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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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HGEA to Do UPW’s Job While UPW Watches
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 4326 Views :: Labor
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...working together to patch and repair uneven sidewalks near the State Capitol on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8 to 11 a.m....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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UHERO: Why are Hawai’i’s Electricity Prices So High?
By UHERO @ 4:49 PM :: 6794 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...well over two thirds of the state’s generated electricity is used by commercial businesses and industry, which factor into the prices we pay for everything else....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Rally Against OHA Kakaako Development Scheme
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 5976 Views :: Development, OHA
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Capitol Rally on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 @ 11:00 am to 2:00pm....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Monsanto Employees Rally on Maui, Molokai, Deliver Report to Mayor
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 4993 Views :: GMOs
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...as specified in its Memorandum of Understanding, Monsanto Hawaii and its Maui employees will deliver copies of several hundred studies and safety reviews on genetically engineered crops to Mayor Alan Arakawa today....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Firearms Permits up 20% -- Hit New Record
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 4557 Views :: Second Amendment
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A record total of 22,765 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2013....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Q&A on Supreme Court's New Campaign Finance Decision
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:42 PM :: 4658 Views :: First Amendment
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Back from Afghanistan: 100 Soldiers from 536th Support Maintenance Co
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 AM :: 5041 Views :: Military
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The 536th SMC conducted a number of unique missions during their deployment, to include partnering with multinational forces in Regional-Command East...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Hawai’i Health Connector Signs Up Only 7,861 People in 6 Months
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 4942 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Connector's customer support center staff is making more than 1,000 calls per day to reach out to consumers who have started, but have not completed, the enrollment process....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Obama takes sides in Hawaii’s contentious Senate Democratic primary
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:30 PM :: 7947 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Obama
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...Obama has inserted himself into local politics a number of times, most recently in December by endorsing Abercrombie in his race for a second gubernatorial term....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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US House Examining ObamaCare’s Problem-Filled Hawaii Exchange at Hearing Thursday
By News Release @ 6:20 PM :: 4198 Views :: Health Care
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Top officials from six state health insurance exchanges will testify Thursday, April 3rd in a House Oversight and Government Reform joint subcommittee hearing....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Stung by High Electric Rates, Parker Ranch launches Paniolo Power Company
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 7897 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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HELCO rates are consistently more than 37 cents a kilowatt-hour, and often well over 40 cents, despite nearly half of the island’s electricity being generated from renewable sources....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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ACLU Sues, Claims Pre-K Program Not Secular Enough
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 7898 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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"It is not enough to allow students or their families to 'opt out' of portions
of the program which are religious in nature," the ACLU says....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Kids Doing Time for What's Not a Crime: The Over-Incarceration of Status Offenders
By NCPA @ 3:15 PM :: 5881 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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These types of offenses include truancy, running away from home, incorrigibility, curfew violations, and alcohol and tobacco consumption....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Unions Getting Creative in Election-Year Struggle
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:59 AM :: 3988 Views :: Labor
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That might explain why they’re grasping for new members in stunts like unionizing college athletes....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Major Tsunami not expected after Chilean Quake, Wave Should Hit Hawaii at 3:24AM
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 3248 Views
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THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE INITIAL WAVE IS 0324 AM HST WED 02 APR 2014....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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UHERO Looks at Lanai, Molokai Windfarm Proposals
By UHERO @ 10:05 PM :: 4404 Views :: Energy
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...its net positive macroeconomic impacts are small....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Pentagon Overhauls Effort to Identify its Missing
By Selected News Articles @ 7:44 PM :: 5530 Views :: Military
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...the Pentagon is eliminating the Hawaii-based Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command and the Washington-based Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office — and creating a new single agency....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Hawaii Educational Results Broken Down by Ethnic Background
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 7270 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s troubled health-care exchange draws congressional attention
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:08 PM :: 4239 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii Health Connector sign ups still come in at less than 1 percent of the state’s population....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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HCDA ‘Small Business’ Reps: Kobayashi & Mitsunaga
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 8388 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...the Kobayashi Group is an investor in a hui that plans to build one or more luxury developments in Kaka’ako....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Legislative Playbook: Whack-a-Mole With Bad Bills
By News Release @ 1:37 PM :: 4607 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...sometimes the Legislature feels like a Whack-a-Mole game, where you knock down a bad bill, only to find the contents pop up again in another bill....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Auditor Releases National Citizen Survey of Honolulu residents
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 7430 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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Residents identified homeless and/or homelessness as a priority for the City to address....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Full Text: Honolulu Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 4682 Views :: Honolulu County
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The Office of the City Auditor is pleased to present its fourth annual Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) Report for the City and County of Honolulu....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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UH first state department to adopt electronic payroll statements
By News Release @ 12:55 PM :: 5777 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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...The new (to the State) application is expected to save money, improve security, and enhance sustainability (everybody else has been doing this for years, but hey) ....
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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Arne Duncan: Hawaii DoE Can be Model for Nation
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 5112 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii’s public schools can be a model for the nation, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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The Joke's on Us
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:49 AM :: 4394 Views :: Health Care
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...Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline....
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Monday, March 31, 2014 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 31, 2014
By Congress.org @ 7:25 PM :: 4713 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Upcoming Congressional Bills
- Senate: Medicare Doc Fix
- Senate: Unemployment Benefits
- House: Ukraine Aid
- House: Health Care Reform
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Monday, March 31, 2014 |
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OHA Touts Pacific Business News Support for Kakaako Development Scheme
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 6631 Views :: Land Use, OHA
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"...OHA is not seeing resistance from Kamehameha Schools and Howard Hughes Corp., the two major developers in Kaka'ako Mauka, as suggested in the editorial...."
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Monday, March 31, 2014 |
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Where You Can Buy Health Insurance After Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:46 AM :: 3983 Views :: Health Care
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Today is kinda-sorta the deadline to sign up for Obamacare....
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Sunday, March 30, 2014 |
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But Shouldn’t We Do Something About the Two Gorillas in the Bar?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6234 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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At June 30, 2013, ERS had an “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of about $8.4 billion. For EUTF, the number was about $18.2 billion....
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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OHA’s “New Body Politic” Will Exclude 77% of Native Hawaiians
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 11771 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...If you are not politicized, you are not Hawaiian....
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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Caldwell Refuses to Veto Food Truck Bill, Signs Bill Hiking Special Use Permit Fees
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 5386 Views :: Honolulu County
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“Numerous food truck owners have written to say that if this bill were to become law, they would not be able to operate within the capital special district."
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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$58.4M CIP for UH
By News Release @ 5:54 AM :: 5111 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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$38,213,000 – Honolulu Community College Advanced Technology Training Center, Oahu....
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. government
By Rachelle Chang @ 4:02 AM :: 6345 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...highlighting those bills that champion taxpayers and residents; and bills that affect our rights and freedoms....
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii Legislative Watch: Education
By Rachelle Chang @ 3:58 AM :: 7247 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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...highlighting education proposals, spending, and reforms....
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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March 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 4928 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 28, 2014....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Hotels and Condos Drive Construction Upturn
By UHERO @ 8:36 PM :: 4768 Views :: Economy
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New condo towers in Kakaako are spurring double-digit growth in permits for residential construction. A sharp rise in commercial construction, much of it in resort areas, is on the horizon....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Slom to GAO: Audit the Hawaii Health Connector
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:22 PM :: 5780 Views :: Health Care
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...request for the Government Accountability Office to review the taxpayer dollars used to fund the Hawaii Health Connector....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged as Unconstitutional in Federal Court
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 5086 Views :: First Amendment
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Public access to grounds and rotunda, noted in the run-up to 2011 APEC meeting, now an issue for upcoming ASEAN meeting, April 1-2.
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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3 Things That Don't Make Sense in Putin's World
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:04 AM :: 5712 Views :: World News
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It’s a world where we can’t act like we did yesterday....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Clients at 'High Risk' for Identity Theft
By News Release @ 6:57 AM :: 6407 Views :: Health Care
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Despite the high risk and Hawaii's inability to open its exchange for two weeks after October 1, 2013, CMS allowed Hawaii's exchange to connect to the data hub....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Citizens from all Islands Meet to Establish Hawaii Independent Party
By News Release @ 5:35 AM :: 6634 Views :: Office of Elections, Politicians
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"This is going to be a party of diversity and inclusion where those who are not at the extreme left or right of the political spectrum can come and voice moderate views that they feel will move Hawaii forward."
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Hawaii Senate Committee Waters Down Pro-Hunting Legislation with Amendment
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 5131 Views :: Second Amendment
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...as amended by the Senate Water and Land Committee, it has now been stripped of its purpose and instead only creates a hunting advisory council....
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
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Abercrombie: I'll Keep Morita at PUC -- For Now
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 3583 Views
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“At the present time, Chair Morita has business before the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which must be addressed...."
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
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Sunetric Sells Out to Mainland Company for $16M
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 5526 Views :: Energy
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"The extremely high cost of utility power in Hawaii has made it one of the most attractive markets...."
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
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How Obama Is Strangling the Economy in Red Tape
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:06 AM :: 4589 Views :: National News
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Regulation: It’s a mostly hidden drain on the economy....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Obama Hawaii Vacation Cost $7.8M--Just for the Flights
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 6598 Views :: Obama
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The Obama family 2013-2014 vacation to Honolulu cost $210,877 per hour for travel alone; at 36.9 total hours....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Hawaii Disconnector? Only 350 Sign Up for Obamacare With One Week to Go
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 6061 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...350 individuals and 17 businesses last week signed up for the Hawaii Health Connector with one week to go....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Study: Over 145,000 'Underinsured' in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 6316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...in households spending a high share of their income on medical care....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
By Andrew Walden @ 1:01 PM :: 44027 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Hawaii History, OHA
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The life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole tells the story of how Hawaiians came to be Hawaiian-Americans.
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