| Political Connections Pay Off: Navatek Goes Rent-Free at Port |
...The nearly $900,000 in rent discounts at the waterfront property over the past three years is the latest example of the benefits Navatek receives from owning politicians....
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| HART & OHA Auditor Found Guilty of Fraud-Could Get 20 Years |
... No media outlet saw fit to mention that newly convicted fraudster Patrick Oki has been HART and OHA's auditor ....
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| HART Boardmember: Our Credibility has Disappeared, Nobody Knows Who is Responsible |
...Full Text: Letter to HART Boardmembers, Mayor and County Councilmembers from John Henry Felix....
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| Grassroot: Special Session Should Order Rail Audit |
... VIDEO: Grassroot Institute writer discusses audit of rail fiasco ....
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| Star-Adv: HART Needs Forensic Audit |
... How is it that the cost has spiraled, exactly? ....
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| Special Session Threatens Neighbor Islands |
...increasing a tax on tourists seems like an easy way to close the funding gap. The problem, however, is that TAT is applied on accommodations statewide, not just Oahu....
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| Supreme Court Rejects Parts of Hawaii Judgment, 24,000 Muslims Blocked from Country |
...And Hawaii Attorney General Chin is preparing his appeal to the 9th Circuit to admit the 24,000 Muslims....
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| 'Hanabusa for Governor' Narrative Created by Anti-Aquarium Nuts? |
...A blog posted last week on Huffington Post discussed the lobbying around a recent bill to eventually ban collecting Hawaii fish for aquariums. It claimed that Hanabusa had called Ige to say he should act on the fish bill because she was going to run for governor....
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| Poll: Ige Approval 48% - 42% |
... Ige approval rating is below 50%, his disapproval rating is 42% according to a new poll from Morning Consult ....
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| Gabbard Beating Hanabusa in Fund Race to Replace Hirono |
...Gabbard has raised $1.3 million in PAC money since her first election in 2014....
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| Hirono: I get most of my Intel from Watching TV |
..."Well, mainly I get my news from watching you guys on TV" Hirono said....
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| Update to rail plan is more than 2 years past due-Employee Turnover Reaches 63% |
...Some 80 workers, among HART's 127 total positions, have left in the past four years....
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| Rail: 75% of Contracts Already Signed |
...CITYLAB --formerly Atlantic Cities-- covers the Honolulu rail boondoggle....
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| EITC: Devil in the Details |
...On July 10, 2017, Governor Ige proudly signed House Bill 209, a bill that establishes a Hawaii earned income tax credit....
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| Millennials are public pension losers |
...Hawaii may be giving millennials the short end of the stick when it comes to the state's unfunded public pension liabilities....
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| 2017's Best Places for First-Time Home Buyers--Honolulu Ranks 268th |
...23 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....
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| Oahu Military to Get 20% for Cost of Living |
...U.S. Pacific Command announced changes to the 2017 Hawaii Cost of Living Allowance effective Sept. 1, 2017....
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| Senate Bill Would Reform Jones Act |
..."Senator John McCain introduces legislation to repeal the Jones Act & promote free trade"....
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| JSC Announces Four Vacancies--Seeks Chief Judge for ICA |
...And ICA Judge Katherine Leonard is seeking retention....
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| AG Chin Politicizing Office and ignoring his real job |
...a hyper-partisan, publicity-seeking, grandstander....
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| AG Chin Calls on Trump Admin to Keep Rape Hysteria Active on Campuses Nationwide |
... 90 percent of campus sexual assault allegations "fall into the category of 'we were both drunk,' 'we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation because she just decided that our last sleeping together was not quite right.'" ....
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| "Make Hawaii the Line in the Sand for North Korean Missiles" |
...Representative Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis urging more protections for Hawaii....
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| Hawaii Braces For Possible NK Missile Attack |
...Hawaii is introducing an emergency response plan for residents to prepare them for a possible North Korean missile strike....
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| Hawaii Death Tax: State Gets You in the End |
...State inheritance and estate taxes, together with the federal estate tax, reduce investment, discourage business expansion, and can sometimes drive wealthy taxpayers out of state....
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| Homeless Youth: Hawaii Ranks 5th |
... 2017's States with the Most At-Risk Youth ....
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| Full Text: Mandatory Sprinkler Bill |
...a bill requiring retrofitted sprinkler systems be installed in all high-rise residential buildings over 75 feet tall built before sprinkler systems were required in 1975....
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| Prostitution: HPD Officer Pleads Guilty--Offered to 'Fix' Case |
... soliciting and agreeing to accept sex from an individual in exchange for a promise of providing favorable official action in a pending criminal case ....
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