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| Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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Rail Tax: 2022 Sunset is Only Remaining Check on HART Spending
By Natalie Iwasa @ 2:58 AM :: 6289 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The only way to contain costs is to force HART to live within its current means....
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| Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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City launches Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) website
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 7085 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture
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...MapOahuAgLand.com, provides information on the legal basis for IAL, the city’s process to map IAL, upcoming community meetings and announcements, and resource maps that show various characteristics of potential IAL....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Ige Names Appointees to Head DLIR, OIMT
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 4962 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige today announced his nominations to lead the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations and the Office of Information Management and Technology....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Kanaiolowalu: How to Make Your Girlfriend Rich
By Video @ 9:56 PM :: 10188 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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How a Roll Commissioner funneled over $600K to a company headed by his girlfriend....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska Join Call for Jones Act Reform
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 6704 Views :: Jones Act
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“Multi-Jurisdictional Jones Act Reform Forum”
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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DBEDT: International Students Contribute Over $205M to Economy
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 7262 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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DBEDT today released an economic report analyzing, “The Economic Impact of International Students in Hawaii.”
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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SB1280: Cab Companies Offer to Retrain Uber Drivers
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 5442 Views :: Small Business
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Yesterday, Hawaii legislators voted to take bill Senate Bill 1280 into conference....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii GE Tax: Broadest Sales Tax in US
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 5788 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Guess What: Hawaii Housing Is Expensive!
By Robert Thomas @ 5:25 AM :: 8898 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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"Affordable Housing Maui Style" - from NewGeography.com....
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| Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Has No Hate Crimes (Officially)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 6283 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Unlike all other states in the union Hawaii has a go-it-alone policy and lets the attorney general’s office keep a running tally....
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Full Text: Drunk Prosecutor Resigns from Kaneshiro's Office
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 7478 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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"I thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney."
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Gallup: Honolulu 2nd Healthiest Community in US
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 5295 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States....
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Ige Nominates Suzanne Case to DLNR, Names Three to School Board
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 7906 Views :: Education K-12, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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Suzanne Case is a 28-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy and has served as its executive director since 2001....
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Worst in Nation Hawaii Health Connector Looking for Another $28M
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5547 Views :: Health Care
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...details for the House Finance Committee to work out in a hearing now set for Wednesday April 8 at 2pm in room 308....
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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House Speaker mum so far on complaint against Karl Rhoads
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 6112 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...attorney Lance Collins lodged a complaint on behalf of two of his clients regarding the actions of Rep. Karl Rhoads while he was chair of a special investigating committee looking into former Speaker Calvin Say....
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2
By Pat Saiki @ 5:58 AM :: 6530 Views :: Republican Party
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"The people of Hawaii need us more than ever before."
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| Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Prosecutor: HART & OHA Auditing Firm Victim of 3-year, $500K Embezzlement Scheme
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 15538 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Rail
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... from January 27, 2011, through and including January 27, 2014, Oki perpetrated four separate and distinct fraudulent reimbursement schemes against PKF Pacific Hawaii ....
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| Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Senate Minority Alternative Budget cuts spending, caps collective bargaining
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:13 PM :: 9004 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Republican Party, Taxes
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"It brings relief to our beleaguered taxpayers and small businesses, and balances our state finances in the long term."
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| Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Sea-Based Radar a $2.2B Flop, Mothballed at Pearl Harbor
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 4908 Views :: Military
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...its field of vision is so narrow that it would be of little use against what experts consider the likeliest attack: a stream of missiles interspersed with decoys....
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| Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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US Census Looks at Small Businesses in Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:49 AM :: 5769 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...statistics on the number of establishments, receipts or revenue, payroll, number of employees and other items by industry....
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| Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Kelii Akina interviews Michael Hamnett -- UH and Hawaii's Future
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:48 AM :: 3767 Views
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Dr. Michael P. Hamnett shares insights as Research Corporation of UH Director and also discusses current happenings at the University of Hawaii....
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| Sunday, April 5, 2015 |
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The Turtle Bay Bill, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 9788 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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...They were under the impression that the bond sale process needed to begin by June 30 of this year. “No,” said the Department of Attorney General, “the law says that the bond sale needs to be DONE by June 30.”...
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| Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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Trustee: OHA Drains $20M from Trust Since December
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 5773 Views :: OHA
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"...Obviously, OHA can no longer afford to keep spending generously with no accountability...."
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| Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Secretly Killed
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 5198 Views :: Energy
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Unknown to perhaps everyone at the time, the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) Energy Agreement died in September of last year....
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| Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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"Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law"
By Robert Thomas @ 12:56 AM :: 4741 Views :: Land Use
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It's not often that we say a law review article is a "must-read."...
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| Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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DBEDT: 65,000 New Housing Units Needed in Next 10 Years
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 6820 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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...this study projects housing demand for the period of 2015 to 2025 using the variables of projected population growth, visitor growth, and vacancy rates....
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| Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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Where Do Our Tuition Dollars Go?
By NCPA @ 5:52 PM :: 3753 Views
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The reason for these new costs? "Administrative bloat," which is also known as a decline in the teaching faculty to administrative staff ratio....
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| Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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'Conservative Hawks' See Tulsi Gabbard Senate bid as 'Natural'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 6744 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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“You guys’ profiling her is going to be like the kiss of death.”
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| Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 7101 Views :: Hawaii County , GMOs
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...This 12-part series by entomologist Anthony Shelton is the first comprehensive article about a genetically engineered crop, in this case, GE papaya in Hawaii....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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Ige Nominates Six UH Regents
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 4620 Views :: Higher Education
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The appointments are subject to confirmation by the senate....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii AG Joins call for Congressional Investigation of ‘Natural’ Supplements Industry
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 5607 Views :: Ethics, GMOs
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...the use of the terms ‘natural,’ ‘herbal,’ and ‘extract,’ mislead consumers about the contents of herbal and dietary supplements....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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SCR181: Interisland Ferry System Study
By Michael Hansen @ 10:16 PM :: 8044 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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There are several State regulatory issues that need to be resolved prior to attempting to establish a Hawaii interisland ferry and are at least as important as the technical modeling, facilities and feasibility considerations....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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PUC: Decoupling Boosts Electric Rates--'Adjust Revenue' up by 229% 'Without Review'
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 8434 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Since decoupling, total 'baseline expenditures' increased 229%--from $161M to $368M....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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ADHD in Hawaii: 70% on Prescription Drugs, 61% Get 'Behavioral Therapy'
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 8037 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Drugs
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"The shocking truth is that many of those diagnoses are wrong, and that most of those boys are being drugged for no good reason—simply for being boys."
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 6683 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...Memories Pizza isn’t an isolated incident.... Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced to step down... In January, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired ....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate creates panel to review Sen. Brickwood Galuteria's qualifications
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 8026 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the new committee will explore whether Galuteria is qualified to serve....
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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DoE Announces Statewide Graduation Dates for 2015
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 4513 Views :: Education K-12
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Some 10,500 students are expected to graduate from more than 50 public schools in ceremonies happening across the state in late May and early June 2015...
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| Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 9709 Views :: Energy, Environment, GMOs
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...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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Hawaii 4th Graders Being Brainwashed Against GMOs
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:14 PM :: 6545 Views :: Education K-12, GMOs
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...Just a few days ago, my 9 year old daughter came home from school and asked me, ”Mom, does GMO corn make holes in rats’ stomachs?”....
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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61 Hawaii Bridges Need Structural Repair
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 5501 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...cars, trucks and school buses cross Hawaii's 61 structurally compromised bridges 900,643 times every day....
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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Roll Commission Squandered Millions, Spent Only $270K on Signup effort
By Video @ 4:10 PM :: 8988 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Gave The Native Hawaiian Roll $4 Million....
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Applicants Sought for District Court Per Diem Judges
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 5565 Views :: Judiciary
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The District Court of the First Circuit is accepting applications from attorneys interested in serving as Per Diem District Judges....
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day--April 19, 2015
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 5955 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii will be the 25th state to reach Tax Freedom Day, 5 days earlier than national average....
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Andria Tupola Interviews Am Samoa Congressional Rep Amata
By Video @ 3:53 PM :: 7556 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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AMATA COLEMAN RADEWAGEN (AUMUA AMATA), Republican, was elected as American Samoa’s Member of Congress on November 4, 2014....
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Consumers 'Least Sustainable Spending Habits' in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 8242 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The percentage of people overspending their income is twice as high in Hawaii and Nevada than in Maryland....
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii Recruits 14-Year-Olds for Late-Term Abortion Experiments
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 15657 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Life
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...to determine how much they bleed during the procedure....
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