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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
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DLNR Introduces Birth Control for Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 4894 Views :: Environment
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...method used across the U.S. mainland....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
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Why OHA Fears a Forensic Audit
By Video @ 6:58 PM :: 5835 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Why Would The Trustees Vote For One & Then Take Steps To Compromise It?....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
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UPDATE: OHA Insiders Plan to Neuter Audit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 9776 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...information and developments that are about to be announced by Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
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Caldwell: My Latest Appointee Helped Deliver Lots of Muslims to Europe
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 6029 Views :: Honolulu County
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"...NGOs are smuggling immigrants into Europe on an industrial scale...."
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Withdraws Final EIS
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 8903 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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... an EIS which they are not required to submit ....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Full circle about single-payer health insurance
By Rachelle Chang @ 11:23 PM :: 5246 Views :: Health Care
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I never understood why there is so much support for a national, single-payer healthcare system – until I started working in a small medical office....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Local business owners speak out about the minimum wage
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:17 PM :: 6190 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...if the minimum wage was increased, many grocery stores today would simply replace workers with automated tablets....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Governor Ige’s ‘cuts’ still result in big spending increases
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:01 PM :: 4922 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige announced that he would cut $220 million from his current spending plan. However, the ‘cuts’ are only reductions in proposed spending increases....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Earn $50K? Hawaii Takes More From Your Paycheck Than Any Other State
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 5881 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and if you earn $100K, Hawaii is 3rd-highest....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Underreported: How Gun Silencers Became a Health Issue
By Video @ 4:08 PM :: 5247 Views :: Second Amendment
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...why firearm suppressors are so heavily regulated....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Forbes: Taxes Make Hawaii One of 10 Worst States for High Earners
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 PM :: 5975 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...and Legislators are pushing HB209 to make those rates even higher....
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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The Cost of Public Employment
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:52 PM :: 5336 Views :: Labor
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“Plunder! How public employee unions are raiding treasuries, controlling our lives and bankrupting the nation”
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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The Need for Tax Vigilance in 2017
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 4602 Views :: Taxes
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The sheer number of bills related to tax or public finance is staggering. It's much more frenetic this year than in any other year I've been in this position....
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:44 AM :: 9134 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Life
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All legislative bills referred to more than one committee (i.e., those with multiple referrals) must have moved to their final committee in the originating chamber....
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Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii Military Commissaries Offer 32.6% Savings—Highest in USA
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 8550 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military, Cost of Living
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Because the savings rate is calculated from local price comparisons, it will vary by region due to differences in the cost of living, even when commissary prices remain uniform and constant....
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Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
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SB898: Anti-Gun Bill Scheduled for Committee Hearing Next Week
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 5642 Views :: Second Amendment
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SB 898 is a misguided gun control bill that would permanently strip an individual of their Second Amendment rights, not based on a criminal conviction or mental adjudication, but based on a quasi-criminal proceeding....
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Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii Ranks Fourth for Millionaires
By News Release @ 12:48 AM :: 5072 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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7.35% of Hawaii households have $1M or more of investable assets....
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Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
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Hawaii pro-life centers fight abortion referral mandate
By Selected News Articles @ 12:39 AM :: 6684 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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Hawaii state lawmakers hope to make their state the next to force pregnancy care centers to promote abortion....
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 430 Candidates Register with One Day to Go
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 5740 Views :: Honolulu County
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Friday, February 17, 2017 is the last day to register as a candidate for the Neighborhood Board elections....
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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Hawaii Motor Vehicle Deaths Jump 27%
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 4732 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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An NSC survey released Feb. 15 provides a glimpse at the risky things drivers are doing....
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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DOH: Dairy Farm EIS Decision Coming Feb 24
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 7896 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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The extension adds eight calendar days to the 30 calendar days allowed by statute for the approving agency to decide if the FEIS is acceptable....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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State Procurement Office Launches Investigation into OHA Professional Services Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:10 PM :: 6790 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Professional Services Contract awards for the past 36 months....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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Wind Farms Kill 5 Million Bats Per Year
By Jack Dini @ 5:36 PM :: 7056 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...researchers have determined that an average of 15.5 bats are killed at each individual wind turbine site every year....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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HB1595: Involuntary Commitment for Mentally Ill
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:32 PM :: 6842 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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"Currently, there are no laws on the books that allow for the involuntarily commitment of individuals who are mentally ill or drug addicted or alcoholic...."
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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How They Voted: Assisted Suicide Bill Passes First Committee
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 2:28 PM :: 6331 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Health passed the assisted suicide (SB1129) out of committee on February 15, 2017....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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Economic Impact of Immigration by State—Hawaii 10th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:59 AM :: 5066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...Highest Percentage of Jobs Generated by Immigrant-Owned Businesses Rank -- 3rd....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Oral Arguments: When Is Election Law Admin Appeal "Brought?"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:42 PM :: 5732 Views :: Office of Elections
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...when it is mailed by the appellant, or when received by the Board of Registration Appeals....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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Hawaii 64 Structurally Deficient Bridges Identified
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 4370 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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This means one or more of the key bridge elements, such as the deck, superstructure or substructure, is considered to be in "poor" or worse condition....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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OHA: The Mystery of the Disappearing Money
By Video @ 5:25 PM :: 5567 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Auditor: OHA Fails to File Oversight Reports as it Drains Public Land Trust Fund ....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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UH Abandons Search for New Manoa Chancellor after Chosen Candidate Refuses Job
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 6215 Views :: Higher Education
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Rather than reopen the search, University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner is recommending that he continue to serve as interim UH Mānoa chancellor for two more years....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 5538 Views :: Judiciary
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...judicial nominees for three vacancies in the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) as a result of the retirement of Judges Gerald H. Kibe, David W. Lo, and Barbara P. Richardson....
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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How to give teachers a pay raise … without raising taxes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:08 PM :: 6764 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...$9,450 a year more without spending a penny....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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Three Days Left: 371 Candidates Register for 437 Neighborhood Board Seats
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 4634 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to submit completed candidate and voter registration forms for upcoming Neighborhood Board elections is this Friday, February 17, 2017....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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Maunakea Observatories award Nānākuli and Kapolei students with research time
By Video @ 2:37 PM :: 7974 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, OHA
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Maunakea Scholars is an innovative program designed to bring Hawaiʻi’s young, aspiring astronomers into the observatory community by competitively allocating observing time on Maunakea’s world-class telescopes....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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Transform the Bureaucracy and Achieve Justice for John Sosa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 7832 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...Randall Roth comments on two stories on the DoE investigation into education reform advocate John Sosa which ran on KHON Feb 6 and Feb 7....
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
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HPD Acting Chief Supports Naming of Suspended Officers
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 7242 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Police
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...the department has chosen to support Senate Bill No. 424 and House Bill No. 456....
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 8764 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest....
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 13, 2017
By Congress.org @ 5:11 PM :: 5088 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Prohibit Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Speak on Senate Floor
Senate: Confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General
Senate: Confirmation of Rep. Tom Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
House: Disapprove BLM Land Use Planning Rule
House: Disapprove State Education Accountability Rule
House: Disapprove Teacher Education Program Rule
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Monday, February 13, 2017 |
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Anti-Fishing Lies Exposed: Attorney General Releases Point by Point Debunk of Kaniela Ing
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 8324 Views :: Environment, Labor, Small Business
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...Must read: AG responds to 9 questions from Ing. Short version of responses: “No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, and No.”....
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 |
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UHERO Slams the Skim
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6291 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the State is making a ton of money off the skim....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Most 2016 GEMS Loans Went to One Insider
By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 8693 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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In its 2016 Annual Report to the Legislature (pg4), HGIA explains it could write more loans if only its Board had more insiders....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:45 PM :: 5704 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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...the system knows the driver's exact route, his speed compliance and provides ratings for his braking and cornering performance. Too much info in the hands of the government....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Study: 72 Convicted Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 7227 Views :: National News, Military
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...72 individuals from the seven countries covered in President Trump's vetting executive order have been convicted in terror cases since the 9/11 attacks....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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SB1129: Senate CPH Committee Schedules Assisted Suicide Bill
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:23 PM :: 6104 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The committee on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-17 8:30AM in conference room 229....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Neighborhood Board Elections: 327 Candidates Register for 437 Seats With One Week to Go
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 4840 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline for candidate applications is Friday, February 17, 2017....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Justice Ginsburg at UH Law School: “We have a Dysfunctional Congress”
By Video @ 12:32 AM :: 5045 Views :: Judiciary
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...Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her perspective on the law, the courts and congress in February at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa....
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Friday, February 10, 2017 |
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Home Ownership: Hawaii Most ‘Equity Rich’ Properties
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 4814 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...equity rich — where the combined loan amount secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property’s estimated market value....
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