| Poll: Ige Loses to 'Someone Else' 20% to 57% |
...Ige was unable to muster even a majority of Democrats to support him, according to the poll....
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| Six Politicians Already Running for Lt Governor |
...Attorney General Doug Chin would be next in line, but declined to comment on whether he would consider stepping in....
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| KOS: Poll Shows Tulsi Gabbard Vulnerable to Primary Challenge |
...Gabbard earns positive marks from just 49 percent of Democrats....
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| OHA staffer faces conflict of interest allegations over poi mill venture |
...Abigail Kawananakoa has filed an ethics complaint against Price, whom she says used his position at OHA to block an audit of the poi investment. She believes the audit would have uncovered the alleged conflict and other misuses of OHA funds....
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| Who Just Got Caught at OHA? |
... The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Independent Audit Hasn't Even Started Yet & Already Someone Has Been Caught....
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| Old Boys Give $605K Grant to Some Guy in Hilo |
...Inouye (D, Kaupulehu-Waimea-North Hilo) said she is sure the Ahuna family supported her politically when she represented the Keaukaha area in the Senate, as Hawaii County mayor and when she served as a county councilwoman....
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| Hiding Failure: Schools board eliminates all tests not required by Feds |
..."In the strategic plan ... the board said we want to make sure we're really minimizing the amount of required testing that we have of all of our students," said Tammi Chun, assistant superintendent for strategy....
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| BoE Puts 'ESSA Team' Principal in Charge, Temporarily |
...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....
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| Rep Thielen: Bring Rail Down to Earth |
...Representative Cynthia Thielen (H District 50 Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) assistant Minority Floor Leader, discusses the Honolulu rail project with Randall W. Roth, JD,LLM....
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| VIDEO: Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice |
...E Hana Kakou with Keli'i Akina, "Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice"....
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| Hawaii's environmental strides are more smoke than substance |
...What precisely did the new Hawaii Paris accord laws do?....
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| June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii |
...The Organic Act, bringing US law to bear in the newly-annexed Territory of Hawaii took effect June 14, 1900....
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| TVRs: No Taxation Without Legalization! |
...state lawmakers are eager to capture $26 million dollars in tax money every year from short-term vacation rentals....
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| Socrates Visits a Homeless Camp in Hawaii |
...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....
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| VIDEO: Lawyers Want Your Help to Keep the Homeless, Homeless |
...Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii in January 2016 won a federal class-action injunction against the city that requires officials to video-record any items seized with less than 24-hour notice....
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| Hawaii: To Afford 2BR Apartment, Must Earn $73K |
...Out of Reach documents the gap between renters' wages and the cost of rental housing....
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| Hawaii: Most Expensive State to Put Your Kid Through College |
...At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....
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| Beer Taxes: Hawaii 5th-Highest in USA |
...All fifty states and the District of Columbia impose some tax on beer above and beyond the general sales tax....
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| 2017's Best State Economies-Hawaii 39th |
...48th - Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....
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| 16 State Coalition Backs Travel Ban Before Supreme Court |
...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump's executive order....
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| Wikileaks: Omidyar Website Gave up Leaker to NSA |
...Civil Beat June 5, 2016: "Not all anonymous sources are created equal. Some do benefit you, and those should be protected...."
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| 90 mins to work: Hawaii Supercommuters up 63% |
...The number of Hawaii residents commuting 90 minutes or more increased 63 percent from 2010 to 2015, to almost 17,000....
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| Hilo: DLNR Land Lease Ends with Demolition of Hotel |
...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....
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| CyberStates: Hawaii Lags |
...The laggards are Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia....
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| Reaching Back into the Past |
...retroactive tax legislation....
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| Global Warmers: Waikiki Sea Level Rise Will Drown Trump Hotel |
...oddly enough, global warmers are still not lining up to accept my very generous offer of 10% of assessed value for their Hawaii oceanfront real estate....
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| Containership capacity in Transpacific trade increasing |
... This is an important development for many shippers in Hawaii and Guam because it further places the supposed opportunity to take advantage of these international services to the islands out of reach ....
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| Ships Under Construction for New Cargo Liner Service for the Hawaii Trade? |
...Philly Shipyard is in advanced talks with a leading Jones Act operator to establish a new shipping service in the Hawaii containership trade with up to four new, state-of-the-art, cost-effective and environment-friendly vessels....
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| From colonial navigation acts to the Jones Act |
..."The Navigation Acts Are Still Alive: A Century of the Jones Act."....
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| Maui Mayor Signs Polystyrene Ban |
...The law is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2018....
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| City seeks proposals for its third Housing First program |
...Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....
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