| Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality |
...If you're rich, Hawaii is a really lousy place to get sick....
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| Full Text: Lawmaker Leaks Plan to Make Sister Isles Pay for Rail -- Public Hearing Set |
...The Hawaii Legislature is hosting a public informational briefing on state funding for the City & County of Honolulu's rail project at 10 a.m. Aug. 14 in the State Capitol auditorium....
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| Full Text: Secret UPW Contract Bigger Pay Hike Than Reported |
...The contract features 10.65% wage hikes over four years and a reopener for years three and four -- conveniently timed for after the next gubernatorial election....
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| 2018: Service to Muslims Could Make Chin Lt Governor |
...If Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui follows through on resigning to run for Maui mayor, Chin would be in line for the job until the next election if Senate President Ron Kouchi and House Speaker Scott Saiki decline, as expected....
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| Rail Fail: Hanabusa Threatens to Run For Governor |
... Hanabusa said state House Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke is on "the right track" in pushing for an increase to the transient accommodations tax ....
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| Vulnerable: Ige's Campaign Cash As Low As His Poll Numbers |
... Ige has just $250,000 in his re-election war chest ....
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| Hawaii: North Korea Threat is Excuse for Another Pork Barrel Project |
...Hawaii's congressional delegation is hoping they'll hook the big fish....
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| Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American |
... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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| It was 119 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory |
... On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines ....
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| The Grand Skim of Things, Part 2 |
...the Central Services Skim has redirected about $45 million a year from the special funds to the state general fund....
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| NY Child Molester Approved by Hawaii DHS as Foster Parent |
...New York officials five years earlier had found that the Morrises provided inadequate guardianship for their 4-month-old son after the infant stopped breathing; was rushed to the hospital with a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and other injuries; and was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome....
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| Governor needs to step up and fix Maui school bus crisis |
... students and parents of Maui are being held hostage to bureaucratic bumbling that would make the keystone cops envious ....
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| Killer Windfarms: Why do we subsidize the slaughter? |
...a proposed Hawaii wind farm admits it will be lethal and seeks government permission to commence the killing....
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| Judge's Findings Leave TMT Opponents Few Options |
...2 prominent Native Hawaiians say they're part of 'silent majority' in favor of TMT....
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| OHA the Savior of Mauna Kea? |
...Telescope: For OHA, it's all About the Rent Money....
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| North Korea Mulls Nuking Guam |
...North Korean state media warned Wednesday that it is considering launching strikes on U.S. forces in Guam, as well as the U.S. mainland....
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| Why Hawaii Isn't Rich Like Texas |
...Texas has no personal income tax....
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| Audit the rail: An idea that's catching on |
...Mahalo for helping this idea to catch on....
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| No need for special session this summer |
...the immediate cash flow problems have been solved for the most part by the Honolulu City Council, which authorized the sale of $350 million in bonds to help bail out the project....
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| Rail Fail: Why You Should Speak Out |
...Honolulu Rail Project is on track to becoming the costliest and most mismanaged public transportation project in our nation's history....
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| Rail: 'Special audit possibly coming down the line' |
... Cliff Slater told the HART board that "everything should come up on the table, as John Henry Felix is calling for." ....
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| Who Needs Rail? Cost-Effective Lane Projects Save Commuters Time |
..."While highways funding is limited, we haven't let that stop us...."
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| The Daniel K. Inouye Center has quietly disappeared |
... news scribes apparently have no institutional memory, and so this latest announcement didn't trigger any questions about the fate of the prior plan ....
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| Youth Homelessness--Hawaii Ranks 5th |
...2017's States with the Most Underprivileged Children....
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| Tough On DUI? Hawaii Ranks 26th |
... compare drunk driving penalties in all 50 states and D.C. ....
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| DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Slowing |
... After two years of consecutive growth above 2 percent, Hawaii's economy grew by 0.9 percent during the first quarter of 2017 ....
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| Registration Open for Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition |
...LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas....
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| Want Land? DLNR Will Buy You Some |
...Grant applications for land acquisition....
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| Honolulu Rents Jump Another 6.7% |
...Honolulu, HI, hit #3 in July with an increase of 8%, and returns to the list at #4 in August for another 6.7% increase. For August, that means median one-bedroom rent is $1,766 - the tenth highest in the country....
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| DLNR Sea Level Rise Adaptation Meeting Set for Hilo |
... Believe this? Got Hawaii oceanfront real estate? I will buy it off you for 10% of assessed value cash money ....
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| Video: How Jones Act Jams up Highway Traffic |
... the Jones Act has stifled coastal shipping and shifted the movement of freight to the nation's roadways ....
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| Matson Tightens Grip on South Pacific |
...once their Marshall Islands service is in place, Matson will no longer use Kyowa Line to transship cargo....
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| Trump Admin Funds Micronesia One Stop Centers |
...technical assistance grants totaling $467,095 to continue support for the Micronesia Resource Center One Stop Shop on Guam and the We are Oceania Hālau Ola One Stop Center in Hawaii....
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