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EDITORIAL: Investigate airport contracts
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserLegislators learned nearly three years ago about "dysfunctional" practices in the state's Airports Division leading to the resignation of a high official. Now, the state auditor has released a report about the extraordinary scope of "questionable...Tags: Advertising, Trials, Marketing, Science and Technology, Linda Lingle
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Further Review column
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserSo the University of Hawaii athletic department no longer owes $13 million to upper campus. Balanced budget, the easy way. Some look at it as a family member forgiving a loan. Some look at it as a charge-off of a bad debt. Some look at it as $13 million...Tags: Environmental Issues, Marketing, Conservation, Services and Shopping
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Interior hit for 'hands off' position on DHHL
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe federal government more than 90 years ago gave Hawaii the responsibility to administer a newly created trust designed to provide homestead lots for eligible Native Hawaiians. But the government never gave Hawaii the federal regulations to govern how...Tags: Immigration, Environmental Issues, Marketing, Barack Obama, Conservation
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Oahu Democrats show frustration with Legislature
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserGov. Neil Abercrombie told Oahu Democrats on Saturday that it was a "shameful thing" the state Legislature failed to pass a minimum-wage increase. The state's $7.25-an-hour wage for the lowest-paid workers has not been raised since 2007. Lawmakers...Tags: Family, Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Mazie K. Hirono, Justice System
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Gay-marriage stance dogs Hanabusa
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserIn December, when U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa applied for the appointment to replace the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, she told Democratic Party activists she supports marriage equality. The congresswoman had previously said she always held that marriage...Tags: Family, Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Justice System
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New laws target sex exploitation of children
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserLegislators strengthened Hawaii laws against human trafficking this session, passing bills to criminalize solicitation of minors, make solicitation of prostitution offenses ineligible for deferred acceptance of guilty pleas and to clarify that sex and...Tags: Trials, Marketing, Sex Crimes, Child Abuse, Prosecution
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser The Buzz column
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe Governor's Fashion Awards will be resurrected at the culmination of the 2013 Hawaii Fashion Month in October, a month chock-full of events honoring those who clothe us and keep people employed. It was Gov. Neil Abercrombie's idea to bring back the...Tags: Marketing, Government, Politics, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Regional Authority
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Senator takes action on homestead issues
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserU.S. Sen. Brian Schatz met with a high-level federal official this week to discuss mismanagement and oversight problems at the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands that were exposed in a just-published Star-Advertiser series. "I am deeply concerned...Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Mazie K. Hirono, Brian Schatz, Government
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1993 ruling paved way for shifting views on marriage equality, former justice says
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAs a younger member of the Hawaii Supreme Court at age 46, Steven Levinson wrote the landmark opinion issued nearly 20 years ago that launched the debate over same-sex marriage that still reverberates today across the country and in the nation's highest...Tags: Family, Human Interest, Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser On Politics column
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThis is the state Legislature's last week of the regular 2013 session. There was a modest changing of the guard among legislative leaders. Both the House and Senate have new leaders in charge, Rep. Joe Souki and Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, although the...Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Elections, Employees, Government
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Abercrombie starts campaign by pointing to budget surplus
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserGov. Neil Abercrombie formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, citing the state's financial rebound and progress toward his "New Day" agenda as reasons voters should give him a second four-year term. At a news conference near his campaign...Tags: Finance, Marketing, Elections, Republican Party, Brian Schatz
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Counties, state and UPW sign contract
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserMore than 9,000 blue-collar workers for the state and counties have a new four-year contract that their union says acknowledges the sacrifices they made during tough budgeting times. "This certainly recognizes and reflects the individual hardships and...Tags: Advertising, Finance, Marketing, Employment Opportunities, Employees
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