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Friday, December 11, 2015
Medicare Penalizes Maui Memorial, Pali Momi, Wahiawa General over Safety Incidents
By Selected News Articles @ 12:20 AM :: 5799 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

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
Hawaii: 64% of your income for infant child care
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 6377 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living

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
Christmas Comes Early for Teachers’ Unions With No Child Left Behind Rewrite
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:51 PM :: 6701 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

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
Sugar Subsidies to be Cut in Budget Bill?
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 2:42 PM :: 7493 Views :: Agriculture, Tax Credits

Rep. Pitts is building momentum within Congress to reform this archaic depression-era corporate welfare package....

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Thursday, December 10, 2015
Gambling with our health in 2016
By Rachelle Chang @ 12:04 PM :: 6562 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

...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
Report: Hawaii Ranks #1 in Overall Health
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 AM :: 6301 Views

...according to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report....

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Thursday, December 10, 2015
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

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
HSTA Launches Push for 25% GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 6114 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes

The bill will be introduced during the upcoming 2016 legislative session....

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Why You Should Mahalo the Grassroot Institute
By Video @ 7:17 PM :: 6880 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Why They Now Deserve Everyone’s Thanks....

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
National Report: Hawaii Ranks 6th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 5045 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
Tobacco Companies Spend $4 to Market Products for Every $1 Hawaii Spends on Prevention....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Ige Seeking Applicants for 170 Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 10:58 AM :: 4576 Views :: Hawaii State Government

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
Retired Hawaii police officers frustrated by barriers to concealed carry
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 6410 Views :: Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
...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
2015 Most Charitable States--Hawaii Ranks 21st
By Selected News Articles @ 10:52 PM :: 4045 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...nearly a third of all annual giving taking place in December....

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
No Joke: Hanabusa named Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Visiting Scholar at UH Manoa
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 5345 Views :: Higher Education

...teaching Cronyism 101....

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Robotics championship to qualify Hawaii teams for World event
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 4917 Views :: Education K-12

...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
Teacher Quality? Hawaii Scores D+
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5831 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

This year’s report measures state progress against a set of 32 policy goals....

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Hawaii Might Finally Be Forced To Include Military Among ‘We The People’
By Robert Thomas @ 9:13 PM :: 6374 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

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
Debating Inouye on Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 1:03 AM :: 5286 Views :: Jones Act

The PBN did not disclose the source of the newly “reported” Inouye letter....

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Gauging Home Affordability: The Challenge
By UHERO @ 12:02 AM :: 4987 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

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
Does Your State Adjust Its Income Tax Brackets For Inflation?
By NCPA @ 12:01 AM :: 5673 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
...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
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 7, 2015
By Congress.org @ 7:02 PM :: 4359 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • 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
Evenwel: Will Supreme Court Overturn 50 Years of Hawaii Apportionment Law?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:45 PM :: 5699 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

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
Nai Aupuni: The View from Outside the Hawaii Bubble
By Robert Thomas @ 3:41 PM :: 5798 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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
A-1 A-Lectricitian--Feds Overreach on Election Regulation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 6949 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections....

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Sunday, December 6, 2015
KIUC Nominating Committee Selects 5 Candidates for Board Election
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 4454 Views :: Energy

Former Hawaii PUC chair Morita vies for Kauai utility board seat....

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Sunday, December 6, 2015
US Soccer Champs Cancel -- Aloha Stadium Unsafe Field
By News Release @ 11:16 AM :: 4719 Views :: Tourism

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
Please! Spend More!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4450 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...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
NASA: Antarctic ice growth causing Sea Levels to DROP
By Jack Dini @ 4:55 PM :: 6135 Views :: Environment

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
Full Text: Court Orders State to Fund Hawaiian Homelands
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 6089 Views :: DHHL

Court finds state illegally denied DHHL adequate funding for over two decades....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Fitch: We Anticipate Successful NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 4531 Views :: Energy

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
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
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
Census Bureau Releases New ACS Data for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 3664 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

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
Hawaii Biotech Receives Contract To Develop Dengue Vaccine–Anti-GMO Activist Gabbard Supports
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 5695 Views :: Health Care, GMOs

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
Feds Scoop up $10M from Hawaii Criminal, Civil Actions
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 5032 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... $7.7 million was collected in criminal actions....$2.3 million from civil actions ....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Akana: OHA Employees ‘Suspiciously’ Placed at Top of Na’i Aupuni Ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 5690 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

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
Does Transit-Oriented Development Need the Transit?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:03 AM :: 6590 Views :: Development, Rail

...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Am Samoa: New Embarrassments for Faleomavaega sister
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 6201 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians

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
VIDEO: Things you need to know about medical marijuana dispensaries
By Video @ 12:01 AM :: 5311 Views :: Drugs

Representatives Bob McDermott and Marcus Oshiro discuss things you need to know about medical Marijuana dispensaries....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
CATO: US Constitution Still Applies to Nai Aupuni
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 5375 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...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
“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

TASC’s efforts in defense of NEM in Hawaii have incurred a similar response....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State Legislature
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4186 Views :: Hawaii State Government

The Hawaii State House and Senate are accepting applications for the 2016 legislative session....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
New Program Helps Hawaii’s Young Male Victims of Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 6719 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

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
Open Letter to OHA: Defund Nai Aupuni
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 7015 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

"Self-determination initiatives such as ACT195 need to come from the people, not the government"

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Hawaii Hotels Will Collect $271M in “Resort Fees” This Year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 4561 Views :: Tourism

New Study by Travel-Hawaii.com Reveals Rush of Hawaii Hotels to Implement the Fees....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Full Text: Hawaii Supreme Court Invalidates Telescope Building Permit
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 6350 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs respects the court’s decision."

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Full Text: US Supreme Court Affirms Injunction Against Nai Aupuni
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:06 PM :: 5511 Views :: OHA

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
The Nai Aupuni Ship is Sinking
By Video @ 7:00 PM :: 5954 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

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
Visitor Arrivals Set New Record, but Spending Drops
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 4635 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

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
NextEra to build, own and operate solar energy systems for Navy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 5719 Views :: Energy, Military

17 megawatts of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Planned Parenthood Turns Tragedy Into Censorship
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 5845 Views :: First Amendment, Life

In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics....

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