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Entries for July 2019
Saturday, July 20, 2019 |
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Machado: “OHA has no position on the siting of the TMT on Maunakea”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:02 PM :: 11260 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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...Trustees are reminding Governor Ige of OHA’s real goal—not stopping the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) but gaining control of thousands of acres atop Mauna Kea....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Lt Gov Green: Telescope Not Worth 'Damage to Fabric of our Ohana in Hawaii'
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 9313 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Military, OHA, Politicians
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...In my opinion no single project, not any, is important enough to allow ourselves to damage the fabric of our Ohana in Hawaii....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Pennies Add Up
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:29 PM :: 3244 Views :: Jones Act
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...Pennies add up. And when we’re talking about the Jones Act, they add up to billions of dollars....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Setting Off Hysteria
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:30 PM :: 6619 Views :: Education K-12, Family, GMOs
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...Today my kids learned a lesson about thinking logically the hard way....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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AG Settles Case: Hawaii Discriminates Against Legal Immigrants on Gun Permits
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 AM :: 7722 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Hawaii state law completely forbids anyone who is not a citizen of the United States of America from even applying for a gun permit....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Poll: Hirono Approval 46% - Schatz 52%
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 4350 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...The poll was conducted from April 1 through June 30....
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Friday, July 19, 2019 |
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Will Philly Shipyard close?
By Michael Hansen @ 12:24 AM :: 4227 Views :: Jones Act
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...the yard remains idle as its continues to burn cash....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii Pension Funds Only 55% Funded
By Tax Foundation @ 4:50 PM :: 5346 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...How Well-Funded are Pension Plans in Your State?....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii 3rd Lowest Youth Poverty
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 3716 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...2019’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Will Hawaii be the next Puerto Rico?
By Video @ 3:57 PM :: 3470 Views :: Jones Act
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...Jones Act researcher lays out its failures and false arguments....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Protests: UH Releases Guidelines for Staff
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 3361 Views :: Higher Education
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...with information in the event they encounter forms of expression that may alarm them or prevent them from accessing or leaving their place of employment....
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Ige Signs Proclamation 'To Prevent Lawless Violence'
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 5925 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...The emergency proclamation gives law enforcement increased flexibility and authority to close more areas and restrict access on Mauna Kea....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 |
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Caldwell in DC for Schatz Climate Hearing
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 5074 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Congressional Delegation
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...It’s getting hard to take Kirk Caldwell seriously....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019 |
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OHA: Protests are Opportunity for us to Grab Mauna Kea Lease
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 6835 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"...Regardless of your position on TMT, we must all agree with Gov. Ige’s 2015 statement that the state has 'failed' Maunakea...."
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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HART Board: Kim not gone--Stays on to Maintain Quorum
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 PM :: 145205 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Rail
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...Kim says he will stay until a replacement Board member is selected....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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At UH Confab, Politicians and Lawyers Get Reality Check on Climate Suits
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 6413 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education
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...Politicians and trial lawyers eager to sue energy companies over the costs of climate change received an unwelcome message from a university professor....
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
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'Sacrilege': OHA Leadership Predicts Violence at TMT Construction Site
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 10458 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Religion
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"...the commencement of construction activities for the TMT will result in bodily harm and psychological trauma to OHA’s beneficiaries and others at the hands of the State...."
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Hits 105.29% of Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 4157 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times....
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 13, 2019
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 2996 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... weekly update from GovTrack.us ....
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Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
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So What Really Is a Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4959 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...we are starting to see laws passed in the 2019 Legislature take effect....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Senate Confirms Trump Appointee to Ninth Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 PM :: 3371 Views :: Judiciary
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...Bress will fill the seat vacated by Judge Alex Kozinski, who stepped down in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Honolulu Among Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 4743 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 |
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Hawaii--3rd Lowest Student Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 AM :: 4434 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living (3rd-lowest)....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints New Chief of Staff, COO
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3430 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige has appointed Linda Chu Takayama as his chief of staff, effective Aug. 1 an Keith Yamamoto as chief operating officer....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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Puerto Rico Relief? Special interests lobby to uphold Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 PM :: 5084 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act
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...Several domestic shipping and maritime interest groups, alongside unions, are backing lobbying efforts to keep the Jones Act on the books....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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CNBC America's Top States for Business -- Hawaii 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 5126 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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A Step in the Right Direction
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:06 PM :: 3123 Views :: Small Business
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...For almost three decades, the handyman exemption in Hawaii was capped at $1,000, a limit that includes the cost of labor and materials....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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DHHL Approves Kalaeloa Solar Project
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 4883 Views :: DHHL, Energy
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...A proposal to Build Solar Farm on Hawaiian Home Lands turns ugly in Kapolei....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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School Bus Dangers
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:14 AM :: 6316 Views :: Education K-12, Agriculture, GMOs
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...activists have scared parents into believing that they must fear pesticides but ignore other real safety hazards....
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Friday, July 12, 2019 |
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Updating Old Jones Act Cost Estimates
By Michael Hansen @ 3:18 AM :: 4640 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...The Hawaii Shippers’ Council (HSC) recently reviewed its 1997 estimates of the cost of the Jones Act on Hawaii....
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Thursday, July 11, 2019 |
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Tourism Activists Find New Way to Push Agriculture out of Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:21 AM :: 7096 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act by polluting ocean waters along Kauaʻi’s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 |
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Telescope Construction to Begin Next Week
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 5335 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and there could be lane and other road closures associated with large equipment movement beginning July 15....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 |
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Ige Signs Anti-Gun Legislation
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 3181 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Ige signed the final remaining anti-gun bill awaiting his consideration, Senate Bill 600. This comes on the heels of him signing Senate Bill 1466 on June 27th....
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 |
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Ige Vetoes 18 Bills, Allows Two to Become Law
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3094 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Ige boosts film tax credit and allows condo associations to conduct non-judicial forclosures ....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Company was told to stop skydiving before fatal crash; now ordered to vacate
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 7633 Views :: Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...“If you want to maintain your aircraft there are not a lot of options up there because the state won’t allow it.”...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Kapiolani CC apprenticeship program showcased at mayors conference
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 3952 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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...invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Ex-Schatz, Winer New Gig at Strategies360
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 5747 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... Really Obvious Question: Has Winer received a target letter or a subject letter in the Lyon investigation? ....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Ige Signs More Bills into Law
By News Release @ 10:36 AM :: 6072 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...ACT 268 establishes the Stadium Development District and puts the state’s Aloha Stadium lands under the jurisdiction of the Stadium Authority....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Gabbard: Harris Leveled ‘False Accusation’ of Racism at Biden
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 AM :: 4344 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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...'It was a false accusation that Joe Biden is a racist'....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Free Market Economics with Mark Skousen
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:28 AM :: 3096 Views :: Economy
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...Skousen discusses with host Keli'i Akina what free-market economics is and why we should promote it....
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Trustee Akina Praises OHA’s Support of Court Order to Open LLCs’ Books
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:23 PM :: 4385 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...Under interim CEO Sylvia Hussey’s leadership, transparency reigns...."
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Solar Variance Trick Makes Housing Even More Un-affordable in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 11:04 PM :: 7725 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Cost of Living
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...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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HSTA Members Grill Dem Presidential Contenders--Demand More Money
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5970 Views :: Democratic Party, Education K-12, Labor
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...First Question: “How are you going to increase salaries...."
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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Feds Bust Hawaii-Based Fraudsters
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 3479 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Husband and Wife Plead Guilty To Involvement In Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme Based in Hawaii....
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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Do We Have a Legitimate Government?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3697 Views :: Hawaii History
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...It pains me to read stories of people who lost their homes after being told that they didn’t have to pay back their mortgages because the laws under which they were made were invalid in Hawaii....
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Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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OHA LLCs Agree to Provide Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 6326 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA’s response comes just two days after the departure of former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe ....
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