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Entries for 'News Release'
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 |
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As PUC Hearings Begin, NextEra Touts Old-Boy Network of Supporters
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4473 Views :: Energy
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More Than 25 Organizations and Companies Across Hawaii....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 |
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DBEDT: 47% of neighbor island homes sold to out-of-state residents
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 4491 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The “Residential Home Sales in Hawaii” report summarizes home sale activities in Hawaii recorded for the period from January 2008 to September 2015....
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Monday, November 30, 2015 |
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Petition: Puerto Rico Demands Freedom from Jones Act
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 4038 Views :: Jones Act
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By acting now U.S. can avoid Puerto Rico becoming the next version of Greece....
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Monday, November 30, 2015 |
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Revolving Door: KITV Reporter Becomes Caldwell ‘Information Officer’
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 5395 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Caldwell announced today that veteran journalist Andrew Pereira will be joining the Managing Director’s Office as an information officer and part of the Mayor’s communications team....
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Monday, November 30, 2015 |
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Monsanto uses less than 1% of Total Hawaii Pesticides
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 6727 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, GMOs
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In Hawaii, all agricultural users combined account for only about one-third of total restricted use pesticide (RUP) sold in the state....
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Monday, November 30, 2015 |
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Desperate: Nai Aupuni Extends Voting
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 5297 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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“Because voters may not have cast their ballots...."
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Saturday, November 28, 2015 |
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Hawaii 7th Worst Drivers in USA
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6144 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii landed in the top 5 for both drunk driving (4th) and speeding (5th)....
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Friday, November 27, 2015 |
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Malia Zimmerman Drops Lawsuit
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 9339 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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Sen Sam Slom indicated he will seek re-election to the Senate in 2016....
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Friday, November 27, 2015 |
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An Open Secret—Homosexual Child Molesters in Hollywood
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 5613 Views :: Family
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AN OPEN SECRET opened to critical acclaim this summer in Seattle, Denver, New York and Los Angeles...now coming to Honolulu....
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Thursday, November 26, 2015 |
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Council presents finalists for appointments to Board of Regents
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 4498 Views :: Higher Education
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The Candidate Advisory Council for the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has presented a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige....
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
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Matson Admits Rate Hikes Caused by Expensive Jones Act Ships
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 4968 Views :: Jones Act
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Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in new containerships....
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015 |
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Poll: Only 52% Approve of Ige
By News Release @ 1:45 AM :: 5171 Views :: Politicians
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29% Disapprove ...
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Full Text: UH confirms TMT project is the last telescope site on Maunakea
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 5506 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project site is the last new area on the mountain where a telescope project will be contemplated or sought....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Honolulu Economic Development Grants Available Now
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 4181 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, December 18, 2015 at 4:00 p.m....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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DHHL Approves NextEra Windfarm on Maui
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 7018 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Energy
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...500 acres of land on the southern flank of Haleakala for wind power generation....
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Saturday, November 21, 2015 |
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Honolulu 2nd Safest City in USA
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 5452 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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Violent crime was a primary factor in our analysis, but we also looked at other measures of safety, such as motor vehicle accidents, drug use and excessive drinking....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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College and Career Readiness—How Did Your School Do?
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 7039 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...how high school graduates are prepared to meet the HIDOE’s Strategic Plan Goal that all students demonstrate they are on a path toward success in college, career and citizenship....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Gabbard Introduces Bill Designed to Stop Obama’s Assistance to ISIS
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 6912 Views :: Military, Obama
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"...our efforts to overthrow Assad has increased and will continue to increase the strength of ISIS and other Islamic extremists...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Health Dep’t to Use Web-Based Software to Track Marijuana Sales, Inventories
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 5417 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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24/7 access to real-time data on medical marijuana inventory, sales, and other tracking information....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Ige Shutting Down Health Connector in Midst of Reenrollment Drive
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 4573 Views :: Health Care
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Open enrollment began on Nov. 1 and concludes on Jan. 31, 2016....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Kauai County Now Hiring Dopers—Maui is ACLU’s Next Target
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 7431 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Drugs
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Maui County continues to require drug tests as a condition of employment....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Full Text: ACLU Wins Order Defending Homeless’ Trash
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 4626 Views :: Homelessness
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During sweeps of Kaka’ako homeless persons, the City seized and disposed of over 134,000 pounds of 'property'....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Victory for Free Speech: Pastor, Maui County Settle 1st Amendment Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 5789 Views :: First Amendment
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At the direction of Fair organizers, an MPD officer ordered the Goodhues to leave not just the Fair area, but other nearby public sidewalks as well....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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HPU Report: Lack of US Flag Merchant Ships puts US at Risk of ‘Sea Strangulation’
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6006 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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“China, through a strategy we call ‘Sea Strangulation,’ now has the capability to crash the U.S. economy, threaten our allies and hold our military hostage”
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Solar Schemers Deploy Poll Results
By News Release @ 12:36 PM :: 4391 Views :: Energy
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97% of poll respondents support more rooftop solar....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Hawaii Small Businesses Slowest to be Paid in USA
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 6937 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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Hawaii small businesses wait 95 days on average to get paid on invoices....
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
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Tourism: US Arrivals Make up for Japanese Decline
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 6416 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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The report indicates a shift in the visitor market....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
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New Tracking System for Maui Bus Implemented
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 4166 Views :: Maui County
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...the ability to track their bus in real-time....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Feds Indict ‘Natural’ Supplements Makers behind Hawaii Death
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4884 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendants’ claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts. In truth, as one defendant put it, “lol stuff is completely 100 % synthethic [sic]”....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 5507 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Ige: Hawaii Will Welcome ‘Screened’ Syrian Refugees
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 5848 Views :: Military, Religion
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According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Feds Freeze Rail Funds? HART Knows Nothing About Caldwell’s Latest Pressure Tactic
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 7131 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Rail, Taxes
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...the FTA has not reached out to HART and officials were not aware the money was in jeopardy....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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‘Time of Use’ Rates to top out at $0.479 per kwh
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5380 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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First Hawaii Women Veterans Conference Set for Saturday
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 5489 Views :: Health Care, Military
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In Hawaii there are more than 14,000 women veterans; only 4,300 access their benefits and health care through the VA....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni claims ‘Outcome not Rigged’
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 5505 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...how can the outcome be “rigged”....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Na’i Aupuni Candidates in Conflict
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 7446 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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"...you are the executive director for the organization that received well over a half a million dollars for this Na'i Aupuni process...."
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Feds: Race to the Top Empowers Hawaii to Transform Education
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 4861 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Fundamental Change: Innovation in America's Schools under Race to the Top....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Jones Act Business Forum set for UH Manoa
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 4703 Views :: Jones Act
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Nov. 12 at UH Campus Center Ballroom 5:30pm to 7:30pm....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Protest Na’i Aupuni at State Capitol
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 6514 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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When: Friday, November 13th, 3- 5:30PM
Where: In front of the State Capitol, Beretania Street
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii earns a D- for Civil Forfeiture Laws
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 7895 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Hawaii’s civil forfeiture laws are among the nation’s worst....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Schedules Aerial Eradication ‘Simultaneous’ to Telescope Work
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6418 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Second Amendment
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"As local workers prepare to begin work at the TMT site, we want to remind people of other simultaneous activities that may be occurring on the mountain.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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HECO: 'Time of Use' Rate Hike Coming
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 5605 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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A rate that is higher -- above the existing energy charge rate -- from 4 p.m. to midnight (on-peak hours)....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Voting Begins for Maunalua Bay Advisory Committee
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 3894 Views :: Environment
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July, 2015: East Oahu: 400 Testify Against Federal Takeover of Maunalua Bay....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Now Only State in Nation Without Sex Trafficking Law
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 4433 Views :: Law Enforcement
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Hawaii and Virginia were the last two states in the nation without a law specifically criminalizing sex trafficking; however, 2015 legislative gains in Virginia left Hawaii behind....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Obamacare Covers 2.6% of Hawaii Insured
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 4468 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The uninsured rate pre-Obamacare was 7.89 percent and has fallen to a current rate of 5.27 percent, with 31,653 persons gaining health insurance....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Poll: 62% Support Telescope Construction--TMT to Re-Start Site Work
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 5760 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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88% of Hawaii residents agree there should be a way for science and Hawaiian culture to co-exist on Maunakea....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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New Data Shows Veterans Treatment Court Surge
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 5278 Views :: Judiciary, Military
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Nationally, Veterans Treatment Courts are serving an estimated 13,200 veterans who would otherwise be incarcerated....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Reporters threatened by campus security at public meeting at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 6231 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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A complaint has been filed with UH Hilo Security. UHSUnews student reporters say they will continue to attend UHHSA meetings and exercise their right to record as afforded by UH policy and laws....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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McKelvey Guilty of Campaign Spending Violations
By News Release @ 1:42 AM :: 7079 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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$33,000 Missing Campaign Funds....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Hilo Veterans Parade Saturday
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 4135 Views :: Military
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Hawai‘i Island Veterans Day Parade November 7, starting at 10 a.m., Downtown Hilo....
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