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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Why Saying ‘GMOs Are Safe’ isn’t Helping
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:50 PM :: 5436 Views :: GMOs
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...Just the idea of three letters will make people willingly spend some 30% or more on groceries all in the name of fear....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Honolulu Economic Development Grants Available Now
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 4534 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, December 18, 2015 at 4:00 p.m....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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DHHL Approves NextEra Windfarm on Maui
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 7646 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Energy
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...500 acres of land on the southern flank of Haleakala for wind power generation....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 23, 2015
By Congress.org @ 12:41 PM :: 4859 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: EPA Existing Power Plant Rule
Senate: EPA New & Retrofit Power Plant Rule
House: Bank Mortgage Liability
House: Auto Loans
House: Federal Reserve Overhaul
House: Syrian and Iraqi Refugees
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Sunday, November 22, 2015 |
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Year-End Tax Planning Tips
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4362 Views :: Taxes
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The top rates of 9%, 10%, and 11% go away at the end of 2015. The top rate effective as of the beginning of next year is 8.25%....
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Saturday, November 21, 2015 |
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Honolulu 2nd Safest City in USA
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 5977 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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Violent crime was a primary factor in our analysis, but we also looked at other measures of safety, such as motor vehicle accidents, drug use and excessive drinking....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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College and Career Readiness—How Did Your School Do?
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 7647 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...how high school graduates are prepared to meet the HIDOE’s Strategic Plan Goal that all students demonstrate they are on a path toward success in college, career and citizenship....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Gabbard Introduces Bill Designed to Stop Obama’s Assistance to ISIS
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 7488 Views :: Military, Obama
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"...our efforts to overthrow Assad has increased and will continue to increase the strength of ISIS and other Islamic extremists...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Health Dep’t to Use Web-Based Software to Track Marijuana Sales, Inventories
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 5927 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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24/7 access to real-time data on medical marijuana inventory, sales, and other tracking information....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Ige Shutting Down Health Connector in Midst of Reenrollment Drive
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 4974 Views :: Health Care
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Open enrollment began on Nov. 1 and concludes on Jan. 31, 2016....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Kauai County Now Hiring Dopers—Maui is ACLU’s Next Target
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 8021 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Drugs
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Maui County continues to require drug tests as a condition of employment....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Full Text: ACLU Wins Order Defending Homeless’ Trash
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 5040 Views :: Homelessness
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During sweeps of Kaka’ako homeless persons, the City seized and disposed of over 134,000 pounds of 'property'....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Victory for Free Speech: Pastor, Maui County Settle 1st Amendment Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6292 Views :: First Amendment
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At the direction of Fair organizers, an MPD officer ordered the Goodhues to leave not just the Fair area, but other nearby public sidewalks as well....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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No Syrian Muslim ‘Refugees’ in Hawaii: Hundreds Sign ‘Impeach Ige’ Petition
By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 7377 Views :: Military, Religion
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As of 10AM Friday November 20, 2015, 1,848 persons have signed....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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9th Circuit Refuses Injunction to Block Na’i Aupuni
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:06 PM :: 7600 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Plaintiffs Plan to Appeal 9th Circuit Ruling to Supreme Court....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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HPU Report: Lack of US Flag Merchant Ships puts US at Risk of ‘Sea Strangulation’
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6615 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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“China, through a strategy we call ‘Sea Strangulation,’ now has the capability to crash the U.S. economy, threaten our allies and hold our military hostage”
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Student Loan
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:43 PM :: 4792 Views :: Higher Education
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...students on 110 campuses across the nation rallied and marched as part of a movement called the Million Student March....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Solar Schemers Deploy Poll Results
By News Release @ 12:36 PM :: 4775 Views :: Energy
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97% of poll respondents support more rooftop solar....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Hawaii Small Businesses Slowest to be Paid in USA
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 7596 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii small businesses wait 95 days on average to get paid on invoices....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Tourism: US Arrivals Make up for Japanese Decline
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 6906 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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The report indicates a shift in the visitor market....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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Why does the Mafia Love Na’i Aupuni?
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 8604 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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New Tracking System for Maui Bus Implemented
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 4461 Views :: Maui County
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...the ability to track their bus in real-time....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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I am a Jihadist and I am tired of not being given credit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 PM :: 7141 Views :: Military, Religion
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It’s like a bad Monty Python sketch....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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VIDEO: 10,000s of Muslims Boo Moment of Silence for Paris Victims, Chant Allah Akbar
By Video @ 1:45 AM :: 6597 Views :: Military, Religion
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This is the second time Turkish Muslims have disrupted a moment of silence for victims of ISIS....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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Thousands Sign Petition: No Syrian Muslim ‘Refugees’ in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 AM :: 12031 Views :: Military, Religion
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...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Feds Indict ‘Natural’ Supplements Makers behind Hawaii Death
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5271 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendants’ claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts. In truth, as one defendant put it, “lol stuff is completely 100 % synthethic [sic]”....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Will the Jones Act cause Hawaii’s last sugar plantation to close?
By Michael Hansen @ 8:33 PM :: 7933 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act
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The cause of HC&S’s operating losses were poor growing conditions with too much rain and expenses relating to their elderly sugar-carrying vessel....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Republicans Oppose Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Hawaii
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 8:15 PM :: 8409 Views :: Military, Religion
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Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 5495 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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State falls to #31 in national ranking....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 Christians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 7423 Views :: Military, Religion
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'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 AM :: 8908 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 5978 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Engineers: DAGS Hands Off CIP
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:20 AM :: 4439 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Ige: Hawaii Will Welcome ‘Screened’ Syrian Refugees
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 6310 Views :: Military, Religion
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According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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How High are Cell Phone Taxes in Your State?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 6035 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:06 PM :: 4577 Views :: Education K-12
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 16, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:54 PM :: 4415 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Revised Defense Authorization
Senate: Military-Construction-VA Appropriations
Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 5431 Views :: Energy
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 5443 Views :: Military
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...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Rail Funds Frozen? Feds Explain ‘Officially’ and ‘Unofficially’ What they Told Caldwell
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 8222 Views :: Rail
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...we at Hawai’i Free Press tried a novel approach—actually contacting FTA spokespeople in Washington to see what they had to say about it....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Working on the Fringe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5384 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“Revisiting the Taxation of Fringe Benefits”
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 PM :: 6950 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 7532 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Four responses have been filed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to last week’s “Urgent Motion for Injunction”....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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How energy prices are elevated by the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 4:21 PM :: 6378 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Feds Freeze Rail Funds? HART Knows Nothing About Caldwell’s Latest Pressure Tactic
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 7909 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Rail, Taxes
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...the FTA has not reached out to HART and officials were not aware the money was in jeopardy....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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‘Time of Use’ Rates to top out at $0.479 per kwh
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5846 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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First Hawaii Women Veterans Conference Set for Saturday
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 5931 Views :: Health Care, Military
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In Hawaii there are more than 14,000 women veterans; only 4,300 access their benefits and health care through the VA....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni claims ‘Outcome not Rigged’
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 5915 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...how can the outcome be “rigged”....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
By NCPA @ 1:32 PM :: 6649 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....
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