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					| Friday, September 25, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Smart Growth Policies Worsened Hawaii Housing Crash
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 AM :: 6968 Views  ::  Economy,  Land Use
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			                                                 ...areas with restrictive land use regulations, often referred to as “smart growth,” were hit the hardest when housing crisis hit.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Study: Hawaii Hispanics 7th Most Assimilated
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 4732 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics
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			                                                 WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s States Where Hispanics Are Most Assimilated.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Al Hee’s Campaign Contributions—Money Stolen from Native Hawaiians
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 9:07 PM :: 10278 Views  ::  DHHL,  Ethics,  Politicians
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			                                                 Each of the elected officials on the list directly benefited from the injustices that were done to Native Hawaiians.  They also benefited from Hee’s theft and tax evasion.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 VIDEO: Free Market Solutions to Homelessness and Affordable Housing
									 
									By Grassroot Institute @ 8:51 PM :: 5470 Views  ::  Homelessness
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			                                                 The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Think Tech Hawaii host Free Market Solutions to Homelessness and Affordable Housing, with Dr. Keli'i Akina.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Public Comment Period Opens for 1st & 3rd Circuit Judicial Nominees
									 
									By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 8041 Views  ::  Judiciary
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			                                                 Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Friday, October 9, 2015.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Tsutsui: Ige Should Consider Halting Maui Hospital Negotiations
									 
									By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 6790 Views  ::  Health Care,  Labor
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			                                                 "...I believe that we should not rush to complete a deal...." 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Russia Wants to Make Convicted Felon King of Hawaii
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 4164 Views 
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			                                                 ...Lanny Sinkin, representing the “Independent and Sovereign Nation State of Hawaii,” lobbied for the return of the erstwhile Hawaiian monarchy.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Everyone’s talking about how Hillary Clinton ignited the birther movement
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 5836 Views  ::  Obama
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			                                                 According to Politico, in the spring before the 2008 election, Clinton supporters forwarded an email that questioned Obama’s religious affiliation and citizenship.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 KIUC Offers Daytime Electric Discount--25% Off
									 
									By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 6946 Views  ::  Kauai County,  Energy
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			                                                 The program will offer a 25 percent discount on standard electric rates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. That’s a reduction of about 8 cents from the September kilowatt hour rate of 31 cents.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Kiplinger: Hawaii 4th Least Tax Friendly State
									 
									By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 6587 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Tax Credits,  Taxes
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			                                                 The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living.... 
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					| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Sen Keith Agaran's Law Partner Seeking Marijuana Dispensary License
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 AM :: 11839 Views  ::  Ethics,  Law Enforcement,  Politicians,  Drugs
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			                                                 Maui attorney Anthony Takitani registered "Maui Medical Marijuana Dispensary, LLC" on September 15, 2015--over two weeks after the August 27, 2015 Disciplinary Board ruling was issued.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Public Comments Invited on Project to Erect Wall Around Ala Wai Canal
									 
									By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 6917 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Environment,  Tourism
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			                                                 The meeting will be held at Washington Middle School from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Weds Sept 30.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Legislative Incompetence: Banks, Lawyers, and Marijuana
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 5507 Views  ::  Drugs
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			                                                 ...the public will suffer from their incompetence.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Matson pledging not to scrap ships in South Asia
									 
									By Michael Hansen @ 5:57 PM :: 4698 Views  ::  Jones Act
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			                                                 This will impact Matson’s financial results by lowering revenue and possibly increasing costs, which lead to the need for increased freight revenue from their customers.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Mauna Kea: More Empty Talk from OHA?
									 
									By Video @ 5:25 PM :: 6689 Views  ::  Higher Education,  OHA
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			                                                 After Their Recent Trip Up The Mauna, The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Claim They're Now Mauna Kea Believers.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Kaiser Selected to Operate Maui Memorial Hospital
									 
									By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 6628 Views  ::  Maui County,  Health Care
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			                                                 Act 103 authorized Maui Region to transfer its facilities to a new entity as a way to mitigate future budget deficits.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Kakaako: 126 Needles Found in Homeless Clean-Up
									 
									By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 6038 Views  ::  Homelessness,  Drugs
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			                                                 Meanwhile, ACLU fails in effort to keep the homeless on the street.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 VIDEO: How Surfing the Nations Transformed Downtown Wahiawa
									 
									By Grassroot Institute @ 10:05 AM :: 8747 Views  ::  Development,  Religion
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			                                                 Keli'i Akina speaks with Tom and Cindy Bauer of Surfing the Nations about the incredible transformation in Wahiawa.... 
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii Supreme Court: Political Cronies Who are also Lawyers will be Iced Out of Marijuana Goldrush
									 
									By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 7327 Views  ::  Ethics,  Judiciary,  Drugs
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			                                                ...a lawyer may not ‘provide legal services to facilitate the establishment and operation of a medical marijuana business’….”
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Will Jones Act Lobby Sink Puerto Rico to Save Itself?
									 
									By Michael Hansen @ 10:43 PM :: 4875 Views  ::  Jones Act
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			                                                 The remarks were made by Thomas Allegretti, Chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (formerly known as the Maritime Cabotage Task Force), the primary Jones Act maritime industry trade association.... 
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Honolulu Charter Commission Seeks Proposals
									 
									By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 4395 Views  ::  Honolulu County
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			                                                 The Commission is accepting proposals through October 31, 2015, to amend the Charter.... 
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 'Natural' Supplements Sold in Hawaii Recalled -- 'Could be Lethal'
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 7:12 PM :: 6643 Views  ::  Health Care,  GMOs
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			                                                 Using these products for more than a month could be lethal.... 
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii's Largest Windfarm Developer Investigated for Self-Dealing
									 
									By News Release @ 6:53 PM :: 5702 Views  ::  Energy,  Ethics
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			                                                 ...whether SunEdison abused its position as the controlling shareholder of TerraForm in order to advance its own interests at the expense of TerraForm and its minority shareholders.... 
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					| Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 DoH Releases Master Plan for Mental Hospital
									 
									By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 4785 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 The Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe for more than a decade has been challenged with overcrowded patient conditions.... 
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Was The Hawaiian Kingdom Race-Based?
									 
									By Video @ 11:07 PM :: 6031 Views  ::  Hawaii History
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			                                                Were only Hawaiians part of the Hawaiian Kingdom or were non-Hawaiians also citizens?
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Waianae Homeless Housing to be Discussed at Upcoming Neighborhood Board Meetings
									 
									By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 4241 Views  ::  Homelessness
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			                                                 ...1.1 acre property located at 85-248 Farrington Highway.... 
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Diabetes Rates Increase in Hawaii
									 
									By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 5333 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care
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			                                                 But Hawaii has 3rd lowest obesity rates.... 
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Feds Coming for 14th Annual CNHA Confab
									 
									By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 5926 Views  ::  Akaka Bill,  Health Care
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			                                                 President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Visits Hawaii for the First Time.... 
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii's Poor, Middle Class Among Most Overtaxed in US
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 5057 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Taxes
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			                                                4th-States Where Middle Class Most Overtaxed 
2nd-States Where Poor Most Overtaxed
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					| Monday, September 21, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 21, 2015
									 
									By Congress.org @ 4:31 PM :: 4402 Views  ::  Congressional Delegation
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			                                                Senate: Iran Nuclear Agreement Disapproval Resolution ‘Shell’-- Cloture 
House: Frivolous Lawsuit Sanctions 
House: Planned Parenthood Funding Moratorium -- Passage 
House: Failed Abortions -- Passage
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					| Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Nai Aupuni: We are Legal Because we are Organizing an Indian Tribe
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 PM :: 7713 Views  ::  Akaka Bill,  OHA
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			                                                 "Na'i Aupuni states that OHA’s intentions are consistent with the federal government’s authorization...." 
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					| Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Feds Rate Hawaii Health Insurance Plans
									 
									By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5030 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care
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			                                                 ...health plans are rated based on performance and quality of care.... 
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					| Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Can We Save the EITC by Making the Form Tougher?
									 
									By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4618 Views  ::  Tax Credits
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			                                                 ...an "error rate," meaning payouts to people not legally entitled to them, in excess of 20% for the last ten years.... 
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					| Saturday, September 19, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Petition: Hawaiians Protest Na'i Aupuni
									 
									By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 6187 Views  ::  Akaka Bill,  OHA
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			                                                 ...Na'i Aupuni is the Office of Hawaiian Affairs/State of Hawai'i's attempt to relinquish my peoples' cultural and political rights.... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Federal Funds for Road Building?  Hawaii Dead Last
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 5491 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Taxes
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			                                                 The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.2 percent in Alaska to 86.4 percent in Hawaii.... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Economic Freedom of the World: US Ranks 16th
									 
									By NCPA @ 6:28 PM :: 5398 Views  ::  National News
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			                                                 The Fraser Institutes Annual report measures the degree of economic freedom in various countries around the world.... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 'Smart Growth' Causes Hawaii Losses in Affordable Housing
									 
									By NCPA @ 5:57 PM :: 9199 Views  ::  Development,  Hawaii Statistics,  Land Use,  Cost of Living
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			                                                 ...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability.... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 US Navy, Coast Guard Sinking Under Weight of US Shipbuilders
									 
									By Michael Hansen @ 4:59 AM :: 6622 Views  ::  Jones Act,  Military
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			                                                 ... Finland Price, $139M / Mississippi Price $1B ..... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Telescope Protesters Agree to Remove Tent, End Overnight Vigil
									 
									By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 8147 Views  ::  Higher Education,  OHA
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			                                                 Today in discussions with DLNR leadership, a protest leader agreed to remove the tent and to “lighten their presence” on the mountain.... 
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					| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Report Finds Hawaii’s Obamacare Exchange Wasted At Least $11 Million
									 
									By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:43 AM :: 4760 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Hawaii Health Connector failed to select the most qualified vendor for the best price, awarded a flawed, poorly written contract, and failed to monitor the contract.... 
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					| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 FULL TEXT: HART Invents New Billion Dollar 'Crisis' to Pressure Council for Tax Hike
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 5617 Views  ::  Rail
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			                                                 ...HART is now ginning up a new billion dollar "financial emergency" timed to justify a Honolulu Council vote to raise the GE Tax by 0.5% for the years 2022-2027.... 
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					| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 17 is Constitution Day
									 
									By Rachelle Chang  @ 6:02 PM :: 5502 Views  ::  First Amendment
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			                                                How well do you know the U.S. Constitution?
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					| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Report: Challenges Facing Hawaii 40 Years After the Prepaid Health Care Act
									 
									By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 6518 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care
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			                                                 ...premiums are expected to rise further as a result of various Affordable Care Act-related fees.... 
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					| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 ACLU Sues Honolulu in Bid to Keep Homeless out of Shelters
									 
									By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 6150 Views  ::  Homelessness
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			                                                 The lawsuit alleges that the City violated the United States Constitution when it destroyed personal property belonging to the plaintiffs.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii tsunami watch after 8.3 Temblor in Chile
									 
									By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 3395 Views 
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			                                                 ...The initial wave is expected at 3:11 a.m. HST in Hilo on Thursday, Sept. 17.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 OHA’s Mauna Kea Payoff
									 
									By Video @ 5:17 PM :: 6264 Views  ::  Higher Education,  OHA
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			                                                 ...Back Room Deals Theyʻve Never Disclosed.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 The Supreme Court’s ‘One Person, One Vote’ Case 
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 5:10 PM :: 5404 Views  ::  Office of Elections
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			                                                 ...whether electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should shift to account only for eligible voters.... 
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					| Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii Hits Residents with Wave of New Bans
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 7600 Views  ::  Environment,  Health Care,  Law Enforcement
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			                                                “There is absolutely no reason to ban e-cigarettes”
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									 Conference to discuss development opportunities, environmental issues along rail line
									 
									By News Release @ 5:06 AM :: 8064 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Development,  Rail
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			                                                 The workshop is designed for landowners, developers, real estate brokers.... 
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