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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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State to Dopers: Follow the Rules or the Police Will Get You
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 7319 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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Patients and caregivers who grow their own medical marijuana should be aware of the Hawaii State Department of Health’s new rules governing medical marijuana to avoid getting in trouble with law enforcement....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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DLNR: Camping on Mauna Kea Continues to be Prohibited
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 8163 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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"...camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawaii Administrative Rules...."
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Victory for Local Food: Hawaii’s $100M Longline Fishery Reopens
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 6321 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Since Aug. 5th, the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching bigeye tuna....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 13, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:27 PM :: 4170 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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MegaVote for Hawaii's 1st & 2nd Congressional Districts....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Why GMO?
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:21 PM :: 6275 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...why do farmers need biotechnology?
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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IT Upgrades Could Save Hawaii $101M -- Report
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 4561 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...why and how states should better harness information technology to drive public-sector productivity and generate savings for governments, businesses, and citizens....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Leads U.S. in Financial Well-Being
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 5485 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii residents had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014, followed closely by Alaska residents....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Moody's -- Hawaii outlook positive
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 5350 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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What could make this rating go up--Increased economic diversification and reduced economic volatility....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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American President Challenges Matson's Guam Monopoly
By Michael Hansen @ 2:49 AM :: 6682 Views :: Jones Act
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...foreign-owned American President Lines Ltd. (APL) will inaugurate a new service from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. islands of Guam and Saipan employing foreign-built U.S. flag containerships....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii Marine Corps base stands firm on keeping ‘God bless the military’ sign
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 8163 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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City Returning to Kakaako to Remove 'Tremendous Volume of Trash'
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 5178 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...removed 26.84 tons of trash, 52 cubic yards of metals, 9 shopping carts, stored 8 bins of personal property....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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Tulsi Gabbard ‘Disinvited’ from Democrat Presidential Debate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 PM :: 6190 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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"...it kind of reminds me of how high school teenagers act,” Ms. Gabbard said....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Report reveals details of AG investigation of Rep James Tokioka
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 6669 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...the Attorney General’s investigative report has not previously been made public....
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Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
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Taking a Homeowner’s Exemption for a Home You Can’t Live In
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4266 Views :: Taxes
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On April 13 this year, Bill 36 was introduced in the Honolulu City Council....
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Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
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Recall: Disgusting Organic Cheese Infested with Listeria
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 4535 Views :: GMOs
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...can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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"North Korea will present a very real threat to Hawaii"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 4539 Views :: Military
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...KimJong Un is “on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally....”
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Hungry? Hawaii Bigeye Tuna Industry Reels Two Months after Being Shut Down by Quotas
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 6854 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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As a result, industrial foreign fleets, with much higher bigeye tuna quotas, freely operate on the high seas around the Hawaiian Islands where Hawaii longline fishermen can no longer fish for bigeye tuna....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Gabbard: Obama arming al-Qaeda, ISIS
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 7294 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said: “The Administration continues to put our resources toward failed missions and strengthening our enemy, rather than focusing on defeating our enemy...."
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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FBI moving against HPD chief, wife--Special Prosecutor Appointed
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 8084 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...subpoenas are going out and an investigative grand jury could hear the case later this year....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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#5 in USA: Hawaii Collects $4361 Taxes Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 AM :: 4690 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii public school enrollment dips
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 4700 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...total enrollment for school year 2015-16 is 180,409, compared with 180,895 in school year 2014-15, and 185,273 the year before that....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Kakaako Sweep Forces 48 More Homeless to Finally Accept Shelter
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 4518 Views :: Homelessness
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Since August 7, a total of 152 people (including 23 families) have been placed into shelter or permanent housing....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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Court Slaps Down Federal Grab for Control of State Waters
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 AM :: 4128 Views :: Environment
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Several states opposed the stay, including Hawaii...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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VIDEO: Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:17 AM :: 4735 Views :: Rail
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Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail....
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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List of Honolulu Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 4474 Views :: Honolulu County
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19 open seats on Neighborhood Boards ....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 6422 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Public Sector Unions: Bastions of white-collar Privilege
By NCPA @ 4:07 PM :: 4762 Views :: Labor
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They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Cost of Illegal Immigration in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 PM :: 5702 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Hawaii Organic Farm Crops Worth $13.9M
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 5236 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics
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The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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WSJ: Hawaii Pacific University Piles on the 'Other' College Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 4474 Views :: Higher Education
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The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Taiwanese Animators' Bermuda Triangle mystery: El Faro missing ship still on the water after 40 years
By Video @ 4:24 PM :: 4502 Views :: Jones Act
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Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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City: Dismiss Lawsuit over Unethical Council Rail Votes
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 4663 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Obamacare: 30% of Large Employer Plans Hit by Cadillac Tax
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 4901 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Factors that Explain Honolulu's High Pedestrian Accident Rate
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:27 AM :: 7345 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....
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Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Abortion Laws and How They Differ From Other States
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 5789 Views :: Life
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In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Business Groups Slam Police Refusal to Enforce Law on Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 9892 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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OHA Trustee Says Na'i Aupuni is Fake Tribe
By Video @ 9:38 PM :: 5555 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Apo: "Ship of nationhood is about to set sail without a rudder, a captain, or a crew...."
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Hulu Lindsey: Nai Aupuni Exclusionary, Anti-Democratic, Violates Kapu Aloha
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 7640 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Akana: Ultra-Secret OHA Slush Funds, Strange Cartoons, and World Travel
By Selected News Articles @ 8:26 PM :: 4313 Views :: OHA
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OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship. Now she spills the beans....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Activists Claim GMOs Cause Homosexuality
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:47 PM :: 7819 Views :: GMOs
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I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Suit Claims Ansaldo Padding Rail Contract
By Selected News Articles @ 7:15 PM :: 5879 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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New Assisted Suicide Law Could Especially Hurt the Poor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 5594 Views :: Health Care, Life
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“You read about Oregon denying someone a lung transplant, but, ‘Here, you can you have these pills.’”
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Promising Too Much Endangers Hawaii's Fiscal Health
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 AM :: 4926 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Video: Free Market Solutions to Homelessness with Victor Geminiani
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:43 AM :: 4362 Views :: Homelessness
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...Keli'i Akina speaks with Victor Geminiani of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice about probable solutions to homelessness and affordable housing in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Hawaii: Child Care Costs More than College Tuition
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 9034 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Small Business, Cost of Living
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In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Why was 40-Year Old Ship Sent into Path of Hurricane?
By Michael Hansen @ 4:27 AM :: 4728 Views :: Jones Act
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...maritime attorney and former merchant seamen Rod Sullivan opined that the ship was beyond its useful life and this lead to a catastrophic failure at sea....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
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‘Know GMO’ documentary challenges anti-GM scare campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 PM :: 4441 Views :: GMOs
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...this documentary that will bring the voice of scientists in laboratories and farmers in the papaya fields in Hawaii and banana gardens in Uganda to the global audience....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
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Oct 15 Last Day to Register for 'Hawaiian' Tribal Election
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 5880 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Deadline is Thursday, Oct. 15....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
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Obamacare Rate Hikes Approved: 27% HMSA, 34% Kaiser
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 5314 Views :: Health Care
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... factors were “pent up demand” for services sought by previously uninsured individuals, transitional plans and previously low penalties for ignoring ACA’s individual mandate keeping healthy populations out of the marketplace, high cost specialty drugs, and ACA taxes and fees ....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
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DNC Disarray: Gabbard Undercuts Wasserman Schultz Over Debate Schedule (VIDEO)
By Video @ 2:12 AM :: 5083 Views :: Democratic Party
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Do you think it would be good for the Democratic Party if Joe Biden got in the race and ran?
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