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Friday, October 24, 2014
Video: Improving Public Schools with Randy Roth
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:43 PM :: 4602 Views :: Education K-12

...what he hopes to accomplish with a newly established educational think-tank....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
Djou: It Will Be Close and We Can Win
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:22 PM :: 4604 Views :: Politicians

With just 11 days until the election, the race is tied at 47% to 47%....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
VIDEO: Takai has spent over a decade trying to raise taxes on just about everything
By Video @ 1:33 PM :: 5914 Views :: Politicians, Taxes

Mark Takai has spent over a decade trying to raise taxes on just about everything....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
OHA Candidates Debate to be Live-Streamed
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 4454 Views :: OHA

OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs are collaborating to host the 90-minute debate on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 during the civic clubs’ convention in Waikoloa....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
Community Work Day to Clean Up West Oahu Parks
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:47 AM :: 4555 Views :: Honolulu County

If you or your organization would like to become a park adoption partner on the Leeward Coast, please call....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
Wind Power Drives Electricity Prices Up
By NCPA @ 12:21 AM :: 4719 Views :: Energy

...in nine of the 10 states most reliant on wind power, electricity prices are rising at least five times faster than the national average....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
RGA Poll: Ige 39% - Aiona 36%
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 7294 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

...RGA poll shows 11% of voters still undecided, it is an open race....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Leaked Emails Show Hawaiian Civic Club Leaders Squabble Over OHA Tribe 'Consortium'
By Video @ 6:38 PM :: 9194 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

An Email That Now Reveals Just Some Of The “Back Door” Activities Already Occurring....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Lower Cost of Living? Ige Proposes Higher Prices
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 5697 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living

Instead Of Offering Solutions To Lower Costs, Ige Proposes Making Downtown Parking Cost $500....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
20 Million Gallons of Sewage Spill on Sand Island
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 6525 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

City could have worked harder to prevent Sand Island sewage spill....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Hawaii investigator says state agency is shirking duties
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:18 PM :: 5175 Views :: Law Enforcement

...Some Hawaii companies are taking advantage of visitors and elderly residents, but state officials are thwarting attempts to investigate, a supervisor with the state Department of Commerce says....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Elle Cochran Fired Staffer Because he had National Guard Duty?
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 5:03 AM :: 8762 Views :: Maui County, Military

At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Aiona Campaign Releases Policy Roadmap
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 6274 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living
“I have a dream that one day Hawai‘i will be a place where future generations can live, work and play without the highest cost of living in the country.”
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Caldwell signs 'Best Cities for Successful Aging' Pledge
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 4454 Views :: Honolulu County

...the Milken Institute’s Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Students Now Facing More Cuts, Higher Costs Under Ige's Budget Leadership
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 6051 Views :: Education K-12, Politicians

The Department of Education announced today that it will need additional emergency funding in order to avoid cutting bus routes and increasing the cost of school lunches....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Honolulu Airport 3rd Worst in N America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 5835 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
S&P Downgrades Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 4675 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...state tax revenues underperformed what the state's Council on Revenues had forecast for fiscal 2014 (although, in our view, not by as much as officially reported)....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
VIDEO: Tsutsui on Ige's Lack of Interest in Neighbor Islands
By Video @ 8:32 PM :: 4850 Views :: Politicians

...Ige admitted he rarely visited the neighbor islands before he decided to run for Governor....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Ige on Housing? More of the Same
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 6391 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living

David Ige Offers The Same Policies Of The Last Four Years While Housing Costs Soar....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
BoE: Matayoshi No Longer 'Exceptional'
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 4196 Views :: Education K-12

“The overall performance grade is ‘Exceeds Expectations,’ which is one step below the prior year....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Hawaii DoE Presents Next Biennium Budget--Unions Take $231M Bite
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 4447 Views :: Education K-12

Enrollment dipped somewhat this year due to a change in the cutoff age for students to be eligible for kindergarten....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Matson to pay $1 million for Honolulu molasses spill under plea agreement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:35 PM :: 6107 Views :: Environment, Jones Act

...Matson Terminals Inc has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Business Development Counselors Rank Hawaii Business Environment
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5361 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

“Winning Strategies provides a glimpse into the minds of corporate executives and site selection consultants and their perceptions of locations across the United States and the world.”

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
S.567: Schatz Proposes Largest Tax Hike in US History
By Selected News Articles @ 8:56 PM :: 6495 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Taxes

GovTrack predicts S.567 and H.R.3118 has a 0% chance of passing out of committee and a 0% probability of being enacted....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
“Few Major Policy Differences” Between Ige And Abercrombie
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 4640 Views :: Politicians

Ige Has Failed To Offer A Different Policy Vision While Hawaii Families Demand Change....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
VIDEO: We're Worried About Brian
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 5028 Views :: Politicians
Where are the debates in the U.S. Senate Race for Hawaii?
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Future of Farming and Rise of Biotechnology
By NCPA @ 4:30 PM :: 7314 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

Today, more than 800 million people are malnourished....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
BLNR Considers New Hunting Rules
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 5945 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

BLNR will consider approval of new state hunting rules for game mammals and game birds on Oct. 24....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
NRA Grades Hawaii Candidates on Second Amendment
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 4966 Views :: Second Amendment

Hawaii Candidates graded by NRA ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Jones Act--Backward Thinking
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 5047 Views :: Jones Act

With the right policies, the U.S. has an opportunity to become the world’s top energy producer and to continue the return of manufacturing jobs....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Massive Debris Pile Reveals Risk of Huge Tsunamis in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 6050 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii History

The county hopes to have the new tsunami evacuation maps distributed to residents by the end of the year....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Walk-In Early Voting Begins October 21
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 4957 Views :: Office of Elections

Early Voting Walk-In Locations ....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Ige's HHSC Mess Gets Worse
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 5693 Views :: Health Care

...Star Advertiser Editorial Slams Chairman Ige And His Fellow Legislators For Their Failure....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Caldwell Town Halls to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 7644 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Homelessness
Three meetings to be held to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Hawaii Energy Survey Shows Public Support Inversely Proportional to Amount of Energy Produced
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 4433 Views :: Energy

...the UH survey did not ask about Natural Gas....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:08 PM :: 8460 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion

Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Plastic Bag Ban Increases Litter
By NCPA @ 1:35 PM :: 7761 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Solid Waste

San Francisco saw an increase in litter after its bag ban was implemented....

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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Former Execs of Honolulu Rail Supplier Parent Company Get Two Year Prison Term
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 5311 Views :: Rail

...paying tens of millions of euros to Indian officials including a former Air Force head through intermediaries and falsifying invoices to win a high-profile contract....

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Sunday, October 19, 2014
What Will It Take to Grow GDP? (Part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4649 Views :: Economy

As of June 30, 2013, Hawaii’s 11% top individual rate was second only to California....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
UPDATE: Hurricane Ana Takes Aim at Kauai
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 10273 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii State Government

Tropical Storm Warning in effect as Ana takes aim at South Shores of Kauai and Island of Niihau ....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Akina For OHA: Stop Nation-Building Effort
By Video @ 6:29 PM :: 5872 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

OHA should stop wasting money on the failed pursuit of race-based nationhood and, instead, use that money to help meet the real needs of Hawaiians for housing, education, jobs, and health care....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Hawaii Hurricane History 1949-2014
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 PM :: 9310 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

Tracks of all tropical cyclones (tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) to pass within 100 miles of the Hawaiian Islands, 1949 - 2014....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Ige Drove Cost of Living Higher
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 3288 Views

...Meanwhile, Senator Ige Offered New Ideas To Increase The Cost Of Living, Like Making Parking In Downtown Honolulu More Expensive....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Washington Post Debunks Takai Campaign Commercial
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 5157 Views :: Politicians

...read an editorial from the liberal-leaning Washington Post to understand how irresponsible Takai's position really is....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
HPD Releases Cachola Videos, 911 Call
By Video @ 1:48 AM :: 5371 Views :: Police

Previously unreleased videos of Officer Cachola, girlfriend fighting ....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Army Officer Files IG Complaint Against Mark Takai
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 13493 Views :: Ethics, Military, Politicians

Hawaii resident Ben White flies home from Korea to support Inspector General Complaint against Mark Takai for “violations of privacy” and “abuse of rank”....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Hawaii ranks worst for tax burden, report says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:59 PM :: 6386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

Hawaii ranks worst in three major categories in the seventh annual “Rich States, Poor States” report....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
The Amazing Guesses People Give Jimmy Kimmel Crew when Asked what GMOs are
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:05 PM :: 4196 Views :: GMOs

Most honest answer: "I'm just going along with it."

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Ige Ignored Efforts For Tax Relief On Groceries
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5094 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

...earlier this year, when Senator Ige had a bipartisan measure to provide tax relief on groceries (SB2206, 1/16/14) before his committee, he ignored it....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Hawaii Named a ‘Top 10 State for Afterschool’
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 5555 Views :: Education K-12, Family

New Household Survey Finds that Unmet Demand for Afterschool Programs in the State Persists....

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