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| Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Homelessness—Family Matters
By Rachelle Chang @ 11:08 PM :: 7309 Views :: Family, Homelessness
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In the film, a woman was pregnant, homeless, and already caring for other children. However, I can’t remember any mention of a father....
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| Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Hale Mauliola Moves 105 Homeless into Permanent Housing
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5929 Views :: Homelessness
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...the project will expand by adding 6 modified shipping containers to accommodate up to 21 additional clients....
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| Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Premiums Going Up 32% for 2017—Unless You Get a Tax Credit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 7502 Views :: Health Care, Tax Credits
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Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces (also called exchanges) are expected to increase faster in 2017 than in previous years....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Not Jammed Enough: Caldwell Publishes New Lane-Elimination Manual
By News Release @ 7:04 PM :: 5246 Views :: Honolulu County
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The concept of Complete Streets is to ensure that our streets and public spaces serve everyone’s transportation needs (unless) they are traveling by car....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Ethics: UH Dean Fined for “Improper Use of State Resources for Campaign Purposes” in American Samoa Congressional Race
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 5958 Views :: Ethics
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On September 15, the Commission contacted Respondent Young to inquire about the events described in the Hawai’i Free Press article....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Pay for Performance: Budget Busting "Incentives" in Medicare Reform
By NCPA @ 5:59 PM :: 4905 Views :: Health Care
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...MACRA imported all the worst elements of Obamacare into Medicare....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Home-Sharing
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:35 PM :: 7527 Views :: Land Use, Tourism
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Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Guide to 20 Honolulu Charter Amendment questions
By Natalie Iwasa @ 3:53 AM :: 8704 Views :: Honolulu County
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One ballot will contain 20 Honolulu Charter Amendment questions....
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| Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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“Your Voice!” – Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process!
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 5241 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...free workshop, offered at numerous locations on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island this fall....
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| Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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Survey: 47% of Oahu MDs Refusing New Medicare Patients
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 6283 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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463 of the 479 active primary care practices in Oahu were contacted between 2/11/16 and 8/26/16 and questioned about current acceptance of new patients....
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| Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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Meet Hawaii’s OTHER Self-Dealing Bank Director/Politician
By Selected News Articles @ 7:55 PM :: 7277 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Trustee Haunanai Apoliona is a Director of Bank of Hawaii and BoH does substantial business with OHA....
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| Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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Wind a Bigger Boondoggle than Ethanol
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 5993 Views :: Energy
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...Four large power plants could produce as much electricity as offshore wind turbines placed side by side along the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida....
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| Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
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What Californians Found Out about Hollywood Credits
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5372 Views :: Tax Credits
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...the tax credit program boosted California’s economy only minimally, if at all....
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| Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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Caldwell a No-Show for Olelo -- Djou Debates Empty Chair
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 8072 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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... Viewers’ most popular question was, “Mayor Caldwell, can I have your second job?” ....
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| Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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TRO, Drunk Driving, and Criminal History Divide HD41 Candidates
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 6808 Views :: Politicians
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...HNN asked about my three decades old criminal history but didn’t bother to ask Representative LoPresti about his far more recent arrest for drunk driving....
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| Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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HECO Touts Wholesale Solar Rates Higher than Mainland Retail Rates
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 6737 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Only 8 states have RETAIL rates higher than the 0.145 per kwh WHOLESALE rate HECO is touting here as if it were a good price for erratic electricity....
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| Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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Ethics Complaint: Caldwell Hides Millions in Stock Options
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 7824 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...if a portion of Caldwell’s “beneficial ownership” in the Bank may have been in the form of stock options, such options are a “thing of value” and should be disclosed under both Federal tax and City ethics rules....
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| Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
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After 10 Years and Recusal of Entire Supreme Court, State Finally Wins Flexibility on Retiree Health benefits
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 6844 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Judge Katherine G. Leonard of the Intermediate Court of Appeals served as Acting Chief Justice for the Hawaii Supreme Court in this case. All five of the regular justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court had recused themselves....
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| Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Proves Solar Power’s Dependence on Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 6785 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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After Hawaii’s lucrative net metering program ended last October, the solar industry in the state lost about 450 jobs. Total employment now is just above 600....
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| Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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California Homeless Man Gets Flown to Live With Family in Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 5200 Views :: Homelessness
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...Gabriel has been homeless in Vacaville for quite some time....
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| Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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Reduce Poverty and Homelessness by Creating Wealth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:55 PM :: 4871 Views :: Homelessness
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Everyone agrees that we need to do something about Hawaii’s homeless situation…and that’s part of the problem....
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| Friday, October 21, 2016 |
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Djou Launches New Ad as Absentee Ballots Arrive in Mailboxes
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:37 PM :: 6295 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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...Absentee ballots started arriving at homes Wednesday, October 19....
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| Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Video: The Town That Privatized Everything
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:58 PM :: 5165 Views :: Health Care
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“We’ve never even heard of a publicly run hospital.”
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| Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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New Commuting Data: Same Old Trends
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:52 PM :: 5160 Views :: Rail
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Drive-alone remains the choice of slightly over three-fourths of all commuters....
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| Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Professor Used UH Email System to Harass Rival
By Selected News Articles @ 8:24 PM :: 11158 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, GMOs
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...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....
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| Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Time-of-Use Rates Punish Evening Consumers with 55% Rate Hike on Oahu
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 7229 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Here's how the rates will compare with current residential rates....
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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Transportation Department Ripping Down Campaign Signs
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 5799 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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In the last month alone, Highways Maintenance staff have removed more than 200 signs....
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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Hawaii Democrats Move to New HQ
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 6074 Views :: Democratic Party
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...This is a plastic-free event with vegetarian options available....
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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Court: Caldwell’s Property Tax Scheme Illegal
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 7520 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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...Residential A Property Tax Classification Ruled Unconstitutional....
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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Profitable: $22M Funneled to ‘Nonprofit’ Tied to OHA Chair
By Video @ 6:37 PM :: 7769 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Chair’s Charter School Gets Seven Times More Than All Other Charters Combined....
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
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Six More Fined for HI-5 Violations
By News Release @ 10:13 AM :: 4611 Views :: Environment
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...for failure to submit payments and reports required of beverage distributors by the State’s Deposit Beverage Container law....
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| Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
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Broken Trust Levinson Set up for Gay Marriage Revenge Round with SHOPO
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 11580 Views :: Ethics, Family, Labor, Law Enforcement, Police
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SHOPO President Tenari Maafala … testified that he would never enforce a law requiring same-sex marriage. “You would have to kill me,” he told lawmakers....
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| Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints Darrel Galera to BoE
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 5218 Views :: Education K-12
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Galera replaces Jim Williams who resigned from the board last month....
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| Monday, October 17, 2016 |
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Analysis: One Party System Leaves Hawaii Voters Among Least Powerful in 2016 Election
By Selected News Articles @ 9:00 PM :: 6524 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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...voters’ choices for senators in swing states hold much more power because they determine which political party controls the Senate....
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| Monday, October 17, 2016 |
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Life Changers
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:47 PM :: 7561 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....
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| Monday, October 17, 2016 |
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City accepting Grants in Aid applications
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 6169 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Did you make campaign contributions this year?....
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| Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Lessons from the Farm
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:53 PM :: 6190 Views :: Agriculture
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...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....
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| Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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DBEDT Launches Small Business Regulatory Review
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 5386 Views :: Small Business
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Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB) announces the newly created “Regulatory Review Card.”....
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| Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Auditor: HART, Sludge, Grants, and P-Card Investigations Sidelined
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 7150 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Rail
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This report provides the Honolulu City Council with an update on the activities of the Office of the City Auditor....
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| Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Squirreling Away More Funds for the Zoo
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5899 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Taxes
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In March, the Honolulu Zoo was denied re-accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for the first time in its 100-year history....
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| Saturday, October 15, 2016 |
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The Health Financing Crown Wears Heavy on the Insurers’ Heads
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:03 PM :: 4341 Views :: Health Care
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Some have argued that health insurance is “not insurance”....
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| Saturday, October 15, 2016 |
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OHA Candidate Forum Kapolei Middle School Monday
By Selected News Articles @ 6:37 PM :: 4594 Views :: OHA
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Monday October 17 at 7PM, Kapolei Middle School ....
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| Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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How much money are we "tipping" the government?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:23 PM :: 7263 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...the habit the state Department of Taxation has of keeping the money that is left over after they process the rail surcharge....
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| Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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Charter Amendment #4 on Rail – What’s Not in the Booklet
By Natalie Iwasa @ 10:22 PM :: 5670 Views :: Rail
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Voters should have received the 2016 Charter Amendments booklet this week....
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| Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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DLNR: Fishing Fleet Labor Law not our Kuleana
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 7007 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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“The petition’s amendments appear to focus on labor issues that are not part of DLNR’s jurisdiction.”
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| Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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Am Samoa Tuna Canneries Shutting--Again
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 6657 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Due to a complex series of factors, including a long history of poorly thought out and misguided government policies, we find ourselves at a crossroads....
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| Friday, October 14, 2016 |
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HIDOT Touts $548M Unspent Federal Money as 'Significant Accomplishment'
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 7386 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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As of the end of Fiscal Year 2016 Hawaii’s Pipeline balance is $548 million....
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