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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Hawaii Passes First of Its Kind Gun Legislation
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 PM :: 5677 Views :: Second Amendment
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"The lawful acquisition, possession, carrying, or use of a firearm does not justify subjecting citizens to ongoing monitoring," the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Conviction Tossed: How They Get Away in Soft on Crime Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 5284 Views :: Law Enforcement
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"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Oppression of Education
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:54 AM :: 9575 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Djou: Rail Mess is a Pure Failure of Leadership
By Rep Charles Djou @ 12:01 AM :: 5387 Views :: Rail
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...the Honolulu rail system cost could now reach as high as almost $11 bil. from the original projected cost of $5.2 bil....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Molasses Spill Very Profitable for Aha Moku Council
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 5091 Views :: Greenmail
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...spill settlement funding to support Aha Moku for the next fiscal year....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Rap Back: Hawaii Gun Owners to be Placed in FBI Database
By News Release @ 8:06 PM :: 7130 Views :: Second Amendment
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Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action”....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 6350 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Declare Open Season
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 8073 Views :: Energy
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...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Caldwell Buys Iwilei Building: Hub for Homeless to Rival LA Skid Row
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 7289 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...Council members Carol Fukunaga, Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor on a follow-up trip to review Seattle’s homeless projects, including hygiene centers and government-sanctioned tent cities....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 8590 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Fed Wreck Plan B
By Video @ 5:48 PM :: 8940 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Danner pushing for the US DoI Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to be located in Honolulu, not DC....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Lobbyist 'Gifts' to Legislators
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 10537 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Labor
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...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 13185 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2016
By Congress.org @ 2:35 AM :: 5038 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization
Senate: Fiscal 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
House: IRS and Free Speech
House: Fiscal 2017 Defense Appropriations
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Feral Cats Kill More Seabirds -- No Eradication Planned
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 6296 Views :: Kauai County, Environment
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...Last week, researchers discovered the bodies of six endangered Hawaiian Petrels at a remote breeding colony in Hono o Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kauai....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DLNR Closing Mauna Kea, Bringing in Helicopters for Sheep Eradication
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 8069 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...aerial shooting from helicopters of feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Judiciary Expands ‘Steps to Avoid Eviction’ Program
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 6083 Views :: Homelessness, Judiciary
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Tenants and landlords are being pointed to resources designed to prevent disputes from escalating to eviction....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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HGEA Announces Primary Election Endorsements
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 8065 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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...the state’s largest labor union, announced its endorsed candidates for the 2016 Primary Election today....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 4412 Views :: Homelessness
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Ige today signed a fifth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until August....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
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Education Savings Accounts: A New Way Forward
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:27 AM :: 6251 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Study: Hawaii Ex-Con Recidivism 48.9%
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 7257 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Justice Reinvestment
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This study is comprised of 2,464 offenders from the Fiscal Year 2012 cohort....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rail Recovery Plan? Feds Explain How Rail Systems Blow Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 1:00 PM :: 5605 Views :: Rail
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HART began talking publicly about a “Recovery Plan” only this month even though FTA rules apparently required a Recovery Plan since late 2014....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:35 AM :: 6306 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Trustee: OHA Wasted $33M on Akaka Bill
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:13 AM :: 7658 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Leina’ala Ahu Isa has issued a statement on her Facebook page that OHA spent $33 million on the Akaka Bill....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Star-Adv Hits Caldwell ‘Abject Failure of Leadership’
By Rep Charles Djou @ 1:22 AM :: 7968 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Rail
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The newspaper characterized Caldwell's decision-making as "political expediency" driven by his re-election campaign....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Meet the Environmental Protest Industry
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:40 PM :: 7136 Views :: Greenmail
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They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:36 PM :: 8275 Views :: Environment, Greenmail, OHA
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... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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CD1: U.S. Air Force colonel Shirlene Ostrov is “a candidate who can win.”
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 7931 Views :: Military, Politicians, Republican Party
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She is a new face to Hawaii politics, but she is no stranger to the arena in Washington, DC, where she served as a Congressional liaison for the U.S. Transportation Command....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Video: How Free is Hawaii Economically?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:13 PM :: 5891 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Maui: Half of Overtime Goes to 376 Police Officers
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 9059 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Police
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“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Fatherhood, Poverty, and the “Post-Marriage Society”
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:50 PM :: 5073 Views :: Family
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A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Charter School Corruption Mirrors State Government
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4812 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Pine: Before we rush to decide on a rail route, shouldn't we get numbers first?
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 3:55 AM :: 6263 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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leaders are making serious decisions on changing the rail route without publicly analyzing facts or figures on how the change will affect the ridership numbers....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Mayor Becomes Incoherent
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:53 AM :: 8159 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Rail
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Over the past 48-hours the mayor's policy on rail swung wildly in a display of uneven and poorly constructed leadership....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Rail: Easy Ways to Save Millions without Cutting Line Short
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 AM :: 8694 Views :: Rail
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This is the third artificial rail crisis Caldwell has ginned up to push a tax hike....
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Saturday, June 18, 2016 |
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Rail: Caldwell’s Flip-Flop Opens Door to Lawsuits by Property Owners Targeted by HART
By Robert Thomas @ 6:55 PM :: 7213 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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...if a taking is abandoned or dismissed prior to final judgment, the condemnor is on the hook for "damages."....
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Saturday, June 18, 2016 |
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Fake Indian Tribe: OHA Legal Shell Game Copied from Southern Segregationists
By Robert Thomas @ 6:45 PM :: 6712 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...his argument allowed careful listeners to see the analogy to Jim Crow southern governments....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Ninth Circuit Digs In on Hawaii GMO Rules
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 5289 Views :: GMOs
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The implications of the court's ruling or rulings in this case will be vast....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Court Lifts Stay—Allows Maui Hospital Privatization to Proceed
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 7285 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Caldwell’s Sad Little Zoo—More at Stake than Money
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 4731 Views :: Honolulu County
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"the elephants were recently found playing with a car battery that got in there somehow"
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Hawaii #1 in Percentage of Transportation Costs Funded by Fuel Taxes, Registration Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 5007 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.3 percent in Alaska to 79.8 percent in Hawaii....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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VIDEO: 9th Circuit Hears Akina Suit vs Fake Tribe
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:45 PM :: 5820 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Grassroot Institute warns that we are closer to a Native Hawaiian tribe than ever before....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Full Text: Caldwell statement on rail project
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 6352 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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"...and secure additional funding to complete the last five miles of the project to Ala Moana...."
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Fire Mayor, Not the Ethics Director
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:08 AM :: 6830 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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Totto's troubles only started when he started investigating Caldwell's political fundraising practices....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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VIDEO: Ninth Circuit Oral Arguments In Hawaii Anti-GMO Cases
By Robert Thomas @ 9:47 PM :: 4409 Views :: GMOs
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Official full-length Ninth Circuit video recording of the hearings....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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Flip Flop: Caldwell Suddenly Decides Rail Must End at Middle Street
By Rep Charles Djou @ 9:14 PM :: 4814 Views :: Rail
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Earlier today, Kirk Caldwell had a massive change of position on rail by admitting that the route might need to be shortened to end at Middle Street....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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Pay for Performance: AMA Softening Stand Against Assisted Suicide?
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:09 PM :: 5937 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Meet the Insurance Executive Behind Assisted Suicide in Hawaii....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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Rogue Systems: Top Solar Contractor Busted for Lying to Hawaii Consumers
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 6730 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...after allegedly misrepresenting information related to requirements for interconnecting solar energy systems....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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UH launches whistleblower hotline
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 5380 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...to confidentially report violations of laws, rules, regulations and UH policies....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
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Frustrated with Caldwell: Ethics Director Resigns after 16 Years
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 5627 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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Totto’s relationship with the city administration was contentious from the beginning with questions about funding by lobbyists for the mayor’s inaugural luau....
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