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Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
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Hawaii Government Workforce Seventh Least Productive in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 7409 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii’s employees earn 9 percent more than those in the private sector—the 3rd highest wages and salaries ratio in the country....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Rail Creates Only 870 Local Jobs
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5865 Views :: Rail
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Remember This? "Rail Construction Will Create about 10,000 jobs Each Year" ....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Attack State’s Last Cane Plantation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:07 PM :: 8582 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, GMOs
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...ugly comments happily hoping to send people who work on these farms back to where they came from....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Secret text of Trade Agreement ‘forms a new Pacific Union’
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6279 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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This is far more than a trade agreement, but creates a self-governing and self-perpetuating Commission with extraordinary implications for American workers and American sovereignty....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Sex Ed? Board of Ed Says 'Trust Us'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 PM :: 6317 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...the Board itself failed to properly disclose that the “opt-out” policy was once again being considered....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Lowest Median Income for Families with Father Present
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 7122 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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The median income for families (dad present) with kids younger than 18 adjusted for cost of living is two times higher in the District of Columbia than in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 4592 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...nearly one-in-four residents (24%) identify as multiracial....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Meet the Gay Activist in Charge of Federal 'Safe Schools' Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 AM :: 6447 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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Hirono, Schatz Nominate Three for Federal Judge
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 5399 Views :: Judiciary
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Clare Connors, David Louie, and Jill Otake....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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DUI Enforcement? Hawaii Ranks 27th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:23 PM :: 5070 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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2015’s Strictest and Most Lenient States on DUI....
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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Couch Potatoes Short in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 AM :: 4396 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Some play video games in homes littered with pizza crusts and empty Mountain Dew cans. Others watch daytime soap operas....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Sex Ed: BoE Opting In to Opt Out?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 6193 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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"...only if the student’s parent or legal guardian provides prior consent.…"
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Best Cities for Families? Honolulu Ranks 92nd
By Selected News Articles @ 6:50 PM :: 5770 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:39 PM :: 4555 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture
- House: CFTC Operations – Passage
- House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
- House: Police Body Cameras – Passage
- House: Meat Labeling – Passage
- House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Is "Safe-Sex" Education the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 7800 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....
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Monday, June 15, 2015 |
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Why Johns Hopkins Quit Providing Trans-Gender Surgery
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 AM :: 8583 Views :: Family, Health Care
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The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....
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Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
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Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 7392 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Taxes
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...many common vegetables contain nicotine....
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Saturday, June 13, 2015 |
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TMT to Boost UH Hilo Astronomy Program, add Scholarships for Hawaii Students
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 6211 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education
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“TMT and our partners support the Governor’s vision. In the past two weeks, Caltech and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have pledged their support...."
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Honolulu? You Need to Be a Millionaire to Retire
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 PM :: 7896 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...retirement in Hawaii would require $65,822 annually in disposable income, and (given Hawaii’s relatively high income taxes) pre-tax income of $91,451....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 5687 Views :: Energy
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...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Survey: Multiracial in America
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 4650 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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BWS: Leaking Red Hill Tanks Just 100' Above Key Aquifer
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 7870 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 7577 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Sales Tax Collections Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 6204 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 8518 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment
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The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Tweet Analysis Shows Hawaii #1 in Job Satisfaction
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 5310 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...analysis reveals those who love their job enough to tweet about it in the United States live in the Western half of the country....
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Friday, June 12, 2015 |
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Media: Court Orders Release of Native Hawaiian Roll
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:56 AM :: 5638 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...highlights of the media coverage of the decision....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Full Text: UH files lawsuit against former men’s head basketball coach
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 5747 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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These claims are separate and apart from matters being addressed in Arnold’s pending grievance....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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The Carbon Tax Charade
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 6240 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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US House Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 AM :: 4768 Views :: Taxes
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The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act now goes to the Senate....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Three Steps to Turn Hawaiian Homelands into Indian Tribe
By Video @ 10:52 AM :: 7497 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL
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...Secretly Scheming For Three Years To Turn Hawaiians Into A US Tribe....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Study: Hawaii 4th Best State for Teen Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 AM :: 3651 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...driving conditions for teens in the 50 U.S. states based on 16 key metrics....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Rail: The Cost is the Benefit
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:18 AM :: 5292 Views :: Rail
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"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Electric Shareholders Finally Approve NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 4782 Views :: Energy
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...one more organ of old-boy power is dissolved into corporate America....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
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Calvin Say case shakes up Hawaii Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 5718 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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"...Calvin K.Y. Say is the uncle of one of my current law clerk’s spouse, and that another law clerk, prior to joining my staff, worked on a campaign involving Respondent Calvin K.Y. Say...." -- Rectenwald
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
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Full Text: UH Manoa Interim Accreditation Report
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 4291 Views :: Higher Education
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In a June 1, 2015 letter, WASC Vice President Barbara Gross Davis wrote that panel members were “extremely impressed” by Mānoa’s Interim Report and its progress....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
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Insurgents Win HSTA Leadership Election (again)
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 5965 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...and this time the outgoing leadership admits it....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Bill Setting 100% Renewable Energy Goal
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 5646 Views :: Energy
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...directing the state’s utilities to generate 100 percent of their electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045....
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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:39 PM :: 3406 Views
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Senate: Patriot Act Reauthorization – Passage
House: Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization – Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations -- Passage
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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Travel Assoc: FAA Bill before Congress Should Cut Taxes on Airfares
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 5288 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....
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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Full Text: Court Dismisses American Samoa Suit for US Citizenship
By Selected News Articles @ 11:21 AM :: 5519 Views :: National News
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...the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to unincorporated territories....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Can OHA Keep Na'i Aupuni from Stealing $2.6M?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 11608 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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Na'i Aupuni's five directors have close ties to Kana'iolowalu including Pauline Namuo, wife of Roll Commission Executive Director Clyde Namuo....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO: Neighbor Island Tourism Still Has Room to Grow
By UHERO @ 3:08 PM :: 6339 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO Electric Vehicle Forecast for Hawaii
By UHERO @ 2:57 PM :: 5771 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii-specific EV and car sales data to provide a preliminary forecast of potential EV adoption in Hawaii....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Waianae Coast schools a national model for counseling
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4856 Views :: Education K-12
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...praise from the American School Counselor Association for their efforts to raise student achievement through comprehensive counseling services....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Whither the Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6802 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....
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Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
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Supreme Court Seizes Control of Telescope Case, Will Decide Who Gets Payoffs
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 8598 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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Now, appeals from both the TMT and ATST CDUPs are under review by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court....
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Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
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Not Really Closing: Another $70M to be Wasted on New Hawaii Health Exchange Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 4954 Views :: Health Care
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The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....
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Saturday, June 6, 2015 |
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Maui County Meets with Municipal Utility Operators
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 5006 Views :: Energy
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In order to further explore the possibility of Maui County running its own power utility....
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