| Audit Exposes Illegal System to Bypass Civil Service, Hire 100s of Kenoi Cronies |
...auditors found 91% crony hires over the last four years of the Kenoi admin....
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| Pension Spiking Costs Taxpayers $25M per year |
...When 2,125 public employees retired in fiscal year 2015, the ERS found that 447 of them had spiked their pensions - about 21 percent....
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| Council yanks 'forensic' from rail audit |
... Rail crooks and cronies can rest easy. All that 'forensic' talk was just that -- talk ....
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| HART: Feds Freeze Rail Spending on Land Buy |
...Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation sent Hoernig a letter Aug. 29 saying it may be 30 days late because the agency needs the federal approvals - even though that step was not mentioned at the time of the settlement....
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| Retaliation from NextEra Supporters behind Hanabusa Campaign Announcement |
... "Why did she even run for Takai's seat if she had thoughts of running for governor one day?" ....
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| Help Stop CNHA Grab for Charter School Funds |
...Please Attend The Next Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Board Meeting On Thursday, September 21st At 10 AM At OHA Headquarters....
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| Harassed by Attorney General, Parents of Autistic Child Flee State |
... "He got fed up and moved to Massachusetts, one state that optimizes special education services instead of just giving the basic access," ....
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| DoE SPED: 24% Absenteeism, 40% Do Not Graduate |
...18,969 students with Individualized Education Plans representing 10.6 percent of Hawaii's public school students....
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| AG Chin Defeats Parents of Disabled Children (again) |
...plaintiff alleged that the staff at Koko Head Elementary School excluded her four-year old son from participating in class and discriminated against him....
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| Criminals Almost Never Get Surprise Visits from Probation Officer |
...Of the 11,156 people on probation on Oahu probation officers have done just one surprise visit this year....
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| Hawaii DoE Sued over Sept 11 "Lockdown Drill" |
...An abusive lockdown drill in which a masked man threatened a middle-school classroom with a hammer left the entire class in tears....
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| Hawaii Risks Loss of Federal Funds to Force Abortion on Churches |
... federal law does not allow states that receive federal funding to force pro-life healthcare professionals to act against their conscience or religious beliefs ....
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| Rail Taxtrophe |
... We are gearing up for a battle to elect more Republicans to office in 2018 ....
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| HART puts finishing touches on rail recovery plan on eve of deadline |
...Oversight rules? Rail managers say those are "not much of an issue."....
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| Why America's Missile Defenses Might Not Work Against North Korea |
... it would be extremely difficult-and would compromise the defenses of populated areas ....
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| Mauna Kea: It All Came Down to Money |
...He Didnʻt Do It Because Of His Respect For Mauna Kea, But Rather For Something Else....
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| BLNR Telescope Hearing Set for Sept 20 |
... This is not a public hearing and members of the public will not be allowed to testify, argue, or otherwise present to the BLNR ....
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| Hawaii GE Tax Highest Sales Tax in USA on Per Capita Basis |
... Hawaii and North Dakota collect the most in statewide sales tax per capita at $2,090 and $1,835 respectively ....
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| Census: Hawaii Highest Rents in USA |
... The U.S. Census Bureau released income, poverty, health insurance, housing and other data from its American Community Survey (ACS) for 2016 on September 14, 2017 ....
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| Hawaii Uninsured Rate Drops 4.36% Since 2010 |
... Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2016 -- -4.36% ....
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| Legislature with U R Missing |
...there is "supposed to be" opportunity for participation....
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| Travel Ban: Supreme Court Slaps Down 9th Circuit |
... Justice Anthony Kennedy acted quickly on the government's request: This afternoon he stayed the lower court's ruling ....
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| 9-11 We Will Never Forget |
...September 11, 2001 and September 11, 2012....
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| Hawaii GOP Calls on Schatz to Return Money |
... Schatz is one of a handful of Democrat lawmakers who have received generous campaign donations from Menendez ....
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| Nominees Sought: Four UH Regents |
...All terms begin July 1, 2018....
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| Jones Act Waivers Prove Need for Reform |
...The very fact that such waivers are standard in emergencies reveals something that the Jones Act lobby doesn't want people to understand....
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| GAO: Pearl Harbor Shipyard in Bad Shape |
... The Navy's four public shipyards are in bad shape, and it will take 19 years to restore their facilities, study says ....
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| Bloomberg: After Irma, America Should Scrap the Jones Act |
... The century-old law restricting trade between U.S. ports is a costly failure ....
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| Am Samoa: Feds Settle with StarKist |
...StarKist will pay a $6.3 million penalty and provide emergency response equipment to the American Samoa Department of Public Safety, Fire Services Bureau....
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| Hawaii Weed Stores to Go Cashless Oct 1 (sort of) |
... Cash Transaction Will Continue under New 'Cashless' System ....
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