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| Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Project AWARE: DoE Awarded $12.7M for Federal Anti-Bullying Program
By News Release @ 12:34 AM :: 6437 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Staff from three complex areas will receive training and assistance....
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| Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Find Your Polling Place and Print Out a Sample Ballot
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4997 Views :: Office of Elections
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Find your polling place and print out a sample ballot from the Hawaii Office of Elections....
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| Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Voters 11th Most Powerful in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 6357 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics
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...by calculating the number of elected officials in the federal government per adult population in each state for the most recent election years....
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| Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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New Jersey Has Therapists, Hawaii Has Tour Guides
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 PM :: 7638 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....
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| Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii taxpayers would spend millions on private preschools if amendment passes
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:23 AM :: 4907 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii prohibits government funding of private preschools, but that may change Tuesday....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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Kanaiolowalu: Broken Trust on Steroids
By Andrew Walden @ 10:43 PM :: 11703 Views :: Akaka Bill, Development, Land Use, OHA
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PLDC and Kakaako Makai were just a warmup exercise....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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HMSA 19% Rate Hike -- Family Plan $2073/month
By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 PM :: 8812 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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If approved, this would be the largest rate hike in recent HMSA history....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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Charles Djou Announces 30-Day Plan
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:31 PM :: 7018 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...if we are honored to win this race, in our first 30 days in office, I will....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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The Great Pension Debate
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6275 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Other states don’t have anything like these exceptions....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee Rowena Akana: Hawaiian Nation Not for Asians or Haole
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 10476 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA, Politicians
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She disputes Keli'i Akina's call for racial inclusiveness....
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| Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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No New Taxes? Ige Refuses to Answer Questions About Broken Promise
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 6320 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Ige comes under increasing scrutiny for supporting tax hikes while misleading attacks on Duke Aiona fall apart....
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| Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Galuteria Talks Up Casinos for Hawaii Tribal Reservation
By Video @ 6:11 AM :: 12700 Views :: Akaka Bill, Development, Gambling, OHA, Tourism
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To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....
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| Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Schatz from Office
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 11629 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the election being conducted by Defendant Nago and the State of Hawaii Office of Elections is unconstitutional under the Seventeenth Amendment....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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NYT: Omidyar In Waaaay Over His Head in Journalism Endeavors
By Selected News Articles @ 8:48 PM :: 8086 Views :: First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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Omidyar...seemed not to realize what he had gotten into....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Panos: Next Governor Should Focus on Transportation, Energy
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:48 PM :: 8369 Views :: Energy, Politicians, Rail
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The renewable mandates make Hawaii more unaffordable and the mothballed interisland cable is yet another boondoggle....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Hawaii Residents Have Coverage For Lava Flow Damage
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 5557 Views :: Hawaii County
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...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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David Ige Decries The Healthcare Disaster He Helped Create
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4974 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Photo: Ige's Broken No New Taxes Pledge
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 7644 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Why did David Ige sign Grover Norquist's pledge not to raise taxes only to break it later? He's not the only one....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Zombies, Vampires, and the Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:55 PM :: 5415 Views :: Jones Act
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How does the Jones Act make Hawaii vulnerable to the Zombie Apocalypse?
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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DoE Enrollment Drops Under New Kindergarten Plan
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 6001 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii National Guard Assists in Puna
By Video @ 1:57 AM :: 6691 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....
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| Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Caldwell to host affordable housing town hall meeting
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 8235 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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No New Taxes? Ige Broke Promise
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 7376 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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David Ige Once Promised Hawaii Taxpayers He Wouldn't Raise Their Taxes, Then Promptly Broke It....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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Fact: Takai Voted for Pension Tax Twice
By Rep Barbara Marumoto @ 5:35 PM :: 7306 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Takai actually ran a TV commercial claiming he opposed the pension tax “every time.” This is false and Takai knows it....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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ALEC: Hawaii Educational Progress Ranks 6th in USA
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 6826 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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1st Annual Hawaii School Empowerment Conference
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 5629 Views :: Education K-12
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November 28 and November 29, 2014 at Moanalua High School....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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Hawaii Dead Last for ‘Pass Through’ Business Employment
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 5047 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Nationally, the combined net income of sole proprietors, LLCs, Partnerships, and S corporations has increased fivefold and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all business income....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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CNBC: Hawaii ranks 49th for Business Friendliness
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 AM :: 6105 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves.....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Five to Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 6638 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Denise Antolini, Denise Albano, Lloyd Haraguchi, Margarita Hopkins and Yukio Kitagawa ....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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HECO to Build 50MW Peaker Plant to Balance Erratic Alternative Energy
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 6214 Views :: Energy
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“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Waikiki Homeless Outreach Begins Nov 3
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 6792 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Schatz Proposes 66% Tax Rate for Self-Employed
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 7373 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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...a tax that has been described as the largest tax increase in U.S. history....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii health officials: No automatic Ebola-related quarantine
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:36 PM :: 6573 Views :: Health Care, Military
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New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Secret Hawaii Tribe Deal Puts Roll Commissioners in Charge
By Video @ 5:16 PM :: 7041 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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A Secret Deal Has Already Been Struck Between The Obama Administration & The US Dept. Of Interior....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Lanai Mom Sues for Hawaiian Language Classes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 5745 Views :: Education K-12
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"The Department of Education has a constitutional mandate to establish a statewide public school system that consists of, among other things, a comprehensive Hawaiian education program...."
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Video: The Truth About Abortion and Duke Aiona
By Video @ 3:29 AM :: 6129 Views :: Politicians
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...the Aloha state should not be lead by those who want gain by invoking FEAR, but by leaders who can cast a vision and implement a plan that brings HOPE to our islands....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Politically Modified Organism Makes Money Grow on Trees for Hawaii Anti-GMO Activist
By Andrew Walden @ 10:10 PM :: 7854 Views :: National News, Ethics, GMOs
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...Coburn's newly released “2014 Wastebook” has only one sad and lonely reference to federal spending on “silly, unnecessary, and low priority projects” in Hawaii....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Ige Was For Pension Taxes Before He Was Against Them
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 5218 Views :: Taxes
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...yes I did look at the pension tax as an option. I did look at raising the GET tax....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Djou Hits Takai on Pension Tax in Latest Commercial
By Video @ 6:55 PM :: 6353 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Takai voted to raid the state retirement fund and to institute a pension tax....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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US General: North Korea Now Has Nuclear Warheads for Missiles, Can Hit Hawaii
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:52 PM :: 5753 Views :: Military
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North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks 30th on Business Taxes
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 6187 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the State Business Tax Climate Index, released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Cayetano Blames One Party System for Low Turnout
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:09 PM :: 11521 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections, Politicians, Republican Party
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“The Democrats who run against each other are pretty much on the same side on social issues, so it just comes down who has greater resources and who is more popular.”
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Lava Flow: Schools Closing but Polling Stations Expected to Open
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 7232 Views :: Education K-12, Office of Elections
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Keonepoko and Pahoa High School will remain as election polling sites for the General Election on Tuesday, November 4....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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American Samoa--Mistaken About Faleomavaega?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 8551 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Faleomavaega neither resigned nor retired and finally has returned home just a few days short of a year after his medical evacuation last October....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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VIDEOS: Maui Anti-GMO Activists Steal Signs, Suffer Road Rage
By Video @ 5:52 AM :: 7698 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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Must See: Anti-GMO activist stops his Volvo in middle of busy highway....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Source: Maui News Shutting Down Weekly
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 AM :: 7185 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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Maui Weekly competed with Maui Time which continues to publish an independent bi-weekly print newspaper on Maui....
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| Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Ige 'Education Tax' Would Hit All UH Graduates' Income
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 6424 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes
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...The tax shall be levied and assessed against the gross income of each graduate for the first ten years of employment....
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| Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Afghanistan: Hawaii Based Marine Killed by Jihadi Child Molester
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 5983 Views :: Military
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...he and others were kidnapping and keeping Afghan boys as sex slaves, trafficking narcotics and providing munitions to the Taliban to "facilitate insider attacks on Marine and other coalition forces."....
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| Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii Is the 3rd Least Politically Engaged State
By News Release @ 12:17 PM :: 4854 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... but 13th in Total Political Contributions per Adult Population ....
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