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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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When Government Keeps Teens from Seeing the Therapist
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 7877 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care
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NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s minority leaders push for more power for the people
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:43 PM :: 5672 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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Hawaii is the only state without any form of referendum, recall and initiative on a statewide level....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Abercrombie: Obama Falls in Line and Echoes Me
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 3842 Views :: Politicians
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..."Obama’s national priorities echo those I’ve outlined"....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Reason TV: Is Hawaii's Anti-GMO Movement Really Just Anti-Science?
By Video @ 1:04 PM :: 5016 Views :: GMOs
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...a bill that would mandate labeling on all foods with genetically engineered material...would increase the cost of food in Hawaii even more....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Roosevelt HS Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 11000 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Justice Reinvestment
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...the suspect's mother describes the revolving door of mental health facilities and half-way houses through which her son has passed in the last year....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Ige: Trumpets Have Sounded!
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 6017 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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This past weekend, the Star-Advertiser's Richard Borreca used the Governor's State of the State as the opening trumpet call for the 2014 governor's race....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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The President Won't Be Needing You
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 4520 Views :: National News
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President Obama says this is a “year of action”—and last night he made it very clear whose action he was talking about....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Six House Bills Address Failed Health Connector
By News Release @ 12:45 AM :: 4340 Views :: Health Care
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...a package of bills intended to help the Hawaii Health Connector improve transparency and reliability and ensure the agencies financial stability....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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KIDS COUNT report reveals growing gap in reading proficiency of students
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 4133 Views :: Education K-12
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...the state has seen an overall improvement in proficiency levels with 79% of fourth graders reading below proficiency in 2003 compared to 70% in 2013....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii House, Senate Republicans Join Forces
By Video @ 10:04 PM :: 6693 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, Taxes
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Senator Slom and Representative Aaron Ling Johanson and his fellow House Republicans are introducing companion legislation that includes financial relief for every taxpayer in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Drop in Median Income Affects Affordable Housing Limits
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 6942 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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HUD determined that the city’s median income for a household of four is $82,600, down from $86,300 last year....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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The Problematic National Security Rationale for the Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:58 PM :: 4445 Views :: Jones Act
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... Reuters' Jack Kemp looks at the Jones Act and the national security arguments used to defend it ....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Republican Response to State of the Union
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 4478 Views :: National News
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...after five years of promises, what do we have to show for it?....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Speech 2014
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 4551 Views :: National News
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Let’s make this a year of action....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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P-20 Partnership Pushes 55 in ‘25
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 4976 Views :: Higher Education
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Hawaii P-‐20 Council established a goal for 55 percent of Hawaii’s working age adults to have a two-‐ or four-‐year college degree by the year 2025....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Panos: Household Electricity and Solar Panels
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:47 PM :: 4294 Views :: Energy
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This brief analysis is a simple case of a picture is worth one thousand words....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute: Obama Needs to Respect Constitution
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:54 PM :: 5929 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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New Rules to Deprive Seniors of Drugs, Doctors
By NCPA @ 4:12 PM :: 3683 Views :: Health Care
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CMS plans to save $144 million a year with these measures between 2015 and 2019....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Three Bills Affect Future of Ag Land in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 4425 Views :: Agriculture
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The second bill says the best way to preserve lands for agriculture in perpetuity is for the State to own it....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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SOTU: 7 Things It's Not Too Late For
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 4222 Views :: National News
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1. Save Americans from skyrocketing energy bills....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Maui Council: Please Protect Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers from Anti-GMO Hype Campaign
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:10 AM :: 4935 Views :: GMOs
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This so-called protest movement is really a new kind of ad campaign....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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Monsanto Hawaii Announces Enhanced Community Engagement Effort
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 5885 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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While there has been a lot of discussion about Monsanto, there seems to be little understanding about our operations and what we do....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
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U.S. Supreme Court approves military exclusion from reapportionment plan
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:15 AM :: 5087 Views :: Office of Elections
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Minors, incarcerated criminals and illegal immigrants are represented in the 2012 Hawaii Reapportionment Plan. Military members and their “attached” spouses, as well as non-resident students, are not....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Moves Shoreline to "Historical Evidence of Upper Wash"
By Robert Thomas @ 11:48 PM :: 5213 Views :: Land Use
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Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an option in Diamond v. Dobbin....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Nominations Closing for State Water Commission
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 4182 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The nominating committee for the state Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) is still accepting applications for one (1) position on the commission....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Committee to Hear Multiple Pro-Hunting Bills This Week
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4319 Views :: Second Amendment
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This Wednesday, January 29, the House Committee on Water and Land is scheduled to hear several important hunting bills....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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JSC Nominates Six for Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 5924 Views :: Judiciary
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...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Community Meetings: Kapolei, Pearl City, Aiea Rail Stations
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4355 Views :: Rail
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The meeting to discuss the East Kapolei and UH-West Oahu rail stations is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Kapolei Middle School....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Meth Again: Feds Arrest Another Halawa Guard
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 5837 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Mr. Damas was arrested at the Halawa Correctional Facility where he was employed as an adult corrections officer....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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Is Your Child in the Right School?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:42 AM :: 4086 Views :: Education K-12
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...Lisa Stevens wasn’t satisfied with her child’s school. Then she heard about charter schools and discovered she could get a group of people together and start one....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Hawaii's $9,000 million Deficit, not $850 million Surplus
By Selected News Articles @ 11:34 PM :: 5776 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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The Governor's $850 million Surplus is imaginary, given his $9,000 million Retirement System Deficit....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Abercrombie: $28.3M for NELHA, DURF, FTZ, HCDA
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 4360 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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$9,694,000 – Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA) Frontage Road and New Intersection Connections, Hawaii Island – Construction of a 0.8-mile frontage road....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Hundreds of Youth Rally for Life at Capitol
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 5358 Views :: Life
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Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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National Republicans Build 'Campaign Mechanics' for Hawaii
By David S Chang @ 8:31 PM :: 4911 Views :: Republican Party
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This past week I was in our nation's capital for our Republican National Committee Winter Meeting....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Col Martha McSally to Headline Lincoln Day Dinner
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 5495 Views :: Republican Party
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...Along with our own State Representative Beth Fukumoto, the Daily Beast website named Colonel McSally as one of the "Nine Women Remaking the Right."...
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Kauai: 74% Vote to Make Anti-Smart Meter Protesters pay for their own Paranoia
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy
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KIUC has charged $10.27 a month to customers who choose not to use a wireless smart meter....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Tax Foundation of Hawaii: We are Still Here, and Life Goes On
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4359 Views :: Taxes
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There was only one Lowell Kalapa, and he is now in a place where there are no taxes....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Hee, Ihara Introduce Competing Media Shield Bills
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 4466 Views :: First Amendment
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Senator Hee introduced a bill to “generally” reenact Hawaii’s Shield Law. So has Senator Ihara and a host of others....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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Peoples Pulse: Economic Concerns Ease in Latest Survey
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 5364 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Initial mentions of the economy, the recession, budget deficits and jobs have fallen from a high of 52% in 2010 to just 22% at the end of 2013....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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City Auditor: HART, BWS, Non-Profits and More on Tap for 2014
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 4148 Views :: Honolulu County
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During this quarter, the status of the Office of the City Auditor projects is as follows....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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Auditor: State Laws Sufficient to Protect Against Diploma Mills
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:25 PM :: 5180 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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House Bill No. 1200, House Draft 2, is not needed to comply with the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other flaws in the bill do not warrant its enactment....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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School Choice Week in Hawaii to Feature 30 Events
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 4369 Views :: Education K-12
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Students, parents, teachers and community leaders across Hawaii will rally this week in support of school choice at 30 “School Choice Week” events across the Aloha State....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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Legislators Silencing Professional Counselors Free Speech?
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 4:08 AM :: 7281 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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This bill prohibits teachers and persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with a person under eighteen years of age.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative sale terminated
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 4132 Views :: Honolulu County
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...the administration filed a proposed ordinance seeking approval for a new Request for Proposals....
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
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Koko Head Shooting Complex to reopen 8AM Saturday
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 4176 Views :: Second Amendment
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...the facility will reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, January 25....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire Files Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 7069 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Xtreme Power...announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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As Circuits Max Out, HECO Touts New Solar Installation Record
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 5694 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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A total of 17,609 solar installations with more than 129 megawatts capacity were added....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Union Membership Ranks 3rd in USA
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5627 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Three states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2013: New York (24.4 percent), Alaska (23.1 percent),and Hawaii (22.1 percent)....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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SB2922: Lengthen School Year to 190 Days, Eliminate Minimum Hours of Instruction
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 4963 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The bill also discontinues the requirements for the minimum number of student instructional hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Ige: SB2982 Amends Constitution to Shield Pension Income from Taxation
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 3753 Views :: Taxes
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SB 2982 proposes a constitutional amendment to exclude certain retirement benefits from income taxation....
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