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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Danger: City Council to Hold ‘Special Rail Funding’ Meeting Tuesday
By Brett Kulbis @ 4:24 PM :: 5661 Views :: Rail, Republican Party
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...Contact your City Council member and strongly urge them to vote NO on all these gimmicks....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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‘P3′ for rail a budgetary ruse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 PM :: 7288 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...to duck budgetary limits in the short run and spread their higher costs over the long run....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Civil Beat vs Star-Advertiser on the Con-Con Referendum
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 3:16 PM :: 5506 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the Star-Advertiser, which earns most of its revenue from ads, ran six convention related ads—all in opposition—beginning on October 14, 2018....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 6624 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...How Affordable is Your Electricity? Comparing Electric Rates, Bills, and Burden....
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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The State of Obesity in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 5171 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8%, up from 15.7% in 2000 and from 8.9% in 1990....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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A victory to savor, but core issue remains
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:35 PM :: 5558 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...It’s time to open a real dialogue in our state and work together to find real and lasting solutions for education....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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DoE Touts AP Exam Results
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 5124 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...More HIDOE students are both taking and passing Advanced Placement Exams....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Auditor: Agriculture Department Hides $2.4M from Legislature
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:49 AM :: 5611 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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...not reported to the 2018 Legislature as required by Sections 37-47 and 37-52.5, HRS....
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Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 6448 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Bat Killing Windfarm partially bankrolls purchase of 2,882 acres of Central Oʻahu forest and fallow lands from Dole Food Company....
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Thursday, October 25, 2018 |
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Finalists named for UH Hilo chancellor
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 4165 Views :: Higher Education
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...The UH Hilo campus and the Hawaiʻi Island community is invited to meet the finalists on the following dates....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Busted
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 6647 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...On October 16, 2018, a federal grand jury in Portland charged retired attorney Bruce L. Lamon, of Hillsboro, Oregon, with evading $744,000 in personal income taxes....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 8769 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...Sandwich Isles Communications is not before a Hawaii court. You can be sure it is not by choice....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:32 PM :: 10145 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Government and the Cost of Living: Income-Based vs. Cost-Based Approaches to Alleviating Poverty....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Kawailoa Windfarm: New Plan is to Kill 265 Bats, 24 Petrels
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 5840 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... The public may send comments to the Approving Agency -- DLNR ....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 5174 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Only Nevada, Mississippi, and South Carolina are lower....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off? Maui County Can Help
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 7731 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, GMOs
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...Maui County Office of Economic Development is accepting invoices from vendors who provided goods and services under the recently terminated $100,000 grant awarded to an executive assistant of County Council Member (and anti-GMO activist) Alika Atay....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Affordable Hawaii Coalition: We Will Continue After Victory
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 5487 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The executive committee voted unanimously to continue its commitment to address issues of concern to the people of Hawaii, starting with public education....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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DoE Antique Mainframe Crashes--Vendors Still Waiting 3 weeks Later
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6065 Views :: Education K-12, Small Business
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...The DOE’s Financial Management System, which dates to the 1990s and is used to process purchase orders and payments, went out of service during an Oct. 6 upgrade....
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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Test Case for Hawaii? Internet Providers Take On Vermont Net Neutrality
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 7477 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...internet service providers sued Vermont on Thursday in an effort to overturn its recently enacted net neutrality rules....
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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How to Control the Costs of Public-Private Partnerships
By News Release @ 1:26 AM :: 4360 Views :: Rail
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...IMF provides a handy list of things HART is not doing....
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Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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Auditor Looks at HDoT Energy Savings Contracts
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:22 AM :: 5024 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...all four annual savings reports filed by Johnson Controls through 2017 indicated that actual savings exceeded energy contract guaranteed savings for each period....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Con-Con Opponents’ Nostalgia for Hawaii’s Golden Age of Democratic Reform
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 8:49 PM :: 5983 Views :: Hawaii History
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...if the last convention was so great, why won’t the next one also be great?....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Walk-in Early Voting Sites Open Tuesday Oct 23
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 4476 Views :: Office of Elections
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...October 23 through November 3, registered voters may visit any early walk in voting location within their county to cast their ballot....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:51 PM :: 6587 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...Welcome to newspeak, takings edition....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Poor Farmer
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:40 PM :: 6379 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...If you do not farm, why should you dictate how farming should be done?....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Shore water event application deadline extended for non-North Shore surf events
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 4876 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...Short term extension valid for events scheduled between October 22, 2018 and February 28, 2019....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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‘Kalikimaka Kritters’ picked as theme for 33rd Annual Holiday Wreath Contest
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 7239 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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...The public is invited to prepare submissions for the contest, which is held as part of the traditional Honolulu City Lights celebration....
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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Do We Really Have a Spending Ceiling?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 5356 Views :: Hawaii History, Taxes
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...another provision that was passed by the 1978 Constitutional Convention to assure our fiscal health—and what our lawmakers have done to marginalize it....
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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Tulsi Gabbard weighing 2020 presidential bid
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 PM :: 7597 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...Palestinians and white nationalists are behind Gabbard's effort to take the mantle of the Sanders campaign....
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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HSTA Property Tax: Two Wolves Fight Over Dinner
By Robert Thomas @ 2:12 AM :: 7908 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor, Taxes
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...the lambs (the voters and taxpayers) didn't have much of a say as usual, and portions of the arguments revealed what these folks think about the intelligence of the average Hawaii voter....
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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ConAm: Supreme Court Strikes Down HSTA Poison Pill
By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 AM :: 8655 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...HSTA members should note that their leadership has been played for the fools that they are....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Jones Act: How it Impacts the Military and the State of Hawaii
By Video @ 7:12 PM :: 4271 Views :: Jones Act
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...Colin Grabow from the Cato institute in Washington, D.C joins Calvin Griffin to talk about the impacts of the Jones Act on the Military in Hawaii....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Auditor: DoH 'Loses' Paperwork--Kills Investigation of PKF Recycling Audit
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 6:53 PM :: 9134 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...Originally bid at $76,400, the contract grew to $543,374—a 611 percent increase—while its scope shrank and the deliverables’ deadline were extended by a year. In the end, the PKF founder was arrested at the arport....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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NY Mag: Tulsi Gabbard 'remains in the Trump orbit'
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 6651 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...Trump 2020 Advisory Board member Tony Shaffer met with the congresswoman in her office this April....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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More taxes won’t cure our ills
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:18 PM :: 5045 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...even a Hawaii Supreme Court Justice isn’t sure who is supposed to pay....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Team Hanabusa Grills Ige Campaign Manager over Judicial Nomination
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 6169 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...The Senate is expected to meet in a special session on October 24-25 to consider the nomination....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Study: Need $111,892 'To Get By' in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:11 AM :: 7842 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The average annual expenditures total $111,892. The median household income of $71,977 — the fourth highest in the U.S. — isn’t enough...even without putting anything away for savings....
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Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd Most Regressive Tax System in USA
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 7714 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...only Washington State taxes the poor more than Hawaii....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Releases Voter Guide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:53 PM :: 7803 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...if you are voting absentee, you will be receiving your ballot any day now....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Annual Survey
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 5907 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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...The last day to complete the survey is Wednesday, October 31....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Report: Honolulu Roads 5th Worst in USA
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 5982 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...per-driver vehicle operating costs due to rough roads. Honolulu 8th-worst at $851. Share of Poor-Condition Roads 54% – 5th worst....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Politically Engaged States--Hawaii 50th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 4996 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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... Hawaii Lowest Tax Fairness and Lowest Political Engagement ....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Lesbians Mandatory? Aloha B&B Case Appealed to US Supreme Court
By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 AM :: 6128 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals judicially rewrote the “Mrs. Murphy exemption” for the first time in Mrs. Young’s case....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 7331 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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...changing of the ordinance to benefit of private developers, at the expense of the residents, was never publicly noticed as required under the State of Hawai’i Sunshine Laws, and, that it violated adopted Council Rules....
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