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Entries for December 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Jim DeMint to Lead the Battle of Ideas
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:52 PM :: 3346 Views :: National News
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Yesterday’s announcement that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is leaving the U.S. Senate to replace Edwin J. Feulner as president of The Heritage Foundation surprised the political establishment in Washington and underlined Heritage’s role as a key institution for America’s future....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Renewable Fuel Standard Costs Chain Restaurants Billions Annually
By NCPA @ 2:43 PM :: 5006 Views :: Energy, Small Business
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PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the impact of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on the chain restaurant industry....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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After Atheist Attack, Charity Concert Relocated
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 7977 Views :: Education K-12, Religion
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The volunteers that were supporting Moanalua have decided to put on a charity concert to benefit Mercy Ships. It will take place at the New Hope Ministry Center (290 Sand Island Access Road) on Friday, December 7th at 730pm
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Eco Groups Testify Against New Aquarium Fish Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 6947 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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They do not want to protect fish. They only want to eliminate fishermen who stand in the way of their ocean based businesses....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii Collects $186M/year from Big Tobacco
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 6897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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Hawaii this year will collect $186 million in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend just 4.8 percent of it on tobacco prevention programs....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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HSTA Claims 'Work to Rule' Protests Legal
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 5814 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“This argument over what is covered by the contract and what isn’t, is a distraction and a deflection from the real issue - the fact that teachers have been disrespected by the governor.” -- Wil Okabe, HSTA President
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Is Opposition to Genetic Engineering Moral?
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 5565 Views :: GMOs
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... this wave of scientific progress faces opposition from anti-science and anti-technology groups. Consider these examples that have been hampered by activism ....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Businesses Cutting Hours, Bracing for Costs of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 6961 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...every day now brings another business owner in the news talking about cutting workers’ hours or making other cost-cutting moves in anticipation of Obamacare’s impact in 2013....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii 2013: State, Federal Taxes to Top 50%
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 12579 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, Taxes
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Taxes on wages, dividends, interest, and partnership/sole proprietor income would exceed 50 percent only in Hawaii, California, and New York City….
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Fiscal Cliff: $480M from Hawaii Kupuna
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 5367 Views :: Taxes
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The move being considered by Congress to raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67 would leave 26,893 seniors without health coverage (based on current beneficiary data), forcing them into the private insurance market, which is estimated to cost them an additional $2,200 per year*.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012 |
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Obama Wants Power to Raise Debt Limit By Himself, Anytime
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:09 PM :: 5179 Views :: National News, Obama
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President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Greenwood to Kim: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 4762 Views :: Higher Education
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The UH BoR and Greenwood reviewed the findings of the Senate Special Committee regarding the oversight, accountability, and transparency of the operational and financial management of the university and agree with its recommendations calling for greater transparency and accountability (two out of three ain't bad)....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Over 200 Hawaii Teams in Blaisdell Robotics Tourney
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 4711 Views :: Education K-12
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Over 200 teams from schools statewide came to the Neil Blaisdell Center this weekend to compete and showcase their robots in the 2012 Hawaii FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championships....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Spends Least on Long Term Care
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 7063 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The spending ranges from less than 8 percent in Hawaii, where nursing home use is low, to more than 60 percent in North Dakota....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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House Republicans Cave on Tax Increases and Punt Entitlements
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 4755 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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When President Obama put forth his first offer on the fiscal cliff, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said, “You can’t be serious.” We could say the same thing to the Speaker after his counteroffer yesterday.
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Rail: The Final Vote
By Tom Berg @ 9:08 PM :: 5963 Views :: Rail
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Full Council Hearing This Wednesday Dec. 5th Includes Rail: The Final Vote....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 3, 2012
By Congress.org @ 8:52 PM :: 5523 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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• Senate: Sportsmens Access to Federal Land Motion to Waive
• Senate: Disability Treaty Motion to Proceed
• Senate: Defense Authorization Amendment
• House: STEM Visa Program Final Passage
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii: 78% of Teens not Working
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 7184 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Number of working youth dropped by almost half since 2000; employment among young people at lowest level since 1950s....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii: 3rd Lowest Foreclosure Rate in Nation
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4910 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The five states with the lowest number of completed foreclosures for the 12 months ending in October 2012 were: South Dakota (19), District of Columbia (64), Hawaii (452), North Dakota (511) and Maine (643)....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Yap: Seabees Pitch in on Canoe Project
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 9223 Views :: World News, Military
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High tech met traditional tech when a group of US Navy Seabees pitched in to help the Waa’gey traditional canoe project in Yap, Micronesia....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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ICA Mandates 'Contested Case' for Water Disputes
By Robert Thomas @ 7:26 PM :: 6015 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals held in this unpublished memorandum order that the Commission must hold a "contested case" hearing upon demand....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Play by Play: Opening Day of Hoopili Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5495 Views :: Land Use
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In keeping with a long tradition in Hawaii that land use cases are litigated in court on procedural rather than substantive grounds, the opening skirmish in Sierra Club v. D. R. Horton was fought over whether one of the parties’ appeal in the case should be disallowed....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Humane Society: Our Opponent is Evil, We are Good
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 6971 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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Why would someone criticize such a storied name in American charity as ours?....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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What IS the Fiscal Cliff?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:25 PM :: 5287 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Obama’s answer to the fiscal cliff is a proposed $1.6 trillion in tax hikes plus new stimulus spending—and expanded power for himself to raise the debt ceiling....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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New Aquarium Fish Rules to Maintain Sustainability
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 5293 Views :: Environment
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"...the aquarium take on Maui is literally a drop in the bucket, representing less than 2% of the total mortality of (Maui) reef animals that year...."
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Workshops Maui, Big Isle: 'We the Powerful'
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5249 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process....
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Number of Uninsured Children Jumps 55%
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 6124 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii was the only state to show a significant increase in the number of uninsured children from 2009-2011....
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 |
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Health Care Cost to Rise with Federal Mandate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:24 AM :: 5320 Views :: Taxes
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...some taxes are already scheduled to rise as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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County and State Boards and Commissions--How You Can Get Involved
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 5541 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The elections are over and the governing is to come. Now is the time for citizens to step up and get involved. Here are the ways....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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18 Years Later Kyoto Protocol Dies With a Whimper
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 4911 Views :: Environment, World News
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...the United Nation’s is holding its annual “We’ve got to save the planet this year or it’s too late and we’re all doomed — no really, this time we mean it,” Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar this year....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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How Liberal Stealth Groups Paved Obama Win
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:11 PM :: 5806 Views :: National News, Obama
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More than 4 million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 did not vote this year. But by applying new voter science, Obama nudged enough replacements in key states — many who were rare or first-time voters — to give him his margin of victory....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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AG Louie Opposes 'National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act'
By News Release @ 12:06 PM :: 5372 Views :: Second Amendment
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These two bills would force states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by any other states....
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