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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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Election Results: KIUC Co-op Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 6970 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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KIUC mailed 25,703 ballots and received 6,088, for a turnout of 23.7 percent, more than last year’s 21 percent turnout....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6327 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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Fox News Video: How your tax dollars are being wasted on a railway in Hawaii
By Video @ 4:02 AM :: 4344 Views
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The city low-balled the cost and construction is five years late; William La Jeunesse has the story for 'Special Report'....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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Caldwell Fined for Sewage Spills
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5218 Views :: Honolulu County
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If the City does not comply with AOC schedules for completion, DOH may issue stipulated penalties of $500 per day for delays....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 11:09 PM :: 8328 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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Letter to OHA: Hawaiian Activists Demand Audit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 PM :: 5702 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Implement a forensic audit of OHA’s expenses, especially in regards to “Hawaiian Nation Building”....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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Ninth Circuit Gets Frankencourt Treatment at House
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 AM :: 6033 Views :: National News, Judiciary
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Capitol Hill’s crosshairs turned Thursday on the Ninth Circuit just a day after a federal judge under the court’s purview became the latest to thwart efforts by the president to block Muslim immigration....
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 |
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Trump Admin Appeals Travel Ban Ruling in 4th Circuit Court
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 AM :: 3978 Views :: National News
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...the Trump administration is placing its hopes for the ban in the hands of the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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‘Unindicted Co-conspirator’ Owns Manoa Mosque
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 PM :: 9583 Views :: National News
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NAIT is an unindicted co-conspirator named in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial of 2007-08....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Hawaiian biodiversity declining millions of years--Before Humans Arrived
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 7948 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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The Legislature Just Can't Help Itself When It Comes to the Maui Hospital
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:17 PM :: 6396 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...bills heard this week (HB76, HB233, and HB234) attempt to amend the law passed last summer by adding new severance options for the hospital employees....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Three Oahu District Court Judges
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 5706 Views :: Judiciary
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Brian A. Costa, Darolyn H. Lendio Heim, and Trish K. Morikawa to the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) ....
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Friday, March 17, 2017 |
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Billy Kenoi Lava Tube
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 7829 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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Former Mayor Billy Kenoi awarded Lava Tube dishonor;
Nancy Cook Lauer earns meritorious Torch of Light award
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump: Decision based on Campaign Statements “Dangerous”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:58 PM :: 6107 Views :: National News
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Don’t expect the Ninth Circuit to stand in the way. It was that court that pointed the way for the Hawaii judge....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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How to fix Hawaii’s pension problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:29 PM :: 6184 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii’s public pension system has been operating like a Ponzi scheme....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Another Dangerous Travel-Ban Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 4810 Views :: National News
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…instead of ruling on the Trump administration’s revised policy, Judge Watson has ruled on the character of Donald Trump....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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American Samoa Rep Calls on Trump to Undo Fishing Bans in Obama Tuna Monuments
By News Release @ 5:22 AM :: 5545 Views :: Small Business
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The panel overwhelmingly objected to the lack of local input, transparency and scientific scrutiny in the marine monument designation process....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Study: Ige's Budget Runs Out of Money in Two Years
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 AM :: 4907 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige’s current budget overspends by $292 million next year....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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How Would You Fix OHA?
By Video @ 12:27 AM :: 6083 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...what the beneficiaries say....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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Trump Ban “Blatantly discriminatory”? Hawaii Should Look at the Fake Indian Tribe
By Selected News Articles @ 5:33 PM :: 7791 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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The Civil Rights Commission said that Hawaii “is in a league by itself” when it comes to officially sanctioned discriminatory conduct....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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How Paid Home Care leads to Union Membership Scam
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:28 PM :: 9821 Views :: Family, Health Care, Labor
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... Kupuna Caregivers $70/Day Appropriation SB534 / HB607 ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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SB501: Force Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 1:41 PM :: 7433 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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The House Health Committee is poised to pass a bill requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to disseminate pro-abortion messages....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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Break up 9th Circuit Court? Judicial Conference asks for 5 More Judgeships
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 5337 Views :: Judiciary
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...The 26-member Judicial Conference is the policy-making body for the federal court system....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
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Another Step Towards an OHA Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 12:16 AM :: 6951 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...the audit of “OHA and its subsidiaries” should include the six secretive LLCs owned by OHA....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii's case against Trump's travel ban, debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 8:14 PM :: 5506 Views :: National News
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...the claim that it is a Muslim ban is contradicted by Iraq’s removal from the list because arrangements have been made for the Iraqi government to provide the information needed for effective vetting of Iraqi nationals....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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What are the Financial Benefits of a University of Hawaii Education?
By UHERO @ 6:54 PM :: 5725 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...the potential rate of return for associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and post-graduate degrees....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2017
By Congress.org @ 4:38 PM :: 5261 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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MegaVote for Hawaii's 1st & 2nd Congressional Districts....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute Urges Caution in Light of New Revenue Projection
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 5830 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Watchdog Group Says State Budget Must be Reevaluated....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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UPDATE: Galera Quits, BoE Resumes Search for Superintendent
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 8387 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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“The Search Committee appreciates the forthright statements of a public that is unafraid to speak up and who is passionate about the education of our students...."
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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House Finance Committee Proposes Budget
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 5345 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The House Finance Committee March 9 passed out a proposed budget that reflects slower economic growth in Hawaii based on General Excise Tax collections and projections by the State Council on Revenues....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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Race-based voting overturned on Guam — after six years
By Selected News Articles @ 8:52 PM :: 8487 Views :: Akaka Bill
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A federal judge found that the island’s efforts to restrict voting to “native” residents violated the Constitution....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii One of Seven Best States for Telemedicine
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 5940 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...American Telemedicine Association Releases Report Highlighting Critical Gaps in Coverage and Physician Practice Standards....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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Hawaii v Trump: ‘Deep Historical Illiteracy’
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 5458 Views :: National News
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...IRLI called the court's attention to at least seven distinct provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that authorize the President to implement the EO. Unsurprisingly, Hawaii's new complaint fails to deal with these provisions, mentioning one such provision only once and in a cursory fashion....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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The Real Poison in Paradise
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:45 AM :: 9637 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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The caller had reported that she had seen a farmworker taken off of the field via ambulance and quickly assumed he had been poisoned....
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
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A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 7534 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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The "shall make sufficient sums available" language is used in one more place in our constitution. It's in Article XII, Section 1, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
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Symposium: Caldwell’s Plan to Eliminate Lanes and Jam Up Traffic Even More
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 4820 Views :: Honolulu County
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Community Symposium and Complete Streets expo this Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m....
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
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Board of Regents finalists for Hawaii County selected
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 5570 Views :: Higher Education
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The finalists for this seat are:
William C. Bergin
Douglas T. Shinsato
Douglas A. Simons
Harvey S. Tajiri
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Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:34 PM :: 8469 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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Thursday, March 9, 2017, was the deadline for bills to pass third reading in order to move (or "crossover") to the other chamber....
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Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
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A Short History of Islam in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 18600 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Religion
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On the trail to Hawaii Islam Day: Saudi money, Libyan assassins, Palestinian Jihad, London bombers, Malaysian sodomy, and laughing Islamists....
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Saturday, March 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii Hires Al Qaeda’s Best Lawyer to Lead Suit Against Trump
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 AM :: 8509 Views :: National News, Ethics
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He represents Bin Laden’s bodyguard for free, but charges the State of Hawaii $600/hr....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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The Radical Ties of Hawaii Imam Behind Trump Immigration Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 PM :: 13238 Views :: National News, Military
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The plaintiff listed in Hawaii’s lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration is a member of an organization that has several current and former leaders tied to terrorist activity....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Hawaii Has No Case Against Revised Travel Executive Order
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:40 PM :: 5931 Views :: National News
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Hawaii’s lawsuit consists almost entirely of policy arguments as opposed to legal claims, and the legal claims that are made are far-fetched....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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"It is certainly cheaper and easier to end a life than to care for it in the midst of suffering"
By Selected News Articles @ 7:33 PM :: 4082 Views :: Life
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...5,000 Hawaii voters sign petition against assisted suicide....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Is Hawaii's Hotel Room Tax Law Obsolete?
By UHERO @ 6:59 PM :: 5748 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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With tax collections falling behind expectations, State lawmakers are pressuring the tax department to increase effort to collect uncollected taxes from internet sales....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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DBEDT Report Designed to Help HSTA Write Slush Fund into Constitution?
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 6970 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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DBEDT is measuring dollars not taxpayers. One out-of-state owner of a shopping mall, golf course, or hotel equals 1000s of individual local homeowners....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Petition: Remove Hawaii AG Doug Chin
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 7242 Views :: National News
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Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, is endangering the people of the Hawaiian Islands....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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HCR103: State lawmakers want cost comparison of street level versus elevated rail system
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:28 PM :: 5632 Views :: Rail
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This Resolution directs the State Auditor to conduct a cost comparison between completing the rail system from Middle Street to Downtown Honolulu with street level versus an elevated rail system....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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SB1183: A Victory for the People (for now)
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:09 PM :: 5921 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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It's true that the session is far from over. And this bill could certainly end up morphing yet again....
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Friday, March 10, 2017 |
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Judge rules in city’s favor on gambling device seizures
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 8179 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling, Law Enforcement
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The Ninth Circuit rejected the appeal by the arcade owners and affirmed United States District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi’s April 30, 2014 ruling....
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