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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 6376 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Visitor Arrivals Jump 9.3%
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 4968 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Maui: Protesters Stop Haleakala Telescope Construction Convoy
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 63998 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...Organizers and the Site Supervisor had a brief discussion after which time he stated the drivers were going to be sent home and the delivery would be cancelled....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Ige’s diffidence risks making things on Mauna Kea worse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5619 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 4395 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Ige 'On National Stage' Faking It -- Touts 7 solar farms blocked by HECO, PUC
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 4789 Views :: Energy
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“All [of these projects] will generate energy below what we pay to generate energy using oil,” he said. (Except for one problem--they aren't going to be built.)
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Ige Fails to Clear Mauna Kea Protesters, Relies on 'Mutual Respect and Aloha'
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 6509 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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"It is our belief that there will be mutual respect and aloha on Wednesday and in the days ahead as TMT restarts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...."
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Kaiser: King v. Burwell will not Affect Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 4840 Views :: Health Care
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The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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CNBC: Hawaii Worst State for Business
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 5952 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...by the numbers on just about everything else, Hawaii doesn't measure up, and not only for reasons beyond its control....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Sexual Paranoia: Why Professors Are Becoming Scared of Their Students
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:54 PM :: 4976 Views :: Higher Education
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“new codes [of sexual conduct] sweeping American campuses....”
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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HS Sports: Hawaii 2nd Lowest Gender Gap
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5309 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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In Hawaii only 4.7% of high schools have a 10%+ gender equity gap in sports....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Wine Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 12th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 5411 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Video: Adventures of a Monsanto Agronomist
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:34 PM :: 6480 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...Keli'i Akina speaks with Monsanto agronomist Dan Clegg about the latest....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Proposed Federal Rules for Hawaiian Homelands Parallel Obama Admin Rewrite of Indian Law
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 AM :: 8776 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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"The Department will create a tribe, not recognize an historic tribe."
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Full Text: Court Orders Release of Kanaiolowalu Roll
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:56 AM :: 5923 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...official order from the Honorable Jeannette Castagnetti ordering the NHRC to disclose the list....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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Internal Report: Gay Human Rights Campaign a Judgmental White Men’s Club
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 6907 Views :: National News, Family
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Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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Feds Extend Hawaii NCLB Waiver
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 4524 Views :: Education K-12
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"The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) has aligned its reform efforts and internal systems and processes to leverage progress toward outcomes...."
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii: The empty ‘marketplace of ideas’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 5808 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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Caldwell refuses to sign Council Budget Bills
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 5712 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...The City Council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) positions needed to address homelessness and the affordable housing crisis....
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Monday, June 22, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2015
By Congress.org @ 11:40 PM :: 4732 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization - Passage
Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Cloture
House: U.S. Citizens in Iran - Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization – Passage
House: Iraq Troop Withdraw – Passage
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Monday, June 22, 2015 |
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Ige in DC to Teach Feds How to use Green Energy Hype to Jack Up Rates, Taxes
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 4642 Views :: Energy
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...Ige will join other elected officials and business leaders for the Washington Post’s “Powering Cities” forum on Tuesday, June 23...
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Monday, June 22, 2015 |
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Ouch! Mounting Medicare Cuts Hurt Hawaii Hospitals
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 4154 Views :: Health Care
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HHIC Insights Medicare report illustrates the impact of the numerous Medicare payment cuts to Hawaii’s hospitals and how it would be potentially exacerbated by additional cuts proposed by Congress....
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Monday, June 22, 2015 |
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Oahu, Maui Among Metro Areas That Least Resemble U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 3415 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Our data set includes 23 key metrics, such as age, gender and income as well as household makeup and housing tenure....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Contested Case or Court Case? The Hawaii Supreme Court Decides
By Robert Thomas @ 6:58 PM :: 6340 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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It's a fine balance, and until the Hawaii Supreme Court's recent decision in Kellberg v. Yuen, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in Hoku Lele, LLC v. City and County of Honolulu....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Fishery Management Council Questions use of Turtles to Strangle Tuna Industry
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5300 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Public hearings will be held in American Samoa, CNMI and Guam on July 6, 13 and 15, respectively....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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BoE Appoints New Superintendents
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 6110 Views :: Education K-12
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...new leaders are appointed to key state offices....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Telescope Construction to Re-Start Wednesday
By News Release @ 5:14 AM :: 6687 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...TMT International Observatory Board has decided to move ahead to restart the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the morning of Wednesday, June 24....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Higher Taxes?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 3823 Views :: Taxes
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...we don’t want to inflict a disproportionate amount of pain on our friends....
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Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
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$418M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 11597 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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APHIS on Invasive Species: "The truth is we just don't care that much"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 7350 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... two draft replies--one labeled "the truth" and the other labeled "option 2" ....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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European Trade Talks 'Can Open Jones Act'
By Michael Hansen @ 6:11 PM :: 4156 Views :: Jones Act
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A prominent European politician has urged the region's shipowners to get behind important trade talks....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Hawaii's Democracy Really Is
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 6558 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Republican Party
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...the median district in states like Hawaii, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming is more than 70% to 30% for the majority party....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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DHS: For First Time Majority of Homeless Refusing Shelter
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 AM :: 5701 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...A total of 1,217 homeless refusing shelter have been added to Hawaii's homeless population in the last two years....
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Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
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DLNR Steps in to Save Sea Cucumbers Harvested at Behest of Anti-GMO Huckster Promoting Quack Cancer Treatment
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM :: 5298 Views :: GMOs
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DLNR Chairperson Suzanne Case points out, “Until very recently this was not an issue."
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Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
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Ward, McDermott Call for Souki to Drop Complaint Against Ethics Chair
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 3611 Views :: Ethics
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Recently increased enforcement by the Commission has made the ethics code come to life and reach beyond the mere platitudes it was in the past when enforcement of the code was a rare exception....
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Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
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Hawaii Government Workforce Seventh Least Productive in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 6832 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii’s employees earn 9 percent more than those in the private sector—the 3rd highest wages and salaries ratio in the country....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Rail Creates Only 870 Local Jobs
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5403 Views :: Rail
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Remember This? "Rail Construction Will Create about 10,000 jobs Each Year" ....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Attack State’s Last Cane Plantation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:07 PM :: 7876 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, GMOs
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...ugly comments happily hoping to send people who work on these farms back to where they came from....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Secret text of Trade Agreement ‘forms a new Pacific Union’
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5869 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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This is far more than a trade agreement, but creates a self-governing and self-perpetuating Commission with extraordinary implications for American workers and American sovereignty....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Sex Ed? Board of Ed Says 'Trust Us'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 PM :: 5777 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...the Board itself failed to properly disclose that the “opt-out” policy was once again being considered....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Lowest Median Income for Families with Father Present
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 6496 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The median income for families (dad present) with kids younger than 18 adjusted for cost of living is two times higher in the District of Columbia than in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 4262 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...nearly one-in-four residents (24%) identify as multiracial....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Meet the Gay Activist in Charge of Federal 'Safe Schools' Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 AM :: 5911 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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Hirono, Schatz Nominate Three for Federal Judge
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 4863 Views :: Judiciary
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Clare Connors, David Louie, and Jill Otake....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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DUI Enforcement? Hawaii Ranks 27th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 4610 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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2015’s Strictest and Most Lenient States on DUI....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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Couch Potatoes Short in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 AM :: 3990 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Some play video games in homes littered with pizza crusts and empty Mountain Dew cans. Others watch daytime soap operas....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Sex Ed: BoE Opting In to Opt Out?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 5665 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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"...only if the student’s parent or legal guardian provides prior consent.…"
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Best Cities for Families? Honolulu Ranks 92nd
By Selected News Articles @ 6:50 PM :: 5213 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:39 PM :: 4194 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture
- House: CFTC Operations – Passage
- House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
- House: Police Body Cameras – Passage
- House: Meat Labeling – Passage
- House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage
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