270....
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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Kauai Overtime Expenditures Out of Taxpayer’s Pockets
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:12 AM :: 5389 Views :: Kauai County, Labor
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In Hawaii, overtime is calculated into a public employee’s pension....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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Honolulu Repaves 202 Lane-Miles of Roads
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 3724 Views :: Honolulu County
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...city’s quarterly road repaving progress report....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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VIDEO: A Visit with Duke Aiona
By Video @ 10:01 PM :: 6594 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...Keli'i Akina speaks with former Lt. Governor of Hawaii James Aiona about promoting conservative principles in Hawaii....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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VIDEO: US Has Given a lot to Hawaii
By Video @ 9:52 PM :: 5346 Views :: Hawaii History
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Hewahewa the highest kahuna and direct descendant of Pa`au, the original Kahuna from Tahiti, was the first to set fire to a heiau....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: The Democrat that Republicans love
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 7846 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...if you thought this was an isolated incident, you haven't been paying attention to Tulsi Gabbard....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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Obama Cabinet Member to Meet with OHA 'Entrepreneurs' at Pelatron
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 3657 Views :: OHA
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SBA Administrator will join Governor Ige, Senators Hirono & Schatz, & Congressman Takai....
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
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Students at 37 Hawaii public high schools earn Advanced Placement Awards
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 4028 Views :: Education K-12
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College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP) Scholar Awards in recognition of exceptional achievement in AP Exams....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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How to Tell the DOI 'No' Today
By Video @ 9:40 PM :: 7176 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Very Specific Things To Do To Make Your Message Effective....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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Does Subsidized Housing Reduce Homelessness?
By NCPA @ 3:47 PM :: 4765 Views :: Homelessness
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A recent Federal Reserve Bank study examined the impact of subsidized housing on homelessness....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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Party's Over: PUC Ends Solar NEM Effective Immediately
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 4679 Views :: Energy
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Customers with a current NEM agreement and those with valid pending applications submitted prior to Oct. 13, 2015 will continue under the NEM program....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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State to Dopers: Follow the Rules or the Police Will Get You
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 6690 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Patients and caregivers who grow their own medical marijuana should be aware of the Hawaii State Department of Health’s new rules governing medical marijuana to avoid getting in trouble with law enforcement....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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DLNR: Camping on Mauna Kea Continues to be Prohibited
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 7564 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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"...camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawaii Administrative Rules...."
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Victory for Local Food: Hawaii’s $100M Longline Fishery Reopens
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 6010 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Since Aug. 5th, the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching bigeye tuna....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 13, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:27 PM :: 3897 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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MegaVote for Hawaii's 1st & 2nd Congressional Districts....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Why GMO?
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:21 PM :: 5873 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...why do farmers need biotechnology?
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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IT Upgrades Could Save Hawaii $101M -- Report
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 4150 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...why and how states should better harness information technology to drive public-sector productivity and generate savings for governments, businesses, and citizens....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Leads U.S. in Financial Well-Being
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 5127 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii residents had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014, followed closely by Alaska residents....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Moody's -- Hawaii outlook positive
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 4921 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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What could make this rating go up--Increased economic diversification and reduced economic volatility....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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American President Challenges Matson's Guam Monopoly
By Michael Hansen @ 2:49 AM :: 6074 Views :: Jones Act
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...foreign-owned American President Lines Ltd. (APL) will inaugurate a new service from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. islands of Guam and Saipan employing foreign-built U.S. flag containerships....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii Marine Corps base stands firm on keeping ‘God bless the military’ sign
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 7602 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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City Returning to Kakaako to Remove 'Tremendous Volume of Trash'
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 4805 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...removed 26.84 tons of trash, 52 cubic yards of metals, 9 shopping carts, stored 8 bins of personal property....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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Tulsi Gabbard ‘Disinvited’ from Democrat Presidential Debate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 PM :: 5830 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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"...it kind of reminds me of how high school teenagers act,” Ms. Gabbard said....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Report reveals details of AG investigation of Rep James Tokioka
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 6179 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...the Attorney General’s investigative report has not previously been made public....
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Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
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Taking a Homeowner’s Exemption for a Home You Can’t Live In
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4015 Views :: Taxes
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On April 13 this year, Bill 36 was introduced in the Honolulu City Council....
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Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
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Recall: Disgusting Organic Cheese Infested with Listeria
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 4203 Views :: GMOs
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...can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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"North Korea will present a very real threat to Hawaii"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 4211 Views :: Military
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...KimJong Un is “on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally....”
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Hungry? Hawaii Bigeye Tuna Industry Reels Two Months after Being Shut Down by Quotas
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6294 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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As a result, industrial foreign fleets, with much higher bigeye tuna quotas, freely operate on the high seas around the Hawaiian Islands where Hawaii longline fishermen can no longer fish for bigeye tuna....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Gabbard: Obama arming al-Qaeda, ISIS
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 6852 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said: “The Administration continues to put our resources toward failed missions and strengthening our enemy, rather than focusing on defeating our enemy...."
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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FBI moving against HPD chief, wife--Special Prosecutor Appointed
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 7670 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...subpoenas are going out and an investigative grand jury could hear the case later this year....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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#5 in USA: Hawaii Collects $4361 Taxes Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 AM :: 4333 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii public school enrollment dips
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 4349 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...total enrollment for school year 2015-16 is 180,409, compared with 180,895 in school year 2014-15, and 185,273 the year before that....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Kakaako Sweep Forces 48 More Homeless to Finally Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 4242 Views :: Homelessness
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Since August 7, a total of 152 people (including 23 families) have been placed into shelter or permanent housing....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Court Slaps Down Federal Grab for Control of State Waters
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 AM :: 3884 Views :: Environment
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Several states opposed the stay, including Hawaii...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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VIDEO: Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:17 AM :: 4389 Views :: Rail
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Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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List of Honolulu Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 4189 Views :: Honolulu County
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19 open seats on Neighborhood Boards ....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 5933 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Public Sector Unions: Bastions of white-collar Privilege
By NCPA @ 4:07 PM :: 4403 Views :: Labor
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They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Cost of Illegal Immigration in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 5233 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Organic Farm Crops Worth $13.9M
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 4799 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics
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The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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WSJ: Hawaii Pacific University Piles on the 'Other' College Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 4147 Views :: Higher Education
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The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Taiwanese Animators' Bermuda Triangle mystery: El Faro missing ship still on the water after 40 years
By Video @ 4:24 PM :: 4185 Views :: Jones Act
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Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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City: Dismiss Lawsuit over Unethical Council Rail Votes
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 4448 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Obamacare: 30% of Large Employer Plans Hit by Cadillac Tax
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 4601 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....
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