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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch
By Video @ 8:33 PM :: 7456 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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...The Surprising Decision by the CNHA....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Complaint Demands Expulsion of LoPresti from Democratic Party
By Brett Kulbis @ 6:20 PM :: 9948 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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...“He is a liar, a thief, and a manipulator, and he does not represent the values of the Democratic Party”....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Bogus Study Debunked: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Above Average
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 9581 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...With one statewide district, Hawaii ranks 51st for 'opportunity and competition'....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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DoH: Prepare Workflows for Optimal Suicide Experience Starting Jan 1
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 5253 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...workflows that support timely referrals and effective clinical standards....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud--Hawaii 51st
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 4839 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Their data set ranges from identity-theft complaints per capita to average loss amount due to fraud....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki
By Video @ 4:16 AM :: 7620 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...law professor Randall Roth and entrepreneur Stanley Lau are leading a community movement that says the measure will actually hurt teachers and our school children....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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The Advertised Cost of a Constitutional Convention
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 4:00 AM :: 7706 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The $55 million figure being promoted by Preserve Our Hawaii is highly controversial. Hawaii’s last convention in 1978 cost $2.03 million. In current dollars, that sum would be $7.7 million....
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
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Volunteers Needed for Polling Places
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 5655 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Over 300 volunteers are needed to work at polling places especially in Aiea, Kalihi, East Honolulu, Kaneohe, and North Shore areas....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Gay Bullying Policy: DoE Sets Public Hearings
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 9319 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, First Amendment, Labor
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...a new section titled Chapter 89 Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates 2018 Voter Guide
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 8:33 PM :: 7300 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...Things you need to know about the Hawaii General Election....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition: Hawaii 38th
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 5248 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...On the basis of its solvency in five separate categories....
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Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd Lowest Uninsured Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 PM :: 4812 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2017 -4.04% ....
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Sunday, October 14, 2018 |
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ACLU: Let the Homeless Eat Meth
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 4630 Views :: Homelessness
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...The tweekers have told us to let them do whatever they want. It is a violation of the 8th Amendment to disobey tweekers....
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Sunday, October 14, 2018 |
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General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6066 Views :: Hawaii History, Tax Credits
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...The saga of this credit tells us a little about a bold move undertaken in the 1978 Constitutional Convention and our lawmakers’ reaction....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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#AuditTheRail, now more than ever
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:34 PM :: 5338 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...the FTA has signaled its lack of faith in the project by withholding federal funds absent a recovery plan and setting a Nov. 20 deadline for the city to come up with $44 million — the initial payment on a $214 million obligation to HART....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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Why Con-Con Opponents Willfully Ignore Legislative Bypass Issues
By J. H. Snider Ph.D. @ 4:50 PM :: 5530 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the leading no coalition, Preserve Our Hawaii, and its lead organizer, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, publicly announced their 'No' campaign on October 8....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least tax-Friendly States
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6341 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living — and high taxes....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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ACEEE: Hawaii Scores Points for GEMS Scheme
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4700 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii ranked 16th in the 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, falling one position compared to 2017....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 6747 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...regents will consider this request at their October 18 monthly meeting on the UH Mānoa campus....
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Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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Insiders: How the 1978 Constitution Keeps us in Power
By News Release @ 1:01 AM :: 6241 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...The insiders, a who’s who of what’s wrong in Hawaii, have made a handy list of everything that keeps them in power in the 1978 Hawaii Constitution....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH
By Video @ 10:51 PM :: 18185 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education
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...Reid said that she personally brought information about the harassment to Hirono....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Leadership Change at ODC
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 7244 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Bruce Kim is no longer Chief Counsel of the Office of Disciplinary Affairs, the Hawaii Judiciary office handling errant lawyers....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Guam Argues for Native Voting Law Before 9th Circuit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 6585 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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...In November 2011, Arnold Davis filed a law suit against Guam’s government, arguing that the plebiscite election discriminated against him and other non-native inhabitants....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Justice Department Signs Off on CVS-Aetna Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 3824 Views :: National News
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...The attorneys general from California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington participated in the settlement....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Planned Parenthood Endorses Ige-Green Ticket
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 6961 Views :: Democratic Party, Family, Life
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Laurie Field, Hawaii State Director for PPVNH said, “Ige and Green have publicly supported increased access to reproductive health care, comprehensive sex education, LGBTQ and immigrant rights."
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Obamacare: 38-state lawsuit reveals deep national divide over states’ rights, federal role, taxation
By Selected News Articles @ 6:40 PM :: 3969 Views :: Health Care
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...the case is expected to reach the Supreme Court, where the matter may be finally settled....
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii 4th-Highest
By Tax Foundation @ 6:17 PM :: 6534 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...The poorest-performing states on this year’s individual income tax component are New Jersey, California, New York, Hawaii, and Minnesota....
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Summer Kupau-Odo as District Court Judge
By News Release @ 10:31 AM :: 6457 Views :: Judiciary
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...The names submitted for this vacancy by the Judicial Selection Commission, in alphabetical order, are....
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Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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Call for Nominations for UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 4118 Views :: Higher Education
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...recruitment process for three (3) City and County of Honolulu seats on the Board of Regents. All seats are for five-year terms to begin July 1, 2019....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Brett Kavanaugh: Hawaiian Kingdom Hero?
By Video @ 8:14 PM :: 8985 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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"... a Hawaiian Tribe is now dead ...."
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Process Begins for Maui County to Acquire a Portion of Wailuku Water Company
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 5788 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...the county to obtain approximately 8,764 acres of WWC land in the West Maui watershed area along with its water conveyance system. The proposed acquisition price is $9.5 million....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Case, Cavasso agree on updating Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:41 PM :: 5723 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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HEI Rate Payers to Pony up $2.6B for 1055 MW of Batteries
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 5079 Views :: Energy
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...Do the Math: US EIA says median cost for energy storage is $2,500 per kw x 1,000 for mw x 1,055 mw = $2.64B project cost -- just for the storage....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Hawaii ACLU: DMV Must Allow Islamic Hijab
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 7918 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Religion
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...The ACLU has also requested that Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai counties respond....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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Honolulu Rents Flat for Year
By News Release @ 1:13 AM :: 4721 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Of the nation’s biggest 252 cities 93% have registered Y-o-Y rent increases, 6% flatlined, and only 1% of cities have seen their rents decrease compared to September, 2017....
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 5584 Views :: Honolulu County
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...GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 19. Last year more than $7.6 million in GIA were awarded....
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018 |
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Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 10880 Views :: Judiciary
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...What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige’s campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 7256 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....
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Monday, October 8, 2018 |
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Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 5465 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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...introduced with relatively little public notice in September 2017, the OFF Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act), is gaining support from Democrat political candidates across the nation....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:22 PM :: 8698 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hirono Won’t Say Whether Harassing Senators in Restaurants is ‘Going Too Far’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 6797 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Judiciary
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...“This is the kind of activism that occurs and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that.”....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5885 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Taxes
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...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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HGEA Claims Another Pelt: DOCARE Chief Quits
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 7840 Views :: Environment, Labor, Police
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...Robert Farrell, who has served as Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) since January 2017, announced his decision to move into a project support role with reduced hours, effective today....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Gay Divorce: Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Lesbian Control Over Another Lesbian's Baby
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 4726 Views :: Family
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...The case involves a dispute between L.C. and M.G., a formerly married same-sex couple, regarding whether L.C. is a legal parent of a child conceived using anonymous donor sperm and born to M.G. during the marriage....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Maui 5th Lowest unemployment in USA, Oahu 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 4697 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...US metro areas with the best and worst job markets....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Counties’ Challenge to HSTA Rent tax
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5744 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday, October 18 at 8:45 a.m. at Aliʻiōlani Hale....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii 3rd Richest State Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 6386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...The string of islands in the Pacific Ocean obviously have an economy that functions much differently than the other 49 states....
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
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Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 AM :: 5395 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius....
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Thursday, October 4, 2018 |
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Tax Hike on Renters? HSTA Trots out old Front Groups
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6455 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii was Founded in 2009 when Hawaii public schools were closed for 17 “Furlough Fridays”....
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