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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Renewable Energy: How the 100% Mandate Hurts Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:10 PM :: 6251 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

Friday, February 26th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm....

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
BBB: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Scams
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 7911 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

Hawaii reports nearly 22 scams to BBB per 100,000 people ....

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
HOPE Probation: Confronting America’s Drug-Overdose Epidemic
By Selected News Articles @ 1:59 PM :: 8571 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement, Drugs

To illustrate how the carrot-and-stick approach can work, Satel describes the success of Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement program....

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Report: Russian, Iranian Hackers Behind Honolulu School Bomb Threats
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 6646 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement

A group using the name the Evacuator Group and the now-suspended Twitter handles @Ev4cuati0nSquad and @SwatTheW0rld has claimed responsibility for the threats....

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Incumbents Challenged on Day One--Candidates Begin Filing on Maui, Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 PM :: 9016 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Politicians

First in line after the 7:45 a.m. office opening in Hilo was state Rep. Joy San Buenaventura....

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Monday, February 1, 2016
McCain strikes at Jones Act to reform U.S. energy policy
By Michael Hansen @ 8:58 PM :: 5309 Views :: Jones Act

Senator John S. McCain (R-AZ) submitted on January 28, 2016, legislation to eliminate certain domestic build requirements of the Jones Act....

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Monday, February 1, 2016
Aha Participants Asked to Leave Weapons at Home
By Selected News Articles @ 6:40 PM :: 6888 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

"...No, there are no helicopters, although I asked...."

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Monday, February 1, 2016
Oprah Aha Does Not Represent Hawaiian Public
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:21 PM :: 5756 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Oprah Aha begins today amid continued controversy ....

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Monday, February 1, 2016
The REIT Way Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 6015 Views :: Development

NAREIT has launched a new website to inform Hawaii residents of the many benefits that REITs bring to their state....

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Monday, February 1, 2016
Rail’s Numbers – A Pattern of Errors and Inconsistencies
By Natalie Iwasa @ 12:07 PM :: 4932 Views :: Rail
...HART Chair Don Horner then made a point of asking the auditors whether they had found any “pattern of errors,” “inconsistencies” or “sloppy information.”....
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Monday, February 1, 2016
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2016
By Congress.org @ 12:04 PM :: 4388 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Senate: Energy Policy – GAO Report on Energy Production....

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Monday, February 1, 2016
Labeling a Cop Out Mentality
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:27 AM :: 4530 Views :: GMOs

“It’s too hard for me!"

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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Golf Club Aha: John Waihee Returns to the Scene of the Crime
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 12351 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA

...the story begins with poor Hawaiian farmers’ Maunawili Valley leasehold homes being bulldozed and cattle being slaughtered as Honolulu police stand by with fraudulent eviction notices....

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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Complete List of 2016 Gambling Bills
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 6275 Views :: Gambling

...From Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling....

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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Gambling on a Hawaiian Tribe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 10334 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Gambling, OHA

...allowing a lottery in Hawaii could open the door to other things....

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Sunday, January 31, 2016
UHERO: New Perspectives on Land and Housing Markets in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:03 AM :: 4079 Views

...Honolulu’s inflation-adjusted land and housing prices have been highly volatile in the medium term since the 1960s....

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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Hawaii Business Roundtable Announces Support for NextEra Energy and HEI Merger
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy

"We are...acutely aware of the burden high electricity rates place on both the cost of doing business and living in Hawaii"

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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Apply Now for Vacant Seat: State Commission on Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 5434 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government

Applications for a vacant position on the State Commission on Water Resource Management are now being accepted for a new term that will begin July 1....

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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Reason: Conversion Therapy Is Bad, but Banning It Is a Form of Unacceptable Censorship
By Selected News Articles @ 12:53 PM :: 6466 Views :: Family, First Amendment

We don’t need lawmakers deciding what therapies should be supported or legal....

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Saturday, January 30, 2016
The Drama of the Jones Act Follies
By Michael Hansen @ 2:50 AM :: 5036 Views :: Jones Act

...studies invariable degenerate into preachy Gospel-like statements parroting back talking points from whichever side commissioned the particular economic study....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
VIDEO: How a Bill Becomes a Law
By Video @ 9:45 PM :: 4598 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...featuring members of the "We the People" civic club from Kahuku High School....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
Fact Sheet: Nelson v Hawaiian Homes Commission
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5662 Views :: DHHL

The Legislature is currently involved in contesting the decision in Nelson v HHC, which has been confused with contesting funding for DHHL....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
Sex, Drugs, Gambling and Suicide on Legislative Agenda
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:40 PM :: 6275 Views :: Family, Life

January 27, 2016 was the last day to introduce bills....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
Advocates for Abused and Neglected Children Needed on Oahu
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 5874 Views :: Family, Judiciary

Interested persons must attend a mandatory CASA training program....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
HB1686: New standard for involuntarily commitment to psychiatric facility
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 5:35 PM :: 7929 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness

The recent rise in Hawaii's homeless population has highlighted the need for a better standard in involuntarily hospitalization.....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
‘Entire Process Corrupt’–Protests will Greet Nai Aupuni at Luxury Golf Resort ‘Aha
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 PM :: 6549 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...at the Royal Hawaiian Golf Club in Kailua....

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Friday, January 29, 2016
Where Do Americans Take Their Retirement Income?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 5530 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...retirees tend to live in rural or suburban areas with pleasant climates....

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Guam Governor Endorses Ted Cruz for President
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 4575 Views :: Republican Party

"...the federal government has imposed the most liberal immigration policy in U.S. history upon our island...."

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
8.6M–Tourism Sets New Record for 2015
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 5362 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

For the fourth straight year, Hawai‘i’s tourism industry set new records....

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Fraud Risk as HGEA, UPW Members Give Each Other Undocumented Vacation, Sick Leave
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 5832 Views

...vacation days “not properly supported by leave application forms” are being handed out to union workers between 10% and 30% of the time....

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Is HART's train factory a joke?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:14 AM :: 6470 Views :: Rail

This is the latest picture of the first four rail cars that are “expected to arrive this Spring”....

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
State Bank Bill Deferred
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 AM :: 6542 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii offered comments before the CPC Committee deferred HB326....

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Hawaii Reclaims Top Spot in U.S. Well-Being
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 AM :: 4273 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

Hawaii residents reach the top spot for the fifth time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking well-being in 2008...

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Thursday, January 28, 2016
2016 Elections: Candidate Filing Begins Monday Feb 1
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 4777 Views :: Office of Elections

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1 through June 7, 2016....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Aloha Aina Activists Holding their Own ‘Aha
By Video @ 7:54 PM :: 3462 Views

February 25 on Oahu ....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Feds: Only 13,194 people in Hawaii sign up for Obamacare
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 4575 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Only 4 days remain before final enrollment deadline for 2016 coverage....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Study: HTA Faking Pro Bowl Tourism Numbers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 6448 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...HTA claimed, up to 47,000 additional tourists visited the Hawaiian islands to watch the game...analysis of flight records at all of Hawaii's airports around game time found that claim to be false....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Charter Commission Defers Proposal to Repeal Affordable Housing Fund
By Natalie Iwasa @ 1:21 PM :: 4411 Views :: Honolulu County

... commissioners decided to defer Proposal 17, which would have repealed the Affordable Housing Fund, Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund, and Grants in Aid Fund as well as returned authorization for special fund creation back to the mayor with council approval ....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Grassroot Budget Report Highlights Missing Element In Governor's Address
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 PM :: 4047 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...a planned drop in expenditures that has not been accounted for by any significant cuts....

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Humpback Go Back: Feds Back off of Grab for Hawaii Waters
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 5034 Views :: Environment

"...the Sanctuary will not have an expanded purpose...."

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Sen Gil Kahele Dead at 73
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 9269 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government

... Ige will select senator’s successor from Democratic Party nominees ....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
2015: Hawaii Adds Most Construction Jobs Per Capita
By News Release @ 4:36 PM :: 5730 Views :: Labor, Rail
Hawaii added the highest percentage of new construction jobs during the past year (15.5 percent, 4,800 jobs)....
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
The DoD Biofuel Scam Is Worse Than Solyndra
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 AM :: 7141 Views :: Energy, Military

...hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that are being wasted on biofuels....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Will Navy Buy More Foreign-Built Ships?
By Michael Hansen @ 10:31 AM :: 5824 Views :: Jones Act

The cost of merchant ship construction in the U.S. is approximately five times that of building comparable ships in South Korea and Japan....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Government IT Transformation: 2016 Legislative Priorities
By News Release @ 10:15 AM :: 4171 Views :: Hawaii State Government

ETS is looking to formalize its reorganization of ICSD and OIMT into ETS, as well as expand its team with the addition of up to 31 new positions....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
UH Cancer Center: E-Cigs are Cutting Deep into our Tobacco Tax Revenue—So We’re Hitting Back
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 7776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education, Taxes
What if people stop smoking cigarettes? How are you going to pay the mortgage and salaries?
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
GEMS: Electric Ratepayers Pay Millions for Nothing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 8309 Views :: Education K-12, Energy

By the year's end, the utility will need to collect $7,940,691.56 more to fulfill "revenue requirements" for GEMS....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Mauna Kea: DLNR to Shoot Sheep from Helicopters (again)
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 5436 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

February 10 and 11, and May, 4 and 5, 2016....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Video: Budget or Bust
By Video @ 1:52 AM :: 4414 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...unfunded liabilities, over-estimated revenues & skyrocketing expenses....

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Jones Act: “Diffuse costs and concentrated benefits”
By Michael Hansen @ 1:24 AM :: 4991 Views :: Jones Act

Jack P. Suyderhoud, Professor of Business Economics and Director of the MBA Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, answering a question about the Jones Act....

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