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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: Walter Ritte, Scott Parker Still on Ballot After Quitting Race
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 7842 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Dr. Parker in good faith attempted to withdraw as a candidate before the ballots were printed, but through no fault of his, neither Election-American nor Naʻi Aupuni got back to him in time....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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The Unaffordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:02 PM :: 6397 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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As the sheen wears off of subsidized health coverage, and more Americans find they are paying hundreds per month for coverage that provides few benefits....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is the State with the Smallest Weight Problems
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 4728 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults and children who are overweight and obese to the sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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Best Small Cities? Hawaii Towns Near Bottom of Long List
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 4010 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub’s analysts compared 1,268 U.S. cities....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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Does Central Control of our Schools Produce Bad Policy?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:46 AM :: 3511 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii has earned an overall grade of C- for school policy, down from a grade of C in 2000....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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Video: Why Privatize State Hospitals?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 AM :: 4299 Views :: Health Care
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Leonard Gilroy, editor of the widely-read Annual Privatization Report, is an expert in how local, state, and federal governments are bringing competition to public services....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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UH Manoa graduation rates up
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 5119 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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“From 2010 to 2015 our six-year rate has increased from 48.6 percent to 57.1 percent while the four-year rate has increased from 17.5 percent to 27.9 percent...."
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: Please Vote Only Once
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 7732 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...the print ballot mistakenly lists some of the candidates twice....
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015 |
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APA: Homosexual Rape of Military Personnel 15 Times Higher Than Reported
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5417 Views :: Military
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...a comprehensive look at the issues facing men and women who experienced military sexual trauma....
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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Political Correctness Has Peaked
By Selected News Articles @ 5:40 PM :: 4624 Views :: Higher Education
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If you’re Social Justice Warrior, you’re a liar....
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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Another Candidate Withdraws from Nai Aupuni Election
By News Release @ 5:07 PM :: 7610 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... is an effort to relinquish all of our assets ....
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 2, 2015
By Congress.org @ 4:56 PM :: 4083 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Senate: Budget Agreement and Debt Limit
House: Retail Investor Protection
House: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
House: Budget Agreement and Debt Limit
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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Study: High Costs Make Hawaii second-worst for entrepreneurs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 PM :: 4748 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii has a low business survival rate, with only slightly more businesses created in 2013 than failed that year....
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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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TTIP: Europe to Negotiate for Jones Act Reform?
By Michael Hansen @ 2:01 AM :: 4219 Views :: Jones Act
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The exemptions from U.S. cabotage are being sought in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU), a bilateral free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the United State and the EU....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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Final Interior Dep't Rule Allows OHA Hawaiians to Steal Land from DHHL Hawaiians
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 10694 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Tribal Trustees could simply vote to change the DHHL blood quantum from 50% to 25% or even 1% and thereby seize lands....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni Lets Candidates on Ballot With Fraudulent Registration
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 6616 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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There are a few of candidates who filled the ten slots by repeating names or with symbols and not with ten registered voters....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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63% of Americans Blame Mental Health—Not Guns—for Mass Shootings
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 5013 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...mass shootings in this country are more a reflection of problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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Wonder Blunder Times 3.5
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4098 Views :: Higher Education
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Gib Arnold, former basketball coach at the University of Hawaii, just hit the jackpot....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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Taxing & Regulating Small Business to Death: Hawaii's Business Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 5558 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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A panel discussion on the barriers to economic prosperity for businesses in Hawaii....
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Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
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40,000 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have to Start All Over with Feds
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 4217 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii residents can go directly to Healthcare.gov or call toll free 1(800) 318-2596 to find a suitable plan and can enroll through January 31, 2016....
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Saturday, October 31, 2015 |
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Tulsi Gabbard, Bill Maher Agree: 'Liberals Need to go back to School on Issue of Islam'
By Video @ 4:28 PM :: 7235 Views :: Military, Religion
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...Obama has been refusing to label terrorist group ISIS as “Islamic extremists,” instead opting for “violent extremists,” a choice Maher called “crazy” on his HBO talk show. “Words do matter,” he said....
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Saturday, October 31, 2015 |
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DoE: Hawaii is ahead of President’s call to reduce testing in schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 4815 Views :: Education K-12
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"We made significant changes to reduce the amount of testing in our schools this year," stated Superintendent Matayoshi....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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Charter Amendment: HART to Take Over TheBus, Handi-Van, Milk them to Cover Rail Operating Expenses
By Andrew Walden @ 7:40 PM :: 5354 Views :: Rail
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The Group met on October 13, 2015 and discussed possible Charter amendment topics, which included the consolidation of the TheBus, TheHandi-Van, and rail into one entity....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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Bill 72: Property Tax Break for Honolulu Home Businesses
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:52 AM :: 6719 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes
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...homeowners of flex units face the challenge of having their entire property classified as 'Commercial', which equates to approximately 254% more in taxes....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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S. Korea Bail out for Shipbuilder which Bails out US Shipbuilder
By Michael Hansen @ 3:30 AM :: 3744 Views
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...without government subsidies, the major S. Korean shipbuilders would have to raise their prices by around 20%. That of course pales in comparison with the 500% premiums to build a oceangoing self-propelled ship in a major U.S. shipbuilding yard....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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Aha Moku Advisory Committee Hosts Public Meetings to Draft Rules
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 5918 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...as it develops and adopts rules for its operation and administration....
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Friday, October 30, 2015 |
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2015 Hawaii’s Outstanding Military Spouse Awards Program
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 4670 Views :: Military
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Sponsored by the Hawaii Navy League....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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GOP: All Democrats Should Return Criminal Hee Contributions
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 7150 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Republican Party
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...one-party rule in this state can easily lead to a corrupt 'old boy network'....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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NYT: The Reign of Recycling
By NCPA @ 2:13 PM :: 5002 Views :: Environment
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Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it's still typically more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send it to a landfill....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Grassroot Institute Launches Maui Radio Program
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:09 AM :: 4819 Views :: Maui County
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Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina launches a one-hour program on Maui's 1110AM KAOI....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Investment Advice: Repeal the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:23 AM :: 5181 Views :: Jones Act
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Lutts mentions the Jones Act in the context of the Puerto Rico financial crisis, the loss of the EL FARO, and the distortions it causes in the economy....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Half a Million Dollars of Public Pension Money Paid to Dead People in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:13 AM :: 6806 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...at least 134 deceased persons received over-payments from the Employee Retirement System, with some over-payments in excess of $50,000....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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AARP and WHO accept Honolulu’s Age-Friendly City plan
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4919 Views :: Honolulu County
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The WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities is an international effort launched in 2006 to help cities prepare for rapid population aging and the parallel trend of urbanization....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Honolulu Average Weekly Wages Below US Average
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 5513 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Honolulu County had average weekly wages of $918 ranked near the middle (172nd) of the national ranking among the 342 largest counties. Nationally, the average weekly wage was $1,048 in the first quarter of 2015....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Visitor Arrivals Reach Record High in September
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 4964 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...an increase of 4.7 percent to 652,616 visitors....
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Behind the Scenes a Maneuver to become Chief of Hawaiian 'Tribe'
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 7424 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Wonder Why Robin Danner's Been Out Of The News Lately?
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Study: Mixed Results from Pre-K Program
By NCPA @ 4:14 PM :: 4701 Views :: Education K-12
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...by the end of first grade, the achievement scores for both groups were again equal and by third grade the scores of children who participated in the pre-K program were lower than those who had not....
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Hawaii NAEP: Student Proficiency Drops Sharply
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 4560 Views :: Education K-12
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“Compared with NAEP, Smarter Balanced more directly measures what we expect our students to know and be able to do...."
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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DLIR Raids Ala Moana Building Contractors
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5006 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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Undercover video shows Ala Moana construction workers paid in cash....
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
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Abortion Doc: Harvesting Intact Fetal Heads “Will Give Me Something to Strive For”
By Video @ 3:36 PM :: 4752 Views :: Life
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...a partial-birth abortion procedure to terminate living, late-term fetuses which she hopes will yield intact fetal heads for brain harvesting....
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
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DoTax Mood Swings Put Extra $8M in Rail Coffers
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 5261 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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State Department of Taxation officials have pointed to a lag in processing tax returns as a key reason for the swings....
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
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DCCA: Banking and Marijuana
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 4928 Views :: Drugs
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Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Iris Ikeda, presented considerations for banks and other financial institutions when dealing with marijuana related businesses at the Hawaii State Bar Association....
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
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Homelessness: Ige Signs Supplemental Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 4531 Views :: Homelessness
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...despite multiple efforts, many individuals decline help....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Plaintiffs File Appeal in Lawsuit Against Unconstitutional Na’i Aupuni Election
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 7191 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...Today, the Plaintiffs in Akina v. State of Hawai’i filed an appeal from the Order of Judge Michael Seabright denying their motion to halt a race-based election to establish a Hawaiian tribe in violation of the Constitution....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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DHHL to Consult Beneficiaries on Proposed Rule Changes
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 5208 Views :: DHHL
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...Genetic Testing--Lease Transfer--Subsistence Farming...
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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HR3764: Legislation Strips Interior Dep't Authority over Tribal Recognition
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 5873 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Under the legislation, the DOI’s controversial recognition rules, also known as Part 83, would have no force and effect....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Solar Industry Fights Weakening of Hawaii Law
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 5046 Views :: Energy
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PUC Chairman Randy Iwase seems confident that the ruling will stand....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Health Department Vulnerable to Waste and Abuse
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 5485 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 26, 2015
By Congress.org @ 12:25 PM :: 4487 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: "Sanctuary Cities"
Senate: Cybersecurity Info Sharing
House: Debt Prevention
House: DC Opportunity Scholarship Pgrm
House: Natl Strategic and Critical Minerals
House: Health Care Reconciliation
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