| How Christmas Came to Hawaii |
...As presented by Hoku Paoa Stevenson at the Summer Palace....
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| 200th Anniversary of Henry 'Opukaha'ia |
...The event is free and open to the public....
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| Why Hawaii's electric car nirvana is a tailpipe dream |
... To meet the mayors' goal, we have to replace 1,226,916 gasoline cars in 28 years. That's 43,818 per year ....
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| Thanks to Latest Union Contracts, State pension fund shortfall rises to $12.95 billion |
..."Even though we've had a spectacular year, a 13.7 percent increase in our asset value as of June 30, 2017, the liabilities have continued to grow as we've experienced higher-than-expected salary increases," ERS Executive Director Thom Williams said....
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| State, county retirement system needs reform |
...reforms could include lower benefit multipliers, higher vesting and age requirements, higher member contributions, lower post-retirement benefits, employer payments for spiking, and no overtime in compensation....
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| AG Chin to Run for Congress |
...Chin has sought expert legal advice to prepare for his fundraising efforts and is working with a public relations company to help with the election, and also prepared a video to be released in the weeks ahead to help publicize the launch of his campaign....
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| Chief of Staff: Ige Dumps McCartney, Fuchigami Takes Over |
...Mike McCartney, Gov. David Ige's chief of staff, has been moved into a lower-level position and salary....
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| Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2017 Session |
...the least conservative Hawaii Republican is Rep Bob McDermott....
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| HART Payoff to Kakaako Developer-$10M is not Enough |
...No discussion of public-private partnership here, eh?....
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| Ethics: Top HTA Execs Busted Taking Travel Upgrades |
...Top HTA Exec solicited thousands of dollars in travel perks from Hawaiian, JAL, Starwood, China Air, and others....
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| Anti-GMO Protesters Happy as Molokai Loses Another 100 Jobs |
...Stephenson predicted that the closure of Mycogen would have a similar overall economic impact to the closure of Molokai Ranch....
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| Defense Department to Investigate Chinese Aid to Micronesia |
...islanders to trade in "U.S. government handouts, which are scheduled to end in 2023, for the wide-open promise of Chinese-style capitalism....
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| Congress Approves Renewed Palau COFA Agreement |
...Signed into law yesterday by the President, the enactment officially authorizes the strategic agreement signed between the United States and Palau governments in 2010....
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| Local ISPs: Net Neutrality is a Fake Issue |
..."Hawaiian Telcom does not throttle or block internet traffic and have no paid prioritization practices. This will remain our practice"....
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| Study: Third of Honolulu renters spend half their income on rent |
...More than half of renters in Honolulu are spending more than a third of their income on rent each month, and 29 percent are spending more than 50 percent of their monthly income....
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| Throwing Money at Housing Won't Work |
...government's real job is to out of the way, not create more costly programs that don't work....
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| Child Care: Hawaii Among Most Unaffordable States |
...Cost of Care Report Shows No State Has Affordable Care Massachusetts, Utah, Oregon, Minnesota, New York, Washington, and Hawaii Top Nation's Unaffordability List for Infants and Toddlers....
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| How Affirmative Action Hurts Asian-Americans in College Admissions |
...Asian-Americans must score 140 points higher on their SATs than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students, and 450 points higher than black students....
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| Hawaii: Worst Place to Pay off Student Loans |
... High costs of living stretch Hawaii workers' paychecks thin and leave them with far less disposable income than residents in other states, making it the worst state for student loan affordability ....
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| Hawaii: Homelessness and Poverty Do Not Correlate |
...Honolulu is #1 for Homelessness, Pearl City is the 2nd-least needy city in USA....
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| Hawaii 3rd-Highest Tax Revenue Per Capita |
...$4,540 a year in tax revenue per resident....
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| Hawaii among worst states for economic freedom |
...The 2017 Economic Freedom of North America report helps explain why life is tough in the Aloha State....
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| One Down-44 to go |
...Hawaii's extremely modest creep up the ladder of economic freedom....
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| The Jones Act costs all Americans too much |
...Bloomberg -- "Hurricanes or no hurricanes, this ridiculous policy needs a rethink"....
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| Poll: Let's Have A Constitutional Convention |
... Two-thirds of Hawaii voters surveyed in our poll support the state holding a "con con," the first in 40 years....
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| Gamers of the World Unite: You have nothing to lose but your micro-transactions |
...looking to introduce legislation to combat predatory practices by game publishers. He called Star Wars: Battlefront II, an "online casino...."
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| AG Chin: Every time your oceanfront property erodes, the State seizes more of your land |
...Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal advisory opinion today stating that when the shoreline migrates landward (or mauka) due to erosion or sea level rise, the dividing line between public and private ownership also migrates mauka....
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| Lesbian Cuckold to pay Child Support? - Hawaii Supreme Court to Decide |
...While the woman was deployed between January and September 2015, her wife got pregnant through an (in person?) sperm donor....
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| 200 High School Students Watch Supreme Court Hear Lesbian Child Custody Case |
...The case heard at Castle, CC vs. DD, is a parentage case involving a former same sex married couple....
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| Child Molester: KSBE Apology letter implies abuse since 1962 |
...as soon as KSBE lost its judge, KSBE changed course admitted everything and began apologizing....
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| U.S. Election Assistance Commission Releases Hawaii Election Data Interactive |
...Online Tool Helps Users Pull Election Data for Specific State and Local Jurisdictions, Compare with Others....
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| Hawaii Ranks 5th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco |
...Hawaii is spending $6.6 million this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 48.1 percent of the $13.7 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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| America's Health Rankings--Hawaii 2nd Healthiest |
...In the past three years, violent crime increased 29%....
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| Homeless Court clears hundreds of cases |
...No mention of how many homeless finally agreed to accept shelter in exchange for having their tickets dismissed....
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| Keli'i Akina and Malia Hill: DC Update |
...the Jones Act, Federal Regulation, politics in Washington, and other issues that impact Hawaii....
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| EPA, State of Hawaii receive Navy's Red Hill Fuel Tank upgrade study |
...Aging fuel storage tanks at Red Hill could soon get an upgrade....
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| Hawaii DOE Saves $13M on School Bus Routes |
...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the First Circuit (Oahu)....
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| State Now Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications |
...Deadline for GIA applications is January 19, 2018....
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| Payday Lending: Legislature to Consider New Regulations? |
...Hawai'i legalized payday lending in 1999 as a way to regulate the check cashing business....
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| Nominations Open for KIUC Elections |
...The Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative Nominating Committee has selected five candidates for its Board of Directors election on March 10, 2018....
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| State Highways Program Update |
...high visibility current and upcoming highways projects statewide....
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| UHERO: Hawaii's Long Expansion Gets Global Economic Lift |
...Improving global conditions provide a favorable environment for continued expansion in the Islands....
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- Kamehameha School Child Molester Case - Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
- After Losing Judge, KSBE Tries Apologizing for Letting Child Molester Run Rampant
- Who is Gabbard's Guru?
- Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
- Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
- Borreca: Hawaii Democrats Can and Should Eliminate all 5 Republicans from Legislature in 2018
- What's in the Secret Air BnB Agreement?
- Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
- $2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
- Rumors Swirl, List of Suspects-When Will #metoo reckonings reach Hawaii?
- The Truth About OHA Audits
- Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
- ConCon: OHA Admin Pushing to Abolish OHA Board of Trustees?
- Mauna Kea: UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension?
- Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality
- Zoning, Land-Use Planning, and Housing Affordability
- Decline of Hawaii Farmland Caused by Environmentalism, not Development
- After Death of 9 year old Girl, Lawyers give Psychologists Opportunity to Cover up for CPS
- Will Legislators Block Shutdown of All Ocean Users?
- Trump: Major Changes in Management of Federal Monuments
- Hula Halau to be banned from Yale?
- 16 Years of Litigation: Sierra Club Directly Responsible for Lack of Affordable Housing
- Tupola: FTA review of HART recovery plan finished 'early 2018'
- Should Surfrider be Licensed to Pass Out Property Tax Exemptions?
- Oahu Workshops: Learn to Raise Your Voice at the State Capitol
- Fake Data Behind Coral Bleaching Report
- Peter Apo: 'People can just make up stuff, and pronounce cultural claims with little or no validation'
- State's Hyperbaric Treatment Center to remain closed through February
- What These 3 Doctors Think Should Be Done for Children Who Think They Are Transgender
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