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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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Honolulu Highest Cost of Living in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 6117 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Across all metro areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii has the highest cost of living, while Danville, Illinois is the least expensive place to live in the country....
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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Worst State to Make a Living 2015
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 5643 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Why? Cost of living is the main issue....
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Monday, July 6, 2015 |
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America’s Future: California Or Texas?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 5145 Views :: Economy
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If California is America’s future, then that future is overrun with poverty....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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And the Lowsman Trophy Goes To…Hawaii!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4892 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Fortunately, our lawmakers are allowing the three top rates to die a natural death at the end of this year with our highest marginal rate a more modest 8.25%....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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Progressive Paradise Lost
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:58 AM :: 6419 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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One barrier to business is the Merchant Marine Jones Act....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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New Study: “Medical Marijuana Laws Amplify Recreational Juvenile Marijuana Use”
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 AM :: 5170 Views :: Drugs
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Study also finds that alcohol consumption is a salient predictor of marijuana use....
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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NYT: Chorus of Calls to Relax Jones Act for Puerto Rico
By Michael Hansen @ 12:38 AM :: 4850 Views :: Jones Act
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" ... Lawmakers should allow non-American ships to carry goods between the island and the mainland .... "
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Pandora's box has been opened
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:18 PM :: 6666 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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No more than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court redefined marriage for all 50 states, calls to revoke the tax-exempt status for churches began....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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IHS to Operate Sand Island Homeless Transitional Housing
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 7264 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...city launches innovative new partnerships to provide cultural integration to COFA populations....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Anti-GMO Activists Sue to Shut Down State's Last Cane Plantation
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 6112 Views :: Agriculture
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HC&S has been a member of the Maui community for over 140 years....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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The Ethics Commission Needs Ethics!
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:02 AM :: 5071 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The Honolulu City Ethics Commission has just adopted a new policy that minimizes government transparency....
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Thursday, July 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Appeals: When is Final, Final?
By Robert Thomas @ 11:00 PM :: 4892 Views :: Judiciary
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HAWSCT Again Clarifies When A Judgment Is "Final" And Appealable (They're Serious About This Finality Thing)....
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Thursday, July 2, 2015 |
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Telescope Protesters Vacate Camp After Bathrooms Closed
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 8148 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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“Yesterday we decided to break down what some would consider to be a campsite."
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Homes to Feds -- "Stop your power grab!"
By Video @ 6:13 PM :: 6509 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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The Hawaiian Homes Commission is Saying “NO!” to Any US Dept. of Interior Rule Changes....
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 |
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Video: A Fiscal Cliff for Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:04 PM :: 5766 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Senate Minority Budget Director Paul Harleman about the current economic status of Hawaii and his concerns for the state's future financial stability....
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 |
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TMT Delay Worsens Hawaii's Perception as Worst State for Business
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:02 PM :: 6909 Views :: Greenmail, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii has just won last place in the latest ranking of business climates among the fifty states....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Bill: OHA Brainwashing Mandatory for Boards, Commissions
By News Release @ 11:06 PM :: 4354 Views :: OHA
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Act 169: "Requires certain state councils, boards and commissions to attend a legal training course administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on native Hawaiian customs and rights."
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Full Text: Federal Court Slaps Down Maui Anti-GMO Ordinance
By Robert Thomas @ 10:50 PM :: 4946 Views :: GMOs
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...Judge says Maui County prohibition is pre-empted by federal and state law....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Congress Appropriates $250M for Rail -- Delegation, Mayor Keep Silent Until Ige Agrees not to Veto Rail Tax Hike
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6064 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Rail
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The U.S. House passed its FY 2016 transportation appropriations bill earlier this month, and the Senate bill was reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations on June 25....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Critics Question Ige's Sex Trafficking Veto
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 5249 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Yesterday, Hawaii Governor Ige held a press conference to announce his intent to veto SB 265 which could enact Hawaii’s first sex trafficking law....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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"Zero Emission Vehicles" Are Not Emission Free
By NCPA @ 2:25 PM :: 6357 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile relative to comparable gasoline vehicles....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric Proposes Higher Solar Price Structure
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4860 Views :: Energy
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...At the end of 2014, customers were annually shifting an estimated $53 million, an increase of $15 million over the 2013 estimated total of $38 million....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Breathes A Sigh Of Relief
By Robert Thomas @ 1:49 AM :: 4857 Views :: Office of Elections
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...today's 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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$4M Lawsuit Claims Bumpy Kanahele Defrauds Am. Samoa of Tsunami Recovery Funds
By Andrew Walden @ 12:59 AM :: 15237 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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While Kanahele got a role playing himself in the movie 'Aloha,' his business partner in two enterprises--Quin Ngoc Rudin--is in a federal penitentiary in California....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Ige Releases ‘Intent to Veto’ List
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 5658 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Ige has informed the Hawai‘i State Legislature of his intent to veto the following bills....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Hawaii State Judiciary Launches New Environmental Court
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 6351 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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Hawaii’s new Environmental Court will have broad jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases affecting the environment....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Report: Jones Act Reform Could Help Save Bankrupt Puerto Rico
By Michael Hansen @ 5:10 PM :: 5151 Views :: Jones Act
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Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced the Commonwealth will not be able to pay its $72 billion outstanding debt....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Grassroot Institute Publishes HART Check Register
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 PM :: 6013 Views :: Rail
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The HART check register can be viewed here ....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Patriotism: Hawaii Ranks 24th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 5402 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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Hawaii Ranks 24th: 5th for ‘Military Engagement’ and 49th for ‘Civic Engagement’....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 29, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:07 PM :: 4409 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Public Safety Employee Withdrawals – Trade Promotion Authority – Cloture
House: IPAB Repeal – Passage
House: EPA Carbon Emission Rules -- Passage
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Bribed by Bumpy? Former American Samoa Government Official Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 8070 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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In February 2012, a company known as the Native Hawaiian Holding Company Inc. (owned by Bumpy Kanahele) entered into a service contract with the ASG....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Project Imua: Hawaii Student payload tested at NASA Flight Facility
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 4926 Views :: Higher Education
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Comprised of four UH Community College campuses, Project Imua involves a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Health Dep't Taking Action to Reduce New HIV Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 7955 Views :: Family, Health Care, Drugs
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Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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You Can’t Get on a Canoe Without a Real Plan
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:18 PM :: 7400 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii is a hot bed for anti-everything activism....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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Independence Means Freedom from Special Funds
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4982 Views :: Taxes
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Special funds are pots of money....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Danner: Hawaiian Homes Commissioners "Have Rings in Their Noses"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 9696 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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According to Kauhane, 104 comments have been submitted to the DoI and 76 are in opposition to the proposed rules--a nearly 3-1 margin....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage may pave way for expanded gun rights in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 5717 Views :: Second Amendment
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"...concealed carry licenses held by more than 11 million citizens across the country should now be valid in every state without question...."
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates Responds to Gay Marriage Ruling
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 1:25 AM :: 6816 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Could non-profit organizations face revocation of their tax-exempt status if they say that marriage is between one man and one woman?
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Homes Commission: Proposed Federal Rules Inappropriate
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 7388 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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...HHC passed a resolution urging the Interior Department extend its July 13, 2015, deadline for public comment....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Mauna Kea: Ige Claims he will do Whatever Necessary to Keep Road Open
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 7543 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"The roads belong to all the people of Hawai‘i and they will remain open. We will do whatever is necessary to ensure lawful access."
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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AG: Two-Thirds of Hawaii Gay Marriages from Out of State
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 5004 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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You Can Never Know What Plantation Days Meant From Google
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:34 PM :: 8208 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, GMOs
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When you have everything you need and never really had to earn it, it’s hard to fully appreciate it....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: County Initiative Preempted by State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 5:08 PM :: 10526 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs, GMOs
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...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 6563 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 6687 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Visitor Arrivals Jump 9.3%
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 5236 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Maui: Protesters Stop Haleakala Telescope Construction Convoy
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 68855 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...Organizers and the Site Supervisor had a brief discussion after which time he stated the drivers were going to be sent home and the delivery would be cancelled....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Ige’s diffidence risks making things on Mauna Kea worse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5915 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 4594 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....
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