| The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii |
...Henry Opukahai'a was an orphan raised by his uncle to be a pagan priest....
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| 13 Tax Hike Bills Set for Vote in Next Few Days |
...Here is a complete list with links to the bill page on the Legislative website....
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| Hawaii lawmakers barreling toward $1 billion spending increase |
...Hawaii lawmakers would like us to believe that they are cutting the state budget in the current legislative session, but it's not true....
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| Taxpayer Return on Investment? Hawaii ranks 49th |
...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive....
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| After $2B in Tax Credits, High Tech Scammers Pay Only $27M in Taxes |
...After burning $2B, the state received a pathetic $27.1 million in taxes from 150 companies tied to the High Technology Development Corporation....
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| Hawaii Taxpayers to be kept waiting 16 weeks on Tax refunds |
...the standard wait for refunds had been about six or eight weeks "at the height of tax season"....
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| Legislature: Two Gangs Compete to Steal millions in GEMS money |
...Energy Green: Plan to Use Trump as excuse to Get More State Tax Credits....
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| Million Dollar Banker Caldwell Collects More Big Payoffs |
...Caldwell is the only modern Hawaii chief executive who hasn't withdrawn from his private profession while in office....
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| Political Insiders Among Few to Get Caldwell's Ohana Dwelling Permits |
...Retired Family Court Judge Michael Town (who did so much to help insiders with Broken Trust and now helps career criminals get out via his vote on HPA) said he's looking forward to his daughter and her two children moving into the newly built accessory dwelling unit on his property....
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| Con-Con Needed to Save County Home Rule from HSTA Property Tax |
...Real property taxes were established to be exclusively for county government use and it remains the only mechanism where counties have the sole authority to generate revenue....
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| Police Reform Bills Still Alive in Legislature |
...Meanwhile, Council Approves More Lawyers to Defend Ex-Chief....
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| Travel Ban: 9th Circuit Court Will Reverse Hawaii's Political Hack Judge |
...U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii "is so way out - he's such a political hack...that I think even the Ninth Circuit will reverse him...."
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| Travel Ban: Hawaii Judge's Ruling Based on Fake DHS Document |
...On February 24, AP reporters Vivian Salama and Alicia Caldwell published an AP "exclusive": "DHS report disputes threat from banned nations."....
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| All Talk, No Action: State's Low Refugee Count Works Against Hawaii v Trump |
...Just 20 out of more than 530,000 refugees settled in the United States since 2010 were brought to Hawaii....
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| Hawaii Dithers while Telescope Prepares to Build on Canary Islands |
...On October 31st, 2016, the TIO Board of Directors selected the 'Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos' (ORM), in La Palma, on the Canary Islands (Spain) as the alternate site for TMT....
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| FCC, DHHL Ask: Exclusive License to Criminal Al Hee Company Illegal? |
...DHHL granted an exclusive license "in perpetuity" to Criminal Al Hee. Now he's in prison....
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| Carnival Cancelled Thanks to OHA Money Grab? |
..."A little over half of this increase is attributable to State wharfage charges"....
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| Sabotage in Store for OHA Audit? |
...Two Strategies That Could Compromise The Audit & Who Might Want That To Happen....
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| Abortionist Moves to Hawaii after Undercover Video Expose |
...Dr. Deborah Nucatola, former Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood's national operation relocated to Hawaii as the abortion giant's Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands medical director....
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| Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review |
...14,000 Hawaii voters sign petition against assisted suicide...
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| Cover-up: How Wind Farms Hide Bird and Bat Kills |
...If it were not for groups like Audubon and the Sierra Club etc. making millions off dead eagles and endangered species through mitigation, these groups would probably have a completely different opinion about wind energy's "incidental take" permits....
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| Biofuel can be as Deadly as Coal |
...Biomass plantations "require about two orders of magnitude more surface area than any other technology....
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| Economic Nexus: Solving the Online Tax Dodge |
...SB 620 would redefine how our general excise tax laws define "doing business"....
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| Senate WAM Budget -- $386M More Spending than House |
...HB100 HD1 SD1 proposes reducing the Governor's budget request by $114 million in general funds over the biennium -- The House version reduced the Governor's increase in spending by $500M....
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| Hawaii Ranks Among Worst States to be a Doctor |
...Avg Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) - 50th....
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| Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care |
...The authors note that their recommendations are important as the healthcare system moves toward value-based payment....
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| Here's why rail is going to cost $12 to $13 billion |
...this project started with a rock solid $5.3 billion projection cost....
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| Murthy: Rail Will Make Voters Approve Tax Hikes |
...Caldwell finally gets Murthy to stop saying he can finish rail without tax hikes....
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| Rickrolling Rail |
...city officials feel they have been given the green light to get the project finished, whatever the eventual cost might be....
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| Shortage of Homeless in Waikiki-Activists Terrified |
...The homeless population has dropped by 83% over the past two years since a sit-lie ban went into effect, so the UK Guardian says enforcement has gone too far....
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| Shakedown: Homeless Sent to Occupy Coco Palms Site, Demand Payoff |
...Idea: Instead of giving them money, send the police to clear them out....
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| Video: Should Being Homeless in Hawaii be Considered an Illness? |
Question: How can we increase homelessness 100-fold? Answer: Make housing a right....
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| Report: Big island Hotspot for 'Premature Death' |
...Rates of youth disconnection are higher in rural counties than in urban counties....
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| Doubling Hawaii's Food Production? |
...The Governor did, at least, stop short of calling it his "Five Year Plan"....
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| Farmer: Shame on Kawailoa Development LLP |
...an environmental review should also be done on the Grand Hyatt ....
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| Trump Economy: Visitor Spending Increases 11.5% in February 2017 |
... the average daily census rose 4.9 percent to 240,382 visitors per day ....
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