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Friday, April 24, 2015 |
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Auditor: No Special Fund Raids After AG Tightens Enforcement
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:28 PM :: 4401 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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On February 27, 2013, the department conducted department-wide training for deputies whose clients administer non-general fund....
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Friday, April 24, 2015 |
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One Simple State Tax Code Tweak to Favor Marijuana Taxpayers over Tax Evaders
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 PM :: 5911 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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Perhaps the largest expenses these operators are forbidden from deducting under § 280E are the excise taxes and license fees they pay to the state....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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OHA, University to Di$cuss Telescope
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 5950 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...a meeting tomorrow (April 24) for representatives from the Governor’s office, the University of Hawaiʻi, the Office of Mauna Kea Management, the Mauna Kea Hui, the Mauna Kea ʻOhana, and OHA to di$cuss the thirty meter telescope....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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To Taxi or Ride-share?: Limiting Government’s Role
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:04 PM :: 4681 Views :: Small Business
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...regulations should then be applied equitably to taxi and ride-sharing companies and drivers....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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HART GE Tax Receipts $9M Above Expectations
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 5791 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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“We now have collected nearly $1.47 billion in local revenue funding for rail”
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Ohana Policy Group Pushes Back Against Kindergarten Gay Sex Education
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 8800 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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Hawaii's Ohana Policy Group is developing strategies and tactics to combat in-school lifestyle indoctrination....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Your Electric Bill is Higher than you Think
By NCPA @ 2:27 PM :: 7113 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...Consumers pay for electricity twice: once through monthly electricity bills and a second time through taxes that finance subsidies for inefficient wind and other energy producers....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Tiny Honolulu Rail Stations Limit Capacity of $300M per Mile System
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 5248 Views :: Rail
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Heavy-rail lines have much higher capacities because train lengths are limited only by platform lengths, which in most cases is 8 to 11 cars. But Honolulu is building a heavy-rail line whose platforms are only long enough to allow four 60-foot cars....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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HSTA Contract Reopener Showers Teachers in Cash
By News Release @ 5:33 AM :: 9200 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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One-time lump sum payment of $2000 for all active, full-time licensed teachers....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Feds OK Pasha Acquisition of Horizon's Hawaii Business
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 5291 Views :: Jones Act
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The clearance paves the way for an anticipated final closing before the end of the second quarter....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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London Times: Jones Act 'Key Bargaining Chip' in Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 5360 Views :: Jones Act
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...that 95-year-old law has become a key bargaining chip in one of the world’s largest trade accords....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Sen Murkowski: An Effort to Look at Jones Act, Energy Exports
By Michael Hansen @ 3:44 AM :: 7735 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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"I don't think we should get all agitated and upset when there's an effort to look at the Jones Act," Murkowski said....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 7610 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation Dead Last in Clout
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 AM :: 8206 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics
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Since 1990, Roll Call has been tracking the potential influence each state has on national affairs....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
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25% Tax Would Make State Senior Partner in Marijuana Business
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 AM :: 8793 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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...HB321, SD2 proposes a 15% gross proceeds tax and a 10% special sales tax on so-called 'medical' marijuana sold in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
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NOAA Uses Hawaii Reefs to 'Showcase Climate Resilience'
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 4417 Views :: Environment
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...projects will take place in West Hawai‘i, West Maui, and He’eia (O’ahu)....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Conference Committee Begins Negotiations on State Budget
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 4610 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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House and Senate conferees met today to begin negotiations on a final version of HB500, the state budget bill....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Telescope: OHA Seeks 'Collective Re$olution', 'Po$itive Outcome'
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5087 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has continued to urge Governor Ige and University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner to address the outstanding legal i$$ue$ involved in the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope before the moratorium on construction is lifted....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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The day when America moved toward becoming a global power
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 4828 Views :: Hawaii History
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On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States in a long-simmering dispute over Cuba....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Honolulu: 40% of Homeless Refusing to Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 6458 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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The number of homeless individuals on Oahu is 4,903, a 4% (191) increase over 2014. The percentage of those who are unsheltered is 40% (1,939), the highest percentage since these data were collected in 2009....
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
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Governor Ige to Sign Bill Designating the Hawaiian Hoary Bat As State Land Mammal
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:26 AM :: 7010 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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...the ōpe‘ape‘a, or Hawaiian hoary bat, flew through the Senate, glided through the House of Representatives, and will land on Governor Ige's desk in the attic of the Capitol Building....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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New Laws Regulate Aquarium Fishermen
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 6362 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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The aquarium fishermen even at loss of income have willingly agreed to the new laws and plan to have continuing dialogue with DAR....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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NOAA: Hawaii Humpbacks 'Not at Risk'
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 6275 Views :: Environment
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The humpback whale is currently listed as endangered throughout its range. The proposed rule finds that ten of those 14 populations do not warrant ESA listing....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii Noted for 'Anti-Innovation Policy Choices'
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 5092 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Modest Innovators need improvements in several policy and other foundational criteria to better create an environment for innovative companies to thrive....
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 20, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:43 PM :: 4504 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Medicare Payments to Physicians - Passage
House: Manufactured Housing High-Cost Mortgages - Passage
House: State and Local Sales Tax Deductions - Passage
House: Estate Tax Repeal – Passage
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Monday, April 20, 2015 |
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Some States Pay Doctors More to Treat Medicaid Patients
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 3870 Views :: Health Care
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Fifteen states are betting they can convince more doctors to accept the growing number of patients covered by Medicaid with a simple incentive: more money....
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
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Mark Takai: 100 Days of Nothingness
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 PM :: 5501 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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This looks more like Mark's excellent adventure....
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
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Hawaiians and the Law: Kelii Akina and Michael Lilly
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 PM :: 10542 Views :: Akaka Bill, Higher Education, Judiciary, OHA
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Whether it's activists on Mauna Kea, the Akaka Bill or the Native Hawaiian roll, questions of law abound....
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
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SB 555 - Increasing the Food/Excise Tax Credit
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 6934 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Hawaii levies the second highest tax burden in the country on its low-income families. A major reason for this is the General Excise tax....
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
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Report: Illegals Pay $31M in Hawaii State Taxes
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 4941 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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A new 50-state study, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy....
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
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Smoking It Out
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4899 Views :: Taxes
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HB145 has quite a history. It started as a bill to limit the tobacco tax on large cigars to 50 cents per cigar....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Auditor: City Unable to Track Federal Transportation Funds
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 6316 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...grants and appropriations had lapsed or were subject to de-obligation because project managers lacked accurate, complete and reliable information....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Desperate to Pass Rail Tax, HART Finally Agrees to Televise One Meeting
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 4998 Views :: Rail
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‘Ōlelo to provide live television coverage of next week’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) Board of Directors meeting....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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DoH: Tobacco Use Down 20%, E-Cigs Up
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 5643 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults in Hawaii decreased by more than 20% from 2011 to 2013....However, use of e-cigarettes continues to grow at an alarming rate....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Ige: Telescope Legally Entitled to Proceed With Construction
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 7090 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, OHA
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Any further announcements about the construction schedule will come from TMT....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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BoE to Debate Sex Education Policy
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 2:54 AM :: 8050 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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April 21, 2015 (Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m.
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Friday, April 17, 2015 |
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DoE: Students Meet 79% of 'Wellness Guidelines'
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 4470 Views :: Education K-12
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Wellness Guidelines look at nutritional guidelines, health and nutrition education, physical education and activity....
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Friday, April 17, 2015 |
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DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74%
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5401 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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Small Business Tax Index -- Hawaii 47th
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5125 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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This year’s edition of the Index pulls together 23 different tax measures....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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Final Act 221: Hoku Plant Cut Up, Pieces Auctioned off
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 8388 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Built with your tax dollars, via crony capitalist Act 221 High Tech Tax Credits, Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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HS Senior Launches pro-Telescope Petition
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 8316 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii State Auditor Presents 2014 Annual Report
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:36 AM :: 3852 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...we had a busy 2014—releasing 18 audits, analyses, and studies on everything from alternate uses of recycled glass to the regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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HAWSCT Clarifies Joinder Of Indispensable Parties, Timely Appeals
By Robert Thomas @ 12:49 AM :: 4651 Views :: Judiciary
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Here's the latest from the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Dyan M. Medeiros as Oahu District Family Court Judge
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 6422 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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The appointment of Medeiros fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Christine E. Kuriyama to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Stewardship by UH to protect Maunakea for future generations
By Selected News Articles @ 9:26 PM :: 8172 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Public input sought on school calendar
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 4924 Views :: Education K-12
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Feedback collected by the online survey through April 22 will be used to help guide calendar development for the 2016-17 school year and beyond....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Kauai Council Calls for ‘Home Rule’ on Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 7:33 PM :: 5397 Views :: Drugs
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Kauai is the only county in Hawaii that has taken a stand against this onrush of legislation....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 5433 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Hawaii Has Most Tax Brackets of Any State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 4768 Views :: Taxes
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...three states have ten or more tax brackets, led by Hawaii with twelve....
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