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Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
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Fraud, Collusion, Embezzlement: Hawaii OPEB Debt
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 AM :: 7517 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Labor
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...The majority’s interpretation embraces the view that the legislature has authorized payment for fraud, collusion, embezzlement, and bad faith dealings....
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 |
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Full Bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible Published
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 6767 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...the first full bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible with modern diacritical markings....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 5974 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...November 11, 2018 - Free to the Public Concerts, Films, Celebratory Service, Flyovers and Fireworks....
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Thursday, November 8, 2018 |
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Teachers Union: Push Sovereignty Movement in Classrooms
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 6473 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Labor
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...Sovereignty flows from the will of the people. The people’s will is statehood. But the teacher’s union is pushing the rhetoric of an internationally-known anti-Semite to change your child's mind....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Con-Con Opponents’ Nostalgia for Hawaii’s Golden Age of Democratic Reform
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 8:49 PM :: 5036 Views :: Hawaii History
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...if the last convention was so great, why won’t the next one also be great?....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Do We Really Have a Spending Ceiling?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4546 Views :: Hawaii History, Taxes
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...another provision that was passed by the 1978 Constitutional Convention to assure our fiscal health—and what our lawmakers have done to marginalize it....
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Sunday, October 14, 2018 |
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General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5168 Views :: Hawaii History, Tax Credits
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...The saga of this credit tells us a little about a bold move undertaken in the 1978 Constitutional Convention and our lawmakers’ reaction....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH
By Video @ 10:51 PM :: 15818 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education
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...Reid said that she personally brought information about the harassment to Hirono....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Democrats Celebrate Serial Rapist Dan Inouye
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 AM :: 9722 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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...For Democrats, it’s always “Believe Women,” unless....
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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Senator Hirono Didn’t Always Tell Men to ‘Shut Up’ and Believe Accusers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 8200 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Judiciary
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...Senator Mazie Hirono today poses as a brave feminist cultural warrior, but when it really counted in her own backyard in Hawaii, she was AWOL....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018 |
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Unaffordable Housing? Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 6137 Views :: Hawaii History, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...in 1969 the only places in America where housing cost more than three times incomes were Hawaii and Stamford, Connecticut. I don’t know why Stamford was on the list, but Hawaii had passed legislation strictly regulating where people could build homes in 1961....
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 |
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Hirono: Kavanaugh 'Critical' 8th Vote in Rice v Cayetano
By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 6986 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, OHA
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...Will Justice Brett Kavanaugh become the ‘critical’ 8th vote against racially discriminatory OHA elections? Could Kavanaugh become the ‘decisive’ 10th vote against the Hawaii Supreme Court’s Ceded Lands Decision. Or maybe Hirono is afraid Kavanaugh will be the fifth vote against Nai Aupuni....
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 |
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The State Con-Con Papers
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 4:39 PM :: 5784 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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...42 short essays on the history, democratic function, and politics of the periodic state constitutional convention referendum, including Hawaii’s November 6, 2018 convention referendum....
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Saturday, July 21, 2018 |
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Kavanaugh for Supreme Court? Rice v Cayetano Front and Center
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 AM :: 12270 Views :: National News, Hawaii History, OHA
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...In 1999 Kavanaugh helped write a friend-of-the-court brief in the Rice v Cayetano case....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018 |
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VIDEO: "This Is Not A Drill: 38 Minutes That Changed Lives."
By Video @ 3:29 AM :: 7272 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...The true story of the January 13, 2018 Hawaii missile alert, told by the people who lived it....
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Saturday, May 26, 2018 |
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Rescuing the Lost Battalion –The Story behind the ‘Heroes’
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 6580 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...NHK WORLD-JAPAN and PBS Hawai‘i Bring Documentary on Heroic WWII Japanese-American Regiment to Screening Attendees and Viewers....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3
By Andrew Walden @ 9:57 PM :: 61577 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Land Use
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...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka. Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Hawaii Constitutional Convention--The Basics
By Video @ 7:23 PM :: 5328 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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...basic questions that will elucidate the nature of the institution....
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Monday, April 30, 2018 |
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Con-Con: The People v. Hawaii Supreme Court
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 3:29 PM :: 9618 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections
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...The Court’s 1997 ruling on the majority required to call a state constitutional convention was a travesty of justice....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
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Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff: 34 Years Later
By Robert Thomas @ 7:14 PM :: 6149 Views :: Hawaii History, Land Use
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...the 34th anniversary of the SCOTUS oral arguments in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....
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Saturday, March 10, 2018 |
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Auditor: Ten Years Later, Hawaii's Forgotten 2050 Sustainability Plan
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:27 AM :: 6552 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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...This report found that through the course of the past ten years, the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan was disregarded....
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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NATO Loophole: Attack On Hawaii Not Covered By Treaty
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 AM :: 8524 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...Hawaii is in the North Pacific, not the North Atlantic....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Homosexual Child Molestation: KSBE Outlines Terms of $80M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 9750 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Hawaii History, Health Care
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...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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Freddy Rice: Hawaiian Patriot?
By Video @ 6:13 PM :: 8440 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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...Freddy Called Himself Hawaiian & Had Reasons For Suing To Vote In OHA Elections That Were Unlike What You May Have Heard....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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‘Onipa‘a Kākou: OHA Trustee Keli‘i Akina on Native Hawaiian Resilience and Finding Unity in Diversity
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:22 AM :: 6279 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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...The main thing is that we all ‘E Hana Kākou,’ that is, work together to build a bright future for Hawaiians and all people.”....
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Monday, January 15, 2018 |
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MLK and the Aloha Spirit
By Brett Kulbis @ 8:56 PM :: 5255 Views :: Hawaii History
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...He was also inspired by our “Aloha Spirit” after his first visit to Hawaii in 1959....
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Sunday, January 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:38 AM :: 6755 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Life
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...On January 15, 1998, Hawaii Family Forum was incorporated....
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 |
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Why Freddy Rice Went to Court
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:26 AM :: 10730 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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...Hawaii Island rancher Freddy Rice passed away on Jan. 5, 2018....
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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Gabbard Political Career Begins in Cult School
By Selected News Articles @ 9:30 PM :: 13505 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Religion
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...“What you’ve got to do is get one of these kids to run for office,” Butler said....
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017 |
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200th Anniversary of Henry ‘Opukaha‘ia
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 6250 Views :: Hawaii History
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...The event is free and open to the public....
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Friday, November 10, 2017 |
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Queen Sues: Feds Took Our Crown Lands
By Robert Thomas @ 11:38 PM :: 6249 Views :: Hawaii History
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...after she was deposed, and after Hawaii became a U.S. territory, the former queen sued the United States in what was then the U.S. Claims Court....
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 |
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Open Access for Broken Trust Book
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 7129 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Higher Education
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Thanks to support from University of Hawaii Press and Kamehameha Schools, the public now has free access to the bestselling book Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust....
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
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Inouye congressional papers available to the public
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 7044 Views :: Hawaii History, Higher Education, Politicians
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...The library recently finished cataloging and digitizing 1,400 boxes of materials it received in 2014. ...
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Monday, August 21, 2017 |
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What Does it Take to be Expelled from Manoa Mosque?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:55 PM :: 7810 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...it has not been easy going for Saleem Ahmed....
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Friday, August 18, 2017 |
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Honolulu Republicans: Happy Statehood Day!
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:47 PM :: 3992 Views :: Hawaii History
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...on August 21, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state....
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017 |
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Broken Trust Published 20 Years Ago
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 5409 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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The essay titled “Broken Trust”, published on August 9, 1997 by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, reported widespread corruption involving Bishop Estate....
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Friday, April 21, 2017 |
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The day when America moved toward becoming a global power
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 5856 Views :: Hawaii History
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On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 11:09 PM :: 6906 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Hawaiian biodiversity declining millions of years--Before Humans Arrived
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 6847 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....
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Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
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A Short History of Islam in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 16339 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Religion
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On the trail to Hawaii Islam Day: Saudi money, Libyan assassins, Palestinian Jihad, London bombers, Malaysian sodomy, and laughing Islamists....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
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Scottish Nationalists Demand Ige Return Falls of Clyde
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 5706 Views :: Hawaii History
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SNP MP Alison Thewliss has written to the US Governor, David Ige, pleading that authorities in Honolulu don’t sink or destroy the Falls of Clyde ship....
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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 :: 5467 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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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Retroactive Tax Hikes Every Year
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5637 Views :: Hawaii History, Taxes
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People get viscerally upset when you tell them they need to follow a rule they didn't know and couldn't have known....
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Friday, December 9, 2016 |
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We are Voyagers
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:57 PM :: 8446 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, GMOs
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...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016 |
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Ancient Astronomy in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 8130 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, OHA
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There were two important tasks that drew on ancient Hawaiians’ understanding of space and time....
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Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
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Survey: Spanish People in Hawaii Among ‘Most Integrated’
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 5492 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics
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"...Full integration into U.S. society and economy generally takes more than one generation...."
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Friday, August 19, 2016 |
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Statehood Backed by Silent Majority of Hawaiians
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:18 PM :: 4577 Views :: Hawaii History
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...I am proud that Hawaii is a state of the union....
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Monday, July 25, 2016 |
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Bishop Museum: ‘Fears that some pieces might have disappeared’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 AM :: 8200 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History
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...researchers claim that much of the collection is inaccessible....
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