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Friday, December 11, 2015 |
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Medicare Penalizes Maui Memorial, Pali Momi, Wahiawa General over Safety Incidents
By Selected News Articles @ 12:20 AM :: 5799 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Medicare will lower all its payments to the penalized hospitals by 1 percent over the course of the federal fiscal year, which runs through September 2016....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii: 64% of your income for infant child care
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 6377 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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In Hawaii, single parents with two children pay about 64% of their income for infant child care, nearly the same as married couple families at the poverty line with two children....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Christmas Comes Early for Teachers’ Unions With No Child Left Behind Rewrite
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:51 PM :: 6701 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The Every Student Succeeds Act passed the Senate by a margin of 85 – 12 and in the U.S. House by a vote of 359-64 in late November (this included every Democrat who voted in both the House and Senate)....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Sugar Subsidies to be Cut in Budget Bill?
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 2:42 PM :: 7493 Views :: Agriculture, Tax Credits
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Rep. Pitts is building momentum within Congress to reform this archaic depression-era corporate welfare package....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Gambling with our health in 2016
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:04 PM :: 6562 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...our monthly premium is going up over $200 – an increase of 34%. To be able to afford health insurance, we are downgrading our health care plan....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Report: Hawaii Ranks #1 in Overall Health
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 AM :: 6301 Views
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...according to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative would deliver transformation better, faster and cheaper
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 7691 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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HSTA Launches Push for 25% GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 6114 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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The bill will be introduced during the upcoming 2016 legislative session....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 |
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Why You Should Mahalo the Grassroot Institute
By Video @ 7:17 PM :: 6880 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Why They Now Deserve Everyone’s Thanks....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 |
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National Report: Hawaii Ranks 6th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 5045 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Tobacco Companies Spend $4 to Market Products for Every $1 Hawaii Spends on Prevention....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 |
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Ige Seeking Applicants for 170 Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 10:58 AM :: 4576 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Office of the Governor is looking for individuals who are dedicated to continuing the State of Hawaii’s momentum toward a strong and sustainable future....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 |
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Retired Hawaii police officers frustrated by barriers to concealed carry
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 6410 Views :: Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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...Tom Fratinardo, a retired police officer, is trying to obtain concealed carry authorization under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.…
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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2015 Most Charitable States--Hawaii Ranks 21st
By Selected News Articles @ 10:52 PM :: 4045 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...nearly a third of all annual giving taking place in December....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Robotics championship to qualify Hawaii teams for World event
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 4917 Views :: Education K-12
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...held Dec. 12, 2015 at the Pearl City High School cafeteria, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Teacher Quality? Hawaii Scores D+
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5831 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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This year’s report measures state progress against a set of 32 policy goals....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Might Finally Be Forced To Include Military Among ‘We The People’
By Robert Thomas @ 9:13 PM :: 6374 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Debating Inouye on Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 1:03 AM :: 5286 Views :: Jones Act
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The PBN did not disclose the source of the newly “reported” Inouye letter....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Gauging Home Affordability: The Challenge
By UHERO @ 12:02 AM :: 4987 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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At a time of dwindling inventory and rising prices, housing affordability has once again become a hot topic in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Does Your State Adjust Its Income Tax Brackets For Inflation?
By NCPA @ 12:01 AM :: 5673 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...17 states (including Hawaii) do not index at all. When tax brackets aren’t indexed for inflation, it results in what economists call “bracket creep.”....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 7, 2015
By Congress.org @ 7:02 PM :: 4359 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Budget Reconciliation
- Senate: Surface Transportation Reauth
- House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization
- House: EPA Existing Power Plant Rule Disapproval
- House: EPA New and Retrofitted Power Plant Rule Disapproval
- House: K-12 Education Reauthorization
- House: Energy Security and Infrastructure Overhaul
- House: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Evenwel: Will Supreme Court Overturn 50 Years of Hawaii Apportionment Law?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:45 PM :: 5699 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: The View from Outside the Hawaii Bubble
By Robert Thomas @ 3:41 PM :: 5798 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The universal query they have for us about the Nai Aupuni vote is "what the heck are you doing out there?"
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectricitian--Feds Overreach on Election Regulation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 6949 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections....
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Sunday, December 6, 2015 |
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KIUC Nominating Committee Selects 5 Candidates for Board Election
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 4454 Views :: Energy
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Former Hawaii PUC chair Morita vies for Kauai utility board seat....
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Sunday, December 6, 2015 |
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US Soccer Champs Cancel -- Aloha Stadium Unsafe Field
By News Release @ 11:16 AM :: 4719 Views :: Tourism
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U.S. Soccer has cancelled the U.S. Women’s National Team Victory Tour match scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6, at Aloha Stadium....
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Sunday, December 6, 2015 |
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Please! Spend More!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4450 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Uncle Sam is giving us money. But we are not spending that money so the federal agencies are saying, “Looks like you don’t need this, so why should we give you any more?”....
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Saturday, December 5, 2015 |
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NASA: Antarctic ice growth causing Sea Levels to DROP
By Jack Dini @ 4:55 PM :: 6135 Views :: Environment
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NASA has published a study in the Journal of Glaciology showing that overall Antarctic ice increased by 112 billion tons per year....
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Saturday, December 5, 2015 |
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Full Text: Court Orders State to Fund Hawaiian Homelands
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 6089 Views :: DHHL
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Court finds state illegally denied DHHL adequate funding for over two decades....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Fitch: We Anticipate Successful NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 4531 Views :: Energy
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Fitch has maintained Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI, IDR 'BBB') on Rating Watch Positive. Fitch expects to resolve the Rating Watch on the conclusion of the merger transaction with NextEra Energy, Inc....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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The Hawaii Supreme Court's Fractured Rationale For Invalidating The TMT Permit
By Robert Thomas @ 9:04 PM :: 7382 Views :: Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the telescope Thirty Meter. It's five year continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out a Conservation District Use Permit from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and navigate the treacherous waters of Hawaii administrative law. To boldly go where twelve other telescopes have gone before!
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Census Bureau Releases New ACS Data for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 3664 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 3, 2015....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Biotech Receives Contract To Develop Dengue Vaccine–Anti-GMO Activist Gabbard Supports
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 5695 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Leading anti-GMO, anti-Vaxxers, and anti-pesticide activists and politicians are supporting the GMO, vaccine, and pesticide application being used to fight dengue. They are hypocrites and need to be called on it....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Feds Scoop up $10M from Hawaii Criminal, Civil Actions
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 5032 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... $7.7 million was collected in criminal actions....$2.3 million from civil actions ....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Akana: OHA Employees ‘Suspiciously’ Placed at Top of Na’i Aupuni Ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 5690 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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To make matters worse, both of the OHA Employees have also run for a seat in past OHA Board of Trustees elections....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Does Transit-Oriented Development Need the Transit?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:03 AM :: 6590 Views :: Development, Rail
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...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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Am Samoa: New Embarrassments for Faleomavaega sister
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 6201 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Memo to candidates for Congress next year: If you are seeking signatures for your nominating petition, you might start in the DOE director's office....
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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VIDEO: Things you need to know about medical marijuana dispensaries
By Video @ 12:01 AM :: 5311 Views :: Drugs
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Representatives Bob McDermott and Marcus Oshiro discuss things you need to know about medical Marijuana dispensaries....
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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CATO: US Constitution Still Applies to Nai Aupuni
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 5375 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...the vote on this emergency injunction application was 5-4, with Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting....
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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“Green McCarthyism”--A leading solar advocacy group is drawing criticism from its own industry
By Selected News Articles @ 7:45 PM :: 6221 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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TASC’s efforts in defense of NEM in Hawaii have incurred a similar response....
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State Legislature
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4186 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Hawaii State House and Senate are accepting applications for the 2016 legislative session....
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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New Program Helps Hawaii’s Young Male Victims of Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 6719 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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More than half of these victims are underage, with the average age of entry into prostitution being 12 years old....
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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Open Letter to OHA: Defund Nai Aupuni
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 7015 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"Self-determination initiatives such as ACT195 need to come from the people, not the government"
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
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Hawaii Hotels Will Collect $271M in “Resort Fees” This Year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 4561 Views :: Tourism
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New Study by Travel-Hawaii.com Reveals Rush of Hawaii Hotels to Implement the Fees....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Supreme Court Invalidates Telescope Building Permit
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 6350 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs respects the court’s decision."
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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Full Text: US Supreme Court Affirms Injunction Against Nai Aupuni
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:06 PM :: 5511 Views :: OHA
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision of Justice Anthony Kennedy to halt the counting of ballots or certification of results in Hawaii's race-based Native Hawaiian election....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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The Nai Aupuni Ship is Sinking
By Video @ 7:00 PM :: 5954 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Na`i Aupuni Has Suffered A Huge Blow With A New US Supreme Court Order Affirming The Injunction....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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Visitor Arrivals Set New Record, but Spending Drops
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 4635 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands reached a new record for the month of October, with a 4.8 percent growth to 692,930 visitors....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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NextEra to build, own and operate solar energy systems for Navy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 5719 Views :: Energy, Military
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17 megawatts of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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Planned Parenthood Turns Tragedy Into Censorship
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 5845 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics....
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