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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Tribe? Feds to Meet With Hawaiians in N&S California
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 6698 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Hayward, August 9 ... Tustin, August 10....
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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Kalaeloa Raceway Park Closes--Blames Abercrombie
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 9910 Views :: DHHL, Politicians
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In return for our concentrated efforts, we have received nothing but false promises from the current administration, and as such, we can no longer support Governor Abercrombie in his quest for re-election....
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 |
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DoE Announces School Closures on Hawaii Island, Maui County
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 3812 Views :: Education K-12
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On Thursday, Aug. 7, all public schools in Hawaii and Maui Counties (Maui, Molokai, Lanai) will be closed....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Will $150M Obamacare Tax Lead to ILWU Strike?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:35 PM :: 5845 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...Potentially, consumers in Hawaii and Alaska could pick up the tab for Obamacare excise tax....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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2014 April GET Collections Still Down Compared to 2013
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:17 PM :: 6533 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...2014 April General Excise Tax (GET) collections are still down compared to the same month last year, although slightly improved on March 2014....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Navy Paying 69% More With $334M Solar Project
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 6510 Views :: Energy, Military
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... the Navy is paying $0.44 per kwh ....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Q&A: Ten Things You Need to Know About Boehner Suing Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:52 PM :: 6153 Views :: National News, Health Care, Judiciary
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...Last week, the House of Representatives voted to authorize Speaker John Boehner to file a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s failure to fully implement Obamacare....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Your Tax Dollars at Work: FlikMedia, Inc. Acquires Flikdate
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 4888 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...Flikdate is the recipient of HSDC Hi-Tech 'investment' money....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Charter Schools Produce 7% More Student Achievement Per Dollar Spent
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 3323 Views :: Education K-12
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While gains were small in places like Hawaii (7 percent), D.C. saw advantages of more than 100 percent....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii's Partnership Against Fraud
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 4330 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...to generate greater awareness about the threats of financial scams....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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WaPo: Union freakouts are hurting the hunt for good teachers
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 4550 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... the debate over evaluations has been full of false information ....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 4, 2014
By Congress.org @ 1:55 PM :: 3669 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Both chambers are in recess until the week of September 8....
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Monday, August 4, 2014 |
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2014: States with the Best & Worst School Systems
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5074 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii ranks 25th in “Education Output and Safety” and 36th in “School System Quality”
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Without Abercrombie, Education Reform a Political Orphan
By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 PM :: 6430 Views :: Education K-12, Politicians
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...With Abercrombie out of the picture, education reform advocates can reinterpret the rules for vouchers to open the door to church preschools....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Mainland Anti-GMO Group Pours Money into Kaneohe HD48 Race
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:54 PM :: 5771 Views :: Politicians, GMOs
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Here’s a flier that was sent out in to people in the Kaneohe/Kahaluu area by the Center for Food Safety just a few days ago....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Election Day Precinct Workers Needed
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 4104 Views :: Office of Elections
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Help keep Hawaii elections honest--volunteer as a precinct worker....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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NPS: Draft Ewa Plains Battlefield Nomination And Photo Archive Available
By John Bond @ 4:17 PM :: 5892 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Former MCAS Ewa Field is an especially unique battlefield that has been officially recognized....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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Everywhere...and Perversely Fair
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 3711 Views :: Taxes
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...Our Hawaii Supreme Court said that it reaches "virtually every economic activity imaginable"....
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 |
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Apple Unredacted: Did Attack on Carbone's $300K 'Assistant' Precipitate Removal of UHM Chancellor?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 8455 Views :: Higher Education
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"You have mentioned this frequently as a reason for loss of confidence in me from you and the Board."
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 |
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VA reform bill gives veterans private health care options
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:57 PM :: 4537 Views :: Military
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House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise Wednesday on a Veterans Affairs health care reform bill....
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 |
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Honolulu Army reservist accused of fraud, theft and child molestation
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:47 PM :: 6835 Views :: Military, Politicians
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...he is accused of repeatedly molesting a 13-year-old boy, and has been held in the state prison facility since February....
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 |
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School Choice Event Shows New Way Forward for Hawaii Education Reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:28 AM :: 3800 Views :: Education K-12
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Grassroot Institute's Friedman Dinner emphasizes bipartisanship, cooperation in improving schools....
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Saturday, August 2, 2014 |
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Akina for OHA Launches TV, Radio Ads
By Video @ 12:13 AM :: 5235 Views :: OHA, Politicians
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We've run our Radio Ad on 95.5 The Fish for two weeks and have had great reviews!
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Friday, August 1, 2014 |
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State Administrator Admits Federal Highway Dollars in Jeopardy
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 6342 Views :: Politicians, Rail, Republican Party
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Unless the State elects a Republican to represent its needs and projects, Hawaii’s current all-Democrat delegation will have no seat in the majority caucus where decisions are made....
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Friday, August 1, 2014 |
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$72M Vanishes: New Council on Revenues Forecast Minus 1.8%
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 7697 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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...The new fiscal year 2014 forecast is minus 1.8 percent, down from a negative 0.4 percent in May, a difference of about $72 million....
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Friday, August 1, 2014 |
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Report: Dobelle Could Face Criminal Charges for Theft from Mass. College
By News Release @ 5:45 AM :: 4523 Views :: Higher Education
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...Dobelle spent 171 days in San Francisco. The trips frequently coincided with the Bohemian Club’s “Spring Jinks” gatherings in late May and its two-week “Encampment” in July – cost the school $63,000....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Orders Abercrombie to Pay Up
By Robert Thomas @ 9:02 PM :: 6176 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Oahu Publications, Inc. v. Abercrombie....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Dr Keli’i Akina: Hawaii Should Fulfill Dream of Martin Luther King
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 6561 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA, Politicians
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...The Hawaiian Kingdom included citizens of many racial backgrounds who would unjustly be excluded today from the Native Hawaiian Roll....
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Feds fly immigrant minors to Hawaii on taxpayer dime
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:20 AM :: 4967 Views :: National News
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“between January 1 and July 7, a total of eight minors were discharged from the unaccompanied alien children program to sponsors in Hawaii.”
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Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
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Apple Given One Hour Deadline, Accepts Termination Package
By News Release @ 5:13 AM :: 4230 Views :: Higher Education
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I had previous provided Dr. Lassner with my rebuttal of his allegations of unsatisfactory performance....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Abercrombie: We can’t go back
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 5178 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...we have an opportunity to continue the course that we’ve charted. We can’t go back....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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FBI Investigates Death Threats Made by Anti-GMO Leader
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:31 PM :: 6335 Views :: GMOs
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...Mike Adams of the prolific anti-GMO Natural News website is resorting to calling for threats against those who support biotechnology....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Tribe? How They did it in Alaska
By Video @ 10:08 PM :: 4479 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...Native Lands Were Lost In The Blink Of An Eye....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Ige Unveils Action Plan for Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 5387 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...‘Engineering Hawaii’s Future’....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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HECO Proposes 'Demand Response' Billing, Remote Shutoff
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 5020 Views :: Energy
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Under the programs, customers receive financial incentives for shifting energy use to certain times of the day....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Roofers: Obamacare Threatens Union Health Plan
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 5829 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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"The ACA is threatening to dismantle multi-employer health and welfare funds that provide affordable, high-quality health care...."
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Absentee ballot fraud incident has Kauai police, elections officials on alert
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:14 PM :: 7896 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Office of Elections
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“When my ballot was stolen, I felt so violated. I am very concerned about corruption here on the island,” Woods said....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Medicaid Should Be Included in Paul Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Proposal
By NCPA @ 2:37 PM :: 4040 Views :: Health Care
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Ryan is looking back to the success of the 1996 welfare reform....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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Hawaii Health ROI 4th in USA
By News Release @ 2:16 PM :: 4402 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...WalletHub used data from 47 states to construct a health-related return on investment metric....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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School Choice: Strive to Reach the Summit
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:32 PM :: 3625 Views :: Education K-12
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- Thursday, July 31 5:45 PM to 8:00 PM
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Lassner: We Must Polish the Jewel, not the Apple
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 4000 Views :: Higher Education
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"At this time we all need to focus on polishing our crown jewel...."
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Ige Renews Oath of Fealty to HSTA
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 6782 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Politicians
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As your Governor, I will work with the Board to immediately place a hold on the components of the Educator Effectiveness System....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Hanabusa Attacks Schatz for Accepting Contributions from Akaka Bill Opponents
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 5739 Views :: Akaka Bill, Politicians
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...Schatz has also accepted thousands of dollars from ... Thurston Twigg-Smith, the founder of Aloha 4 All, an organization that openly opposes The Akaka Bill....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Homelessness: Council Ignores Waikiki Residents' Plea for Help
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 4641 Views :: Homelessness
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...the City Council is sending the message that the interests of panhandlers and substance abusers are more important than the concerns of the visitor industry and the 32,000 citizens who make their home in Waikiki....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Solving Social Problems with Pay-For-Success Contracts
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 4037 Views :: Homelessness
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California Senate Bill 593 would utilize private-sector ideas, and funds, to address problems such as homelessness and crime recidivism....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Honolulu: Good Recession, Bad Recovery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 PM :: 5809 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Honolulu performed better through the recession than most other major American cities. Unfortunately, Honolulu’s recovery was not as impressive....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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In Spite of Medicaid Expansion, Hawaii Hospital Performance up 10.7%
By News Release @ 5:32 AM :: 4643 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Overall non-Medicaid expansion states improved their median INDEX score by 0.6% while Medicaid expansion states median INDEX scores declined by (0.80%)....
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
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Shocker: Hawaii only 8th Most Socialist State
By Selected News Articles @ 5:23 AM :: 4957 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The math? Simple. The FY2013 state expenditure divided by the state's 2013 GDP....
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Monday, July 28, 2014 |
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Fundrace: Djou Ahead by 40%
By News Release @ 9:01 PM :: 4449 Views :: Politicians
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...Djou holds $439,707.27 cash-on-hand for the remainder of the campaign....
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