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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Meet the Gay Activist in Charge of Federal 'Safe Schools' Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 AM :: 7540 Views

Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Hirono, Schatz Nominate Three for Federal Judge
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 6337 Views

Clare Connors, David Louie, and Jill Otake....

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
DUI Enforcement? Hawaii Ranks 27th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 5882 Views

2015’s Strictest and Most Lenient States on DUI....

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Couch Potatoes Short in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 AM :: 5010 Views

Some play video games in homes littered with pizza crusts and empty Mountain Dew cans. Others watch daytime soap operas....

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Monday, June 15, 2015
Sex Ed: BoE Opting In to Opt Out?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 7097 Views

"...only if the student’s parent or legal guardian provides prior consent.…"

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Monday, June 15, 2015
Best Cities for Families? Honolulu Ranks 92nd
By Selected News Articles @ 6:50 PM :: 6644 Views

WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....

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Monday, June 15, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:39 PM :: 5233 Views
  • Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture
  • House: CFTC Operations – Passage
  • House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
  • House: Police Body Cameras – Passage
  • House: Meat Labeling – Passage
  • House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Is "Safe-Sex" Education the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 9068 Views

Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

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Monday, June 15, 2015
Why Johns Hopkins Quit Providing Trans-Gender Surgery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 AM :: 9952 Views

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8540 Views

...many common vegetables contain nicotine....

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Saturday, June 13, 2015
TMT to Boost UH Hilo Astronomy Program, add Scholarships for Hawaii Students
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 7292 Views

“TMT and our partners support the Governor’s vision. In the past two weeks, Caltech and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have pledged their support...."

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Honolulu? You Need to Be a Millionaire to Retire
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 PM :: 8894 Views

...retirement in Hawaii would require $65,822 annually in disposable income, and (given Hawaii’s relatively high income taxes) pre-tax income of $91,451....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 6674 Views

...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Survey: Multiracial in America
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 5400 Views

Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
BWS: Leaking Red Hill Tanks Just 100' Above Key Aquifer
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 9304 Views

This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 8758 Views

...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Sales Tax Collections Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 7185 Views

Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 9932 Views

The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Tweet Analysis Shows Hawaii #1 in Job Satisfaction
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 6120 Views

...analysis reveals those who love their job enough to tweet about it in the United States live in the Western half of the country....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Sea Level Rise? Nonsense, Oahu is Rising From the Sea for Next 1.5M Years
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 AM :: 16809 Views

...Newsflash: The Land is Moving too....

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Friday, June 12, 2015
Media: Court Orders Release of Native Hawaiian Roll
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:56 AM :: 6644 Views

...highlights of the media coverage of the decision....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Full Text: UH files lawsuit against former men’s head basketball coach
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 6734 Views

These claims are separate and apart from matters being addressed in Arnold’s pending grievance....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Carbon Tax Charade
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 7272 Views

Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
US House Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 5587 Views

The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act now goes to the Senate....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Three Steps to Turn Hawaiian Homelands into Indian Tribe
By Video @ 10:52 AM :: 8857 Views

...Secretly Scheming For Three Years To Turn Hawaiians Into A US Tribe....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Study: Hawaii 4th Best State for Teen Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 AM :: 4256 Views

...driving conditions for teens in the 50 U.S. states based on 16 key metrics....

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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Rail: The Cost is the Benefit
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:18 AM :: 6435 Views

"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Hawaiian Electric Shareholders Finally Approve NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 5555 Views

...one more organ of old-boy power is dissolved into corporate America....

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Calvin Say case shakes up Hawaii Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 6786 Views

"...Calvin K.Y. Say is the uncle of one of my current law clerk’s spouse, and that another law clerk, prior to joining my staff, worked on a campaign involving Respondent Calvin K.Y. Say...." -- Rectenwald

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Full Text: UH Manoa Interim Accreditation Report
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 4993 Views

In a June 1, 2015 letter, WASC Vice President Barbara Gross Davis wrote that panel members were “extremely impressed” by Mānoa’s Interim Report and its progress....

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Insurgents Win HSTA Leadership Election (again)
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 6853 Views

...and this time the outgoing leadership admits it....

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Ige Signs Bill Setting 100% Renewable Energy Goal
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 6595 Views

...directing the state’s utilities to generate 100 percent of their electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045....

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Monday, June 8, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:39 PM :: 3868 Views
Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization – Passage
House: Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization – Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations -- Passage
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Travel Assoc: FAA Bill before Congress Should Cut Taxes on Airfares
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 6408 Views

Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....

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Monday, June 8, 2015
Full Text: Court Dismisses American Samoa Suit for US Citizenship
By Selected News Articles @ 11:21 AM :: 6511 Views

...the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to unincorporated territories....

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Sunday, June 7, 2015
Can OHA Keep Na'i Aupuni from Stealing $2.6M?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 13513 Views

Na'i Aupuni's five directors have close ties to Kana'iolowalu including Pauline Namuo, wife of Roll Commission Executive Director Clyde Namuo....

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Sunday, June 7, 2015
UHERO: Neighbor Island Tourism Still Has Room to Grow
By UHERO @ 3:08 PM :: 7446 Views

Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....

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Sunday, June 7, 2015
UHERO Electric Vehicle Forecast for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:57 PM :: 6934 Views

...Hawaii-specific EV and car sales data to provide a preliminary forecast of potential EV adoption in Hawaii....

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Sunday, June 7, 2015
Waianae Coast schools a national model for counseling
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 5644 Views

...praise from the American School Counselor Association for their efforts to raise student achievement through comprehensive counseling services....

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Sunday, June 7, 2015
Whither the Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 8053 Views

By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....

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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Supreme Court Seizes Control of Telescope Case, Will Decide Who Gets Payoffs
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 10019 Views

Now, appeals from both the TMT and ATST CDUPs are under review by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court....

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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Not Really Closing: Another $70M to be Wasted on New Hawaii Health Exchange Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 5813 Views

The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....

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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Maui County Meets with Municipal Utility Operators
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 5727 Views

In order to further explore the possibility of Maui County running its own power utility....

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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Hawaii Cigarette Taxes 5th Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 7308 Views
...could cause budgetary problems as cigarette tax revenues are on the decline as less and less people smoke....
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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Almost 80% of Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have Failed to Pay Premiums in 2015
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:43 PM :: 6243 Views
Kissell admitted that “A lot of them haven't even been billed.”
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Friday, June 5, 2015
State Technology Transformation 'will not move forward without the right people in place'
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 5371 Views

...hiring and retaining qualified state government IT staff is a top priority, noting the challenge of an aging workforce and lack of millennials....

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Raising a family in Hawaii is already difficult, why are you making it harder?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:52 PM :: 6976 Views

...I am awarding the title of “Biggest Loser” at the 2015 Legislature to families....

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Adulthood - Interrupted: Hawaii Leads the Way
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 8542 Views

In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Big Island Press Club: Keeping Government Transparent
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:16 PM :: 7439 Views

Thursday, June 18, from noon until 1:30 at Restaurant Kenichi in Hilo....

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Daily Beast Celebrates 'Triumph' of 'Samoa's Caitlyn'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:41 PM :: 7792 Views

...we’re all entitled to our own truth, which we can shape and color and carry around like a fashion accessory. Capital T Truth is, like, so 20th century....

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