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Entries for July 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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Grassroot Institute gives feds input on Jones Act
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:20 PM :: 3290 Views :: Jones Act
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...there is one set of maritime regulations and laws that costs consumers and businesses millions of dollars every year....
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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Blackmailed by DCCA, Spectrum Rolls out 'Free' Wi-Fi Statewide
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 3517 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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“DCCA also negotiated a Public WiFi Partnership program to be deployed in the coming years as a condition of the Hawaiian Telcom-Cincinnati Bell transfer.”
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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Hawaii offers a cautionary tale of a socialist future for the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 2:35 AM :: 4735 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...According to CNBC, Hawaii has the second-highest tax burden in the country, just behind New York....
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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Hawaii's false ballistic-missile warning spurs senators to propose fixing national alert system
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 AM :: 5654 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Military
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...The proposal is sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz, Hawaii Democrat, and Sen. John Thune, South Dakota....
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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States with the Most At-Risk Youth--Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 AM :: 4051 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key indicators of youth risk....
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Thursday, July 19, 2018 |
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Should Sovereignty Activists Vote?
By Video @ 1:44 AM :: 3480 Views :: OHA
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...Voting In The August 11 OHA Election....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018 |
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Hawaii federal special education profile updated
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 4022 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has created a profile for Hawaii....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Got a Fake Service Animal? Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Lawyers Can Help
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 5425 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"...under both state and federal fair housing laws, a person with a disability has the right to request ... use of an assistance animal that works, assists, provides emotional support...."
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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2018’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 2696 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu 132rd most stresed....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Another Hawaii Hi-Tech Scam Busted
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5475 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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...Also named in the lawsuit is Maui-based artist and sculptor Spar Street, who the SEC says received investor money as commissions for indentifying and recruiting new investors....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Federal Appeals Court: No Property Right In A Clean And Pure Environment
By Robert Thomas @ 1:19 PM :: 4822 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...Remember that case from earlier this year where the Hawaii Supreme Court held that for purposes of Hawaii's Due Process Clause, the Sierra Club has a property right in a "clean and healthful environment?"....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Farm Fair 2018: Eating the GMO Papaya
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:05 PM :: 5335 Views :: Small Business, GMOs
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...A few minutes later, she came back and took a slice and ate it to the skin....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Caldwell issues directive on climate change and sea level rise
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 6036 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Land Use
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... Propose revisions to shoreline rules and regulations to incorporate sea level rise ....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Video: Screams as Tour Boat Hit by Lava Bomb
By Video @ 2:55 AM :: 4743 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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...At least 22 people on a Lava Ocean Tours vessel were injured this morning after an explosion sent lava through the roof of the boat’s passenger cabin....
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Monday, July 16, 2018 |
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Best Cities for First Time Homebuyers? Honolulu Ranks 253rd
By Selected News Articles @ 12:57 PM :: 4183 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...In 2017, 38% of all U.S. single-family home purchases were made by first-time buyers....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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A Rogues Gallery – Hawaii Candidates 2018
By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 6490 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...Are these people really running for office?....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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Poll: Tupola 41 - Carroll 28
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 3698 Views :: Republican Party
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...Andria Tupola surges from behind to take big lead in GOP race....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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HB2748: $500,000,000 Hole in Budget
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5721 Views :: Development, Tax Credits
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... $200 million, or most of it, is headed out the door with no visible means of getting it back.....
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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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HB1895: Legislators Give Tobacco Lobbyists Control Over Counties
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 7336 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...This provision would block (preempt) county governments in Hawaii from passing their own laws to reduce tobacco use, including measures addressing the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes that attract kids....
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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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Retroactive Internet Sales Tax--DoTax Chickens Out
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 5411 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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...“To avoid any constitutional concerns, the department will not retroactively administer Act 41....”
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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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Work together to implement Janus decision
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:07 PM :: 4681 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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Government employee unions around the country are grappling with the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME....
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Friday, July 13, 2018 |
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Caldwell Proposes Reducing Regulatory Burden on Transportation Providers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 4598 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...“Instead of putting more restrictions on ride-hailing customers, Hawaii should explore ways to relieve taxi drivers of over-burdensome regulations,” Akina said....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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City Terminates Watts Constructors’ Right to Work on Joint Traffic Management Center
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 4730 Views :: Honolulu County
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...because of its failure to remedy numerous material defaults under the construction contract with the city....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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The FCC is changing up the country’s emergency alert system to prevent another Hawaii incident
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 5910 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Action Supports More Effective Local Emergency Alert Tests and PSAs, Addresses False Alerts, and Seeks to Improve Wireless Alerts....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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Letters being mailed to 44,000 impacted by storage crash of driver licensing documents
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 3086 Views :: Honolulu County
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...On September 15, 2017, a server containing multiple disks managed by Marquis ID Systems (MIDS) for the State of Hawai‘i’s drivers’ licensing programs had a multiple hard disk crash....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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CNBC: America's Top States for Business -- Hawaii 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 4091 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...We score all 50 states on more than 60 measures of competitiveness....
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Thursday, July 12, 2018 |
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Hawaii Highest Energy Costs--Lowest Consumption
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 7091 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...2018’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 |
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Department of Health begins implementation of new medicated cannabis amendments
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5005 Views :: Tourism, Drugs
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...More THC, Vaping, and lots of Weed for Kids, Tourists, and out-of-state students....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 |
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Are You Guilty of These?
By Video @ 6:19 PM :: 4265 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Some Wonʻt Bother To Vote & Instead Say One Of These Three Things....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 |
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Vote Sam King: Support Forensic Audit of OHA
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 3962 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...I don't see it hurting the beneficiaries at all, except for those beneficiaries stealing money from OHA...."
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 |
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Senate Votes 72-27: Former AG Mark Bennett Confirmed to 9th Circuit Court
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 3796 Views :: Judiciary
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...Mark will put his skills and experience to good use on the bench as a fair and impartial judge, beholden to nothing but the law and the Constitution....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Keli'i Akina Endorses Sam King for OHA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:57 PM :: 5800 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Politicians
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...Keli'i believes Sam is the candidate who will unite Hawaiians and reform OHA....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Ige Vetoes Eight -- Allows Law Enforcement Standards Board to Become Law
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 7074 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police, Taxes
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...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers that he is vetoing eight out of 11 bills on his Intent to Veto list....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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GEMS for Insiders: Polynesian Cultural Center First to Take Advantage of On-Bill Financing
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 8214 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...PCC will finance systems totaling 413 kilowatts (kw), with flexibility to install additional systems and features. The agreement marks the first commercial on-bill financing project in Hawaii using the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority's recently launched Green Energy Money $aver (GEM$)On-Bill program....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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KIUC Paying $3.2 Million to Co-op Members
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 4716 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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...“We had excellent financial results in 2017, which allows us to exercise one of the fundamental benefits of being a not-for-profit cooperative that is owned by the members it serves,” stated Allan Smith, Chairman of the KIUC Board of Directors....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii--The most expensive place to live in America
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 PM :: 6142 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Out-of-control living expenses in some of these places....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Best Cities to Drive in—Honolulu Scores 86th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 5216 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...driving is often a major hassle and expense....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Kau Charter School Shuttered Amid Criminal Investigation
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 7912 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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...Big Island police have subpoenaed all of the school’s computers, financial records and student records....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Popular science news website promotes pesticide conspiracy theory
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 AM :: 5752 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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...Was the "secret cocktail" being sprayed from black helicopters?....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu's Sidewalk Obstruction Prohibition Goes Island-Wide
By Robert Thomas @ 1:17 AM :: 4494 Views :: Homelessness
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...city lawyers have taken great pains to craft the bills with language that works around areas that federal courts have found unacceptable....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Ige Signs Firearms Bills Including Bump Stock Ban
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 3887 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Act 157 prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer and possession of bump fire stocks, multi-burst trigger activators, and trigger cranks....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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Tech Debacle: Hawaii v Ciber Stays in State Courts, Guaranteeing Big Money Payoff
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 3623 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the State defeated a recent attempt by Ciber’s insurers to move the lawsuit out of state....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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Ala Moana Park EIS Released for Public Comment
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 4027 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Revised improvement plans highlighted in Ala Moana Regional Park Draft EIS....
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Monday, July 9, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Make Hawaii Affordable Again
By Brett Kulbis @ 1:58 PM :: 4609 Views :: Republican Party, Cost of Living
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...imposing heavy taxes, creating massive bureaucracies and lavish government programs....
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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii 11th Most Efficient Education System--When Cost of Living Taken into Account
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 4997 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Education narrative favoring wealthier, whiter states was just proven wrong....
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Sunday, July 8, 2018 |
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If You Don’t Rock the Boat, How Do You Change Its Direction?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4658 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...When many of us in Hawaii grew up, we were taught to go with the flow....
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Saturday, July 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii's First Hemp Growers Licensed
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 6333 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, Drugs
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...industrial hemp refers to cannabis plants with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration at or below 0.3 percent....
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Saturday, July 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii Timeshares Average 92% Occupancy in First Quarter 2018
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 4338 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...By comparison, hotel properties averaged an 82.9 percent occupancy rate for the same quarter....
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Friday, July 6, 2018 |
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Recording Employees: HART’s evasiveness troubling
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:32 PM :: 4751 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...To date, HART officials have not publicly explained why it has been recording the meetings between the auditor and HART employees....
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