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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Nai Aupuni: Walter Ritte, Scott Parker Still on Ballot After Quitting Race
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 7841 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

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
The Unaffordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:02 PM :: 6395 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

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
Hawaii Is the State with the Smallest Weight Problems
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 4728 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

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
Best Small Cities? Hawaii Towns Near Bottom of Long List
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 4010 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

WalletHub’s analysts compared 1,268 U.S. cities....

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Does Central Control of our Schools Produce Bad Policy?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:46 AM :: 3511 Views :: Education K-12

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
Video: Why Privatize State Hospitals?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:43 AM :: 4298 Views :: Health Care

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
UH Manoa graduation rates up
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 5118 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

“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
Nai Aupuni: Please Vote Only Once
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 7731 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

...the print ballot mistakenly lists some of the candidates twice....

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
APA: Homosexual Rape of Military Personnel 15 Times Higher Than Reported
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5416 Views :: Military

...a comprehensive look at the issues facing men and women who experienced military sexual trauma....

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Monday, November 2, 2015
Political Correctness Has Peaked
By Selected News Articles @ 5:40 PM :: 4624 Views :: Higher Education

If you’re Social Justice Warrior, you’re a liar....

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Monday, November 2, 2015
Another Candidate Withdraws from Nai Aupuni Election
By News Release @ 5:07 PM :: 7609 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

... is an effort to relinquish all of our assets ....

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Monday, November 2, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 2, 2015
By Congress.org @ 4:56 PM :: 4082 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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
Study: High Costs Make Hawaii second-worst for entrepreneurs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 PM :: 4748 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

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
TTIP: Europe to Negotiate for Jones Act Reform?
By Michael Hansen @ 2:01 AM :: 4218 Views :: Jones Act

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
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

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
Nai Aupuni Lets Candidates on Ballot With Fraudulent Registration
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 6616 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

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
63% of Americans Blame Mental Health—Not Guns—for Mass Shootings
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 5011 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment

...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
Wonder Blunder Times 3.5
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4096 Views :: Higher Education

Gib Arnold, former basketball coach at the University of Hawaii, just hit the jackpot....

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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Taxing & Regulating Small Business to Death: Hawaii's Business Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 5557 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

A panel discussion on the barriers to economic prosperity for businesses in Hawaii....

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Sunday, November 1, 2015
40,000 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have to Start All Over with Feds
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 4217 Views :: Health Care

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
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

...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
DoE: Hawaii is ahead of President’s call to reduce testing in schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 4815 Views :: Education K-12

"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
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

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
Bill 72: Property Tax Break for Honolulu Home Businesses
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:52 AM :: 6719 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes

...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
S. Korea Bail out for Shipbuilder which Bails out US Shipbuilder
By Michael Hansen @ 3:30 AM :: 3744 Views

...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
Aha Moku Advisory Committee Hosts Public Meetings to Draft Rules
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 5918 Views :: Environment, Land Use

...as it develops and adopts rules for its operation and administration....

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Friday, October 30, 2015
2015 Hawaii’s Outstanding Military Spouse Awards Program
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 4670 Views :: Military

Sponsored by the Hawaii Navy League....

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Thursday, October 29, 2015
GOP: All Democrats Should Return Criminal Hee Contributions
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 7149 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Republican Party

...one-party rule in this state can easily lead to a corrupt 'old boy network'....

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Thursday, October 29, 2015
NYT: The Reign of Recycling
By NCPA @ 2:13 PM :: 5002 Views :: Environment

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
Grassroot Institute Launches Maui Radio Program
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:09 AM :: 4819 Views :: Maui County

Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina launches a one-hour program on Maui's 1110AM KAOI....

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Thursday, October 29, 2015
Investment Advice: Repeal the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:23 AM :: 5181 Views :: Jones Act

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
Half a Million Dollars of Public Pension Money Paid to Dead People in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:13 AM :: 6805 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...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
AARP and WHO accept Honolulu’s Age-Friendly City plan
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4919 Views :: Honolulu County

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
Honolulu Average Weekly Wages Below US Average
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 5513 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

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
Visitor Arrivals Reach Record High in September
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 4964 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...an increase of 4.7 percent to 652,616 visitors....

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Behind the Scenes a Maneuver to become Chief of Hawaiian 'Tribe'
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 7423 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
Wonder Why Robin Danner's Been Out Of The News Lately?
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Study: Mixed Results from Pre-K Program
By NCPA @ 4:14 PM :: 4701 Views :: Education K-12

...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
Tips From An Election Lawyer For Setting Up Private Racially-Exclusive Elections, er ... "Opinion Polls"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:04 AM :: 5731 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...don't be too surprised if the Ninth Circuit sees it a different way....

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Hawaii NAEP: Student Proficiency Drops Sharply
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 4559 Views :: Education K-12

“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
DLIR Raids Ala Moana Building Contractors
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5006 Views :: Labor, Small Business

Undercover video shows Ala Moana construction workers paid in cash....

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Abortion Doc: Harvesting Intact Fetal Heads “Will Give Me Something to Strive For”
By Video @ 3:36 PM :: 4752 Views :: Life

...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
DoTax Mood Swings Put Extra $8M in Rail Coffers
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 5261 Views :: Rail, Taxes

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
DCCA: Banking and Marijuana
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 4928 Views :: Drugs

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
Homelessness: Ige Signs Supplemental Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 4531 Views :: Homelessness

...despite multiple efforts, many individuals decline help....

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Monday, October 26, 2015
Plaintiffs File Appeal in Lawsuit Against Unconstitutional Na’i Aupuni Election
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 7189 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

...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
DHHL to Consult Beneficiaries on Proposed Rule Changes
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 5207 Views :: DHHL

...Genetic Testing--Lease Transfer--Subsistence Farming...

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Monday, October 26, 2015
HR3764: Legislation Strips Interior Dep't Authority over Tribal Recognition
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 5873 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

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
Solar Industry Fights Weakening of Hawaii Law
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 5046 Views :: Energy

PUC Chairman Randy Iwase seems confident that the ruling will stand....

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Monday, October 26, 2015
Hawaii Health Department Vulnerable to Waste and Abuse
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 5485 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....

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Monday, October 26, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 26, 2015
By Congress.org @ 12:25 PM :: 4486 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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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