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Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Data Book 2012 Now Available on the Internet
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 3923 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii....
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Final Judgment: Online Travel Companies Owe State $246M
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 5369 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...final judgment in favor of the State of Hawaii and against nine Online Travel Companies selling Hawaii hotel rooms over the Internet....
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Anti-GMO Activists Destroy Golden Rice in Philippines
By Video @ 9:30 PM :: 3950 Views :: GMOs
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More than 1,000 swiftly sign letter denouncing anti-GMO militants’ criminal act in Philippines....
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 8715 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education, Politicians
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"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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New Poll Shows Support for Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 3590 Views :: Health Care
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57 percent—support defunding this unfair, unaffordable, unworkable law....
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Abercrombie: Too Expensive to Put Juvenile Offenders in Custody
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 5738 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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A new bipartisan, inter-branch working group will analyze the state’s juvenile justice system and develop data-driven policy recommendations for the 2014 Legislature....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Update On Hawaii Reapportionment SCOTUS Appeal
By Robert Thomas @ 11:35 PM :: 5835 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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In state reapportionment cases such as this, the Court has "appellate" jurisdiction to directly review decisions by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii County: Police Chief Addresses Corruption, Aloha, and Tinted Windows
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 7744 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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results of the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2013 Community Satisfaction Survey and the police chief’s responses....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Common Core: What Obama Wants for Your Children and Grandchildren
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 3981 Views :: Education K-12
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America has reached an education policy fork in the road....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Is ObamaCare Paving the Way for a Single-Payer System?
By NCPA @ 1:34 PM :: 3575 Views :: Health Care
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ObamaCare's new insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid represent the building blocks....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Senate Hearing to Consider Kahoolawe Trust Fund, State Historic Preservation
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4617 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Star-Advertiser Gets it Wrong: Obama Cannot Act on ‘Sovereignty’
By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 AM :: 7304 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe. And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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The Jones Act: Road to Repeal
By Michael Hansen @ 5:40 PM :: 5055 Views :: Jones Act
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...any law or set of laws that work against the public interest will give rise to chink-in-the-armor attacks by other, competing special interests....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Pricey Honolulu rail project faces more legal hurdles
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:28 PM :: 5190 Views :: Rail
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“If the judges apply the law I believe we will win.” -- Ben Cayetano
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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OSHA hits Hawaii refrigerated food warehouse: $253K Fine, 63 Violations
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 6221 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Watch Honolulu Rail Appeal Live From SF 11AM Thursday
By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:18 PM :: 4276 Views :: Rail
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Ninth Circuit Appeals Court hearing will last about one hour or less....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Why Fracking Could End the Age of Gas Price Spikes
By NCPA @ 1:59 PM :: 3530 Views :: Energy
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For decades, a specter has haunted the U.S. economy: surging gas prices....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Obama Administration: Largest Tax Hike since WWII
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 3792 Views :: Taxes
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...taxes are rising faster now under Obama than they have under any other president since WWII....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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The Imperial President Will Act on His Own
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 7171 Views :: National News, Obama
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...the President has shown a distinct contempt for the legal limits on his power....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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DLNR Seeks Applications for SHPD Administrator
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 5721 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail
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Closing date for applications is August 30, 2013....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 6202 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Because of Hawaii’s bizarre primary system, in which non-party members are allowed to vote, the possibility of party grass roots disciplining people like Gabbard, through primarying him, is very remote....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Rail: The remaining issues still before Judge Tashima
By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:11 PM :: 4738 Views :: Rail
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the Judge ruled that the FTA and the City undertake the following....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Anti-GMO Activists See December Deadline for County Action
By News Release @ 1:02 PM :: 4504 Views :: GMOs
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During this last legislative session, Monsanto and associates sought to pass SB727....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Defiance
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:31 PM :: 3622 Views :: Health Care
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...the case for defunding Obamacare....
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Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe “Disenrollment” -- 75% of Hawaiians “will not be acknowledged”
By Andrew Walden @ 9:00 PM :: 8023 Views :: Akaka Bill
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The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....
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Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Producers Already Enjoy Reduced Rate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 8745 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...it is not the cost of the tax that adds to the price of locally grown products as much as it is the external factors such as the cost of land, labor, and regulatory compliance....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Trouble Paying Car Note? Call OHA, They'll Give You Cash
By News Release @ 5:55 PM :: 5753 Views :: OHA
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Other services include financial assistance with asset-building strategies, such as Individual Development Accounts, which are special savings accounts....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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9.2% Preschoolers Obese: Hawaii Lowest in Nation
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 5873 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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the prevalence of preschool obesity ranged from 9.2% to 17.9%....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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JN Musto: Will Hawaii Become the Next Detroit?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 6414 Views :: Economy, Labor
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Musto discusses with Grassroot Institute’s president Keli’i Akina the similarities and differences between Detroit and Hawaii in light of Detroit’s recent declaration of bankruptcy....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Not Just Hawaii: Insurance Companies Reject Obamacare Exchanges--Reid Predicts Single-Payer Coming
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 4537 Views :: Health Care
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Just as in Hawaii, the Obamacare Exchanges in other states are not attracting insurance competitors....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Honolulu City Lights display deadline August 30
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 5444 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion
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...submit applications to the Department of Customer Services by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Study Published, Site Selection Next
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 7649 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, OHA
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...results of a feasibility study on the proposed adolescent residential drug treatment and healing facility are now available online....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Sequestration Cost Hawaii $684M
By UHERO @ 7:29 PM :: 5762 Views :: Economy
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federal tax increases and the spending sequester have weighed on growth in the year’s first half....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Fitch Ratings Analyzes DHHL Lease Portfolio
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 5427 Views :: DHHL
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...could lead to revocation of as much as 20% of permits....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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The Next Threat to Your Privacy
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 3869 Views :: Health Care
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When Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Ten Principles for Better Regulation
By NCPA @ 2:59 PM :: 5065 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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In 1993, President Clinton's Executive Order 12866 laid out the fundamental requirements that have governed regulatory analysis and review ever since....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Audio: Mike Hansen on the Rick Hamada Show -- Jones Act Interview
By Audio @ 4:02 AM :: 5052 Views :: Jones Act
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AUDIO: Hawaii Shippers Council President Mike Hansen interviewed for the Rick Hamada Community Affairs program....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Report: Feds Have No Idea Why $200M Hawaii Harbors Contract Doubled in Cost
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 7074 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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MARAD could not provide documentation showing who developed the various port project estimates or explain why they doubled over time....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Kona Resident Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Operating Illegal Gambling Business
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 1175 Views :: Gambling
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... Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Eric Ford, age 45, to 20 months in prison today ....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii senator Brian Schatz involved in simulated sheep rape rituals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 9979 Views :: Politicians
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“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Complaint Alleges Wrongdoing by Hanabusa Campaign
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:15 PM :: 7213 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Hanabusa is the target of a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed Tuesday by Daniel Hempey....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Report: Hawaii third highest in per capita interest costs
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:13 PM :: 5860 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Last year, Hawaii spent more than $175 per person — $244 million in all — just to fund its interest payments, the third highest rate per person in the country....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Rail Appeal Preview
By Robert Thomas @ 5:13 PM :: 4882 Views :: Rail
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Here's the latest on the federal court action....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: Coastal Zone Management in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 5:01 PM :: 6032 Views :: Environment, Development
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Hawaii has 750 linear miles of coastline....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: School's Out, Unemployment Up?
By UHERO @ 4:51 PM :: 5890 Views :: Economy, Labor
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Last week's Star Advertiser reported that Honolulu’s unemployment rate increased from May’s 4.0% to 4.7% in June....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:00 AM :: 3828 Views :: Health Care
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Congress is well on its way to solving its Obamacare problem—for Members of Congress and their staffs, that is....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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PUC Chief Counsel Quits
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 5902 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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Awakuni has served as chief counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) since 2011....
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