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Saturday, October 10, 2015
Hawaii public school enrollment dips
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 4890 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

...total enrollment for school year 2015-16 is 180,409, compared with 180,895 in school year 2014-15, and 185,273 the year before that....

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Saturday, October 10, 2015
Kakaako Sweep Forces 48 More Homeless to Finally Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 4727 Views :: Homelessness

Since August 7, a total of 152 people (including 23 families) have been placed into shelter or permanent housing....

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Saturday, October 10, 2015
Court Slaps Down Federal Grab for Control of State Waters
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 AM :: 4249 Views :: Environment

Several states opposed the stay, including Hawaii...

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Saturday, October 10, 2015
VIDEO: Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:17 AM :: 4945 Views :: Rail

Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail....

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Saturday, October 10, 2015
List of Honolulu Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 4636 Views :: Honolulu County

19 open seats on Neighborhood Boards .... 

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Friday, October 9, 2015
Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 6635 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

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Friday, October 9, 2015
Public Sector Unions: Bastions of white-collar Privilege
By NCPA @ 4:07 PM :: 4932 Views :: Labor

They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....

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Friday, October 9, 2015
Cost of Illegal Immigration in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 5957 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

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Friday, October 9, 2015
Hawaii Organic Farm Crops Worth $13.9M
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 5430 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics

The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
WSJ: Hawaii Pacific University Piles on the 'Other' College Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 4625 Views :: Higher Education

The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Taiwanese Animators' Bermuda Triangle mystery: El Faro missing ship still on the water after 40 years
By Video @ 4:24 PM :: 4744 Views :: Jones Act

Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
City: Dismiss Lawsuit over Unethical Council Rail Votes
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 4864 Views :: Ethics, Rail

"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Obamacare: 30% of Large Employer Plans Hit by Cadillac Tax
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5124 Views :: Health Care, Labor

New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Factors that Explain Honolulu's High Pedestrian Accident Rate
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:27 AM :: 7657 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Rail

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Hawaii Abortion Laws and How They Differ From Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 5987 Views :: Life

In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Full Text: Hawaii Business Groups Slam Police Refusal to Enforce Law on Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 10307 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
OHA Trustee Says Na'i Aupuni is Fake Tribe
By Video @ 9:38 PM :: 5898 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Apo: "Ship of nationhood is about to set sail without a rudder, a captain, or a crew...."

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Hulu Lindsey: Nai Aupuni Exclusionary, Anti-Democratic, Violates Kapu Aloha
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 7956 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Akana: Ultra-Secret OHA Slush Funds, Strange Cartoons, and World Travel
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 4471 Views :: OHA

OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship.  Now she spills the beans....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Activists Claim GMOs Cause Homosexuality
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:47 PM :: 7964 Views :: GMOs

I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Suit Claims Ansaldo Padding Rail Contract
By Selected News Articles @ 7:15 PM :: 6084 Views :: Ethics, Rail

...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
New Assisted Suicide Law Could Especially Hurt the Poor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 5800 Views :: Health Care, Life
“You read about Oregon denying someone a lung transplant, but, ‘Here, you can you have these pills.’”
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Promising Too Much Endangers Hawaii's Fiscal Health
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 AM :: 5134 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Video: Free Market Solutions to Homelessness with Victor Geminiani
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:43 AM :: 4509 Views :: Homelessness

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Victor Geminiani of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice about probable solutions to homelessness and affordable housing in Hawaii....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Hawaii: Child Care Costs More than College Tuition
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 9432 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business, Cost of Living

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Why was 40-Year Old Ship Sent into Path of Hurricane?
By Michael Hansen @ 4:27 AM :: 4917 Views :: Jones Act

...maritime attorney and former merchant seamen Rod Sullivan opined that the ship was beyond its useful life and this lead to a catastrophic failure at sea....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
‘Know GMO’ documentary challenges anti-GM scare campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 4585 Views :: GMOs

...this documentary that will bring the voice of scientists in laboratories and farmers in the papaya fields in Hawaii and banana gardens in Uganda to the global audience....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Oct 15 Last Day to Register for 'Hawaiian' Tribal Election
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 6088 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...Deadline is Thursday, Oct. 15....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Obamacare Rate Hikes Approved: 27% HMSA, 34% Kaiser
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 5531 Views :: Health Care

... factors were “pent up demand” for services sought by previously uninsured individuals, transitional plans and previously low penalties for ignoring ACA’s individual mandate keeping healthy populations out of the marketplace, high cost specialty drugs, and ACA taxes and fees ....

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
DNC Disarray: Gabbard Undercuts Wasserman Schultz Over Debate Schedule (VIDEO)
By Video @ 2:12 AM :: 5275 Views :: Democratic Party
Do you think it would be good for the Democratic Party if Joe Biden got in the race and ran?
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Monday, October 5, 2015
NBC News Pumps Petition to Strip McKinley HS of Name
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 7096 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History

...NBC News has seen fit to call attention to an obscure MoveOn.org petition seeking to change the name of President William McKinley High School in Honolulu....

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Monday, October 5, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 5, 2015
By Congress.org @ 6:54 PM :: 4284 Views :: Congressional Delegation
Senate: Federal Government Funding
Senate: Fiscal 2016 Military Construction-VA 
House: Women’s Health 
House: Federal Government Funding 
House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization 
House: Victims of Iranian Terrorism
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Monday, October 5, 2015
Standard-Setting Deal on Pacific Trade Ironed Out After Six Years
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 5338 Views :: World News

More than five years of haggling between United States and 11 other nations bordering the Pacific Rim ended Monday in a proposed agreement that has been hailed as "historic" though still not publicly released....

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Monday, October 5, 2015
Memo Outlines Reasons The Akaka Tribe Might be Very Disappointed with Interior Department
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 AM :: 7555 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

...NH government would not be eligible for trust or “reservation” lands. The proposed rule does not, however, discuss or allude to whether a NH governing entity has the right to sovereign immunity....

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Monday, October 5, 2015
US Scores Near Bottom in International Tax Competitiveness
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:18 AM :: 4027 Views :: Taxes

The US came in 32nd out of 34 OECD countries, topping only Italy and France....

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Monday, October 5, 2015
“Time to repeal the Jones Act”
By Michael Hansen @ 4:15 AM :: 5005 Views :: Jones Act

The Hill newspaper posted an op-ed on October 2, 2015 entitled “Time to repeal the Jones Act.”....

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Sunday, October 4, 2015
Ways to Own a Utility
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4941 Views :: Energy

...politicians have thrown out alternative ownership models for the transaction....

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Sunday, October 4, 2015
These Democrats Who Voted For Obamacare Are Now Desperate To Change It
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 AM :: 6979 Views :: Democratic Party, Health Care, Labor

Now 41 of them say it has a major flaw that needs to be changed....

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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Hawaiian Electric Companies propose new community based renewable energy program
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 4422 Views :: Energy

...allow customers to buy an interest in electricity generated by community renewable projects in diverse locations on their home islands without installing anything on their own roofs....

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Friday, October 2, 2015
New Hawaii Endangered Species Listings Set Stage for Federal Ecosystem Control
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 PM :: 6251 Views :: Environment, Land Use

The proposed species occupy 11 types of ecosystems....

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Friday, October 2, 2015
‘Smart Growth’ Drives up Housing Costs
By NCPA @ 1:14 PM :: 8540 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....

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Friday, October 2, 2015
U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Voter Registration Drive
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 6402 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii’s Installation Voting Assistance Office will host a voter registration drive in the lobby of the main Post Exchange, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
AG Charges Third Waianae Homeless Shelter Employee With Embezzlement
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 5587 Views :: Ethics, Homelessness

Jamye Windsor, age 40, has been charged with one felony theft count for improperly receiving more than $50,000 in state funds from Waianae Community Outreach....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
EPA, State, Navy Agree to upgrade Red Hill storage tanks
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 6228 Views :: Environment, Military

EPA, State of Hawaii negotiate final settlement with U.S. Navy to upgrade Red Hill storage tanks....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Senate Puerto Rico Package to Include Jones Act Exemption?
By Michael Hansen @ 2:22 PM :: 4912 Views :: Jones Act

...Republicans said they are willing to consider exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Fresh off Obamacare Disaster, Obama Orders Hawaii Legislators to Impose Family Leave Mandate on Employers
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 9031 Views :: Higher Education, Small Business, Taxes, Obama

The President urged the lawmakers to adopt his domestic economic agenda at the state level because he doesn’t expect Congress to take much action for the remainder of his presidency....

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Thursday, October 1, 2015
'Aha Candidates--Legislators, Trustee Violate Resign to Run Law
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 AM :: 9455 Views :: Akaka Bill, Office of Elections, OHA
The three candidates for immediate resignation:
OHA Trustee Rowena Akana
Sen Brickwood Galuteria
Rep Kaniela Ing
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
VIDEO: OHA Crying Over Mauna Kea Rent Money
By Video @ 6:24 PM :: 6398 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

Trustee Tears Were Shed & New Beginnings Promised....

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Hilo: Testimony Runs 10-1 Against NextEra
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 4861 Views :: Energy

There were at least 250 people there....

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Nai Aupuni Candidate List Released
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 9054 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

209 Candidates running for 40 positions as delegates to the Tribal Convention designed to approve Federal Recognition.... 

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