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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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So you want to run the university like a business? Try making nice to the faculty.
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 4924 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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UH has all of twelve awards for its ten campuses and three thousand faculty....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Honolulu Among Worst in US: 78% of Jobs Created since 2010 do not Pay 'Living Wage'
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 4978 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Twenty of the 150 largest metros had a share of less than 25 percent of its new jobs since 2010 created in occupations that pay a living wage....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Deja vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 8533 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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City Plans Sand Island Modular Housing for Homeless
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 5820 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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Caldwell announces plan to build Hale Mauliola temporary modular housing and provide services for homeless on Sand Island site....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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HMSA blames Micronesians for 50% Rate Hike
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 7461 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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Insurer finds scapegoat--will you be fooled?
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Auditor: HGEA Keeps UH Research Corp from Achieving Potential
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:06 AM :: 6614 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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RCUH’s broad purpose allows projects remotely associated with research or training to qualify for exemptions from state procurement and civil service laws....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Feds: Only 8,200 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Pay First Premium
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5001 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...there are around 38,000 who have enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but have yet to pay their bills....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii "Is Exception To Constitutional Law" In State Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 9:31 PM :: 5956 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii 5th Safest State
By Selected News Articles @ 6:10 PM :: 3853 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub analyzed the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Fox, Henhouse: Caldwell Appoints Hanabusa to HART Board
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 5280 Views :: Rail
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“The largest public works project in Oahu’s history demands the strongest possible oversight” -- Caldwell
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Communist Party: 'Aloha' best Hollywood feature about Hawaiian sovereignty movement
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 AM :: 5878 Views :: Greenmail
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...The duo has come to ask Kanahele and his group to perform a blessing at a new project's gate. This leads to wheeling and dealing, with Kanahele negotiating a land swap - and cell phone service - in exchange for performing the traditional ceremony....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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EPA, State, Navy Agree on Red Hill Fuel Tank Upgrades
By News Release @ 9:08 PM :: 5694 Views :: Environment, Military
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Measure to protect Honolulu drinking water open to public comment....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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UH Releases ‘implementation plan’ for control of Maunakea
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 5743 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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Statement from UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Koa Ridge Arguments Before Supreme Court - State Prohibited From Rezoning "Potential" IALs?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:01 PM :: 6550 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Why Unions Want Exemption from the Minimum Wage Hikes They Fought For
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 4730 Views :: Labor
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Once the higher minimum wage bill is signed into law, with the exemption for unions, then organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 1, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:51 PM :: 4266 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization – Cloture....
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Sunday, May 31, 2015 |
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Could You Please Answer the Phone?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4962 Views :: Tax Credits
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...if you are a taxpayer with questions and you call the Hawaii Department of Taxation’s customer service line, there is a more than 50% chance that your call won’t be answered. At all....
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 |
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Why are there so many Crooked Lawyers in Honolulu?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 PM :: 6887 Views :: Judiciary
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In Hawaii...it seems like half the top lawyers attended the University of Hawaii....
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 |
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Kouchi, Ige United for ... Azerbaijan?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:23 AM :: 6432 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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Arm in arm with Kouchi appears to be one of the Gulenists' two Ozkur Yildizes featured in our 2011 article, "Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?"
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Horizon Acquisition: Matson Completes Alaska, Pasha Completes Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 5537 Views :: Jones Act
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Pasha and Matson both completed their acquisition of Horizon Lines today ....
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Income Tax Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 15th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 5150 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Big Law vs. Honolulu's Not-So-Big Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:01 AM :: 7427 Views :: Judiciary, Small Business
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"A Tale of Two Cities: Honolulu and San Francisco"
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Eminent Domain Docfilm "Battle For Brooklyn" Now Streaming
By Robert Thomas @ 8:56 AM :: 5129 Views :: Land Use
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"Battle For Brooklyn explains why property owners fight the taking of their homes and businesses, even when that fight is uphill."
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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OHA Announces 'Consortium' to Create Fake Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 7898 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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As Explained: "OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO"
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Trade: European Parliament Call for Jones Act Reform
By Michael Hansen @ 10:07 PM :: 5960 Views :: Jones Act
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European maritime industry trade groups are seeking several specific exemptions from U.S. maritime cabotage provisions....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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USA Today: Inside Univ of Hawaii's secretive biolab
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 5754 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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HPD: Prostitute Arrests Lead to Pimp Arrests
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 5351 Views :: Law Enforcement
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in the last two years, HPD made 19 arrests for promoting prostitution, more than half of which were for first-degree promoting or sex trafficking. It is important to note that none of these arrests would have been possible without the cooperation of witnesses -- who in these cases happened to be individuals arrested for prostitution....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Hawaiian 'Aloha' movie foes are 'perpetually aggrieved' 'delicate flowers'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 PM :: 6781 Views :: First Amendment, Greenmail
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Bumpy Kanahele got paid. Walter Ritte did not. Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity.... decisions, decisions....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Video: Grassroot Forum on Government Transparency
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:17 PM :: 5317 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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WSJ: "Hawaii Military Carve Out May Play Role in Voting District Case"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:11 PM :: 4902 Views :: Office of Elections
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SCOTUS To Revisit One-Person-One-Vote: Representational Equality Or Voting Equality?
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
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DoI New Rules to Evict Hawaiian Homesteaders
By Video @ 8:15 PM :: 8151 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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Buried Deep In Those Proposed Rule Changes Is Something That Could Kick Hawaiians Off Their Homestead Lands....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
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Study: Honolulu Property Taxes Among Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 8800 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Taxes
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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy released the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, a comprehensive analysis of effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
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Senior Health Report: Hawaii Ranks 4th
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4856 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Telescope Cash: Ige Proposes OHA Toll Booth on Mountain, Limit on 'Non-cultural' Access
By Andrew Walden @ 10:32 PM :: 7234 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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"Future visitor access to the mountain be handled through the Native Hawaiian community...."
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Tuvalu is Rising, Not Sinking
By Jack Dini @ 3:38 PM :: 5180 Views :: Environment
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...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:33 PM :: 5688 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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My father was a Tranny
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 6140 Views :: Family
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My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 26, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:03 PM :: 4682 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Trade Promotion Authority – Passage
Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization -- Cloture
Senate: Two-Month FISA Reauthorization – Cloture
House: Anti-Human Trafficking Programs and Victims Fund – Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations – Passage
House: Science Programs Reauthorization – Passage
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:23 PM :: 5471 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Religious Heritage of the Hawaiian Kingdom
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:18 PM :: 6760 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Facing Reality: Hawaii's State Hospitals
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:56 PM :: 4787 Views :: Health Care
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...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 6640 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Hawaii’s per capita death toll during the four conflicts combined is greater than that of any of its peers....
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 |
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Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:19 PM :: 5188 Views :: GMOs
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...almost all the hard cheese made in the United States, and in much of the West, uses a genetically engineered protein....
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 |
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Unfunded Liabilities – Smoke and Mirrors?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6396 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....
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Saturday, May 23, 2015 |
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2015 Legislative Recap: Victories for Social and Economic Justice
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 5265 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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The 2015 Legislative session ended earlier this month with three of Hawaii Appleseed's top priorities being passed!
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Saturday, May 23, 2015 |
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Dust is a Worldwide Pollutant
By Jack Dini @ 9:00 PM :: 4775 Views :: Environment
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What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?
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Saturday, May 23, 2015 |
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A Tale of Two Fleets: Canada Reforms its Version of Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 7:44 PM :: 5119 Views :: Jones Act
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the Canadian government lifted an import duty of 25 percent on foreign-built ships in 2011....
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Saturday, May 23, 2015 |
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HSTA Insurgents: We Won the Election, Will Sue Tuesday
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 7968 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Each of these races was decided by more than 150 votes....
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Friday, May 22, 2015 |
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Auditor: School Bus Reforms Not Rolled Out Statewide
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:52 PM :: 5508 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...the reforms are a work in progress....
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