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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments
By Robert Thomas @ 6:20 PM :: 4754 Views :: Land Use
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A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Reviewing Hawaii’s FY 2017 supplemental budget
By Rachelle Chang @ 6:16 PM :: 5189 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...a net increase of $297.6 million in FY 2017, an increase of 4.4%....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Pro Life? Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 5459 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life
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AUL’s 2016 Life List Ranks the 50 States Based on How Well Women are Protected from Abortion Industry Abuses....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Hawaii DoE: $48M Annual Electric Bill is STEM Learning Opportunity
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 5404 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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"...students will learn core principles of science and will see the relevance of community initiatives, such as moving to solar energy, limiting waste, encouraging recycling and reducing water usage with low-flow toilets...."
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Expert Slams Hawaii Legislature for Lumping E-Cigs in with Tobacco
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 6258 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...the new law incorrectly lumps e-cigarettes and lower-risk smokeless tobacco products in with the much more harmful nicotine cigarettes....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Up to 72% of Council Campaign Contributions from Hoopili and Rail
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 7645 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail
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...another vote on Bill 23 (2015), CD1 - Relating to the Transportation Surcharge, will be required of Committee members at the Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Calling all Cronies: Marijuana Dispensary License Application Now Available Online
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 4724 Views :: Drugs
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Many of Hawaii's political and business leaders are wanna-be dope dealers....soon we will find out which....
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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Legalize Marijuana-Criminalize Fireworks
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 3486 Views
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It is an election year after all…
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 11, 2016
By Congress.org @ 6:22 PM :: 4951 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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House: Review Federal Regulations for Repeal-- Passage
House: Class-Action Litigation -- Passage
House: Health Care Repeal Reconciliation -- Adoption
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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Kasich for America Files to Appear on Hawaii Ballot–Djou to Lead Campaign
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 6122 Views :: Republican Party
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On Friday, Governor John Kasich's presidential campaign filed the necessary paperwork to appear on the Hawaii Republican primary ballot....
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:45 PM :: 6578 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....
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Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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Update on Honolulu Charter Commission – Meeting Friday
By Natalie Iwasa @ 8:57 PM :: 4712 Views :: Honolulu County
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The commission has been meeting since March 2015 and received over 150 proposals for changes to the charter. Fifteen of those proposals have been deferred....
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Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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March for Life--State Capitol January 22
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:45 PM :: 7002 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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We are only days away from the opening of the Hawaii State Legislature....
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Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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Obama Administration Promoting Race-based Hawaiian Election
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 PM :: 5557 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This all began in Hawaii in 2011 when Act 195 was passed....
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Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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Unfriendly Skies?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4437 Views :: Taxes
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Serious students of history may wonder what is going on. There is, after all, a federal law that prevents Hawaii taxes from touching an airline’s gross income....
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Saturday, January 9, 2016 |
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Sorry OHA, Free Trade Zones are not free of the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 5:15 PM :: 7674 Views :: Akaka Bill, Jones Act, OHA
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Hawaii Business Magazine published in its January 2016 issue an article entitled “Change Agents” profiling four Hawaiian activists and describing their visions for Hawaii....
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Saturday, January 9, 2016 |
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$6.8 million in grants promote STEM jobs for Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 6150 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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Implementing K–12 programs in computer, engineering or biomedical science....
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Saturday, January 9, 2016 |
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Plantation Era: They Came With Hope
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:55 PM :: 8033 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, Labor
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I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....
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Saturday, January 9, 2016 |
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Judicial Watch Opposes Obama Executive Action to Create Hawaiian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 AM :: 5711 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...the Obama Interior Department’s proposed regulation would be contrary to laws against racial discrimination and would be an unconstitutional end-run around Congress, which has repeatedly rejected legislation granting tribal status to Native Hawaiians....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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DLNR Officer Arrested--Charged with sexual assault of Minor
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 7118 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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...DLNR Officer “was fired (from Honolulu PD) in 2013 after he falsified records and lied to investigators about transporting a female runaway, who was underage.”....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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Lawsuits Have Consequences: Aloha To Hawaii Sugar
By Robert Thomas @ 5:43 PM :: 8499 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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Since about the 1970's, sugar plantations have been legal pariahs....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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DLNR to Loosen Death Grip on Hilo Businesses?
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 8422 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Small Business
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One of the leases at Banyan Drive has expired and has been placed on a month-to-month revocable permit. Other leases at Banyan Drive and in the Kanoelehua Industrial Area will expire in the next several years....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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Glass Houses of Marijuana: Pots, Kettles and the Color Black
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 PM :: 5885 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Drugs
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...Department of Health (DoH) officials faced scathing rebukes for doing their job well....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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Ige Budget: $104M omissions, mystery spending cuts
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:04 PM :: 5700 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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$104 million in omissions combine with mystery spending cuts to create unrealistic budget scenario....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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Federal Aid? Hawaii Ranks 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:38 AM :: 5285 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... states with low levels of support tend to have higher per capita tax collections and populations with lesser reliance on federal assistance ....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 6446 Views :: National News
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One hundred and fifty years ago the 13th Amendment officially was ratified, and with it, slavery finally was abolished....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Nai Aupuni in Contempt of Supreme Court? Latest Filings
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 5346 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Grassroot Institute Calls Na'i Aupuni Process an Embarrassment to the Hawaiian People....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Public Meeting on Honolulu Bikeways January 13
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 3989 Views :: Honolulu County
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center, Hawaii Suite....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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UH Reports Hawaii Hemp is Top Shelf
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 5:56 PM :: 6641 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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Hawaii's Industrial Hemp Research Project exceeded expectations in not only the quantity, but the quality....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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OHA Trustee, Ex-Legislator Come up with Excuses, Get Added to Aha Participant Roster
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 6678 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Added were Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Rowena Akana, Rosalie Lenchanko, Kalaniakea Wilson and former legislator Karen Awana....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Hawaii House Republicans Urge NRA to Reject Willes Lee Nomination
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 5051 Views :: Second Amendment
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House Minority Caucus urges NRA’s Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre to scrap nomination of Wiles Lee to their Board of Directors....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Oregon Standoff: Cooperative Management vs Federal Control
By Video @ 4:26 AM :: 6948 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Second Amendment
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Full Transcript of Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) Floor Speech January 5, 2016....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Support Hawaii Pro-Gun Legislators
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 4251 Views :: Second Amendment
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Two of our most supportive Legislators are holding fundraisers....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Study: E-Cig Vapers and Public Health Community Should be United Against Big Tobacco
By Ed Case @ 3:59 AM :: 4866 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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A recently published study proposes a pact between the public health community and the vaping community to combat a shared enemy, Big Tobacco....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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VIDEO: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Jones Act with Michael Hansen
By Michael Hansen @ 3:25 AM :: 5225 Views :: Jones Act
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Kelii Akina and Mike Hansen discuss the Jones Act and its implications for the economy of Hawaii....
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
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Quality Counts: Hawaii K-12 Achievement Ranks 32nd in USA
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 4909 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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The 20th annual edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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Confucius on Hawaii’s New Smoking Age
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:14 PM :: 5053 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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“If you lead the people with administrative injunctions and keep the them orderly with penal law, they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of personal ethics....”
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii Water Law In A Nutshell
By Robert Thomas @ 9:38 PM :: 6576 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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If you want a crash course in Hawaii's unique (some would say weird) water law, you can't do better than this video....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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VIDEO: “Lessons Learned” from Turtle Bay
By Video @ 9:33 PM :: 6894 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government
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"Public-Private partnerships are really hard."
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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Hana Pier to be Removed due to Public Opposition to Repairing it
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 4576 Views :: Maui County
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The estimated cost of the removal is $3.5 million. The additional $16.5 million assigned to the project will be returned to the Harbors Division for use in other improvement projects....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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HART: Construction Costs Soaring—Another $240M Tacked on to Overruns
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 5012 Views :: Rail
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...construction cost escalation for Oahu for years 2013 and 2014 has averaged 10.3% per year....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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A&B to Shutter State’s Last Cane Plantation
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 8848 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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...“We are happy" -- Burning Anti-Cane Activists ....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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UH appeals NCAA ruling on men’s basketball program
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 4622 Views :: Higher Education
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UH now has 30 days to state its case and submit relevant documents and the NCAA Committee on Infractions will then have 30 days to respond. A final decision is expected by early summer 2016....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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OHA Trying to Convince Telescope to Stay and Pay
By Video @ 4:41 PM :: 10644 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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Friedrichs v CTA: Will Supreme Court End Mandatory Union Membership for Government Employees Nationwide?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 5283 Views :: Labor
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The nine teachers who are suing their union in Friedrichs v. CTA are doing so because they believe that many union stances taken in collective bargaining are bad for public schoolteachers and bad for the children they teach....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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Fake Bomb Found After Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 11862 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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Anti-GMO Leader: “Bring Islamic Nation to Battle in Hawaii—Allah Akbar”
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:21 PM :: 8511 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, GMOs
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...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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UHERO: Status Update on Federal GHG Emissions Reduction Policy for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 6:16 PM :: 4855 Views :: Energy
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Under the CPP, states have been given the choice of meeting either a rate- or mass-based goal for their existing fleet of power plants....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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“Entire American Samoa school system must be revamped”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 4995 Views :: Education K-12
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“We are not doing enough” to educate Samoan students in math and science....
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