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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Auditor: HTA Gives Millions to Contractors Without Documentation
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:19 AM :: 5775 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...HTA’s autonomy, which includes permanent funding and an exemption from the State Procurement Code, has facilitated lax oversight, deficient internal controls, and, ultimately, less accountability....
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 |
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Kaneohe: 8.75M Gallons of Sewage Spill from City Plants
By News Release @ 10:19 AM :: 6358 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Sewage poured out of Caldwell's plants for ten hours starting 2pm Sunday Feb 18....
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 |
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Best Cities for Public Transit: Honolulu Makes Top Ten
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 6357 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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...More than 69 million passengers in Honolulu ride TheBus annually....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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OHA Reform? Lots Of Promises No Real Action
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 5414 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...This Time She's Promising To Clean Up OHA After The State Audit Results....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Least Affordable States for Your Aging Parents
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 7136 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii ranks as 4th most expensive state for aging parents, study finds....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Study: Hawaii Residents Deepest in Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 4943 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Residents of Hawaii spend, on average, 36.2% of their monthly paychecks on credit card, student loan, and housing payments—the highest percentage in the nation....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 |
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Most Sinful States? Hawaii Ranks 35th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 3628 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Some states are more well-behaved than others....
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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False Missile Alert: Report Calls for Major changes at HI-EMA
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 4957 Views :: Military
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...Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara today released the All Hazards Preparedness Improvement Action Plan and Report....
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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Keli‘i Akina Urges OHA Board to Remove CEO
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:54 PM :: 6869 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...As fiduciaries, Trustees must act immediately...."
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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Hawaii GE Tax Takes $8,360 from Family of Four
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 6064 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii General sales tax collections per capita: $2,090 (the highest in USA)....
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 |
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NATO Loophole: Attack On Hawaii Not Covered By Treaty
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 AM :: 9586 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...Hawaii is in the North Pacific, not the North Atlantic....
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Monday, February 19, 2018 |
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SB270: Chin Pushing Gay Conversion Ban
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 8163 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...once a child molester turns your son gay, it will be illegal to obtain counseling which might lead to the molester/s being identified....
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Monday, February 19, 2018 |
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Experts: Universities Need to be Transparent About Money Received from Confucius Institutes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 6856 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Mounting concerns Confucius Institutes limit discussion on issues sensitive to Chinese government....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Emails: How PACOM grappled with false missile alert
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 4907 Views :: Military
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...The emails were sent in succession after thousands of people received a text-message warning Jan. 13 that prompted hysteria in parts of Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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HB1908: Trigger Modification Ban To Be Heard Wednesday
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 4424 Views :: Second Amendment
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...The broad language of this bill could encompass many common modifications done by law-abiding gun owners to make their firearms more suitable for self-defense, competition, hunting, or even overcoming disability....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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First Lateral: 2,834 Bills Still Alive in Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 4260 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...complete list of bills remaining alive after First Lateral deadline....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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HART Hosts Public-Private Partnership Conference
By News Release @ 12:15 PM :: 6283 Views :: Development, Rail
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...Andrew Robbins has been a staunch advocate of using P-3 partnerships - the joining of forces from the public and private sectors - to mitigate costs and risk and to expedite construction timelines....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Trump Tax In Hawaii?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 6200 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...how to adapt the new federal tax law changes to Hawaii....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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UH Maui Activists Tear Down US, Hawaii Flags
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 AM :: 8498 Views :: Maui County, Higher Education, OHA
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“...Our identity has been erased, beaten, battered and thrown to the side....”
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Highest Electric Rates, Lowest Consumption
By News Release @ 12:35 PM :: 7105 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Electricity prices are highest in Hawaii but due to low consumption, expenditures are 'only' 4th highest in the USA....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Manufacturer Questions Report of Kauai Drone-Helicopter Collision
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 8043 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...In other cases, incidents first reported as drone collisions turned out to involve a bat, an internal malfunction and a plastic bag....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Philly Shipyard: Will major U.S. commercial shipbuilding survive?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:21 AM :: 5029 Views :: Jones Act
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...PSI is one of seven active major U.S. shipbuilding yards constructing large self-propelled seagoing ships....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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HDoT Tech Disaster Leads to $11M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 4148 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the Office of the Attorney General are pleased....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Homosexual Child Molestation: KSBE Outlines Terms of $80M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 10783 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Hawaii History, Health Care
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...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Just Be Quiet
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:07 AM :: 7018 Views :: First Amendment, GMOs
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...When the anti-GMO activists started up on the social media back in 2013, something in me drove me into action....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Russian LNG episode exposes feeble Jones Act argument
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 4691 Views :: Jones Act
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...why did LNG that arrived in Boston at the end of January come from Russia — and in violation of Obama-era sanctions against Russia?....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:51 PM :: 7356 Views :: Family, Life, Drugs
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...Marijuana Edibles Passes First Committee in the Senate....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Trump Nominates Kenji Price US Attorney for Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 6178 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...Mr. Price is currently the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaiʻi....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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UH Prof: Sustainability Means Cutting off Mortgage Credit so the Little People Can't Buy Homes
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 7363 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Cost of Living
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“...By signaling the importance of financial flows we have highlighted a potential leverage point for implementing sustainable policies….”
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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City Agrees to Stop Illegally Towing Cars Belonging to Deployed Military Personnel
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 7571 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Military
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...The Department’s investigation revealed that between 2011 and 2016, Honolulu auctioned 1,440 cars registered to individuals who had identified themselves as servicemembers on City forms during the motor vehicle registration process.....
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Friday, February 16, 2018 |
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Will Caldwell Bumbling Wipe out North Shore Surf Contests?
By News Release @ 1:17 AM :: 5812 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...the Mayor acknowledged the need to overhaul the permit rules, to support competitive opportunities....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii GE Tax hits many products multiple times
By Tax Foundation @ 8:16 PM :: 5386 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 105.08 percent of the state’s personal income....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 6512 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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ERS Fires Investment Officer After Losses on VIX Puts
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 8145 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Chattergy told WSJ Hawaii will continue to sell these put contracts, convinced the income will offset market turbulence....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Brian Schatz Fear of An Anglo America
By Selected News Articles @ 10:44 AM :: 9705 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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...“Do you know anyone who says ‘Anglo-American heritage’ in a sentence?” asked Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. “What could possibly be the purpose of saying that other than to pit Americans against each other?"....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG: Census Citizenship Question Might Depress Count of Non-Citizens Needed to Apportion Legislative Seats
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 3465 Views
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...Non-citizens are counted in the Census for the purposes of federal funds, apportioning of congressional seats and Electoral College votes, and the drawing of state and local districts....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hawaii bail system victimizes taxpayers, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:38 PM :: 6961 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...government inefficiency is resulting in excessively high costs to Hawaii taxpayers....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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DHHL Funding: A morass in which the courts should not get entangled
By Robert Thomas @ 9:08 PM :: 5132 Views :: DHHL
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...This is Chapter 2 of the story....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Bills: Skip ICA, Direct Appeals to Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 8:55 PM :: 4557 Views :: Judiciary
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...The bills, HB 2191 and HB 2194, would return the state court appeals system to the way it was prior to the 2006 amendments....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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I Shill for No One!
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:52 PM :: 5918 Views :: GMOs
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...Rep Ing and Sen Green bash farmer online....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Matson Previews full year 2017 results
By Michael Hansen @ 7:38 PM :: 4888 Views :: Jones Act
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...ahead of releasing of their 2017 annual results and earnings conference call scheduled for February 20....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Honolulu Rail Creates One Tenth of Jobs Promised
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:33 PM :: 6756 Views :: Labor, Rail
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...HART rail is being built one segment at a time by a single builder, instead of having, say 4 builders building 5 miles each, simultaneously....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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SB1279: Tax-Credit Scholarships for Special Needs Students
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 6523 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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...Allows Qualifying Families To Pay For Tuition At Private And Parochial Schools....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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Hypocrisy: Hawaii AG Demands Congress End Secret Sex Harassment Settlements--but says nothing about State Legislators
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 3921 Views :: Ethics
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...urging Congress to end secret, forced arbitration in cases of workplace sexual harassment--while Hawaii State Legislators do exactly the same thing....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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How Ethnically Diverse are Towns in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 AM :: 3489 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...comparing more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three key indicators of cultural diversity....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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$1.1B for New Airport Concourse
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 5702 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...Construction is scheduled to begin in five years....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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OHA Audit Released: "Alternate funding process directs money to individuals"
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 8279 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Some were approved by the OHA Administration without Board of Trustee vote or even knowledge....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Gallup-Sharecare: Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Well-Being
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 6430 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...this report examines well-being across the nation, including how well-being varies by state and which states lead and lag across the five elements of well-being....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Title IX Lawsuit? DoE discriminates against female athletes
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 5480 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...ACLU sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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