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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Honolulu sewer bonds sell at interest rate higher than bankrupt Detroit
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 5280 Views :: Honolulu County
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Honolulu pays 3.89% -- Detroit pays 3.24% while in bankruptcy....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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No More Bee-Pocalypse
By NCPA @ 3:50 PM :: 7277 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the cover of Time magazine foretold of a "world without bees"....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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UH research funding up after years of decline
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 4507 Views :: Higher Education
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...the first increase in extramural award funding after three straight years of decline....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Mother of Murdered Baby Challenges Hawaii Child Abuse Registry
By Selected News Articles @ 12:35 PM :: 7386 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Full Text: Kanaiolowalu Roll Published
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:13 PM :: 8517 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Because this is a large document, it will take some time to load completely....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Strange News: DoE Builds School on Time, Under Budget
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 5260 Views :: Education K-12
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...design-build has a single point of responsibility....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Income qualifications for free/reduced lunch updated for SY 2015-16
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 6835 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Children from households with income at or below the following levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni Bylaws Confirm it is Running a State Election
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 7416 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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OHA authorized the funds and OHA invited the participants to form Nai Aupuni....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Video: Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Haggles Over Baby Parts Prices
By Video @ 12:32 AM :: 5214 Views :: Life
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President of PPFA Medical Directors’ Council Mary Gatter Doesn’t Want to “Lowball” Price, Suggests “Less Crunchy” Technique, Says She Wants a Lamborghini....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Ige Administration Testimony Against NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 5555 Views :: Energy
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“The state respectfully opposes the merger in its current form because it fails to align with the state’s renewable energy goals.”
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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Kids Count: One in Eight Children in Hawaii Live in Poverty
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 6413 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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Renewables Losing Support Worldwide
By Jack Dini @ 1:35 PM :: 5613 Views :: Energy
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2015 may go down in the books as the year support for renewable energy died....
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Monday, July 20, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 20, 2015
By Congress.org @ 10:51 PM :: 4844 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: No Child Left Behind Overhaul - Passage
House: Veterans Loans - Passage
House: Transportation Funding and California Drought – Passage
House: California Drought – Passage
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Monday, July 20, 2015 |
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UHERO: Decoupling Socks Electric Ratepayers with Soaring Fixed Costs
By UHERO @ 9:18 PM :: 7538 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Residential customers now pay roughly $0.17/kWh for fixed costs....
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Monday, July 20, 2015 |
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Ige Appoints Moriguchi Director of Early Learning
By News Release @ 9:04 PM :: 4368 Views :: Education K-12
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Moriguchi was born and raised on O‘ahu and has worked in education for more than 15 years. She has served as an educational specialist at the state Department of Education....
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Monday, July 20, 2015 |
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Jones Act Squeezes Mainland Cattle Industry
By Michael Hansen @ 4:11 AM :: 5334 Views :: Jones Act
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This is the same issue that spurred the founding in Hawaii of the Jones Act Reform Coalition (JARC) in the mid-1990’s....
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Sunday, July 19, 2015 |
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OHA Trustee to Use Trust Funds to Sell Marijuana?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 PM :: 9063 Views :: OHA, Drugs
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"The Association Board has scheduled an invitation to meet with a native Hawaiian entrepreneur currently operating out of Arizona and Las Vegas...."
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Sunday, July 19, 2015 |
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Post-Employment Benefits Are King
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5726 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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The Hawaii Constitution says, “Membership in any employees' retirement system of the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be a contractual relationship, the accrued benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.”
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: Kaiser Barely Pays for Medevac
By Selected News Articles @ 2:36 PM :: 5398 Views :: Health Care
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...Kaiser policy said it would cover 80 percent of the cost of medically necessary emergency transportation services, Kaiser denied most of it, leaving him with a $36,000 balance due....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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HART seeks applicants for vacancy on Board of Directors
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 4750 Views :: Rail
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“We are looking for an individual who ... supports rail transit ...” said HART Board Chairman Ivan Lui-Kwan....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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Clean Energy? Kicking Hawaii Consumers When They're Already Down
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:53 PM :: 5970 Views :: Energy, Taxes
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...fuel taxes are "highly regressive," meaning that they hurt the poor the most....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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NOAA Vote on Federal Takeover of Hawaii Waters Monday
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 4439 Views :: Environment
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Monday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Pagoda Hotel’s International Ballroom....
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Paniolo Power to Withdraw from Merger Docket
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 6586 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"...will instead concentrate on the PUC's pending Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) docket, which is better suited to address transformational planning issues...."
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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UH Hilo spending $33,000 to ensure U.S. flag does not fly above state flag
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 5056 Views :: Higher Education
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“On Dec. 1, Hawaiian sovereignty activists lowered the American flag on the single pole at the front entrance to the UH-Hilo campus and hoisted the Hawaii state flag that previously flew beneath."
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Report: 154,000 Senior Caregivers in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 5802 Views :: Family, Health Care
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Family caregivers in Hawaii provided 144 million hours of care – worth an estimated $2.1 billion....
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Nearly 70K Solar Systems Approved in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 5885 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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Since October, 2014 more than 15,000 applications have been approved to install or interconnect....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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VIDEO: Ohana of Hawaii WW1 Vets Fight to Save Natatorium
By Video @ 6:31 PM :: 7506 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii History, Military
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"We don't want to be the first state to ever tear down and demolish a memorial."
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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East Oahu: 400 Testify Against Federal Takeover of Maunalua Bay
By News Release @ 11:53 AM :: 8599 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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...NEXT MEETING: Monday, July 20, 2015--NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council is being held from 9am-5pm at the Pagoda Hotel and is open to the public....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric proposes community solar pilot project
By News Release @ 10:52 AM :: 4636 Views :: Energy
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Each month, this customer will receive credit for a share of the electricity output of the community solar facility and pay a small maintenance fee, in total reducing the customer’s electric bill by about 45 percent....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Overtime Expenditures Out of Taxpayers’ Pockets
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:48 AM :: 5422 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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One common way public employees increase their pensions is by maximizing overtime....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Time Warner to Sell Oceanic to Charter Communications
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 7089 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government
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DCCA Cable Television Divison received an application from Charter Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Cable, Inc....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Rail Tax Hike, Demands HART Report to Him
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 7500 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The excise tax is an investment by the taxpayers of Hawai‘i and my job is to ensure that their hard earned money is being spent efficiently, effectively and productively....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Marijuana Bill, Allows Four Others to become Law Without Signature
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 4084 Views :: Drugs
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We will make a good faith effort to create a fair process that will help the people most in need (of weed)....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Solar Scammers Hustle Homeowners on Kauai
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 7086 Views :: Kauai County, Energy, Ethics
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KIUC has also heard complaints from members who are now paying more for their rooftop solar than their previous electric bill....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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'Aha Ambush: 'Notice of Election' for Fake Indian Tribe to be Mailed out Today
By Andrew Walden @ 7:45 PM :: 8737 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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It could be the most significant change in Hawaii since statehood. Three-quarters of native Hawaiians are effectively excluded from the process--as are all non-Hawaiians. Included: Lots of incarcerated prisoners, dead people, and people living on the mainland....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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Unhealthy Fixation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6943 Views :: GMOs
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...the deeper you dig, the more fraud you find in the case against GMOs....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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Video: Planned Parenthood Selling Dead Baby Organs
By Video @ 4:22 PM :: 5904 Views :: Life
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The sale or purchase of human fetal tissue is a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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Ige Vetoes Eight Bills
By News Release @ 2:35 AM :: 4288 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige today vetoed eight bills and sent his statements of objections to the house and senate leadership....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
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New FEMA Flood Insurance Maps Hit Hard --Kihei, Waikapu, Kaunakakai
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 4619 Views :: Cost of Living
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These map changes, primarily for Kaunakakai and south shore areas of Molokai, and Kihei and Waikapu areas on Maui, will become effective on November 4, 2015....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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Feds Promote Classes in Honolulu City Parks
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 5875 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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As part of the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative to engage the next generation of outdoor stewards....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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Gallup: Older Americans have highest well-being in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 2937 Views
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...a unique view of societies’ progress on the elements that matter most to well-being: purpose, social, financial, community and physical....
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
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It's time to end net energy metering
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 7436 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...the threat of losing NEM has led some in the PV industry down the path of hyperbole, exaggeration and self-interested fear-mongering....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Sandwich Isles Communications: Political Connections Pay Off
By Andrew Walden @ 11:37 PM :: 44499 Views :: Akaka Bill, Democratic Party, DHHL, Ethics, OHA, Politicians, Tax Credits
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originally published May, 2005, reprinted in honor of Al Hee being found guilty on all counts....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Mauna Kea Summit Road reopened, Visitor Center Remains Closed
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 5178 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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The Visitor Information Station and its restroom facilities will remain closed....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Ige Appoints Mizumoto Chair of BoE
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 4327 Views :: Education K-12
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Mizumoto is CEO of Central Pacific Bank....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Tax fairness bill signed into law
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 7478 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes, Cost of Living
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On July 9, Governor Ige signed Senate Bill 555, which will increase the food/excise tax credit for the first time in nearly a decade....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Consumer Energy Expenses--Hawaii Ranks 28th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 6390 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The average monthly consumption of electricity per housing unit in Louisiana is triple that in Hawaii....
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Monday, July 13, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 13, 2015
By Congress.org @ 5:15 PM :: 4673 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization – Cloture
House: Elementary and Second Education Act Overhaul – Passage
House: National Forest Management – Passage
House: Medical Funding and Authorization – Passage
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Sunday, July 12, 2015 |
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Full Text: After Two Months, OHA Coughs up Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 11:20 PM :: 10652 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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The very first check on the very first page of OHA's 2014-2015 fiscal year is $25,000 written to convicted felon and mortgage scammer, David Keanu Sai....
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