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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Representation based on 'Eligible Voters' would Underrepresent Families
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 AM :: 8035 Views :: Family, Office of Elections

A recent case to be heard by the Supreme Court may seem harmless on its face, but has much deeper ramifications for people of faith, and especially families....

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Live the Words You Speak
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:03 AM :: 8108 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, GMOs

...culture gone bad....

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
So you want to run the university like a business? Try making nice to the faculty.
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 5525 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

UH has all of twelve awards for its ten campuses and three thousand faculty....

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Mauna Kea: Shake Down and Payoffs
By Video @ 6:59 PM :: 8661 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

Were you fooled?

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Honolulu Among Worst in US: 78% of Jobs Created since 2010 do not Pay 'Living Wage'
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 5700 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

Twenty of the 150 largest metros had a share of less than 25 percent of its new jobs since 2010 created in occupations that pay a living wage....

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Deja vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 9669 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism

Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
City Plans Sand Island Modular Housing for Homeless
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6778 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

Caldwell announces plan to build Hale Mauliola temporary modular housing and provide services for homeless on Sand Island site....

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
HMSA blames Micronesians for 50% Rate Hike
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 8171 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

Insurer finds scapegoat--will you be fooled?

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Auditor: HGEA Keeps UH Research Corp from Achieving Potential
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:06 AM :: 7469 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor

RCUH’s broad purpose allows projects remotely associated with research or training to qualify for exemptions from state procurement and civil service laws....

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Feds: Only 8,200 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Pay First Premium
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...there are around 38,000 who have enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but have yet to pay their bills....

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Hawaii "Is Exception To Constitutional Law" In State Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 9:31 PM :: 6675 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Study: Hawaii 5th Safest State
By Selected News Articles @ 6:10 PM :: 4481 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

WalletHub analyzed the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics....

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Fox, Henhouse: Caldwell Appoints Hanabusa to HART Board
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 5852 Views :: Rail
“The largest public works project in Oahu’s history demands the strongest possible oversight” -- Caldwell
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Communist Party: 'Aloha' best Hollywood feature about Hawaiian sovereignty movement
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 AM :: 6616 Views :: Greenmail

...The duo has come to ask Kanahele and his group to perform a blessing at a new project's gate. This leads to wheeling and dealing, with Kanahele negotiating a land swap - and cell phone service - in exchange for performing the traditional ceremony....

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Monday, June 1, 2015
EPA, State, Navy Agree on Red Hill Fuel Tank Upgrades
By News Release @ 9:08 PM :: 6479 Views :: Environment, Military

Measure to protect Honolulu drinking water open to public comment....

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Monday, June 1, 2015
UH Releases ‘implementation plan’ for control of Maunakea
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 6484 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

Statement from UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney....

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Monday, June 1, 2015
Koa Ridge Arguments Before Supreme Court - State Prohibited From Rezoning "Potential" IALs?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:01 PM :: 7395 Views :: Environment, Land Use

Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....

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Monday, June 1, 2015
Why Unions Want Exemption from the Minimum Wage Hikes They Fought For
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 5331 Views :: Labor

Once the higher minimum wage bill is signed into law, with the exemption for unions, then organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions....

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Monday, June 1, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 1, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:51 PM :: 4728 Views :: Congressional Delegation
...Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization – Cloture....
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Could You Please Answer the Phone?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5583 Views :: Tax Credits

...if you are a taxpayer with questions and you call the Hawaii Department of Taxation’s customer service line, there is a more than 50% chance that your call won’t be answered. At all....

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Saturday, May 30, 2015
Why are there so many Crooked Lawyers in Honolulu?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 PM :: 7776 Views :: Judiciary

In Hawaii...it seems like half the top lawyers attended the University of Hawaii....

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Saturday, May 30, 2015
Kouchi, Ige United for ... Azerbaijan?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:23 AM :: 7093 Views :: Energy, Ethics
Arm in arm with Kouchi appears to be one of the Gulenists' two Ozkur Yildizes featured in our 2011 article, "Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?"
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Friday, May 29, 2015
Horizon Acquisition: Matson Completes Alaska, Pasha Completes Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 6384 Views :: Jones Act

Pasha and Matson both completed their acquisition of Horizon Lines today ....

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Friday, May 29, 2015
Income Tax Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 15th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 5880 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....

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Friday, May 29, 2015
Big Law vs. Honolulu's Not-So-Big Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:01 AM :: 8204 Views :: Judiciary, Small Business
"A Tale of Two Cities: Honolulu and San Francisco"
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Friday, May 29, 2015
Eminent Domain Docfilm "Battle For Brooklyn" Now Streaming
By Robert Thomas @ 8:56 AM :: 5786 Views :: Land Use
"Battle For Brooklyn explains why property owners fight the taking of their homes and businesses, even when that fight is uphill."
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
OHA Announces 'Consortium' to Create Fake Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 9291 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

As Explained: "OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO"

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Trade: European Parliament Call for Jones Act Reform
By Michael Hansen @ 10:07 PM :: 6672 Views :: Jones Act

European maritime industry trade groups are seeking several specific exemptions from U.S. maritime cabotage provisions....

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
USA Today: Inside Univ of Hawaii's secretive biolab
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 6537 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
HPD: Prostitute Arrests Lead to Pimp Arrests
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 6141 Views :: Law Enforcement

in the last two years, HPD made 19 arrests for promoting prostitution, more than half of which were for first-degree promoting or sex trafficking. It is important to note that none of these arrests would have been possible without the cooperation of witnesses -- who in these cases happened to be individuals arrested for prostitution....

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Hawaiian 'Aloha' movie foes are 'perpetually aggrieved' 'delicate flowers'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 PM :: 7736 Views :: First Amendment, Greenmail

Bumpy Kanahele got paid.  Walter Ritte did not.  Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity....  decisions, decisions.... 

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Video: Grassroot Forum on Government Transparency
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:17 PM :: 6011 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
WSJ: "Hawaii Military Carve Out May Play Role in Voting District Case"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:11 PM :: 5536 Views :: Office of Elections
SCOTUS To Revisit One-Person-One-Vote: Representational Equality Or Voting Equality?
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
DoI New Rules to Evict Hawaiian Homesteaders
By Video @ 8:15 PM :: 9075 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL

Buried Deep In Those Proposed Rule Changes Is Something That Could Kick Hawaiians Off Their Homestead Lands....

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Study: Honolulu Property Taxes Among Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 9978 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Taxes

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy released the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, a comprehensive analysis of effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city....

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Senior Health Report: Hawaii Ranks 4th
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 5639 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Telescope Cash: Ige Proposes OHA Toll Booth on Mountain, Limit on 'Non-cultural' Access
By Andrew Walden @ 10:32 PM :: 8227 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
"Future visitor access to the mountain be handled through the Native Hawaiian community...."
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Tuvalu is Rising, Not Sinking
By Jack Dini @ 3:38 PM :: 5881 Views :: Environment

...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:33 PM :: 6513 Views :: Small Business, Tourism

On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
My father was a Tranny
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 7038 Views :: Family

My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 26, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:03 PM :: 5266 Views :: Congressional Delegation
Senate: Trade Promotion Authority – Passage
Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization -- Cloture
Senate: Two-Month FISA Reauthorization – Cloture
House: Anti-Human Trafficking Programs and Victims Fund – Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations – Passage
House: Science Programs Reauthorization – Passage
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:23 PM :: 6192 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....

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Monday, May 25, 2015
Religious Heritage of the Hawaiian Kingdom
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:18 PM :: 7608 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....

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Monday, May 25, 2015
Facing Reality: Hawaii's State Hospitals
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:56 PM :: 5429 Views :: Health Care

...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....

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Monday, May 25, 2015
Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 7406 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

Hawaii’s per capita death toll during the four conflicts combined is greater than that of any of its peers....

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Sunday, May 24, 2015
Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:19 PM :: 5985 Views :: GMOs

...almost all the hard cheese made in the United States, and in much of the West, uses a genetically engineered protein....

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Sunday, May 24, 2015
Unfunded Liabilities – Smoke and Mirrors?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7354 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes

...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....

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Saturday, May 23, 2015
2015 Legislative Recap: Victories for Social and Economic Justice
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 5997 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
The 2015 Legislative session ended earlier this month with three of Hawaii Appleseed's top priorities being passed!
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Saturday, May 23, 2015
Dust is a Worldwide Pollutant
By Jack Dini @ 9:00 PM :: 5421 Views :: Environment
What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?
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Saturday, May 23, 2015
A Tale of Two Fleets: Canada Reforms its Version of Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 7:44 PM :: 5787 Views :: Jones Act

the Canadian government lifted an import duty of 25 percent on foreign-built ships in 2011....

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