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Monday, January 18, 2016
Hawaii Residents Most Likely to be Living Paycheck to Paycheck
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 8232 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

That breakdown results in a paltry $186 of leftover income, or less than 7 percent of each paycheck — the only state in single digits....

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Monday, January 18, 2016
Rep. Ward: Legislators don’t have to Follow Souki and Ige Against DHHL Funding
By Rep Gene Ward @ 4:18 PM :: 5488 Views :: DHHL

...no one in the Senate or the House was ever consulted by leadership's terse "Notice to Intervene"....

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Monday, January 18, 2016
VIDEO: Is America Racist?
By Video @ 3:39 PM :: 8600 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Police

Best-selling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder answers this controversial and even divisive question....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Maui TEA Party Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Michael P Ramirez
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 5432 Views :: First Amendment

Friday, Jan. 22 6pm at J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Honolulu Charter Commission Discusses Ethics, Police, Fire and Salaries
By Natalie Iwasa @ 7:40 PM :: 6169 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

... more independence with respect to investigation of waste, abuse and fraud? ....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
VIDEO: Politically Incorrect Hawaiian Punch Prepares You for the Real World
By Video @ 1:38 PM :: 8427 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Higher Education

Comedian Tom Shillue, host of Red Eye on Fox News Channel....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
“The only result the Nai Aupuni process can get is federal recognition”
By Selected News Articles @ 12:31 PM :: 6796 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Consider These Facts....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Buy America! For an extra $3M – this time
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5165 Views :: Rail

The low bidder for the Kamehameha Highway Stations Group appeared to be Watts Constructors, which bid $112.7 million for the project. The job went to Nan Inc., which bid $115.8 million. Why did that happen?....

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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Maui County Report: Co-op Should Buy MECO Transmission Grid
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 6934 Views :: Maui County, Energy

There would be little physical infrastructure that would need to change hands, and as such the capital costs for this approach are relatively low....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Hawaii Family Forum Gearing up for 2016 Legislative Session
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:32 PM :: 6555 Views :: Family, Life

The 2016 Legislative Session Starts Wednesday, January 20th at 10:00 a.m....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Hawaii March for Life Jan 22
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:31 PM :: 5251 Views :: Life

...January 22, 2016 from 2:30pm to 8pm at the State Capitol....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
VIDEO: RNC member urges Republicans to rally against Trump
By Video @ 4:30 PM :: 5051 Views :: Republican Party

US Virgin Isles committeeman tells Republican colleagues in a closed-door meeting....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Hawaii Senate Democrats: 2016 Legislative Priorities
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 7259 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government

The Hawaii Senate 2016 Legislative Session will get underway on Wednesday, Jan. 20....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
DHHL Funding: Are Hawaii Public Trust obligations enforceable?
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 5903 Views :: DHHL

A Hawaii court recently found that the State has a constitutional trust responsibility to support some of the functions of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy at UH Manoa Bio-Safety Lab
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 5171 Views :: Higher Education

...CDC found "widespread regulatory noncompliance" in the university's labs that use biological agents and toxins....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
10 Ideas that Could Improve Life in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 6463 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

...the House Republican Caucus priorities for the upcoming session....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Priorities not Politics for New Schools
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:42 AM :: 5197 Views :: Education K-12

West Oahu is currently drowning under exigent overcrowding....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Families Identify Missing Marines after helicopters crash
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 5041 Views :: Military

Families on the mainland are coming forward, saying their loved ones are among the missing Marines....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Kauai Girls Court Celebrates Success of First Cohort
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 8535 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary

Girls Court is the Judiciary’s innovative effort to stem the rising tide of female delinquency in Hawaii, where the proportion of female juvenile arrests has been significantly higher than the national average....

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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Indict Somebody: Judiciary Hiring Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 5561 Views :: Judiciary

First & Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel....

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Friday, January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz on the Ballot for March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 5469 Views :: Republican Party

...VOTE: Tuesday March 8 from 6pm to 8pm....

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Friday, January 15, 2016
Highlights of HART Rail Project (2004 to 2015)
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 5:21 PM :: 5545 Views :: Rail

2004: Newly elected Mayor Hannemann asserts that 34 miles of rail will cost $2.7 Billion....

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Friday, January 15, 2016
Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt Today
By Robert Thomas @ 12:48 AM :: 9338 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

The contempt motion is on the Court's January 15, 2016 conference calendar, so we should know the results soon after that....

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Full Text: Ige Signs Agreement Privatizing Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 8511 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

...transferring the operation and management of the HHSC Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente....

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Where’s the Farm Justice Summit?
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:02 PM :: 5607 Views :: Agriculture

Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Jones Act, LNG at Center of Puerto Rico Recovery Plan
By Michael Hansen @ 12:53 PM :: 8788 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living

Cong Perluisi stated there “. . . . are eight constructive steps the federal government could take,” including the need to “update the Existing Jones Act LNG and LPG Exemption in Puerto Rico” ....

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Republican Response to State of the Union
By News Release @ 10:12 AM :: 7214 Views :: National News, Republican Party

"...a vision of a brighter American future...."

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 10:09 AM :: 9240 Views :: National News, Obama

"...expectations for what we will achieve this year are low...."

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Bed Bugs—Honolulu Slips to 49th Place
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 6672 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics

Last year we were 42nd ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
HB1524: Obama Opens Door to Home Energy Project Loans
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 8:45 PM :: 5512 Views :: Energy

...the loan would be repaid through revenues generated by a special assessment on the borrowers' real-property tax bills....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Hawaii: Only 11,949 Sign up for Obamacare
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 6789 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

To have their coverage effectuated, consumers generally need to pay their first month’s health plan premium. This release does not include totals for effectuated enrollments.....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
HB1170: Geothermal Fast-track, part two
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 6861 Views :: Energy, Land Use

The legislative session has yet to even begin, and House leaders are already poised to fast-track a set of blanket exemptions for power producers....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
OHA Elections: Throw These Bums Out
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 6523 Views :: OHA

State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 AM :: 14720 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

... DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies -- Many Dated After 12/30 Deadline ....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
DBEDT: Family of Four Requires $75K to live on Oahu
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 8293 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

Statewide, about 18.5% of two-adult couples with no children and 45.5% of two-adult couples with two children had incomes below the self-sufficiency standard....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
DHHL ‘Disappointed’ by State’s Appeal of Court Ordered Funding
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 6408 Views :: DHHL

DHHL pushes funding parity, urges no further delay in funds to beneficiaries....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
VIDEO: Thirty Meter Telescope, Putting The "Puaa" Back In Ahupuaa, And Oprah Elections
By Robert Thomas @ 6:23 PM :: 8277 Views :: Akaka Bill, Higher Education, OHA
"Are the Courts Crazy?"
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments
By Robert Thomas @ 6:20 PM :: 5566 Views :: Land Use

A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Reviewing Hawaii’s FY 2017 supplemental budget
By Rachelle Chang @ 6:16 PM :: 6063 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

...a net increase of $297.6 million in FY 2017, an increase of 4.4%....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Pro Life? Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 6397 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life

AUL’s 2016 Life List Ranks the 50 States Based on How Well Women are Protected from Abortion Industry Abuses....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Hawaii DoE: $48M Annual Electric Bill is STEM Learning Opportunity
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 6255 Views :: Education K-12, Energy

"...students will learn core principles of science and will see the relevance of community initiatives, such as moving to solar energy, limiting waste, encouraging recycling and reducing water usage with low-flow toilets...."

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Expert Slams Hawaii Legislature for Lumping E-Cigs in with Tobacco
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 7239 Views :: Health Care, Taxes

...the new law incorrectly lumps e-cigarettes and lower-risk smokeless tobacco products in with the much more harmful nicotine cigarettes....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Up to 72% of Council Campaign Contributions from Hoopili and Rail
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 8985 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail

...another vote on Bill 23 (2015), CD1 - Relating to the Transportation Surcharge, will be required of Committee members at the Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday....

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Calling all Cronies: Marijuana Dispensary License Application Now Available Online
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 5609 Views :: Drugs

Many of Hawaii's political and business leaders are wanna-be dope dealers....soon we will find out which....

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Monday, January 11, 2016
Legalize Marijuana-Criminalize Fireworks
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 4083 Views
It is an election year after all…
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 11, 2016
By Congress.org @ 6:22 PM :: 5769 Views :: Congressional Delegation
House: Review Federal Regulations for Repeal-- Passage
House: Class-Action Litigation -- Passage
House: Health Care Repeal Reconciliation -- Adoption
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Kasich for America Files to Appear on Hawaii Ballot–Djou to Lead Campaign
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 6945 Views :: Republican Party

On Friday, Governor John Kasich's presidential campaign filed the necessary paperwork to appear on the Hawaii Republican primary ballot....

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Monday, January 11, 2016
From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:45 PM :: 7896 Views :: First Amendment, Labor

This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....

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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Update on Honolulu Charter Commission – Meeting Friday
By Natalie Iwasa @ 8:57 PM :: 5608 Views :: Honolulu County

The commission has been meeting since March 2015 and received over 150 proposals for changes to the charter. Fifteen of those proposals have been deferred....

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Sunday, January 10, 2016
March for Life--State Capitol January 22
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:45 PM :: 8201 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life

We are only days away from the opening of the Hawaii State Legislature....

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