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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 5789 Views :: Obama
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It has been, and still is, a hard time for many....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities
By Selected News Articles @ 11:11 PM :: 4969 Views :: Health Care
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...the proportion of children who’d missed one or more shots increased from an average of 8 percent at the beginning of the study period to 12.4 percent at the end....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 7418 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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Power fluctuations from a first large plant installed in 2012 have already largely burned out the big batteries....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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263 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 4767 Views :: Honolulu County
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“Serving on your Neighborhood Board presents the opportunity to create real change in your community, build a legacy, and network with other leaders.”
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Accountability for Big Infrastructure Projects?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:47 PM :: 5068 Views :: Rail
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Long term risks to taxpayers: How Projects Get out of Control Using the Wrong Procurement Methods....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 7109 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Any program changes from this proposal would apply only to new customers....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Representative Mele Carroll to resign from State House
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 4705 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Complications from her previous cancer treatments have arisen in recent months....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 6522 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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This agreement provides NextEra Energy Resources with long-term access rights to PRFT lands to develop renewable energy derived from PRFT's wind resources....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements
By Michael Hansen @ 2:30 PM :: 6968 Views :: Jones Act
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...McCain’s instant amendment would be a rider to the Keystone Pipeline legislation....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 6771 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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The cost of tobacco for every smoker is $1,029,646 over a lifetime....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:48 PM :: 4742 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline - Cloture
House: Rulemaking Process Overhaul – Passage
House: Fiscal 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations - Passage
House: Financial Regulatory Revisions - Passage
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Kelii Akina Interviews Danny Kaleikini, Ambassador of Aloha
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:35 PM :: 5322 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Danny Kaleikini speaks in this Martin Luther King Day interview as an ambassador for racial harmony....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 8155 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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...the appointment of James “Duke” Aiona as interim executive director will strengthen the organization’s ability to speak for families across the state....
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Monday, January 19, 2015 |
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Republican Statewide Caucuses to Elect Leaders
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 5106 Views :: Republican Party
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Republicans will gather to elect precinct and district officers, and elect delegates and alternates to the 2015 State Convention....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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Hawaii Escrow Companies: Federal 'Kickback' Rules Mean Realtors must do the Paperwork
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 6263 Views :: Small Business
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...it's been at least a decade since I or any agent or broker prepared a time line or ordered a condo doc....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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254 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 4777 Views :: Honolulu County
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“Serving on your Neighborhood Board presents the opportunity to create real change in your community, build a legacy, and network with other leaders.”
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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OHA Introduces Legislative Package
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 4552 Views :: OHA
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has approved the following bills and resolutions to be put forward as OHA’s 2015 state legislative package....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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The Ten Percent Solution
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5330 Views :: Taxes
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The state has been draining money out of the rail surcharge. Lots of money....
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:18 AM :: 5354 Views :: Jones Act
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The Alaska governor is actually required to “use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.”...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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OHA Chair Lindsey: Rescind CEO’s Authority, Let Staff Know Who is Boss
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 PM :: 10579 Views :: OHA
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...current admin budgeting format and procedures create an open checkbook under various program areas....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 PM :: 6428 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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...newly eligible adults will have access to addiction treatments this year, many for the first time....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:25 PM :: 5209 Views :: Jones Act
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Senator John McCain introduced a measure to modify the Jones Act so that American ship companies can purchase their ships from our allies....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Pro-Life? Hawaii Ranks 45th
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 6028 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life
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This annual resource, dubbed “the playbook” of model legislation, combines more than 50 pieces of our model legislation, expert analysis, and 50 state report cards into a single nonpartisan guide for legislators....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy
By UHERO @ 2:30 AM :: 6564 Views :: Energy, Economy
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The drop in crude oil prices from $112/ barrel in June of 2014 to $46/barrel today will, if sustained, provide a nice boost to Hawaii’s economy....
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 12339 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...the trends of the last decade will be prologue for a nation not at risk, but a nation in decline.…"
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair
By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 6673 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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Doug Chin is former managing director for the City and County of Honolulu. Randy Iwase was Supervising Deputy Attorney General whose division provided legal counsel to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Public Utilities Commission....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Empower Windward: Neighborhood Board Election 2015 Workshop
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4328 Views :: Honolulu County
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Tuesday January 20, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Kailua District Park, Multipurpose Room, 21 South Kainalu Drive....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:38 PM :: 4897 Views :: Health Care
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...a new report from the Hawaii Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department shows the Connector won’t be fiscally sustainable until 2022....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:31 PM :: 5625 Views :: Homelessness
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...at the Wai'anae Boat Harbor, outreach workers are trying to help transition to supportive housing....
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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OHA Hires Design Team to Develop Kakaako Makai Plan
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 9225 Views :: Development, OHA
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The collaborative is a partnership among four Hawaiian firms: Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation; DTL; PBR Hawai‘i; and WCIT Architecture....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 10:22 PM :: 6882 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“This new and better approach has hardly taken hold, but the State Legislature’s Keiki Caucus is already planning to attack it.”
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 4565 Views :: Education K-12
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At that point—and hopefully sooner—all students should have transferred to other schools....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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UH Board of Regents Nominees Sent to Ige
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 4944 Views :: Higher Education
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...to fill one Maui County seat and one City and County of Honolulu seat for 5-year appointments, beginning July 1, 2015....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Hawaii Defense Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Take Up San Francisco Gun Control Case
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 5002 Views :: Second Amendment
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Firearms Policy Coalition and a dozen other civil rights groups ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an NRA-backed lawsuit....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 6738 Views :: Jones Act
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the text of McCain's proposed amendment repeals the US Build requirement of the Jones Act....
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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Insurance Risk to Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 20th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 5624 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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What kind of financial risks do drivers take when they take to the road?
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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241 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 4179 Views :: Honolulu County
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“Serving on your Neighborhood Board presents the opportunity to create real change in your community, build a legacy, and network with other leaders...”
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Going forward and looking back at the Honolulu City Council
By Rachelle Chang @ 11:11 PM :: 8074 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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...keeping the Oahu half-percent rail surcharge in place will only encourage lawmakers to increase the surcharge whenever there is a rail transit shortfall....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:05 PM :: 6220 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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State land records show the couple illegally built two bed and breakfast units and operated the lucrative business for more than a decade in a conservation district in Hanalei....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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DCCA Website Compares Car and Homeowner Insurance Rates
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 4651 Views :: Cost of Living
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Insurance Division Releases Annual Premium Comparison Guide to Help Residents Shop and Compare....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Richard Epstein to Discuss 'Environmental Deregulation' at UH Richardson Law School
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 4908 Views :: Environment
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 4:30PM William S Richardson School of Law ....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Sovereignty Activists Call on OHA to Restart Native Hawaiian Convention
By Video @ 9:42 PM :: 4189 Views :: OHA
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The Native Hawaiian Roll Is Filled With Fraud - All Those Names Of People Lifted From Other Lists....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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"'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:30 PM :: 7529 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...for not permitting it to use their site on Maui's north shore for things like weddings....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Second Highest Taxes on the Poor
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 6916 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii's Effective 13.4% rate of taxation on the poorest 20% is second only to Washington State....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 11571 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Economy, Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Top concerns include the state economy, education, the Hawaii Health Connector, oversight of the Public Utilities Commission in light of the Hawaiian Electric Industries/NextEra merger, and positively affecting the cost of living for Hawaii residents....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Best Cities for STEM Professionals: Honolulu Ranks 79th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:46 PM :: 5434 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The annual median wage for STEM workers (adjusted for cost of living) is two times higher in Houston than in Honolulu....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 4833 Views :: Health Care
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The Affordable Care Act is now law, but controversy over the bill is far from over....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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You're Paying Double for Sugar
By NCPA @ 1:37 PM :: 6449 Views :: Agriculture, Cost of Living
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American sugar prices would be a lot lower if the government would stop interfering in the sugar market....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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2nd Annual Saint Marianne Cope Charity Walk
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 9974 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, OHA, Religion
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 @ Kewalo Basin Park- check in 6:30 am- start @ 7:00 am....
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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No More Neutrality: OHA "prioritizes federal recognition"
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 8276 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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OHA's promised 'neutrality' regarding any choice between State recognition, Federal recognition or International recognition is gone....
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