| Tax Hike Bills head into Secretive Conference Committees |
... Property Tax, GE Tax, Income Tax -- all going up ....
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| How They Voted: House Approves $792M GE Tax Hike 41-10 |
...he state House of Representatives approved its version of Senate Bill 1183 to extend the half-a-percentage point General Excise Tax surcharge for the Honolulu Rail Transit Project....
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| Poll: Rail Tax Hike Rejected 57-41% |
...Rail Tax: 'They Think We're Liars'....
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| Counties, Tourism Industry Challenge HSTA Slush Fund Property Tax |
...Senate Bill 683 would ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment to create an "education surcharge" on residential properties and visitor accommodations....
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| Family Prosperity Index: Hawaii Ranks 41st |
...In 2015, Hawaii had the highest SNAP spending at $222.99, while New Hampshire had the lowest at $103.87-a difference of 115 percent....
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| SB501: AG Slaps Senators for Censoring Testimony opposing Anti-Free-Speech Bill |
...On March 6 Hawai'i Free Press carried an article reporting on SB501: "Hawaii lawmakers are censoring pro-lifers who were defending free speech". Now the Attorney General has weighed in....
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| Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2016 Session |
...Hawaii Republicans average decreased by 21 points-from 67% in 2015, to 46% in 2016....
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| Robin Danner Writing OHA's Budget |
...Trying To Get Their Hands On Your Beneficiary Funds....
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| Tax Casualty? Maui County Carnival |
...The 2nd Annual Maui County Carnival, scheduled for April 6-9, 2017, has been cancelled. Skyrocketing state government fees have been blamed....
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| Prosecutor: Corruption rampant at HDOT boating division |
...The agency charged with running Hawaii's small boat harbors blatantly mistreats and retaliates against residents who use the facilities, according to Hawaii County's prosecuting attorney....
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| GEMS: Bill would tap fee on Your Electric Bill and Transfer it to Billionaire Elon Musk |
... House Bill 1593 offers rebates to residents who install Musk's overpriced Tesla batteries on their homes ....
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| Rate Hike Coming: Gays Demand You Pay $20K to Give Them Children |
... Lawmakers are once again considering a measure to require insurance companies to offer in-vitro fertilization coverage to same-sex couples....
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| Specialists think North Korea poses nuclear threat to Hawaii |
... Nuclear arms experts think North Korea already has, or soon will have, the ability to target Hawaii with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile ....
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| U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger |
... North Korea attack? State House Committee Passes a Resolution ....
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| Top Dems Attack Gabbard After She Fails to Blame Assad for Gas Attack |
...Neera Tanden, a close confidante of Hillary Clinton and president of the Center for American Progress, took to Twitter on Friday to urge Hawaiians to vote Gabbard out of Congress....
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| Abercrombie: People not Introspective Enough to Understand Tulsi Gabbard |
...She is a Democrat that Republicans could work with because of her position on some issues in foreign policy....
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| White Nationalists Dump Trump Want Gabbard to Run |
...The self-proclaimed founder of the alt-right movement, Spencer is the president of the National Policy Institute, a think tank devoted to "peaceful ethnic cleansing."....
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| Josh Green for Lt Gov? "I've already found my own way." |
..."Each lieutenant governor has to find their own way," Green said....
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| Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? |
...If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain....
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| Desperate Caldwell Threatens to Raise Property Taxes |
...Caldwell thinks he's found an excuse to break his campaign promise not to hike property taxes....
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| Caldwell Signs Tax Hikes, Spending Bills |
..."This shows that the city is committed to funding and completing the rail project," said Mayor Caldwell....
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| Research surveys Jones Act costs and effects |
...Jones Act distorts U.S. economy, endangers military....
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| How to Change the Jones Act |
...At nearly 100 years old, it is still able to defeat reform efforts ... despite a mountain of evidence that it cripples the economy, fails to achieve its aims and is badly in need of modernization....
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| Those Life Saving Facts |
...I asked why CFS and other groups like Shaka aren't informing followers of rat lungworm disease....
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| House Approves Massive Rail Tax Hike and 37 Other Bills |
...an additional $1.2 billion funding package for the City's financially troubled rail project....
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| Free Speech Crackdown on Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Passes House |
...With only 10 of Hawaii's 51 state representatives voting against SB 510....
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| Telescope Solution: Maunakea World Park? |
...'Maunakea World Park' Advanced by Hawaii Mayor Kim at ILOA Galaxy Forum Kona....
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| To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes? |
...This is the first in a four-part map series in which we will examine the primary sources of state and local tax collections....
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| Willes Lee Fills Vacancy on NRA Board |
...Willes K. Lee of Honolulu was sworn in today as the newest member of the National Rifle Association's board of directors....
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| Leapfrog: Hawaii Among States With Most 'A' Grade Hospitals |
...Hawaii has 8 'A' Hospitals out of 12 total hospitals....
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| UH 2017 legislative budget update |
...Much of the university's request is not included in either the House or Senate version of the budget....
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| Connect to Careers: Preparing next generation of Hawaii workforce |
...business and education partners including the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and the Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund....
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| Study: House GOP Blueprint Would Put $5613 in Your Pocket, Hawaii |
...There have been a raft of studies recently isolating the effect of certain elements of the House GOP tax reform "Blueprint" on various industries and even the 50 states....
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| Congressman Jason Chaffetz to Address Hawaii Republican Fundraiser |
...Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah will be the keynote speaker for our 2017 Lincoln Dinner, which will be held on Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu....
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| Vice President Mike Pence to Visit Hawaii |
...The Vice President will conclude his trip with a visit to Honolulu, Hawaii on April 24....
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