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Entries for January 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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Hawaii residents most likely to live paycheck to paycheck
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 4878 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Total leftover income after cost of living expenses: -$367.09 Hawaii is the only state where the median earner is in the hole....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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Gun Deaths Per Capita: Hawaii ranks 49th
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 6413 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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Household Gun Ownership 12.5 percent....
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Monday, January 16, 2017 |
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Full Text: New report concludes Airbnb has ‘no material impact’ on Hawaii housing inventory
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 6584 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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Listings booked more than half the year on AirBnB make up only 0.18% of Hawaii housing stock....
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Monday, January 16, 2017 |
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Oahu Veterans Treatment Court Celebrates 22 Successful Graduates
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 6542 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Military
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Twenty-two veterans have now successfully completed the First Circuit program since it was initiated by Judge Edward Kubo in 2013....
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Monday, January 16, 2017 |
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Akina: Make King’s dream a reality for Hawaii
By Tax Foundation @ 4:17 PM :: 3591 Views :: OHA
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Today, there is a growing stereotype of Native Hawaiians as a monolithic group that opposes all that is American and asserts exclusive rights against the majority of others who have made Hawaii their home. This stereotype is clearly not the true picture....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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Architects: Put Rail on the Ground—Save $4.2B
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 5875 Views :: Rail
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Modifying the HART project to allow street level operation for the final five miles will save money ($2.9 - $4.2B), will save time (completed in 2020 vs. 2025) and will provide a much more environmentally acceptable system Downtown that can be easily extended to Waikiki and UH Manoa....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5134 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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On December 13, 2016, Governor Ige signed off on, and thereby finalized, significant increases in fees charged by the Department of Transportation Harbors Division....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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UHERO Adjusts Economic Forecast Upward Thanks to Trump
By UHERO @ 1:37 AM :: 4625 Views :: Economy
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...we have adjusted upward modestly our forecast for gross domestic product in 2017 to 2019....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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Obama Admin: Hawaii DOI Rule Part of ‘Renewed Era of Federal-Tribal Relations’
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 6235 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... Native Hawaiians are the largest indigenous group in the United States that lacks a government-to-government relationship with the United States. (Because 'indigenous' does not equal 'tribal'. Hello?) ....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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Obamacare? Nobody Wants it Less than Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 12:11 AM :: 4988 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii CD1 has the lowest Obamacare enrollment in the USA....
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 |
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Ige: School system is simply not relevant to today’s students
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4234 Views :: Education K-12
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The success of today’s students in the future workplace and in our communities requires an absolute reboot of the rigid school system....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Capitol Korea-Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vandalized With Excrement
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 3:47 PM :: 7279 Views :: Homelessness, Military
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The accumulation of excrement and hundreds of flies have now become a serious public health problem in the front yard of the Hawaii State Capitol....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Obamacare Repeal: How Will it Affect Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:22 PM :: 5952 Views :: Health Care
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Dr Goodman is one of four people who have most influenced the changes shaping our health care system....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii Healthcare Access Cut off by Regulations
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:21 PM :: 5071 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...some great scores...and some very, very poor ones....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Do County Plans Override Zoning Laws?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:55 PM :: 6487 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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... the parcel is zoned "Hotel" but is designated on the Community Plan as "park" ....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Ige Campaign Manager Shows up on Two More Judicial Nomination Lists
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 5289 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Just in case Ige chickens out on the ICA nomination ....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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New DLNR Police Chief Announced
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 5924 Views :: Environment, Law Enforcement
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Robert Farrell retired in 2015 as Assistant Chief for the California Department of Fish and Game. After retirement, Robert went to work for DOCARE as a conservation officer assigned to the Hilo district....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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Ige Announces Contracts for 33 Homeless Shelters, Claims Increase in Bed Count
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 4510 Views :: Homelessness
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Additionally, the shelters are proposing to double the number of people they place in permanent housing from approximately 3,000 to 6,200....
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Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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OHA Officially Named Papahānaumokuākea co-trustee
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 4765 Views :: Environment, OHA
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...the state and two federal departments formalized an agreement adding OHA as a co-trustee of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Better to Rent Than Buy
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 5459 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Home Ownership More Costly Than Renting on Oahu, Maui, Big Island ....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Pedestrian Deaths—Hawaii Ranks 26th
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 5355 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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...older adults are over-represented among pedestrian deaths....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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KIUC Signs 20MW ‘Peaker’ Battery Deal
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 5847 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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It will be the largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawaiʻi and one of the biggest storage systems in the world....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii pension debt rises to $12 billion, but the real debt is more like $35 billion
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 5582 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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State lawmakers were in shock this week as Hawaii’s pension debt increased from $8 billion to $12 billion....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Campaign-Finance Rules Chill Speech Unrelated to Election Campaigns
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 PM :: 6109 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Case on appeal to Supreme Court challenges "chilling effect" of campaign finance law....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid?–Hawaii 46th
By Tax Foundation @ 10:07 PM :: 3373 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...states that rely heavily on federal assistance tend to have modest tax collections and a relatively large low-income population....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Kakaako Kickbacks: Ethics Commission Investigates OHA Trustee Peter Apo
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 8085 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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Heads Are Starting To Roll At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Third UH Manoa Chancellor Candidate Magically Appears on Campus
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 5252 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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Robel was (allegedly) originally identified as a finalist (but not publicly identified) and invited to campus at the same time as finalists John V. White and Sonny Ramaswamy, (who were identified as the only two finalists) but was unable to accept the invitation at that time. (Whatever that means.)....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Repeat Welfare Fraudster Gets Five Years Prison
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 5189 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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From April 1, 2010 through April 30, 2014, Ponce, also known as Mary Jane Dalumpinis, was overpaid $3,723.00 in food stamp benefits....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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HDOT Sets Public Meeting on Use of OR&L Right of Way
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 5466 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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...the OR&L ROW, a 40-foot wide stretch from Central Waipahu to Piliokahe Gulch in Nanakuli, owned by HDOT....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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State Announces 10-Year Invasive Species Plan
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 6557 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Kai Homeless Map Cleared by Attorney General
By Rep Gene Ward @ 12:51 PM :: 6329 Views :: First Amendment, Homelessness
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According to Deputy Attorney General Diane Tiara, the Hawaii Kai Homeless Map poses no legal or constitutional issues....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: ACLU Asks Feds to Investigate Hawaii Prison Conditions
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 4060 Views :: Law Enforcement
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“Hawaii policymakers have long been warned that without a long-term plan to manage the growth of incarceration, the state could revert to conditions that led to class-action lawsuits and federal oversight."
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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151 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 4923 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to apply as a candidate is February 17, 2017....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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Video GMO story: The near death and rescue of the Hawaiian papaya
By Selected News Articles @ 2:59 PM :: 4765 Views :: GMOs
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The tiny anti-GMO movement in Hawaii grew into a sizable force in 2013-14, thanks largely to funding and directional support from organizations on the US mainland....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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UH Med School Resources Used to Organize Anti-Trump Protest
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 7335 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Jerris Hedges, MD, JABSOM Dean said, “JABSOM is proud that our students hold such strong community values and will speak up for those patients who may not have a voice in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape.”
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 9, 2017
By Congress.org @ 8:56 PM :: 2857 Views
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Budget Resolution
House: Objecting to UN Resolution 2334 Concerning Israeli-Palestinian Peace
House: Executive Regulations
House: Midnight Rules
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii most racially integrated state (Except Healthcare)
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 5040 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii ranks 44th in "equality and integration" of healthcare....
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Problems with the Rail Initiative - Indebted to the HART
By Video @ 4:21 PM :: 4109 Views :: Rail
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The Future of Rail on Oahu: Plan A, B, or C?
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Assisted Suicide: 2017 Bill Written to Facilitate Elder Abuse
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 5452 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The bill eliminates “safeguards” from current doctor-prescribed suicide laws and proposals....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 12824 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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According to its attorney, a private company controlled by OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe now possesses sole title to the 1,875 acres comprising Waimea Valley....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Native Hawaiian Astronomers Testify in Support of Telescope
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 7459 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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“I see Maunakea as a special place that allows us to understand and study our origins....”
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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What's Next for Marijuana Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5359 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... legislators are considering a special, higher GET rate for marijuana, but haven’t decided upon that rate yet ....
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Saturday, January 7, 2017 |
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Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill Abandons Safeguards
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 4780 Views :: Life
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The bill gives insurance programs the opportunity to cut costs by denying payment of more expensive treatments while approving payment for the less costly prescription for a lethal drug overdose....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric seeks onshore wind farm developers on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 5722 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Report: Only 46% of HC&S Cane Workers Find New Jobs
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 8524 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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The sole purpose of the taskforce was to help the 675 workers who were laid off last year....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Retirement: HPD Chief Kealoha Finally Forced Out
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 7606 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Kealoha was not at today’s closed-door meeting....
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