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Entries for November 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Will the Jones Act cause Hawaii’s last sugar plantation to close?
By Michael Hansen @ 8:33 PM :: 7478 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act
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The cause of HC&S’s operating losses were poor growing conditions with too much rain and expenses relating to their elderly sugar-carrying vessel....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Republicans Oppose Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Hawaii
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 8:15 PM :: 8155 Views :: Military, Religion
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Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 5286 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes
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State falls to #31 in national ranking....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 Christians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 7161 Views :: Military, Religion
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'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 AM :: 8571 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....
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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 :: 5756 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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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Engineers: DAGS Hands Off CIP
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:20 AM :: 4278 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....
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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 :: 6090 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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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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How High are Cell Phone Taxes in Your State?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 5844 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:06 PM :: 4377 Views :: Education K-12
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 16, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:54 PM :: 4247 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Revised Defense Authorization
Senate: Military-Construction-VA Appropriations
Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 5261 Views :: Energy
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 5266 Views :: Military
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...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Rail Funds Frozen? Feds Explain ‘Officially’ and ‘Unofficially’ What they Told Caldwell
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 7969 Views :: Rail
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...we at Hawai’i Free Press tried a novel approach—actually contacting FTA spokespeople in Washington to see what they had to say about it....
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Working on the Fringe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5156 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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“Revisiting the Taxation of Fringe Benefits”
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 PM :: 6730 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 7317 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Four responses have been filed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to last week’s “Urgent Motion for Injunction”....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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How energy prices are elevated by the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 4:21 PM :: 6159 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....
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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 :: 7560 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 :: 5634 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 :: 5721 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 :: 5733 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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Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
By NCPA @ 1:32 PM :: 6428 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Na’i Aupuni Candidates in Conflict
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 7750 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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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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How Do You Design an Electric Train without Considering the Electricity?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:02 AM :: 6650 Views :: Energy, Rail
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...what will the train’s power bill be for decades to come?....
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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 :: 5112 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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UK citizen with green card sues Honolulu police over denial of firearm permit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 5315 Views :: Second Amendment
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...Hawaii only granted permits to U.S. citizens until a federal judge in Honolulu last year ruled that's unconstitutional. The department is trying to get around that ruling....
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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 :: 4910 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 :: 6812 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 :: 8262 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Hawaii’s civil forfeiture laws are among the nation’s worst....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Full Text: Veterans Sue for Voting Rights in US Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 5512 Views :: First Amendment, Military
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...the Illinois veterans are allowed to continue voting in Illinois by absentee ballot ... if they reside in the Northern Mariana Islands (“NMI”), American Samoa, or in a foreign country, but not if they reside in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Let's Create a Higher Standard for Ethical Government
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 5005 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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If we want to see more responsible and accountable government, then it's up to the public to set the standard for what ethical government looks like....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Video: Fixing What's Wrong with Welfare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:25 PM :: 4686 Views :: Family
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...the War on Poverty has launched a massive bureaucracy and a plethora of government programs that have negatively impacted the American family....
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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 :: 6779 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 :: 5825 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 :: 4067 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 :: 4646 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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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Congress asks Hawaii Health Exchange where the money went
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 4807 Views :: Health Care
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“The hearing… did not answer all the committee’s questions nor fully assuaged its concerns that tax dollars have been, and are being, spent inappropriately.”
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal
By Video @ 4:16 PM :: 8387 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, OHA
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Corporations Buying Influence? Native Hawaiian Election Throws Out All the Rules....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Political Correctness Jumps Shark? -- “Hey Hey Ho Ho Reporters Have Got to Go!”
By Video @ 1:50 PM :: 5926 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Be sure to watch the U Missouri Mass Communications Professor looking for “some muscle over here”....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii Most Expensive State to Raise a Family
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 PM :: 6190 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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HART Math – When 1 + 1 Doesn’t Equal 2
By Natalie Iwasa @ 1:28 PM :: 4592 Views :: Rail
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...project expenditures are $1,637M, $1,581M or $1,512M, depending on which report one looks at....
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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 :: 4691 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 :: 6028 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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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: Two Candidates Misplaced, and Another Quits the Race
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 AM :: 5437 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...her name does not appear on a copy of the print version of the Oahu ballot....
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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 :: 5514 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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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Best Cities for Veterans—Honolulu Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 4723 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military
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"The ratio of homeless veterans to the veteran population is 28 times higher in San Francisco than in Virginia Beach, Va"
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ends Expensive Net Metering Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 5:16 PM :: 4500 Views :: Energy
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instead of getting credited for the full retail rate for the energy they produce, customers will be credited for a fixed rate between 15 cents and 28 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending on the island....
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Monday, November 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Receives D+ Grade on Corruption
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5410 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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Lobbyists thrive in land of sunshine....
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