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Saturday, December 19, 2015
A new test on Hawaii’s future?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 8410 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

Plaintiffs outline possible responses to the Nai Aupuni Oprah Aha....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Latest On The Hawaiians-Only-Oprah/Costco-Everyone-Wins Election
By Robert Thomas @ 2:32 PM :: 9162 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

... plaintiffs outline their possible responses to the cancellation of the election and the seating of all candidates ...

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Wastebook 2015: The Farce Awakens
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:20 PM :: 7084 Views :: National News, Taxes

NASA provided $3 million for a mock trip to Mars filmed in Hawaii. Conclusion: personality conflicts arise in when people are stuck together for an extended time....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
VIDEO: Law & Corruption in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:52 PM :: 11783 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History

An inside look at the state's legal and political spheres....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
TAT Already Applies to TVRs—but DoTax Not Enforcing it
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 6446 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

Star-Advertiser is calling for new laws when existing laws aren’t enforced by the state....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Hawaii Poorly Prepared to Resist Infectious Disease Outbreak
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 5415 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...Hawaii Scored Five Out of 10 on Key Indicators Related to Preventing, Detecting, Diagnosing and Responding to Outbreaks....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Video: Millennials as Free Market Champions
By Video @ 2:38 AM :: 4735 Views :: Higher Education

..Keli'i Akina sits down with Clarke Velasco and Sean Mitsui....

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Saturday, December 19, 2015
The U.S. Constitution Still Applies to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:36 AM :: 6517 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
...even pro-sovereignty Hawaiian activists have condemned the state for violating the Constitution....
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Friday, December 18, 2015
State Quietly Approves Oceanic-Charter Merger
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 5451 Views :: Hawaii State Government

The merger and transfer of Oceanic’s Hawaii franchises will not take place until federal regulatory review of the merger transaction is completed....

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Friday, December 18, 2015
Hawaii Family Advocates Gears up for 2016 Legislative Session
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 7:39 PM :: 9060 Views :: Family, Life

HFA’s vision is creating a community where families are strong, all human life is valued and religious liberty flourishes....

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Friday, December 18, 2015
Fake Energy Savings? Airport Division Lets Contractor Write its own Check for 20 Years
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:40 PM :: 7328 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government

Don't worry.  It's only a $500M contract....

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Friday, December 18, 2015
Audit: Old Contracts Tie Up DHHL Special Funds
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:04 PM :: 5512 Views :: DHHL

We found 86 old contract encumbrances totaling almost $4.6 million at the end of FY2015....

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Friday, December 18, 2015
Vegetarian Questions
By Jack Dini @ 3:00 PM :: 8777 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs

...fruits, vegetables, diary and seafood are more harmful to the environment because these foods have relatively high resource uses and green gas emissions per calorie....

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Friday, December 18, 2015
Judiciary: Six Funds out of Compliance
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:37 PM :: 5107 Views :: Judiciary

One special fund and five trust funds did not meet criteria...

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Friday, December 18, 2015
HHSC, DoH: Nineteen special funds and two trust funds did not meet criteria
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:02 PM :: 4581 Views :: Health Care

Sixty-three special funds, revolving funds, trust funds, and trust accounts were reviewed....

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Class Action Suit Filed over Canceled Soccer Game
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 5127 Views :: Tourism

Honolulu residents Roxayne Spruance and Leimomi Dierks brought the suit on Dec. 8 against the United States Soccer Federation, Stadium Authority of the state of Hawaii ....

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Honolulu: Average Small Business Invoices $105K per Year
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 5548 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

Invoice2go’s ranking, pulled from aggregated usage data from more than 23,000 small and micro business owners across the U.S., shines a light on an otherwise difficult to measure subset of the economy....

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Lawsuit: Deadly ‘Natural’ Supplement contained “methamphetamine-like chemical”
By Selected News Articles @ 12:53 PM :: 6365 Views :: Health Care, GMOs

'Natural' supplement makers are a key funding source for the anti-GMO movement....

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 AM :: 8489 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

...they are counting on the Department of Interior to legitimize a Hawaiian tribe....

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Honolulu Awarded Sexual Assault Justice Initiative Grant
By News Release @ 12:26 AM :: 4731 Views :: Law Enforcement

Honolulu is one of seven cities selected as pilot sites for the Department of Justice’s Sexual Assault Justice Initiative....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Desperate: Obamacare Deadline Extended 48 Hours
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 4482 Views :: Health Care

...must enroll by 10 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Feds: ‘Organic Farms and General Opposition to Chemicals Present Insurmountable Obstacle’ to Dengue Eradication
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 8360 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs

"...homeowner reluctance (many organic farms in the area and general opposition to chemicals) ... likely present unsurmountable obstacles...."

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
VIDEO: Hawaii Could Still Get the Fed Wreck
By Video @ 6:42 PM :: 7724 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

They’re Pushing Harder Than Ever & Don’t Plan To Stop Until They Get It....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Science--The Life of the Land
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:09 PM :: 4898 Views :: GMOs

We eat science every single day....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Nai Aupuni’s "Oprah Theory Of Elections"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:15 AM :: 6153 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...that's the sort of thing that is supposed to happen only in a banana republic....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
DoH Posts Interim Administrative Rules For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 6054 Views :: Drugs

The rules have also been drafted to ensure patient safety, product safety and public safety, and prevent marketing to our keiki....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Study: Honolulu Lowest Per-Patient Health Spending in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 5374 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...spending per privately insured beneficiary in the highest spending HRR (Napa, CA) was $5,515.95, more than three times as high as spending in the lowest spending HRR (Honolulu, HI), which spent $1,707.38 per person....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Word with Ward: Portnoy, Kato Discuss Shield Law
By Video @ 1:33 AM :: 5515 Views :: First Amendment

Representative Gene Ward addresses the Shield Law with Dr. Gerald Kato, UH Associate Professor, Journalism and Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Partner, Cades Schutte LLP....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Honolulu Is the 11th Best City for Singles
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 6666 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

With more than half of all adults in the U.S. being single....

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:30 PM :: 7073 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

The comparative survey of economic freedom is based on ten different factors in the areas of government spending, taxes, and labor market freedom....

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Grassroot: Nai Aupuni is undercutting its own efforts
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:26 PM :: 8249 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

"Changing their own rules multiple times further erodes the credibility Nai Aupuni has with the Hawaiian people, who have been clear in their opposition to the state's nation-building process...."

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Nai Aupuni Terminates Election—$5000 Bribe Offered to Delegates for a Self-Appointed ‘Aha of Cronies
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 8650 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

Nai Aupuni is going to try to write and approve a Tribal Constitution at the fake 'Aha.  Then they will try to put it to a vote so Obama can 'recognize' them.  Then the Hawaiian patrimony can be split between the Feds and Hawaii political insiders....

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Another Triumph of Jones Act Shipbuilding: USS Milwaukee breaks down on Maiden Voyage
By Michael Hansen @ 12:16 AM :: 6311 Views :: Jones Act

...U.S. Navy’s newest ship suffered a main engine causality on her maiden voyage and had to be towed 40 nautical miles to port....

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Monday, December 14, 2015
Report: Hawaii at 21.2% Renewable Energy
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 4362 Views :: Energy

.. but since 100% renewable doesn't really mean 100% renewable, what does 21.2% renewable mean? ...

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Monday, December 14, 2015
Trump Files to be on the Ballot in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 5758 Views :: Republican Party

"In Hawaii, we have assembled a campaign Leadership Committee to harness all of the support we are receiving."

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Monday, December 14, 2015
Internet tax ban could offer relief for Hawaii businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 5674 Views :: Taxes

Hawaii’s tax on Internet access, as well as those of six other states and their localities, will end by mid-year of 2020 if a congressional plan to permanently ban taxes on Internet access makes its way to the president’s desk....

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Monday, December 14, 2015
87 Times More Homeless in Honolulu than Las Vegas
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 5945 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

...The number of homeless residents per capita is highest in Honolulu....

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Monday, December 14, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 14, 2015
By Congress.org @ 2:31 PM :: 2810 Views
Senate: K-12 Education Reauthorization -- Passage
House: Visa Waiver Program -- Passage
House: Red River Private Property -- Passage
House: Trade Enforcement -- Passage
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Court Of Appeals: Pig Hunting is a Traditional Hawaiian Practice (In This Case)
By Robert Thomas @ 1:48 AM :: 7484 Views :: Land Use, Second Amendment

Pig hunting in this case involved dogs and a knife, not guns....

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Sunday, December 13, 2015
Audit: H-Power Contracts Designed to Hide Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 6738 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

ENV relied on the contractor, consultants, and external law firms to establish reasonable pricing and did not solicit or obtain open, competitive bids from other contractors....

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Sunday, December 13, 2015
Why you should oppose the DOI Proposed Rule—And How
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 8922 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

"...the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) proposed rule would unethically terminate Native Hawaiian rights to millions of acres of Hawaiian 'Aina...."

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Sunday, December 13, 2015
An Early Christmas Present from IRS to Heald Students
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5727 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes

Students often owed $40,000 or more in college loans – holding a degree they claimed was inadequate at best....

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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Jonesing for a Fix? Delving into the Merchant Marine Act of 1920
By Michael Hansen @ 9:23 PM :: 6453 Views :: Jones Act
“When cows fly, it means there’s some serious market distortion.”
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Charter Commission Agenda: Defer all ‘Proposals to Dismantle HART’
By Natalie Iwasa @ 9:09 PM :: 7424 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday December 17 at 3:30 p.m....

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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Wanna Be A Drug Dealer? Hawaii has an Opportunity for You
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 6035 Views :: Drugs

...the open application period for medical marijuana dispensary licenses shall begin...on January, 12, 2016, and close on January 29, 2016....

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Friday, December 11, 2015
‘Hawaii’s George Soros': The Hidden Funding Behind Efforts to Disrupt Hillary Clinton’s Opponents
By Selected News Articles @ 7:22 PM :: 12766 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Republican Party

In July, 2015, chaos erupts at the progressive NetRoots Nation conference in Phoenix, Arizona....

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Friday, December 11, 2015
UHERO Hawaii Forecast: Expansion Will Continue, Despite Global Challenges
By UHERO @ 2:36 PM :: 5469 Views :: Economy

Next year will see some easing of visitor growth....

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Friday, December 11, 2015
Education: U.S. House Passes ObamaCORE!
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 6281 Views :: Education K-12

Common Core is being redefined as social-emotional learning, which must come first in the learning hierarchy — with academics taking a backseat....

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Friday, December 11, 2015
After Recent Failures, Ige Admin Revamps IT Project Approval Process
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 5500 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Under the IT governance process, projects must pass several review “gates” during four key phases....

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Friday, December 11, 2015
Medicare Penalizes Maui Memorial, Pali Momi, Wahiawa General over Safety Incidents
By Selected News Articles @ 12:20 AM :: 6440 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Medicare will lower all its payments to the penalized hospitals by 1 percent over the course of the federal fiscal year, which runs through September 2016....

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