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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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Thousands Sign Petition: No Syrian Muslim ‘Refugees’ in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 AM :: 12540 Views :: Military, Religion
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...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Feds Indict ‘Natural’ Supplements Makers behind Hawaii Death
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5575 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendants’ claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts. In truth, as one defendant put it, “lol stuff is completely 100 % synthethic [sic]”....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Will the Jones Act cause Hawaii’s last sugar plantation to close?
By Michael Hansen @ 8:33 PM :: 8621 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act
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The cause of HC&S’s operating losses were poor growing conditions with too much rain and expenses relating to their elderly sugar-carrying vessel....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Republicans Oppose Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Hawaii
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 8:15 PM :: 8838 Views :: Military, Religion
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Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 5933 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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State falls to #31 in national ranking....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 Christians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 7810 Views :: Military, Religion
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'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 AM :: 9431 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 6355 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Engineers: DAGS Hands Off CIP
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:20 AM :: 4771 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Ige: Hawaii Will Welcome ‘Screened’ Syrian Refugees
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 6708 Views :: Military, Religion
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According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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How High are Cell Phone Taxes in Your State?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 6421 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:06 PM :: 4897 Views :: Education K-12
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 16, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:54 PM :: 4685 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Revised Defense Authorization
Senate: Military-Construction-VA Appropriations
Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 5809 Views :: Energy
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 5730 Views :: Military
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...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Rail Funds Frozen? Feds Explain ‘Officially’ and ‘Unofficially’ What they Told Caldwell
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 8693 Views :: Rail
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...we at Hawai’i Free Press tried a novel approach—actually contacting FTA spokespeople in Washington to see what they had to say about it....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Working on the Fringe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5842 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“Revisiting the Taxation of Fringe Benefits”
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 PM :: 7389 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 8063 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Four responses have been filed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to last week’s “Urgent Motion for Injunction”....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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How energy prices are elevated by the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 4:21 PM :: 6767 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Feds Freeze Rail Funds? HART Knows Nothing About Caldwell’s Latest Pressure Tactic
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 8662 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Rail, Taxes
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...the FTA has not reached out to HART and officials were not aware the money was in jeopardy....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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‘Time of Use’ Rates to top out at $0.479 per kwh
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 6310 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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First Hawaii Women Veterans Conference Set for Saturday
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 6313 Views :: Health Care, Military
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In Hawaii there are more than 14,000 women veterans; only 4,300 access their benefits and health care through the VA....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni claims ‘Outcome not Rigged’
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 6255 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...how can the outcome be “rigged”....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
By NCPA @ 1:32 PM :: 7108 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Na’i Aupuni Candidates in Conflict
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 8523 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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"...you are the executive director for the organization that received well over a half a million dollars for this Na'i Aupuni process...."
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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How Do You Design an Electric Train without Considering the Electricity?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:02 AM :: 7366 Views :: Energy, Rail
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...what will the train’s power bill be for decades to come?....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Feds: Race to the Top Empowers Hawaii to Transform Education
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 5767 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Fundamental Change: Innovation in America's Schools under Race to the Top....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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UK citizen with green card sues Honolulu police over denial of firearm permit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 5826 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Hawaii only granted permits to U.S. citizens until a federal judge in Honolulu last year ruled that's unconstitutional. The department is trying to get around that ruling....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Jones Act Business Forum set for UH Manoa
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 5370 Views :: Jones Act
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Nov. 12 at UH Campus Center Ballroom 5:30pm to 7:30pm....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Protest Na’i Aupuni at State Capitol
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 7660 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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When: Friday, November 13th, 3- 5:30PM
Where: In front of the State Capitol, Beretania Street
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii earns a D- for Civil Forfeiture Laws
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 9260 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Hawaii’s civil forfeiture laws are among the nation’s worst....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Full Text: Veterans Sue for Voting Rights in US Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 6066 Views :: First Amendment, Military
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...the Illinois veterans are allowed to continue voting in Illinois by absentee ballot ... if they reside in the Northern Mariana Islands (“NMI”), American Samoa, or in a foreign country, but not if they reside in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Let's Create a Higher Standard for Ethical Government
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 5628 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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If we want to see more responsible and accountable government, then it's up to the public to set the standard for what ethical government looks like....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Video: Fixing What's Wrong with Welfare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:25 PM :: 5216 Views :: Family
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...the War on Poverty has launched a massive bureaucracy and a plethora of government programs that have negatively impacted the American family....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Schedules Aerial Eradication ‘Simultaneous’ to Telescope Work
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 7550 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Second Amendment
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"As local workers prepare to begin work at the TMT site, we want to remind people of other simultaneous activities that may be occurring on the mountain.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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HECO: 'Time of Use' Rate Hike Coming
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6417 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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A rate that is higher -- above the existing energy charge rate -- from 4 p.m. to midnight (on-peak hours)....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Voting Begins for Maunalua Bay Advisory Committee
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 4486 Views :: Environment
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July, 2015: East Oahu: 400 Testify Against Federal Takeover of Maunalua Bay....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Now Only State in Nation Without Sex Trafficking Law
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 5058 Views :: Law Enforcement
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Hawaii and Virginia were the last two states in the nation without a law specifically criminalizing sex trafficking; however, 2015 legislative gains in Virginia left Hawaii behind....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Congress asks Hawaii Health Exchange where the money went
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 5390 Views :: Health Care
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“The hearing… did not answer all the committee’s questions nor fully assuaged its concerns that tax dollars have been, and are being, spent inappropriately.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal
By Video @ 4:16 PM :: 9291 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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Corporations Buying Influence? Native Hawaiian Election Throws Out All the Rules....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Political Correctness Jumps Shark? -- “Hey Hey Ho Ho Reporters Have Got to Go!”
By Video @ 1:50 PM :: 6582 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Be sure to watch the U Missouri Mass Communications Professor looking for “some muscle over here”....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive State to Raise a Family
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 PM :: 6816 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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HART Math – When 1 + 1 Doesn’t Equal 2
By Natalie Iwasa @ 1:28 PM :: 4988 Views :: Rail
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...project expenditures are $1,637M, $1,581M or $1,512M, depending on which report one looks at....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Obamacare Covers 2.6% of Hawaii Insured
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 5223 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The uninsured rate pre-Obamacare was 7.89 percent and has fallen to a current rate of 5.27 percent, with 31,653 persons gaining health insurance....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Poll: 62% Support Telescope Construction--TMT to Re-Start Site Work
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 6669 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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88% of Hawaii residents agree there should be a way for science and Hawaiian culture to co-exist on Maunakea....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: Two Candidates Misplaced, and Another Quits the Race
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 AM :: 6111 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...her name does not appear on a copy of the print version of the Oahu ballot....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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New Data Shows Veterans Treatment Court Surge
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6152 Views :: Judiciary, Military
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Nationally, Veterans Treatment Courts are serving an estimated 13,200 veterans who would otherwise be incarcerated....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Best Cities for Veterans—Honolulu Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 5228 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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"The ratio of homeless veterans to the veteran population is 28 times higher in San Francisco than in Virginia Beach, Va"
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