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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Stewardship by UH to protect Maunakea for future generations
By Selected News Articles @ 9:26 PM :: 7252 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Kauai Council Calls for ‘Home Rule’ on Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 7:33 PM :: 4854 Views :: Drugs
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Kauai is the only county in Hawaii that has taken a stand against this onrush of legislation....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 4743 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Hawaii Has Most Tax Brackets of Any State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 4232 Views :: Taxes
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...three states have ten or more tax brackets, led by Hawaii with twelve....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 23890 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, OHA
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A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....
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Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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Inside look at Monsanto’s Hawaii farm nursery
By Selected News Articles @ 6:11 PM :: 4588 Views :: GMOs
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Having farms in Hawaii helps speed up the process....
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Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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Rep Luke Gives One Hour Notice for Hearing on Open Government Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 4419 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke provided only one hour notice for a 14-bill hearing she was holding this afternoon....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii GE Tax: Broadest Sales Tax in US
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 4887 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Has No Hate Crimes (Officially)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 5062 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Unlike all other states in the union Hawaii has a go-it-alone policy and lets the attorney general’s office keep a running tally....
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
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House Speaker mum so far on complaint against Karl Rhoads
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 5305 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...attorney Lance Collins lodged a complaint on behalf of two of his clients regarding the actions of Rep. Karl Rhoads while he was chair of a special investigating committee looking into former Speaker Calvin Say....
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Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Sea-Based Radar a $2.2B Flop, Mothballed at Pearl Harbor
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 4183 Views :: Military
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...its field of vision is so narrow that it would be of little use against what experts consider the likeliest attack: a stream of missiles interspersed with decoys....
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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Trustee: OHA Drains $20M from Trust Since December
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 5075 Views :: OHA
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"...Obviously, OHA can no longer afford to keep spending generously with no accountability...."
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Secretly Killed
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 4532 Views :: Energy
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Unknown to perhaps everyone at the time, the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) Energy Agreement died in September of last year....
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Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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'Conservative Hawks' See Tulsi Gabbard Senate bid as 'Natural'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 5932 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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“You guys’ profiling her is going to be like the kiss of death.”
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Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 5921 Views :: Hawaii County , GMOs
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...This 12-part series by entomologist Anthony Shelton is the first comprehensive article about a genetically engineered crop, in this case, GE papaya in Hawaii....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate creates panel to review Sen. Brickwood Galuteria's qualifications
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 6811 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the new committee will explore whether Galuteria is qualified to serve....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 AM :: 8357 Views :: Energy, Environment, GMOs
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...in blue states like Vermont, Oregon, Maine, Hawaii, and Washington....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Consumers 'Least Sustainable Spending Habits' in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 7037 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The percentage of people overspending their income is twice as high in Hawaii and Nevada than in Maryland....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii Recruits 14-Year-Olds for Late-Term Abortion Experiments
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 14250 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education, Life
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...to determine how much they bleed during the procedure....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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History of Native Hawaiian Missionaries to Pacific Islands
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 7901 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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...The Marquesas Islands...The Hawaiians Send a Mission to Them....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 38th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 5242 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The report uses 12 key metrics – ranging from average annual wages and salary disparities to patient population size and state medical board punitiveness to rank each of the 50 states....
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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Political Fight Over Teachers' Mailboxes
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 PM :: 6173 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...The warning came after elementary schoolteacher Justin Hughey, a candidate for HSTA vice president, tried to distribute a 1-page flyer in Maui High School on March 3.....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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PEW: Filipinos Nearly Half of Hawaii Unauthorized Immigrants
By Selected News Articles @ 11:16 PM :: 5456 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...In Alaska and Hawaii, unauthorized immigrants from the Philippines are the largest group....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: Puna Geothermal Plant at Center of $122M Federal Grant Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 6993 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...A geothermal energy developer cannot duck claims that it defrauded the United States of $122 million by reporting false information about two projects to get government grants, a federal judge ruled Tuesday....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th in Federal Funding as a percentage of State Revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 4120 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...the least wealthy states tend to be those receiving the most federal support....
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii Is the 2nd Worst State to Be Poor from a Tax Perspective
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 5047 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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50th – Low Income (12.30% of Income)
48th – Middle Income (10.86% of Income)
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 |
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Makakilo NB Opposes "48 Minute" Bill 1329
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 7112 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Military
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The bill is now in the Senate, and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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HB145 Tobacco Industry Tax Credit Gut and Replace
By Selected News Articles @ 1:12 PM :: 6536 Views :: Agriculture, Higher Education, Tax Credits
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Did you know that Hawaii has a tobacco industry?
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous"
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 7768 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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... “baseless, unreasonable and frivolous” ....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii #2 in USA: 43% of Households Spend at Least 30% on Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 4775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Only California (44%) has more households spending at least 30% of their income on housing....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 7554 Views :: Homelessness, Rail, Taxes, Drugs
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A report on the top state issues of 2015....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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With Reservations
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 5039 Views :: Family
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Fukumoto Chang is right in that the interests of families may be better served at this point of the game with a vote of “with reservations” to keep a seat at the discussion table....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Prejudices of rich denying poor benefits of biotechnology
By Selected News Articles @ 6:06 AM :: 4149 Views :: GMOs
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"...the poorest people, the people who most need the technology, may be denied access because of the fears and prejudices of those who have enough to eat....”
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
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Former Employees Sue Ormat: Geothermal Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 8711 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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“To date Ormat has received at least $136,791,964.00 in 1603 payments through fraudulent and/or false 1603 grant applications....”
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
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Marijuana: Big Tobacco's Playbook
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 4320 Views :: Drugs
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...they focused on promoting individual choice and personal responsibility, inciting fear of big government, threatening economic insecurity, and accusing public health scientists of manipulating data....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Hawaii: The Place for "Really Crazy" Energy Ideas
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 6013 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...Plenty of issues remain to be addressed, not least the safety implications of having kites weighing more than a tonne flying around on cables up to 310m long....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Occupy Honolulu Suit -- Losing Still Pays off for Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 4301 Views :: Homelessness
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De-Occupy asserted 14 causes of action but failed to succeed on any of them....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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$1.9 Billion: NextEra is the #2 Recipient of US Corporate Welfare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 4426 Views :: Energy
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... a provision in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Section 1603) allows companies to receive cash payments in lieu of tax credits for the installation of renewable energy properties ....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 9170 Views :: DHHL, Labor, Rail
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...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring!
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 6562 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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...A newly hired legal clerk at the Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office in Hilo can start working without the mandatory urine test, a federal judge ruled Friday....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Proposed racetrack would obliterate WWII battlefield
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 AM :: 9092 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History, Military
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...HB1329 has been assigned to EDT and WAM, though a hearing has not yet been scheduled....
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Saturday, March 14, 2015 |
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American Samoa: Faleomavaega Trying for Comeback?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 7995 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Even in his latest pet project: the election of the new prime minister of India, he has been eclipsed by the other Samoan in the House, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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With 48 Minutes Notice, House Votes $100M to Bulldoze Historic Ewa Battlefield, Build Raceway
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 AM :: 8525 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development, Military
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$100 million in bonds to unabashedly promote a motorsport center on parkland determined eligible to be declared a National American Battlefield by the National Park Service....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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University Snoops in Rape Victims' Medical Files to Save Money on Litigation--Legally
By Selected News Articles @ 1:42 PM :: 6435 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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Why do universities want rape victims to report to a university administrator instead of the police?
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Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
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WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 5708 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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It costs $2 a barrel to ship Texas crude to Europe or Asia and $7 to ship it to Philadelphia....
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5670 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...The loss of an arm, for example, is worth up to $48,840 in Alabama, $193,950 in Ohio and $439,858 in Illinois....
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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The Jones Act does not enhance our defense
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 4677 Views :: Jones Act
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... U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) quote "Unfortunately, very few commercial ships with high military value have been constructed in US shipyards in the last twenty years." ....
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 AM :: 5432 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...the economy is still not creating as many new firms as it did before the recession....
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