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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii-based unit final materiel recovery brigade in Afghanistan
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 3905 Views :: Military
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More than 100 troops from the 45th Sustainment Brigade’s headquarters met an emotional explosion of cheers as they marched into the Wheeler Gulch hangar....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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Wall Street: Hawaii 12th Best-Run State in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 3878 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... California, Colorado, Florida, and Hawaii all moved up by at least 10 positions on our ranking ....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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NextEra Buy May be Good for Rates, Bad for Distributed Generation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 AM :: 4695 Views :: Energy
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“Florida is not known for rooftop solar. It’s known for utility scale projects,” said Leslie Cole-Brooks, executive director, Hawaii Solar Energy Association....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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Despite first lady’s vow to end veteran homelessness, VA fails miserably
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 3485 Views :: Military
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...27 percent were unable to reach a counselor and had to leave messages, 16 percent could not be referred to VA medical facilities because their messages were inaudible or lacked contact information, and 4 percent were not referred to VA facilities at all….
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Gun Rights at Stake as California AG Appeals Denial of Standing
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 4907 Views :: Second Amendment
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This definitely has U.S. Supreme Court written all over it....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii 30th Most Charitable State
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 4072 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2014’s Most & Least Charitable States....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 5411 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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“Granting temporary privileges or punishment allows Congress to fund-raise on them over and over again.”
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Averting West Coast Port Shutdowns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 5433 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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The True Cost of Speeding in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 5605 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...residents will see a 6% average increase in their annual insurance costs for three years after the infraction....
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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Nobody Commits to Buy Ansaldo: Deadline Extended Again for Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 6246 Views :: Rail
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Delays to asset sales have prompted credit ratings agencies to downgrade the company to junk....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Another Homosexual Leader Busted for Homosexual Child Molestation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 9698 Views :: National News, Family, Law Enforcement
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A prominent gay rights activist charged last week with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy ... has visited the White House more than a half-dozen times in the past two years....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Taxes on Poverty-Level Income 2nd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 9:25 PM :: 5223 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii income taxes cost a single parent of two children $272 at poverty level....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Tommy Waters Sues for Recount in East Oahu Council Race
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 6233 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...Waters argues that the voting results suggest 128 ballots may have been miscounted out of the 37,178 cast....
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
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Progressivism Becomes Convenient Vehicle for Tycoons
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 4803 Views :: Democratic Party
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...the extremely wealthy establish various special interest groups dedicated to crafting draconian regulations in the name of the public good, tackling hot-button social issues, and riling the hopes of easily led ideologues....
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
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Could Congress finally end the GMO labeling war?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 4887 Views :: GMOs
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...a confusing patchwork of different laws around the country, driving up the cost of food as much as $500 to every American family....
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
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Hawaii Landmark Land Use Litigation for 2014
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 PM :: 5861 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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...new and important cases were decided by the Hawaii courts this year....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Alfalfa Farmers Sue to Overturn GMO Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 5256 Views :: GMOs
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Destruction of their crops would be an unconstitutional taking without just compensation, the farmers say....
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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Feds Cut Maui Co Hospital Funding, Reclassify Kula, Lanai and Molokai as 'Urban'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 4684 Views :: Health Care
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...will lose their rural designation that allows acute care facilities within their boundaries to receive extra payments as critical access hospitals....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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CATO: Abercrombie Boosted Spending $900M
By Selected News Articles @ 7:48 PM :: 5724 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii taxpayers can now breathe easier because he was defeated in the Democratic primary....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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U.S. not prepared for a major volcanic eruption, panel says
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 7231 Views :: Hawaii County , National News, Congressional Delegation
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The U.S. is falling short in its ability to track and respond to a major volcanic eruption at this time, a panel of experts told a congressional hearing Wednesday.…
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Under secretary of the Army visits Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 4396 Views :: Military
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...to conduct a tour of the Army installations here to get a first-hand view of capabilities of the units....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Hawaii: Buy Obamacare, Pay for Abortion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 PM :: 5551 Views :: Health Care, Life
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Five years ago President Obama told lawmakers and the American public in a specially called joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion."…
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Lack of Vegans Makes Hawaii Best State for Thanksgiving
By Selected News Articles @ 12:32 PM :: 6194 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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We crunched the numbers using the six criteria below to determine if the state you live in is prime habitat for a downer of a Thanksgiving....
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
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Institute for Astronomy Discovers Black Money Hole in Kakaako
By Selected News Articles @ 6:08 PM :: 5785 Views :: Higher Education
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If current trends hold, the black hole will grow 'like a cancer' (hint, hint) and swallow the entire system....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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State Retirement Funds Play Tricks on Retirees, Taxpayers
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 5102 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....
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Sunday, November 16, 2014 |
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HHSC Not Alone: US Rural Hospitals in Critical Condition
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 3750 Views :: Health Care
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For many rural hospitals, partnering with big health systems is the only hope for survival....
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Temporary Injunction: Judge Blocks Enforcement of Maui Anti-GMO Law
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 AM :: 16671 Views :: Maui County, GMOs
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...the ban will "probably bankrupt Molokai"....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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Wahiawa celebrates veterans during 68th annual parade
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 PM :: 4251 Views :: Military
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the Wahiawa Lions Club 68th Annual Veterans Day Parade....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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Courageous Hawaii Won Local Control of Public Lands With Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 7921 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, Land Use
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In Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Supreme Court unanimously declared....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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Federal Recognition for Hawaiians? A Peek at BIA’s Suffocating Bureaucracy
By Selected News Articles @ 2:35 PM :: 4540 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...Tribal Governments and Americans Indian individuals can do very little with their lands without the approval of the BIA’s suffocating bureaucracy....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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9th Circuit Rejects Gun Control Group Intervention in Hawaii Concealed Carry Case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:58 AM :: 7300 Views :: Second Amendment
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Long-suffering California (and Hawaii) gun owners received some rare good news....
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Forbes: Hawaii Ranks 45th for Business, Careers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 5604 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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Hawaii has one of the most onerous business tax situations. Another drawback: the highest cost of living....
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 |
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“If you’re answering to Omidyar you’re really not independent.”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:02 PM :: 11830 Views :: National News, Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“But they all kissed the ring because they wanted his money.”
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Hawaii Clinton Operative Tied to $500M Emerald Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 7204 Views :: Democratic Party, National News
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Paul Sullivan, a Hawaii resident and former deputy campaign manager for President Bill Clinton, could owe millions of dollars in attorney fees ....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Operating Loss? How Hawaii Corporate Income Taxes Compare
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 AM :: 6549 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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When businesses suffer losses in a calendar year, well-structured corporate tax codes allow them to deduct those losses against previous or future tax returns....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Kona Planned Parenthood Abortion Facility Loses Lease, Must Close
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 AM :: 6844 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Life
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Planned Parenthood’s Kona Health Center will shut down after Monday, November 10....
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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Transition: Ige Chooses McCartney, Hiraoka
By Selected News Articles @ 6:18 PM :: 7871 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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McCartney is a former executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Am Samoa, Guam, NMI, and Alaska -- Republicans Win Big Across Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 7457 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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Congressional candidate Aumua Amata was yesterday elected to serve as American Samoa’s non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House, unseating longtime incumbent, Congressman Faleomavaega Eni....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Faleomavaega Sued by Former Congressional Staff Attorney
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 AM :: 6219 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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...a former member of Faleomavaega's staff is suing the delegate....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Voters 11th Most Powerful in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 5383 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics
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...by calculating the number of elected officials in the federal government per adult population in each state for the most recent election years....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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NYT: Omidyar In Waaaay Over His Head in Journalism Endeavors
By Selected News Articles @ 8:48 PM :: 6679 Views :: First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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Omidyar...seemed not to realize what he had gotten into....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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Hawaii Dead Last for ‘Pass Through’ Business Employment
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 4329 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Nationally, the combined net income of sole proprietors, LLCs, Partnerships, and S corporations has increased fivefold and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all business income....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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CNBC: Hawaii ranks 49th for Business Friendliness
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 AM :: 5151 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves.....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Lanai Mom Sues for Hawaiian Language Classes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 4782 Views :: Education K-12
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"The Department of Education has a constitutional mandate to establish a statewide public school system that consists of, among other things, a comprehensive Hawaiian education program...."
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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American Samoa--Mistaken About Faleomavaega?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 7214 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Faleomavaega neither resigned nor retired and finally has returned home just a few days short of a year after his medical evacuation last October....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Afghanistan: Hawaii Based Marine Killed by Jihadi Child Molester
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 5058 Views :: Military
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...he and others were kidnapping and keeping Afghan boys as sex slaves, trafficking narcotics and providing munitions to the Taliban to "facilitate insider attacks on Marine and other coalition forces."....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Welfare Pays Better Than Teaching, Military
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 AM :: 6861 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...the magnitude of these payments exceeds the average salary of an American teacher, as well as a soldier deployed in Afghanistan, by at least $10,000 per year....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii tuition increases 34% in five years--#1 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 4725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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A new data map courtesy of Fitch Ratings shows which states have the highest college tuition growth....
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Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
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20 Million Gallons of Sewage Spill on Sand Island
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 5941 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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City could have worked harder to prevent Sand Island sewage spill....
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
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Honolulu Airport 3rd Worst in N America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 5279 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....
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