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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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Federal grand jury subpoenas Matson in Honolulu Harbor molasses spill
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:14 PM :: 6417 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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The subpoena was revealed Thursday in a report obtained by Watchdog.org from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission....
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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Audit: City Lets Elite Avoid $1.8M in Property Taxes on 'Historic' Homes
By News Release @ 2:10 PM :: 6547 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Taxes
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The audit objective was to evaluate the RPAD processes related to the classification, reclassification, valuation, and assessment of real property for taxation purposes....
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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How Much Is Your Health Insurance Going Up?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:31 PM :: 3599 Views :: Health Care
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Have you gotten a letter from your insurance company about your premiums going up?
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Charles Djou Talks to Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:43 AM :: 5888 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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Hawaii is a combination of Louisiana and Japanese politics, hosting one of the last remaining examples of machine politics in the U.S....
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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Groundbreaking Discovery by the Babes Against Biotech!
By Selected News Articles @ 12:09 AM :: 5289 Views :: GMOs
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If they actually did a bit more detective work before posting this, they would realize that there is no such thing as a GMO melon ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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HI lawmakers question Obamacare exchange delays
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:43 PM :: 4645 Views :: Health Care
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The web site went live Oct. 1, but those seeking health care coverage haven’t been able to review pricing or coverage information....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii churches ask court to dismiss atheists’ baseless lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 7212 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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“These churches have not only faithfully paid all of their rent, they’ve sacrificially given much more in service and funding to the schools and communities they love,” added co-counsel James Hochberg....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Rep. McDermott asks Speaker Souki for state-wide hearings on marriage bill
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 4830 Views :: Family
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McDermott formally asked Speaker of the House Joe Souki to conduct a series of House Judiciary Committee hearings on the subject of same-sex marriage....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Debate Cancelled After Attempt to Stack Meeting Fails
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 11828 Views :: Family
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...organizers only wanted panelists to talk about the proposed religious exemption, not things he believes are missing from the draft....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Hickam: Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command held 'phony' ceremonies for MIAs, using planes that can't fly
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 5021 Views :: Military
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...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Liver Let Die
By Video @ 2:19 PM :: 5646 Views :: Health Care
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...this shady industry is trying to recover from a pretty good licking it received today from the FDA....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Hawaii Only State Which Still Has Not Launched
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 4395 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s birthplace, has the only online health insurance marketplace that has not yet launched....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Built by Same Contractor Responsible for Federal ACA Failure
By News Release @ 1:17 PM :: 7718 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector’s failed website was built under a $53M contract with the same CGI which has made a mess of the federal ACA signup website....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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A Letter to President Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:25 PM :: 3662 Views :: Health Care
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As the temporary slowdown in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Rail: Let Them Eat Cake
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:28 AM :: 6077 Views :: Rail
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Honolulu's public is starved for traffic congestion relief. The power elite has responded with let them have rail....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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Report: Hawaii Ranks 30th in Business Tax Climate
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 5690 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Tax Foundation’s 2014 edition of the State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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Grading character in school
By Rachelle Chang @ 7:36 PM :: 4752 Views :: Education K-12
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Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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Still Not Open, Hawaii Health Connector Apologizes for Being so Sorry
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 3956 Views :: Health Care
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We won’t stop working until the doors to HawaiiHealthConnector.com are wide open.....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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Hurry, Hurry, Sign Up for Obamacare!
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 4111 Views :: Health Care
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...sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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The UHERO Dashboard Project Jobs Explorer: Occupations in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:31 AM :: 6017 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Defending Marriage: HIRA Action Super PAC Launches Statewide Radio Ads
By Tito Montes @ 10:23 PM :: 5212 Views :: Family
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“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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"Oxyelite Pro" Dietary Supplement Linked to Death, Liver Failure
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 5894 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting local retailers and requesting the voluntary removal from sale of the product OxyElite Pro pending an ongoing investigation of cases of liver failure and acute hepatitis....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Consumer LifeSmarts: DCCA Launches 10th Annual Statewide Student Competition
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 5371 Views :: Education K-12, Cost of Living
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...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Comparing Economies: Hawaii and Greece -- The Writing on the Wall
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:13 PM :: 9095 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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Recently UHERO presented a detailed inforgraphic of jobs in Hawaii. The inforgraphic answers questions like: What type of jobs, how many and how much do they make?
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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AG Louie the Grinch: Subs Won’t get Back Pay for Christmas
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 5498 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Why Is Obama Needlessly Scaring Seniors?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:21 PM :: 5368 Views :: National News, Health Care
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President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii Drug Overdose Deaths Soaring -- Now Kill More than Auto Accidents
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 7948 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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Prescription drug related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined, and drug overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle-related deaths....
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted October 7, 2013
By Congress.org @ 4:26 PM :: 3751 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request Motion to Table
- House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
- House: Womens and Childrens Nutrition Funds Continuing Resolution
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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HI House leader steps down amid campaign spending investigation
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:13 PM :: 6981 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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State Rep. Karen Awana is out as Democrat House majority leader....
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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United States Becomes Largest Oil-and-Gas Producer
By NCPA @ 1:15 PM :: 3760 Views :: Energy
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The United States is overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations, says the Wall Street Journal....
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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Family Doctor: I Want to Take Care of My Patients
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:10 PM :: 3770 Views :: Health Care
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The biggest problem with Obamacare is that there are going to be layers and layers of government bureaucracy that will try to tell me how to treat patients I’ve helped for over 25 years....
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Sunday, October 6, 2013 |
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Raising Debt Ceiling, Cutting Spending is Crux of Issue
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4402 Views :: Taxes
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Last week’s partial shutdown of the federal government broke records on the airwaves of twitter and other social media with much of the criticism....
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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Secret Chart Reveals HMSA Individual, Family Rates-- $873 Per Person for Non-Smokers
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 12082 Views :: Health Care
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HMSA, Kaiser, and the Hawaii Health Connector continue to refuse to make these rates public, but we've got them here....
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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US Commission on Civil Rights Seeks Nominees for Hawaii Advisory Committee
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 7310 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, First Amendment
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The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress....
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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Grassroot: Poll Favors Limited, Accountable Government
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:08 PM :: 4963 Views :: National News
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Grassroot Institute has been spreading the word about the results of the Reason Foundation’s poll....
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Aegis Ballistic Missile Intercept off Kauai
By Video @ 6:05 PM :: 5073 Views :: Military
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A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B guided missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie, and successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai....
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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Rail Burns Thru $256M in 12 months with no Construction
By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:39 AM :: 4739 Views :: Rail
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Of that amount $166 million was for professional services and that was likely all for Parsons Brinckerhoff....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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"Rich States" Also Have Debts -- Hawaii Ranks #5
By Selected News Articles @ 5:19 PM :: 5342 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Taxpayer Burden for Hawaii, the 5th “richest state,” is $ 39,900 compared to its median household income of $66,259.
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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Feel rich? Average Hawaii Resident needs to pony up $40K to pay off state debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:10 PM :: 6129 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Do you feel rich? The Wall Street Journal claims you are, as a fiscal watchdog group says the opposite, citing crushing amounts of government debt....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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UHERO: Furlough Fridays = Less Juvenile Crime
By UHERO @ 3:12 PM :: 6302 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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The authors attribute the reduction in crime to two factors. The first is a lack of "concentration" allowing for less opportunity to engage in criminal activity, and the second is possibly increased monitoring by parents....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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E-RAT-icate: Cost-effectiveness of Eradication vs. Control
By UHERO @ 3:02 PM :: 5108 Views :: Environment
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Ecological non-use benefits and the costs of eradication and control programs are often difficult to quantify....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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Mr. President, You Can End the Government Shutdown
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:21 PM :: 4062 Views :: National News
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Obama is so intent on protecting his unpopular, unworkable, and unfair health care law that he’d prefer to keep the government closed....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Secret Rates Revealed? HMSA Premium Jumps 44%
By Andrew Walden @ 11:59 PM :: 6977 Views :: Health Care
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Under their current small-business group coverage they are paying $810.56 per month. Their new price effective July 1, 2014 will be $1,166.24 per month....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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ULI Fellowship: Caldwell to Select Land Use Challenge
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 7905 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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Past classes of Rose Fellows have tackled challenges including revitalization of Detroit’s Livernois Avenue....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii Health Connector: Six Legislative Committees to Discuss ‘Concerns’
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5453 Views :: Health Care
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The Insurance Commissioner will discuss concerns regarding new insurance requirements of the ACA and its impact on rates and populations groups ....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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Sequestration Report: Reduced Funding is Just the Beginning of a New Reality for Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 3331 Views
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...reduced funding is likely just the beginning of a new reality of diminishing federal support for states and municipalities....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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Honolulu Roads 13th Worst in Nation, Cost Drivers $598 per year
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 6210 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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Forty-three percent of major roads in the Honolulu urban area are in poor condition, costing area drivers $598 each year....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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KIUC Seeks PUC Approval for Monthly Meter Charges
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 5011 Views :: Energy
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About 10 percent of the utility's 30,000 customers have opted not to use the smart meters. KIUC estimates the cost of reading and servicing those 3,000 meters to be about $340,000 a year....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii residents, lawmakers frustrated with health connector glitches
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:25 PM :: 4260 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii lawmakers plan a briefing Wednesday to look into problems related to the Hawaii Health Connector services....
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