Hawaii News

Hawaii Board Of Education Considers Spending Cuts
The state Board of Education met into the night considering lopping $46 million from the 2009-2011 public school budget.
TheHawaiiChannel.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Hawaii International Film Festival Begins
The 28th Annual Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival runs from Oct. 9-18.
TheHawaiiChannel.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 4:32 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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School board approves $50M in budget cuts
The state Board of Education late last night approved cuts of about $50 million to the schools budget.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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HTA picks interim chief executive
The Hawaii Tourism Authority board has appointed one of its staffers to temporarily lead the organization after the controversial resignation of Rex Johnson.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Environmental statement needed for $1B telescope
WAIMEA, Hawaii » Mauna Kea has some of the best atmospheric conditions in the world to build a proposed Thirty Meter Telescope, but a desert mountain in Chile is also in competition for the $1 billion facility, project officials say.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Islander education program earns grant
A highly competitive $1 million National Science Foundation grant was awarded to a Kewalo Marine Laboratory program to train underrepresented Pacific island and native Hawaiian students in biological sciences.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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DHS director wins award for efforts to help kids
State Human Services Director Lillian Koller has become the first Hawaii public official to win a national award as "Public Official of the Year" from Governing magazine.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Group effort targets islanders for weight loss
When he heard about a recent national report saying Hawaii is second to Colorado with the nation's least fat adults, J. Keawe Kaholokula said, "We can't let people think we're that well off."
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Help spread holiday joy to abused children
Schools, companies, organizations and residents have an opportunity to be "angels" and give Hawaii's sexually abused children a happy Christmas.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Readers know some sharks do lay eggs
After my recent column about shark reproduction, several readers found a mistake in it.
StarBulletin.com  –  Oct 10, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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