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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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KIUC Signs 20MW ‘Peaker’ Battery Deal
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 6536 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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It will be the largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawaiʻi and one of the biggest storage systems in the world....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii pension debt rises to $12 billion, but the real debt is more like $35 billion
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 6271 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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State lawmakers were in shock this week as Hawaii’s pension debt increased from $8 billion to $12 billion....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Campaign-Finance Rules Chill Speech Unrelated to Election Campaigns
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:13 PM :: 6668 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Case on appeal to Supreme Court challenges "chilling effect" of campaign finance law....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid?–Hawaii 46th
By Tax Foundation @ 10:07 PM :: 3814 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...states that rely heavily on federal assistance tend to have modest tax collections and a relatively large low-income population....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Kakaako Kickbacks: Ethics Commission Investigates OHA Trustee Peter Apo
By Video @ 5:30 PM :: 8978 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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Heads Are Starting To Roll At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Third UH Manoa Chancellor Candidate Magically Appears on Campus
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 5907 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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Robel was (allegedly) originally identified as a finalist (but not publicly identified) and invited to campus at the same time as finalists John V. White and Sonny Ramaswamy, (who were identified as the only two finalists) but was unable to accept the invitation at that time. (Whatever that means.)....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Repeat Welfare Fraudster Gets Five Years Prison
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 5766 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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From April 1, 2010 through April 30, 2014, Ponce, also known as Mary Jane Dalumpinis, was overpaid $3,723.00 in food stamp benefits....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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HDOT Sets Public Meeting on Use of OR&L Right of Way
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 6025 Views :: Hawaii History, Rail
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...the OR&L ROW, a 40-foot wide stretch from Central Waipahu to Piliokahe Gulch in Nanakuli, owned by HDOT....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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State Announces 10-Year Invasive Species Plan
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 7377 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Kai Homeless Map Cleared by Attorney General
By Rep Gene Ward @ 12:51 PM :: 7090 Views :: First Amendment, Homelessness
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According to Deputy Attorney General Diane Tiara, the Hawaii Kai Homeless Map poses no legal or constitutional issues....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Full Text: ACLU Asks Feds to Investigate Hawaii Prison Conditions
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 4542 Views :: Law Enforcement
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“Hawaii policymakers have long been warned that without a long-term plan to manage the growth of incarceration, the state could revert to conditions that led to class-action lawsuits and federal oversight."
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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151 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5388 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to apply as a candidate is February 17, 2017....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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Video GMO story: The near death and rescue of the Hawaiian papaya
By Selected News Articles @ 2:59 PM :: 5244 Views :: GMOs
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The tiny anti-GMO movement in Hawaii grew into a sizable force in 2013-14, thanks largely to funding and directional support from organizations on the US mainland....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 |
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UH Med School Resources Used to Organize Anti-Trump Protest
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 8413 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Jerris Hedges, MD, JABSOM Dean said, “JABSOM is proud that our students hold such strong community values and will speak up for those patients who may not have a voice in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape.”
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 9, 2017
By Congress.org @ 8:56 PM :: 3227 Views
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Budget Resolution
House: Objecting to UN Resolution 2334 Concerning Israeli-Palestinian Peace
House: Executive Regulations
House: Midnight Rules
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Hawaii most racially integrated state (Except Healthcare)
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 5647 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii ranks 44th in "equality and integration" of healthcare....
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Problems with the Rail Initiative - Indebted to the HART
By Video @ 4:21 PM :: 4606 Views :: Rail
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The Future of Rail on Oahu: Plan A, B, or C?
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Monday, January 9, 2017 |
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Assisted Suicide: 2017 Bill Written to Facilitate Elder Abuse
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 6191 Views :: Health Care, Life
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The bill eliminates “safeguards” from current doctor-prescribed suicide laws and proposals....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 13952 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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According to its attorney, a private company controlled by OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe now possesses sole title to the 1,875 acres comprising Waimea Valley....
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Native Hawaiian Astronomers Testify in Support of Telescope
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 8237 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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“I see Maunakea as a special place that allows us to understand and study our origins....”
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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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What's Next for Marijuana Tax?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5956 Views :: Taxes, Drugs
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... legislators are considering a special, higher GET rate for marijuana, but haven’t decided upon that rate yet ....
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Saturday, January 7, 2017 |
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Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill Abandons Safeguards
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 5328 Views :: Life
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The bill gives insurance programs the opportunity to cut costs by denying payment of more expensive treatments while approving payment for the less costly prescription for a lethal drug overdose....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric seeks onshore wind farm developers on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 6497 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Report: Only 46% of HC&S Cane Workers Find New Jobs
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 9552 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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The sole purpose of the taskforce was to help the 675 workers who were laid off last year....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Retirement: HPD Chief Kealoha Finally Forced Out
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 8417 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Kealoha was not at today’s closed-door meeting....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Clyde Wadsworth Named Hawaii Solicitor General
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 4602 Views :: Judiciary
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Previously, Wadsworth was of counsel to Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing in Honolulu....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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State pension debt will likely get worse
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:53 PM :: 5287 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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"Our membership will live two to three years longer, which means we’ll have to pay...."
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Out with Obamacare…In with Trumpcare?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 4713 Views :: Health Care
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What should the government’s role be when it comes to ensuring healthcare access for its citizens?
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 5239 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission. The council is also seeking nominees to fill vacancies on the Campaign Spending Commission....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Story of Hope
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:46 AM :: 7365 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...so many kids never get the chance to see a real working farm....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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UHERO: Regulating Home-Share Rentals in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:08 AM :: 7024 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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Last year nearly one in three U.S. travelers stayed in home-based accommodation units compared to one in ten in 2011....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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137K Gallons Sewage: Caldwell Claims Latest Rupture is Repaired
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 6549 Views :: Honolulu County
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...close to where the same pipe broke in November, 2016....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Intermediate Court of Appeals: JSC Nominates Ige Campaign Chair and some other people
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 6708 Views :: Judiciary
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Why should Ige Campaign Chair Keith Hiraoka be bothered with District Court when he can go straight to ICA?....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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HD2-Hilo: Ige Appoints Chris Todd to Legislature
By News Release @ 6:47 PM :: 7763 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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He held several positions at the Suisan Fish Market before becoming distribution manager for Hawai‘i Paper Products last year....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Dean Nishina Appointed Consumer Advocate
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 7020 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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Nishina previously served in the role from December 2009 to January 2011....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Auditor: Three DoE Special Funds do not meet criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:22 AM :: 4433 Views :: Education K-12
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...1 special fund, 1 revolving fund, and 1 trust fund did not meet criteria and should be closed....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Honolulu: 1,309 Lane-Miles Repaved
By News Release @ 10:14 AM :: 5001 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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Upcoming projects this year include the repaving of N. King Street and Kalākaua and Nu‘uanu avenues in town, and across O‘ahu projects in Mākaha, Makakilo/Kapolei, Waialua and St. Louis Heights....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Caldwell Inaugural Address: Rail Could End up Like Superferry
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 7396 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...splints that have cracks... tendons that aren’t working properly... the railcars....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Akina: Ethics Commission Upholds Participation in Suit Against Fake Indian Tribe
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 8215 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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“Today was a productive day. The will of the voters who elected me was upheld,” Trustee Akina said....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Busted in DHHL Scam, Company Teams up with Aloha United Way
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 11783 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Homelessness
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...Free Obamafones --but only for the homeless who actively refuse shelter....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Education Week: Hawaii Grade ‘C’, Ranks 25th
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5191 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii’s 2017 Highlights Report includes summarized results based on each of the nearly 40 indicators that make up Quality Counts’ overall grading rubric....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Nai Aupuni Biggest Failure of 2016, Will be Dead January 20
By Video @ 1:04 PM :: 6760 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Will be dead when Obama leaves office January 20....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Video: OHA Trustees Vote to Buy Out Crabbe--$450K Golden Parachute
By Video @ 4:33 AM :: 9233 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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During the debate, Crabbe cronies--now in the minority on the Board--revealed that they had gifted Crabbe with a $450K golden parachute just before the Nov 8 elections changed the Board majority....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Bedbugs: Honolulu Crawls up to 48th in USA
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 7892 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Tourism
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Nationally, Orkin's bed bug revenue is up more than 10 percent over last year....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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2015 Traffic Accident Map of Honolulu
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:37 AM :: 6996 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics
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This is an interesting and useful result of an unofficial public-private partnership....
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 |
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Harbors wharfage rates to rise 34.5% in 2017
By Michael Hansen @ 1:18 AM :: 10136 Views :: Jones Act, OHA, Small Business, Cost of Living
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The first two wharfage increases of 17% and 15% on February 1st and October 1st respectively will result in a 34.5% increase in 2017 on a compound basis....
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017 |
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Ethics, HSTA Announce Agreement on School Trips
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 6549 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...teachers may continue to plan trips and serve as chaperones with private tour companies....
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Monday, January 2, 2017 |
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Legislative Agenda: Small Business on Defense (Again)
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 5576 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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The 28th Hawaii State Legislature ended on May 5, 2016, with some important victories for small business. The 29th session commences Jan. 18, 2017....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Annual Registration of Mopeds Required Beginning January 2017
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 5984 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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Act 200 of 2016 requires significant changes to moped registration throughout the State of Hawaii....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Video: Hawaii GMO Papaya Real Solutions Real Lives
By Video @ 2:45 PM :: 7056 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii is now the newest member of the Cornell Alliance for Science for global network....
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