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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Video: Adventures of a Monsanto Agronomist
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:34 PM :: 6637 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 :: 9025 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 :: 6075 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 :: 7065 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 :: 4632 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 :: 5959 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 :: 5898 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 :: 4857 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 :: 4761 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 :: 4256 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 :: 3530 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 :: 6492 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 :: 5432 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 :: 6220 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 :: 6858 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 :: 3933 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 :: 11917 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 :: 7546 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 :: 4267 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 :: 6754 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 :: 5868 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 :: 5414 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 :: 3691 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 :: 7000 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 :: 5522 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 :: 8063 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 :: 5991 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 :: 5929 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 :: 6672 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 :: 4359 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 :: 6071 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 :: 5006 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 :: 4765 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 :: 4094 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 :: 5811 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 :: 5367 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 :: 4289 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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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Is "Safe-Sex" Education the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 7377 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Why Johns Hopkins Quit Providing Trans-Gender Surgery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 AM :: 8084 Views :: Family, Health Care
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The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....
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Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
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Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6876 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Taxes
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...many common vegetables contain nicotine....
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Saturday, June 13, 2015 |
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TMT to Boost UH Hilo Astronomy Program, add Scholarships for Hawaii Students
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 5830 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education
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“TMT and our partners support the Governor’s vision. In the past two weeks, Caltech and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have pledged their support...."
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Honolulu? You Need to Be a Millionaire to Retire
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 PM :: 7565 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...retirement in Hawaii would require $65,822 annually in disposable income, and (given Hawaii’s relatively high income taxes) pre-tax income of $91,451....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 5320 Views :: Energy
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...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Survey: Multiracial in America
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 4407 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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BWS: Leaking Red Hill Tanks Just 100' Above Key Aquifer
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 7339 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 7096 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Sales Tax Collections Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 5924 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 8006 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Tweet Analysis Shows Hawaii #1 in Job Satisfaction
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 5021 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...analysis reveals those who love their job enough to tweet about it in the United States live in the Western half of the country....
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