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Sunday, November 23, 2014
Supreme Court Blocks Friends of Makakilo Appeal vs DR Horton
By Robert Thomas @ 3:29 PM :: 8668 Views

...The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued a unanimous opinion in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

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Sunday, November 23, 2014
Who’s the Boss, Anyway?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5803 Views

Under the TBOR, tax increases and significant government borrowing had to be presented to the voters before they could take effect....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Alfalfa Farmers Sue to Overturn GMO Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 6600 Views

Destruction of their crops would be an unconstitutional taking without just compensation, the farmers say....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Caldwell Makes the Disabled Pay Starting Jan 1
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 5765 Views

... effective January 1, 2015, persons with disability parking permits will be charged the standard parking rate at city parking lots ....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Leaving Trail of Destruction, Carbone Suddenly Quits UH Cancer Center
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 8125 Views

In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Hawaii political action committee under fire for non-disclosure
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:33 AM :: 7398 Views

Hawaii’s state campaign spending commissioners want the Honolulu city prosecutor to investigate a case brought by former Gov. Ben Cayetano against Pacific Resource Partnership’s political action committee....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Omidyar 'Assumes Ownership' of Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 5591 Views

The team estimates the new system will reduce electricity usage by more than all of the utility scale photovoltaic systems currently operating in Hawaii....

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Saturday, November 22, 2014
UH Report: 14,282 Homeless in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 6610 Views

5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....

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Friday, November 21, 2014
UH: Pono Choices Secretly Part of "Human Subject Research"
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 11116 Views

"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."

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Friday, November 21, 2014
Unexpected Common Ground: Grassroot Institute and the Sovereignty Movement
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:15 PM :: 6849 Views

"We actually share some important common goals with the Sovereignty activists."

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Friday, November 21, 2014
Feds Cut Maui Co Hospital Funding, Reclassify Kula, Lanai and Molokai as 'Urban'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 6196 Views

...will lose their rural designation that allows acute care facilities within their boundaries to receive extra payments as critical access hospitals....

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Friday, November 21, 2014
Should Hawaii Create Statewide police training and standards board?
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:29 AM :: 9023 Views

Senator Slom discusses  Police Reform with Prof Aaron Hunger....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
CATO: Abercrombie Boosted Spending $900M
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 7699 Views

...Hawaii taxpayers can now breathe easier because he was defeated in the Democratic primary....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
UH Protest: Grad Students Win Jobs Back, Push for Budget Transparency
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 5928 Views

...fight for an allocation model that allows tuition money to follow the students....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
U.S. not prepared for a major volcanic eruption, panel says
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 9556 Views
The U.S. is falling short in its ability to track and respond to a major volcanic eruption at this time, a panel of experts told a congressional hearing Wednesday.…
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Report: Hawaii’s $30B unfunded retirement liabilities part of national trend
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:19 PM :: 5450 Views

...Hawaii’s $30-billion unfunded liability per resident is $21,852, the seventh highest in the nation....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Under secretary of the Army visits Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5802 Views

...to conduct a tour of the Army installations here to get a first-hand view of capabilities of the units....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Hawaii: Buy Obamacare, Pay for Abortion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 PM :: 7315 Views
Five years ago President Obama told lawmakers and the American public in a specially called joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion."…
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Lack of Vegans Makes Hawaii Best State for Thanksgiving
By Selected News Articles @ 12:32 PM :: 7755 Views

We crunched the numbers using the six criteria below to determine if the state you live in is prime habitat for a downer of a Thanksgiving....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Inequality: Hawaii the only Blue State Among America's Most Equal
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 5841 Views

...Families are changing, with fewer married couples and more single-parent families and cohabiting unions....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
HONOLULU Ranks 12th for Successful Aging
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 5619 Views

...life amid the palm trees can cost, especially at quality nursing facilities and hospitals. Special needs transport is adequate, but work commutes are time-consuming....

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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Report: Hawaii DoE 'Ahead of the Curve' on Data Governance
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 7164 Views

...the number of states sharing teacher performance information with educator preparation programs has more than tripled....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Institute for Astronomy Discovers Black Money Hole in Kakaako
By Selected News Articles @ 6:08 PM :: 7505 Views

If current trends hold, the black hole will grow 'like a cancer' (hint, hint) and swallow the entire system....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
It's Official: OHA Trustees are Lawbreakers
By Video @ 4:42 PM :: 7986 Views

It's Official - The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Have Committed An Illegal Act....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
U.S. Air Force Colonel joins DOE leadership team
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 5493 Views

From 2011 to 2013, Carlson was the deputy joint base commander at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Laborers Union: Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa, Gabbard are Cowards Pandering to Eco Nut Billionaires
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 6866 Views

Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Video: Kelii Akina Interviews Senator Sam Slom
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:43 AM :: 5556 Views

State Senator Sam Slom is interviewed by Keali’i Akina on the November 10 edition of “Think Tech Hawaii”....

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Judicial Selection: Constitutional Amendment Icing on the Transparency Cake
By Robert Thomas @ 4:42 AM :: 6205 Views

...the voters agreed that there's no good reason to keep the JSC lists secret, the same result as the lawsuit....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Could Become a "Broken Promise"
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:39 PM :: 7850 Views

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
UH Manoa Budget Protest Continues Overnight
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 5859 Views

The students have decided that the concessions granted by the interim Chancellor are not enough....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Ige Names Fuchigami to Head DoT, Extends Application Deadline
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 6393 Views

Fuchigami had been tapped by Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month to lead the city’s Department of Enterprise Services....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Bicyclist Fatalities Rise As More Urban Workers Pedal to Work
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 4111 Views

...adults 20 and older represented 84 percent of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared to only 21 percent in 1975....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
State Retirement Funds Play Tricks on Retirees, Taxpayers
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 6785 Views

Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Lawyers Investigate Sale of Horizon Lines, Class Action Suit Possible
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 5598 Views

...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Hawaii's Largest Wind Farm Developer Sold for $2.4B
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 5592 Views

SunEdison to become world's largest renewable energy development company....

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Monday, November 17, 2014
National Report Shows Hawaii 6th Lowest Child Homelessness
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 6674 Views

The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....

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Monday, November 17, 2014
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 17, 2014
By Congress.org @ 1:10 PM :: 4983 Views

Senate: Child Care and Development Block Grant - Cloture

House: Keystone XL Pipeline - Passage

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Monday, November 17, 2014
Abercrombie's HCDA to Vote on Last Minute Development Deals
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 7926 Views

HCDA will be having at least 3 meetings on Tuesday, November 25th….just 6 days before the Ige Administration is installed....

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Monday, November 17, 2014
DLNR vs Hawaii County: In Whose Interest?
By Tom Lodge @ 2:43 AM :: 7858 Views

DLNR sued the County of Hawaii for its ban on aerial hunting....

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Monday, November 17, 2014
Punahou Thanks David Ige for His Financial Contributions
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 9011 Views

Does this mean the Ige administration will break from the HSTA and propose a publicly funded voucher program so we can all give taxpayer money to private schools?

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Sunday, November 16, 2014
HHSC Not Alone: US Rural Hospitals in Critical Condition
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 5294 Views

For many rural hospitals, partnering with big health systems is the only hope for survival....

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Sunday, November 16, 2014
The 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:01 AM :: 6528 Views

The Tax Foundation just released its 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index....

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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Meetings to Discuss Changes to the State’s Land Use System
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 6076 Views

State Office of Planning Hosting a Series of Stakeholder Meetings to Discuss 'Improvements' to the State’s Land Use System....

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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Temporary Injunction: Judge Blocks Enforcement of Maui Anti-GMO Law
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 18501 Views

...the ban will "probably bankrupt Molokai"....

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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Obama Administration, Kiribati Cut off More Ocean Fisheries
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 7214 Views

489,000 Square Nautical Miles of Ocean....

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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Manoa Graduate Students Spur Campus-Wide Protest
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 7506 Views

Graduate students have planned a sit-in at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center to protest sudden and drastic budget cuts....

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Friday, November 14, 2014
City to host free TOD symposium Saturday, November 22
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 7174 Views

Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall....

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Friday, November 14, 2014
Army completes EIS for possible Hawaii force reductions
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 6168 Views

Hawaii's community listening session will be held Jan. 27, 2015, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki....

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Friday, November 14, 2014
As the Nation Turns, Hawaii is Still Driven
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 6744 Views

“Hawaii’s driving never really went down – it just flattened out and then started going up again as opposed to the mainland, which made a U-turn....”

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Friday, November 14, 2014
Wahiawa celebrates veterans during 68th annual parade
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 PM :: 5617 Views

the Wahiawa Lions Club 68th Annual Veterans Day Parade....

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