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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Electric Bought out by 'Nation's Largest Clean Energy Company' for $4.3B
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 7831 Views :: Energy
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NextEra Energy, Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which the companies have agreed to combine....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Gun Rights at Stake as California AG Appeals Denial of Standing
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 5568 Views :: Second Amendment
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This definitely has U.S. Supreme Court written all over it....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Univ. of Hawaii Student Loans Up 100%
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 5460 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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In Hawaii and Utah total borrowing by students at public institutions spiked by more than 100 percent since the start of the Great Recession....
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
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Auditor: Proposed Marijuana Dispensary Bill 'Flawed'
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 4362 Views :: Drugs
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The proposed regulatory vehicle, HB No. 1587 (2014), has several flaws...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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We the Powerful! -- Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 3958 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature without ever having to leave your home island....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii 30th Most Charitable State
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 4629 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2014’s Most & Least Charitable States....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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HECO Finally Admits GEMS is a Rate Hike
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 9696 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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For over a year, Hawaiian Electric has been claiming that the "green infrastructure fee" now beginning to appear on electric bills statewide is not a rate hike....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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UH Hilo Settles Lawsuit Over Handing Out Constitutions
By News Release @ 7:30 PM :: 7726 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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In a victory for free speech, the University of Hawaii (UH) agreed today to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed by two students at UH’s Hilo....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Rep Ward: Is Governor Ige supporting Republican Issues?
By Rep Gene Ward @ 6:39 PM :: 6919 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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"We listened, and we heard an open invitation to work with Governor Ige on legislative issues...."
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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2015 Neighborhood Board Candidate filing period opens
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4536 Views :: Honolulu County
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Beginning today, O‘ahu residents can file to run for a seat on their Neighborhood Board....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 6223 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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“Granting temporary privileges or punishment allows Congress to fund-raise on them over and over again.”
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii ranks 40th in economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:00 PM :: 5918 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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"Hawaii's poor ranking--tied for 40th out of all states and in the bottom 3rd quartile overall--demonstrates the need for statewide economic reform," stated Keli'i Akina, Ph.D., President of the Grassroot Institute....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Full Text: Lt Gov. Tsutsui Inaugural Speech
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 6107 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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May God Bless all of you. May God continue to bless our great state, and may God continue to bless the United States of America....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Averting West Coast Port Shutdowns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 6248 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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HECO Seeks 'Demand Response' Contractors
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 5081 Views :: Energy
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...Managing their own demand in response to utility requests is another way for customers to save on their electric bills while supporting more clean energy....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Rep Gene Ward Interviews Gov Waihee
By Video @ 10:34 PM :: 6563 Views :: Akaka Bill, Politicians
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Representative Gene Ward speaks with John David Waiheʻe III who served as the fourth Governor of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Grassroot Institute Encourages Ige to Consider Budgetary Reforms
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:09 PM :: 3437 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Grassroot Institute Commends Ige for Determination to Put People and Prosperity Above Special Interests....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Auditor Slams State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 6295 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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...Agencies failed to remit funds resulting in a potential loss of $147,213 in public arts revenues, and in one instance, the special fund received $100,000, when it should have received just $100....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Auditor: Hearing Aid Insurance Mandate Not Needed
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 4266 Views :: Health Care
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...HMSA, UHA, and HMAA now provide coverage for hearing aids, and Kaiser plans to begin covering hearing aids in January 2015.....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Audit: 67% of 'Exempt' State Positions Vacant
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 7261 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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DHRD’s jurisdiction consisted of 21,783 positions, of which 15,069 were civil service and 6,714 exempt....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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The True Cost of Speeding in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 PM :: 6417 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...residents will see a 6% average increase in their annual insurance costs for three years after the infraction....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Ige Releases 11-Point 'Action Agenda'
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 4985 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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State government needs to be agile and efficient, innovative in developing solutions, adaptable to a rapidly changing environment, and above all, accountable to our “customers,” the people of Hawaiʻi....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Honolulu Ethics Commission: City Officer Under Investigation
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 5945 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...the city officer is currently the subject of an investigation being conducted by the subordinate....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Full Text: Ige’s Inaugural Address
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 4335 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...looking at new ways to empower schools....
...taking our pioneering experience in pre-paid health care to the next level and not letting bureaucracy get in the way....
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Grassroot Institute Save Our Kakaako Interview
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:23 PM :: 6523 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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Keli'i Akina interviews Ron Iwami and Tom Iwai....
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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Nobody Commits to Buy Ansaldo: Deadline Extended Again for Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 7093 Views :: Rail
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Delays to asset sales have prompted credit ratings agencies to downgrade the company to junk....
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
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The Tax Credit That Should Not Die
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5249 Views :: Tax Credits
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Note to lawmakers: No touch!
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Saturday, November 29, 2014 |
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Caldwell appoints Roy Amemiya to be Managing Director, effective January
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 6339 Views :: Honolulu County
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Ember Shinn will stay with Caldwell Administration through March to assist with budget proposal, strategic development office....
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Saturday, November 29, 2014 |
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Early Release: "Pflueger’s old-boy manipulation of the justice system stinks like corruption and smells like big money.”
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 7119 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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...James Pflueger has been released from jail by State Prison Head Ted Sakai after serving 1.5 months of an already meager 7 month sentence he was given for 7 felony counts of manslaughter....
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Friday, November 28, 2014 |
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Dawn Ige Addresses Education Conference
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 7788 Views :: Education K-12
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Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Supreme Court Smacks Down LUC
By Robert Thomas @ 1:03 PM :: 7448 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...the State Land Use Commission wrongfully amended the land use boundaries from "urban" back to to "agriculture" after $20M of construction was complete....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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October Visitors Up 3%, Expenditures up 3.3%
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 4708 Views :: Tourism
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Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Judge Kurren Strikes Down Hawaii County Anti-GMO Ordinance
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 4693 Views
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Judge Kurren found that the County’s Ordinance “is preempted by Hawaii state law” ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Fact: Bartender Wins Most Votes in OHA Election
By Video @ 3:53 PM :: 5283 Views :: OHA
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Think That's Crazy? Wait Until You Hear How The Others Got Elected....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Jealousy? Envy? -- Carbone Statement Fact Checked by I Mua Manoa
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 9455 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Pat Saiki: Hawaii Republicans must have dialogue – not debate – with voters
By Pat Saiki @ 12:54 PM :: 5112 Views :: Republican Party
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...Over the past few weeks, I have been in touch with our many stakeholders, including concerned Party members, donors and candidates....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Another Homosexual Leader Busted for Homosexual Child Molestation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 AM :: 10715 Views :: National News, Family, Law Enforcement
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A prominent gay rights activist charged last week with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy ... has visited the White House more than a half-dozen times in the past two years....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Colette Machado Resigns as OHA Chair
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 5633 Views :: OHA
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"I look forward to the process to select a new chair."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Taxes on Poverty-Level Income 2nd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 9:25 PM :: 6005 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii income taxes cost a single parent of two children $272 at poverty level....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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HCDA Issues RFP for Kakaako Micro Units
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 6433 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...generally are around 300 square feet and occupied by no more than two persons....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Receives Approval
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 9023 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Feds Pay SolarCity to Analyze HECO Distributed Generation
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 5807 Views :: Energy
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...to address operational issues associated with high degrees of distributed solar penetration on electrical grids....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Matson Hikes Rates 5.4%
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 6229 Views :: Jones Act
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"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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University of Hawaii won’t talk about sex education program
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:45 PM :: 8918 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...researchers are asking 11-year-olds whether they’ve had sex, how many partners they’ve had and if they’ve had anal sex...."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii, Alaska Only States to add No Ultra-Rich for 2013
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 6882 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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In Hawaii 215 people have assets in excess of $30M....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Tommy Waters Sues for Recount in East Oahu Council Race
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 7018 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...Waters argues that the voting results suggest 128 ballots may have been miscounted out of the 37,178 cast....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Is the State with the 8th Most Frugal Consumers
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 5741 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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But Hawaii is #1 for “highest percentage of the population spending more than they make”....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 24, 2014
By Congress.org @ 1:36 PM :: 4657 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline - Passage
Senate: Surveillance Authorities - Cloture
House: EPA Research Standards – Passage
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii Scores ‘D’ on Sex Trafficking Laws
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 5775 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...every state receives a Report Card that grades the state on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in a state’s laws....
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
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Could Congress finally end the GMO labeling war?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 5445 Views :: GMOs
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...a confusing patchwork of different laws around the country, driving up the cost of food as much as $500 to every American family....
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