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| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Kauai Council Calls for ‘Home Rule’ on Marijuana Dispensaries
By Selected News Articles @ 7:33 PM :: 6231 Views
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Kauai is the only county in Hawaii that has taken a stand against this onrush of legislation....
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Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6392 Views
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Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....
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Hawaii Has Most Tax Brackets of Any State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 5569 Views
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...three states have ten or more tax brackets, led by Hawaii with twelve....
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Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 26276 Views
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A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Senate Passes Rail Surcharge Extension, State to Skim $496M
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 2:54 AM :: 7475 Views
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Senators Russell Ruderman, Glenn Wakai, Lee Ihara, Mike Gabbard and Gilbert Keith-Agaran voted in the affirmative but with reservations. A no vote at this stage serves to exclude the person voting no from participating in the Conference Committee....
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Feds Cite Honolulu Taco Bell Placement in $30M Fine Against Heald College
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 6991 Views
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...one campus (Honolulu) classified a 2011 graduate of an Accounting program as employed in the field based upon a food service job she started at Taco Bell in June 2006....
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Senate Passes Nearly 200 Measures on Crossover
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 5177 Views
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A majority of the bills will go into conference committees where the House and Senate conferees will convene to settle differences....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Auditor: Fraud-riddled HI5 Program Ripped off by Whole Foods Market for 6 Years
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:27 PM :: 8075 Views
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...the DBC Program paid $2.6 million in deposit refunds for approximately 3.5 million pounds of recycled materials that cannot be accounted for....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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House Passes Nearly 150 Senate Bills on Second Crossover
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 5262 Views
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The state House of Representatives passed today nearly 150 Senate measures....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Criminal Charges? Attorney General to Investigate Kenoi
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 10949 Views
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Facts learned during the course of the investigation will determine whether the attorney general’s office pursues or recommends criminal charges....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Rise Up People: Redefining What It Means
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:45 PM :: 10743 Views
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When I hear the slogans used by protests calling to “rise up,” I have a different concept in my mind....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Stop the Rail GET Surcharge Extension Bills
By News Release @ 5:38 AM :: 6862 Views
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HB134 will be voted on this Tuesday - 4/14 - in the State Senate....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Incense and Candles Can Pollute
By Jack Dini @ 1:06 AM :: 6770 Views
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Smoke produced by burning incense and candles can be worse than the pollution found next to a busy road....
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Momentum for Jones Act Reform Reaches Faraway Shores
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:56 AM :: 6426 Views
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...legislators from Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico came together for a videoconference forum to discuss legislative developments on the Jones Act for their respective jurisdictions....
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Let Your Voice Be Heard for Maui Hospital!
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:29 AM :: 7757 Views
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HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....
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| Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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Inside look at Monsanto’s Hawaii farm nursery
By Selected News Articles @ 6:11 PM :: 6027 Views
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Having farms in Hawaii helps speed up the process....
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| Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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Fences and Eradication: Petition Calls for Rejection of Suzanne Case
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 8077 Views
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With Suzanne Case being the Chairperson of DLNR there will be no animals to harvest because of fences and eradication....
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| Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 8873 Views
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In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....
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| Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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Insider Deals: OHA, Kanaiolowalu Procurement Code Violations
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:29 PM :: 7807 Views
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Former Attorney General Michael Lilly has requested DCCA and DAGS review the expenditure of over $800,000 on two vendors by the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission without public bid....
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