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Entries for February 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Hawaii Legislature Considers 18 Gun Bills
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 2417 Views :: Second Amendment
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...While some bills were deferred, a number of bills unfortunately passed out of committee and will continue on. Additionally, some of the deferred measures on the House side were amended into other measures that were passed....
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Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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DoE's 30-Year Old Computers Crash--Finally Decides to Upgrade
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 2961 Views :: Education K-12
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...the DOE began taking action after the current system — which has been in place since 1991 — experienced an outage in October 2018 that lasted several weeks, impacting operations and payments to vendors....
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Sunday, February 9, 2020 |
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The ConAm Returns
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 4461 Views :: Education K-12, Rail, Taxes
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...to impose a surcharge on real property tax....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:05 PM :: 4285 Views :: Family, Life
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...Assisted Suicide Expansion Bills - Safeguards: Going, Going, Gone....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 8, 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 7:53 PM :: 2526 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...votes cast and bills introduced for week ending Feb 8, 2020....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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Wacky Season at Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:43 PM :: 3728 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...nanny-state proposals, unconstitutional overreach bills and social engineering schemes....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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92 Candidates File for Election
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 3322 Views :: Office of Elections
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...complete list here....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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UH Releases Sex Harassment Survey Results
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 3965 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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...More than 6,300 students, or 15.5 percent of UH’s approximately 40,861 adult students participated in the 2019 survey....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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HCR37: Will Pro-Telescope Hawaiians be Included on 'Blue Ribbon' Panel?
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 5009 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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SB42: Protesters trying to legalize anarchy
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 1:35 PM :: 4582 Views :: Greenmail, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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Road Usage Charge: DoT Wants to Know How Much Spying Motorists Accept
By News Release @ 1:42 AM :: 2896 Views :: Taxes
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...Each volunteer will choose one of three technologies for reporting vehicle mileage automatically....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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NELHA: Feds Bust Money Laundering Scheme at Heart of De-Sal Water Bottler
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 5764 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Tax Credits
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...concealed from Koyo the fact that one of its upper level managers was an owner of the sham pass-through companies....
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 |
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Makuu: Homeless Move onto Abandoned DHHL Leaseholds, Set up Auto Junkyard
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 5451 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Homelessness
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...Over the past six months, the Department has removed unpermitted structures, unauthorized campers, and abandoned vehicles from Kalaeloa, Anahola, Hanapepe, King’s Landing, and other locations statewide....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Few Disabled Working, Federal Benefits Unused
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3762 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Free Golf, Methamphetamines, and Building Permits
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 PM :: 14572 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Trump Admin Ousts EPA Region 9 Director
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 3738 Views :: Environment
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"...it wasn’t going unnoticed how many Democrat members in Congress were commending me for the job I was doing...."
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Gun Bills Galore Moving in Legislature
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 3143 Views :: Second Amendment
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...To give you an idea of the disrespect for your freedom, the joint committee in the House has scheduled 10 minutes to consider five anti-gun bills....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Survey: Ige Least Popular Governor in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 3314 Views :: Politicians
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...Ige Approval 32% -- Disapproval: 58%....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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DoE Funds HSTA Pay Hike Propaganda 'Study'
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 4207 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Hawaii Mixed Scores on Dental Care
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 3074 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii 46 -- ‘Dental Habits & Care’ Rank....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Lawsuit: Plastic Hysteria is Excuse for Feds to Take Control of Hawaii Waterways
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 3837 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...Your recycling was shipped to Asia and then they dumped it into the ocean because recycling is and always has been a fraud. Now it is washing up on our beaches and enviro lawyers are using it as an excuse to enhance their power....
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 3002 Views :: National News
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"...This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece...."
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Study: 25% of CFS Clients Victims of Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 5509 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...The six-page survey was administered over the course of three months to 363 individuals seeking help by trained social workers or support staff of Child & Family Service....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Report: Hawaii seniors have highest poverty rate in the US
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 3435 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Personalized Elder Index -- How Much do you need to live in your community in Hawaii?....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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After Diamond Head Attack--Lawmakers Propose Gun Control and Mental Health Bills
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 4269 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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...SB2505: Requires & appropriates funds for DOH to establish a continuum of stabilization beds statewide for non-forensic patients with substance abuse or mental health disorders....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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SB42: Block AG's Investigation of Telescope Protesters Funding
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 4818 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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After Year of Campaigning in Iowa, Gabbard Gets Only 15 Votes Statewide
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 5361 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Tulsi Gabbard
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...With 96% Counted Iowa Democratic Party says Gabbard started Caucus night with 326 votes statewide and ended with only 15 votes. ....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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House-Senate Resolutions call for (yet another) Blue Ribbon Commission on Hawaiian Issues
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 3593 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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...asking the Governor to form a blue ribbon commission to examine and establish a reconciliation process relating to past, present and future issues of importance to Native Hawaiians and the State of Hawaiʻi....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Hawaii DoE Touts AP Test Scores
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3366 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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Video: Solving Hawaii's Fiscal Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:31 AM :: 3275 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government
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...how Hawaii can avoid its looming major debt crisis, projected at the moment to total $88 billion the next 30 years....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Need $2.3M to Retire in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 5259 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...the state in which you live can play a big role in how early you can retire....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Fireworks Prove Honolulu Port Security Lacking
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 9:38 PM :: 4224 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...“New Year’s Eve was just one of many indications that the inspection process is lacking, which is how illegal goods are coming into the state through our ports. We have seen an increase in gun violence, drug addiction is an epidemic and we are at high-risk for suffering from toxic substances and agricultural invasive species that can hurt our environment,” said Councilmember Pine....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Committee Releases Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at FAA Honolulu Office
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 4940 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Andria Tupola Announces Run for Council District 1
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 5:06 PM :: 5140 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Republican Party
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...Former Representative, Andria Tupola announced today that she will be running for City Council District 1....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Week 2 at the Legislature
By Brett Kulbis @ 3:06 AM :: 3550 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Red Light Cameras: The Risks of Privatizing Law Enforcement
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 2977 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...when private firms and municipalities consider revenues first, and safety second, the public interest is threatened....
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Sunday, February 2, 2020 |
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Why Do Lawmakers Want More Special Funds?
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:43 PM :: 3259 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...there is a plethora of requests for “special funds” in the 2020 Legislature....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:09 PM :: 4671 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...Safe Haven for Newborns Passes First Committee....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 9:55 PM :: 2631 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...votes in Congress and bills introduced from GovTrack.us....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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Kym Pine Leads 2020 Mayoral Race in Fundraising
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 1:04 PM :: 3988 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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...only Pine, Amemiya, and Hanabusa report substantial fundraising...
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 4686 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....
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