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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Arakawa Quits Lt Gov Race
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 6363 Views :: Maui County, Politicians

The following message was sent out to Arakawa campaign supporters Tuesday Nov 7, 2017....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Hawaii doesn’t need ‘certificate of need’ laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:21 PM :: 5642 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

...the median wait time for treatment in the Queen’s Medical Center ER is about six hours and 20 minutes....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Animal Quarantine Station is Preferred Site for New Jail
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 6526 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Lawsuit: OHA Grabs for Control of Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 8020 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

...OHA’s complaint requests the court to order the state to terminate UH’s general lease for the mountain.... 

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
100 Years of Communism: Death and Deprivation
By Selected News Articles @ 7:00 AM :: 4449 Views :: World News

...On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. It did so by accident....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Sen Donna Mercado Kim Announces Congressional Campaign
By News Release @ 2:46 AM :: 5664 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

...I have decided to run for Congress to represent Hawai‘i's 1st Congressional District....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 7, 2017
By Congress.org @ 2:05 AM :: 4427 Views :: Congressional Delegation

...Recent House and Senate votes....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
DoE Puts 'Performance Indicators' Online
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 4069 Views :: Education K-12

In an effort to make performance data easily available to the public, HIDOE today announced the launch of its Strategic Plan Dynamic Report....

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
$150M Rate Hike Plan--BWS Accepting Comments
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 4729 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living

...The last rate hike was two years ago--the next increase could happen in 2019....

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Fattest States? Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 4526 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...“Fat” is becoming the new normal in America....

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Honolulu--4th Highest Veteran Homelessness in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 9:03 PM :: 6741 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness, Military, Cost of Living

...veterans in many cities continue to suffer from long delays in mental-health treatment despite a $10 billion effort to expand veterans’ access to such care....

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Professional License--DCCA Launches Online Application Status Search
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 5246 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

...to enable new applicants or existing licensees to search for their application status....

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Schatz Responds to Texas Church Shooting by Suggesting Law That Already Exists
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 7580 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, Politicians, Second Amendment

...federal law already prohibits domestic abusers from purchasing or owning guns....

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Hawaii--The Worst State for Middle-Class Income Earners
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 5660 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...Because of the high real estate prices, Hawaii also had the second-lowest percentage of homeowners....

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Monday, November 6, 2017
City to hold final public workshop on $500M Blaisdell Center Master Plan
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 3856 Views :: Honolulu County

...While Rail Hangs in Balance, Caldwell Plans to Splurge $500M on Blaisdell....

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Monday, November 6, 2017
Bottleneckers in Hawaii: How licensing laws make it harder to get a job
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:09 PM :: 3112 Views

...A national Institute for Justice (IJ) study says they are the most burdensome in the nation, covering more than 40 occupations in which residents must acquire the state’s permission before being allowed to work....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
New Yorker Expose--Tulsi Gabbard's Krishna Cult
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 19502 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

...“She’s got a servant attitude, a servant’s heart,” Butler says....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Trump Admin Names Hawaii Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 6065 Views :: Agriculture, Republican Party

...Al Frenzel and Gigi Jones....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Ward to Ige: Speed Up Nuclear Drills for DOE
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:25 PM :: 5449 Views :: Education K-12, Military

...Rep. Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) wrote a letter to Gov. Ige asking the governor to prepare his departments, particularly the DOE to prepare for the unthinkable....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Photos: Supporters Greet President Trump in Hawaii
By Brett Kulbis @ 2:13 PM :: 4562 Views :: Republican Party

Video President Trump & Melania Visit Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Fake Data Behind Coral Bleaching Report
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 8519 Views :: Environment, Small Business

...in the early 1900s Ahi, Aku, Marlin and other pelagic fish, were reported in the commercial reef fish data. Then they separated the pelagic and reef fish. This alone accounted most of the 90% decline....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Petition: Protect Short Term Rentals on Hawaii Island
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 6591 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism

Vacation house rules in works: Regulating ‘unhosted’ rentals seen as way to preserve housing for residents....

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
A DOTax Nightmare: No End to Litigation
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4028 Views :: Taxes

Halloween may be over, but we still have lots of scary stories!

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
Akina--Let's Work Together for Hawaiian Charter Schools
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 5619 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA

Clearly, OHA owes our beneficiaries a sincere apology and a commitment to change our practices internally....

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Saturday, November 4, 2017
DoH Website Reports Beach Water Quality
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 5602 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...Upgrades provide easier navigation and more information....

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Friday, November 3, 2017
The Importance of Accurate Testimony
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:04 PM :: 5252 Views :: Ethics, Rail

“The FTA will allow nothing less.” -- Kirk Caldwell

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Friday, November 3, 2017
Maui Rep Kaniela Ing Forms Urban Honolulu Congressional Campaign Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 PM :: 9626 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians

...Unsurprisingly, it appears Ing is already violating the law.... 

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Friday, November 3, 2017
GOP Tax Plan Will End Federal Subsidy for Unaffordable Housing and High Tax Localities
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 4:10 AM :: 9114 Views :: National News, Republican Party, Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living

...repeals the state and local tax deduction for income and sales taxes and caps the SALT deduction for property taxes at $10,000. The home mortgage interest is grandfathered in and preserved for new homes up to $500,000....

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Friday, November 3, 2017
Donna Brazile: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 4828 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics

... Tulsi Gabbard 'not surprised' by Donna Brazile's DNC bombshell, but 'surprised' it went public ....

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Friday, November 3, 2017
Scheming to Jam up Traffic Even More, Caldwell Sets Community Meetings
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 4128 Views :: Honolulu County

...Share your ideas on ‘Complete Streets’ solutions for Honolulu....

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Thursday, November 2, 2017
16 Years of Litigation: Sierra Club Directly Responsible for Lack of Affordable Housing
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 8630 Views :: Development, Greenmail, Cost of Living

...Castle & Cooke Hawaii ready to break ground at Koa Ridge....

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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Video: ERS not out of woods yet
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:08 PM :: 4704 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

...Featuring: Thom Williams, Executive director, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii....

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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Aid for tenants, landlords program expands to Kauai
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6650 Views :: Kauai County, Homelessness, Judiciary

...Following the success of a program that helps landlords to get paid and keep tenants from being evicted on Oahu and in Maui County, Steps to Avoid Eviction is now available on Kauai....

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Thursday, November 2, 2017
New HDoT Website Maps Pavement Conditions, Traffic Counts, Fatal Crashes
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 3409 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...New datasets include pavement conditions, traffic counts for state roads, and locations of fatal crashes between 2012-2016....

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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Four Judges Appointed to Oahu Courts
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 7279 Views :: Judiciary

...All four appointments are subject to Senate confirmation....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Obamacare: Ins Div Approves Yet Another Round of Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 5225 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

...These rates are expected to affect approximately 34,000 individuals currently purchasing ACA individual plans....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 AM :: 5369 Views :: First Amendment

...58% Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
VIDEO: Education as the Pathway for Hawaiian Advancement
By Video @ 5:00 AM :: 6447 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, OHA

...Keli'i Akina And Verlieann Malina-Wright....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
What Can Hawaii Learn From Google
By Video @ 4:53 AM :: 4380 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

...Kelii Akina and Ray Tsuchiyama discuss applying the lessons of Google to the future of Hawaii....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
These Are The 10 Smartest Communities In Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 6467 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

...32 communities ranked from smartest to dumbest....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Former Charter School Principal Charged with Theft
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 5676 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

...Allbrett, 64, is the former principal of the Halau Lokahi public charter school, a Native Hawaiian-focused charter school whose recurring financial difficulties led to the revocation of its charter....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Hirono Kidney Cancer Spreads to Thyroid
By Video @ 1:04 AM :: 6021 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians

“A recent scan showed some small spots in my Thyroid gland.  I will be undergoing immunotherapy for the next three months.”

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