| Report: Hawaii's Billion-Dollar Consensus Proves Nobody Really Believes in Sea Level Rise |
...This 'consensus' of disbelief is proven by the massive investment in sea-level construction of Kakaako condos and Honolulu Rail....
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| DTL/WCIT: It Sure Does Pay off to Keep a Senator and BLNR Member on the Payroll |
...state Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz is vice president for communications and a 10 percent owner....
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| Star-Adv: Chin Must Resign |
... b-b-b-but if he resigns how can he campaign? ....
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| Auditor: Confusion, Discord at DoH Disease Outbreak Control Division |
... we assessed the division's surveillance and response to three disease outbreaks ....
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| Grade F--Assessment of State Tech Projects |
... lets take a look at the I and F grade projects--and guess which projects score an 'A' ....
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| Thanks to Republicans, Thousands of Hawaii Workers Get Boost to $15/hour |
... Republican Tax Cuts Get Hawaii Democrat Legislators Thinking About How to take that money away ....
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| Hooser: Hawaii Democrats Must Raise Taxes to Offset Republican Tax Cuts |
... New Year's means higher State and County taxes, fees, bus fares ....
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| Akana: Crabbe Worked on Book on OHA Time for 5 Years |
...is spending five years of staff time on it to publish a book more important than the life of our people or their homeless plight? ...the public could easily see it as self-serving and done on the backs of our beneficiaries....
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| Federal tax plan exposes Hawaii's high taxes |
... this could make Hawaii and other high-tax states less competitive for their wealthiest earners, since those residents will be less able to deduct the high local taxes ....
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| Federal tax reform a reason for cheer |
... This week, an actress did something almost unheard of. She apologized for spreading misinformation about the new tax law ....
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| What's a Carbon Tax? |
...Recently, the Hawaii Tax Review Commission's primary consultant, PFM Group, issued a final report to the Commission asking it to review many taxing alternatives, including a $360M per year "carbon tax" on Hawaii consumers....
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| House, Senate Committees Schedule Budget Hearings |
...Tuesday, January 2 through Wednesday, January 17, 2018....
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| 2018 Legislative Session Calendar Posted |
...The Calendar for the 2018 Legislative session is now posted....
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| Ige Appoints Two New Cabinet Members |
...Ige is making appointments to his cabinet to fill the positions left vacant because of two planned retirements. He has also re-appointed the State Procurement Administrator....
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| OHA Announces 2018 Bill Package |
...OHA will be submitting four bills for consideration this session, as well as testifying on hundreds of other measures that impact our beneficiaries....
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| Kelii Akina: My Vision as OHA Trustee |
...OHA must be seen as a valuable partner, not an opponent, to the broader community....
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| Kelii Akina: One Year at OHA a Report Card |
...First, ensure a full and independent audit of OHA. Secondly, guide OHA towards financial sustainability as well as growth. Third, watch to make sure OHA funds are not misspent....
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| If We Really Believe in Sea Level Rise, There is no Reason to Complete Rail Project |
... thru Rail and Kakaako development, Hawaii voters, politicians, and businesses have spent $10s of billions proving they do not believe sea level rise is real ....
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| EPA, American Samoa reach revised settlement with Starkist |
...the inclusion of ASG allows approximately one third of the funds to stay in American Samoa....
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| Jones Act lobby attacks Bloomberg editorials |
...American Maritime Partnership responds to Bloomberg....
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| Jones Act lobby chairman steps down |
...Thomas A Allegretti is the outgoing chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the primary Jones Act industry lobbying group....
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| Young Bros announces new president |
...Boivin will assume duties as of December 22, 2017, replacing the retiring Glenn K. Y. Hong who served as the company's president for 25 years....
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| Four Months Later no Rats on Lehua Island |
...People monitoring the ecosystem recovery on tiny Lehua Island report that - four months after the conclusion of a rat eradication project - there are still no signs of the invasive Pacific Rats....
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