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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Na’i Aupuni Candidates in Conflict
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 8006 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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"...you are the executive director for the organization that received well over a half a million dollars for this Na'i Aupuni process...."
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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How Do You Design an Electric Train without Considering the Electricity?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:02 AM :: 6870 Views :: Energy, Rail
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...what will the train’s power bill be for decades to come?....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Feds: Race to the Top Empowers Hawaii to Transform Education
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 5342 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Fundamental Change: Innovation in America's Schools under Race to the Top....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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UK citizen with green card sues Honolulu police over denial of firearm permit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 5521 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Hawaii only granted permits to U.S. citizens until a federal judge in Honolulu last year ruled that's unconstitutional. The department is trying to get around that ruling....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Jones Act Business Forum set for UH Manoa
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 5064 Views :: Jones Act
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Nov. 12 at UH Campus Center Ballroom 5:30pm to 7:30pm....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Protest Na’i Aupuni at State Capitol
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 7061 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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When: Friday, November 13th, 3- 5:30PM
Where: In front of the State Capitol, Beretania Street
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii earns a D- for Civil Forfeiture Laws
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 8612 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Hawaii’s civil forfeiture laws are among the nation’s worst....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Full Text: Veterans Sue for Voting Rights in US Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 5739 Views :: First Amendment, Military
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...the Illinois veterans are allowed to continue voting in Illinois by absentee ballot ... if they reside in the Northern Mariana Islands (“NMI”), American Samoa, or in a foreign country, but not if they reside in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Let's Create a Higher Standard for Ethical Government
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 5191 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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If we want to see more responsible and accountable government, then it's up to the public to set the standard for what ethical government looks like....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Video: Fixing What's Wrong with Welfare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:25 PM :: 4908 Views :: Family
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...the War on Poverty has launched a massive bureaucracy and a plethora of government programs that have negatively impacted the American family....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Schedules Aerial Eradication ‘Simultaneous’ to Telescope Work
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 7064 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Second Amendment
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"As local workers prepare to begin work at the TMT site, we want to remind people of other simultaneous activities that may be occurring on the mountain.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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HECO: 'Time of Use' Rate Hike Coming
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6035 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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A rate that is higher -- above the existing energy charge rate -- from 4 p.m. to midnight (on-peak hours)....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Voting Begins for Maunalua Bay Advisory Committee
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 4218 Views :: Environment
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July, 2015: East Oahu: 400 Testify Against Federal Takeover of Maunalua Bay....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Now Only State in Nation Without Sex Trafficking Law
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 4799 Views :: Law Enforcement
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Hawaii and Virginia were the last two states in the nation without a law specifically criminalizing sex trafficking; however, 2015 legislative gains in Virginia left Hawaii behind....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Congress asks Hawaii Health Exchange where the money went
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 5003 Views :: Health Care
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“The hearing… did not answer all the committee’s questions nor fully assuaged its concerns that tax dollars have been, and are being, spent inappropriately.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal
By Video @ 4:16 PM :: 8642 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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Corporations Buying Influence? Native Hawaiian Election Throws Out All the Rules....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Political Correctness Jumps Shark? -- “Hey Hey Ho Ho Reporters Have Got to Go!”
By Video @ 1:50 PM :: 6130 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Be sure to watch the U Missouri Mass Communications Professor looking for “some muscle over here”....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive State to Raise a Family
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 PM :: 6402 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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HART Math – When 1 + 1 Doesn’t Equal 2
By Natalie Iwasa @ 1:28 PM :: 4735 Views :: Rail
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...project expenditures are $1,637M, $1,581M or $1,512M, depending on which report one looks at....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Obamacare Covers 2.6% of Hawaii Insured
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 4900 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The uninsured rate pre-Obamacare was 7.89 percent and has fallen to a current rate of 5.27 percent, with 31,653 persons gaining health insurance....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Poll: 62% Support Telescope Construction--TMT to Re-Start Site Work
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 6264 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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88% of Hawaii residents agree there should be a way for science and Hawaiian culture to co-exist on Maunakea....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: Two Candidates Misplaced, and Another Quits the Race
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 AM :: 5677 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...her name does not appear on a copy of the print version of the Oahu ballot....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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New Data Shows Veterans Treatment Court Surge
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 5714 Views :: Judiciary, Military
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Nationally, Veterans Treatment Courts are serving an estimated 13,200 veterans who would otherwise be incarcerated....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Best Cities for Veterans—Honolulu Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 4878 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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"The ratio of homeless veterans to the veteran population is 28 times higher in San Francisco than in Virginia Beach, Va"
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ends Expensive Net Metering Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 5:16 PM :: 4687 Views :: Energy
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instead of getting credited for the full retail rate for the energy they produce, customers will be credited for a fixed rate between 15 cents and 28 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending on the island....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Receives D+ Grade on Corruption
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5618 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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Lobbyists thrive in land of sunshine....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 9, 2015
By Congress.org @ 12:47 PM :: 4132 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: "Waters of the United States"
Senate: Military-Construction-VA Appropriations
House: Revised Defense Authorization
House: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
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Biofuel Shell Game: How Giant Diesel Plant Became part of Hawaii's 'Clean' Energy Future
By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 10687 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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Here's the trick. The 'second' biofuel plant will soon be the 'only' biofuel plant....
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
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Residency: Senator Galuteria Tangled in Lies?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 7959 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Taxes
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"There is no evidence that the Galuterias repaid the back property taxes on the Pakui Street residence...."
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
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The Shaky Future of Bonus Depreciation
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5652 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“50% bonus depreciation” is a system where half of the equipment cost can be deducted in the first year it is placed in service....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Asia, Europe look at Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 4485 Views :: Jones Act
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65.2% believe the Jones Act is not fit for purpose....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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WaPo: How transportation became the latest victim of America’s culture wars
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:50 PM :: 4937 Views :: Rail
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It’s social engineering: getting people out of their soulless single-family suburban homes....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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What Does "Waikiki" Mean? - Variances, Safety Valves, And A "Hawaiian Sense Of Place"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:17 PM :: 8544 Views :: Environment, Development, Tourism
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...Justice Pollack benchslapped the Department on each of the three variance standards....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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UHERO: Research Driven Energy Policy
By UHERO @ 8:59 PM :: 4678 Views :: Energy
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Take, for example, public discussion surrounding the potential merger of HECO and NextEra....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Reporters threatened by campus security at public meeting at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 6726 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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A complaint has been filed with UH Hilo Security. UHSUnews student reporters say they will continue to attend UHHSA meetings and exercise their right to record as afforded by UH policy and laws....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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McKelvey Guilty of Campaign Spending Violations
By News Release @ 1:42 AM :: 7583 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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$33,000 Missing Campaign Funds....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Hilo Veterans Parade Saturday
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 4495 Views :: Military
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Hawai‘i Island Veterans Day Parade November 7, starting at 10 a.m., Downtown Hilo....
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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
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Which Counties Benefit Most From Earned Income Tax Credit?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 5746 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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The map shows the average amount of EITC taken per tax return in every county in America....
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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
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On Keystone: The President Has Thrown Working People Under the Bus of His Legacy
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 5446 Views :: Environment, Labor
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After a seven-year circus of cowardly delay, the President's decision to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline is just one more indication of an utter disdain and disregard for salt-of-the-earth, middle-class working Americans....
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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
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Auditor: Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund not used for established purpose
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:20 AM :: 4719 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Thirty-eight DCCA special funds, trust funds, and trust accounts were reviewed--One Fund Did Not Meet Criteria....
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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
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With Horizon Gone, Matson Profits Soar
By Michael Hansen @ 12:12 AM :: 4747 Views :: Jones Act
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“Basically the Hawaiian market, we have seen as we noted an increase in demand for our service...."
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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Ige Seeking Applicants for 185 Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 4138 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Office of the Governor is looking for qualified and dedicated volunteers to fill vacancies on boards, commissions and committees across the state....
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii Gets 'C' on March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 5169 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...the 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card for the first time grades the state’s counties and reveals persistent disparities between communities and among racial and ethnic groups....
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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Ward, Oshiro: 10 things you need to know about Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
By Video @ 7:39 PM :: 4904 Views :: Drugs
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“10 things you need to know about Medical Marijuana dispensaries HB 321 CD 1”
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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Video: Russia Greets 'Hawaii Comrade Lanny Sinkin'
By Video @ 6:46 PM :: 4774 Views :: Akaka Bill
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As Sinkin admits, he knew nothing about the forum until four days before the start. He received a call, was given some money, and happily came to Moscow....
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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McDermott: Get the Politicians out of School Construction
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 5:50 PM :: 5498 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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State CIP money is going to political cronies’ districts, not where it is really needed....
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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Stop Nai Aupuni: Urgent Motion for Injunction with Ninth Circuit
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 7777 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed an Urgent Motion for Injunction with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit....
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Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
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ACLU Back in Court Trying to Keep the Homeless out of Shelters
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 3812 Views :: Homelessness
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Full text of ACLU's latest effort to stop the City from pushing the homeless into shelters....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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32 Candidates on Payroll: Na'i Aupuni's Privileged Class
By Video @ 9:32 PM :: 8219 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Why Do They Want To Get Elected So Badly?
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