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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 |
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Cayetano on Rail: Inouye Doesn’t See the 800lb Gorilla in the Room
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 7598 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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But for the trees, our good senator, can't see the forest. Here are some important facts the senator may have overlooked ....
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Monday, January 30, 2012 |
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Honolulu Habitat for Humanity Hosting Informational Meetings
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 6415 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Honolulu Habitat for Humanity invites everyone to upcoming informational meetings, especially families who are interested in applying for a simple, decent Habitat home....
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Monday, January 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 30
By Congress.org @ 12:08 PM :: 9103 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Upcoming Congressional Bills
- Senate: Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012
- House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011
- House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
- House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
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Hawaii Cacao Festival at Haleiwa January 29
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 7296 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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We hope to see you Sunday in Haleiwa for your 3rd Annual Cacao Festival... bring your appetites!
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
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Marumoto Introduces Three Bills to Deal with Eccentric Billionaire
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 8230 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...these bills are in response to complaints from Kahala residents and news articles about Japanese billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto arranging marble and bronze statues across five property lots....
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
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Kapolei Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Hospital Closure
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 9393 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...Thursday, February 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Kapolei Middle School Dining Room/Cultural Center at 91-5335 Kapolei Parkway....
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Gun Owners: Help Tom Berg Repeal the Koko Shooting Complex Fees
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 6342 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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In response to the $15 per hour fee now being charged at Koko Head Shooting Complex, he has introduced two new bills, Bills 1 and 60 to be heard January 25.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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Molokai Video: 160 Officers Outnumber 80 Protesters, Cruise Ship Enters Harbor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 10665 Views :: Maui County, Greenmail
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Tragically, the opportunity to liberate Molokai from Ritte's roving gang of welfare bums has been lost, no arrests were made....
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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Using the Tax System to Hide Spending and Shift Burden
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:01 AM :: 7546 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...tax paying constituents are paying more than they have to as they are paying for not only the county services they enjoy but for those same services used by those who do not pay for those services....
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Video: Sen Sam Slom First News Conference of Session
By Video @ 9:43 PM :: 7492 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Senator Slom covered fiscal, budgetary, and educational issues among other topics.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Marumoto Legislation to Include Two Snake Bills
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 6749 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In the 2012 legislative session Rep. Barbara Marumoto will be introducing two snake bills, two bills to reduce auto costs and a measure to require that the list of names of people nominated for judgeships be released to the public ....
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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HB127: Legislature to Force Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pill?
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 9248 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Passage of this bill would almost certainly pose a problem to re-opening the two Catholic-owned (now bankrupt) hospitals, Hawaii Medical Centers East and West ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Rep Ward: Legalize Driverless Cars
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 8186 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The bill, modeled after a Nevada law that allowed Google to test its driverless cars in the state, addresses legal issues that may arise when no human driver is behind the wheel of a motor vehicle....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Panos Endorses Cayetano, Caldwell Says Election is about HandiVan
By Selected News Articles @ 11:37 PM :: 5879 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"I am delighted that former state governor Ben Cayetano has entered the race for Honolulu mayor. Now more than ever Honolulu needs an experienced, fiscally responsible and anti-boondoggle mayor."--Panos Prevedouros
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Full Text: Ben Cayetano Announces Campaign for Mayor
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 6457 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Since I retired as governor in 2002, I’ve watched with growing concern how the cost of living has been increasingly elevated by reckless spending and costly politically motivated capital projects....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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Senator Sam Slom Opening Day Speech
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 10:33 PM :: 7513 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In our love affair with “clean” energy alternatives, we have not told our citizens the truth about the real cost of transitioning....
We celebrate and honor our men and women in uniform and are grateful for the military’s many contributions –not just financial - to Hawaii. Yet, through reapportionment, we seek to ignore and disenfranchise them, unlike all other states.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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Netra Halperin: Molester’s Former Underling Running for House, Demands Censorship
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 PM :: 10878 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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There are so many layers of ignorance and stupidity in Halperin’s first paragraph that it is difficult to know where to begin....
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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Using Exemptions to Shift the Burden of Taxes
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:07 AM :: 6466 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Probably the most controversial recommendation that the Honolulu Real Property Tax Advisory Commission has made in its recently submitted report is to repeal the tried and true exemption for homeowners.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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Design and Management: $2.45M in CIP at Honolulu Airport
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 7412 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the release of $2.45 million for various design and management Capitol Improvement Projects (CIP) at Honolulu International Airport.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Political activities: What every Marine and DOD civilian should know
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 9073 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Nearly all federal civilians at MarForPac are classified as 'less restricted' under the Hatch act, which allows them to endorse candidates and attend, participate, be active members or hold office in political clubs as private citizens ....
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Caldwell: Rail is about "redesigning city around transit stations"
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 6550 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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“Rail is a huge issue and I’m pro mass transit. This system is not only about creating jobs but really redesigning our city around each of the transit stations."
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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TPM: Hawaii Kai Lesbian B&B Suit Part of Larger Effort to Quash Religious Freedom
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 9367 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There is an essential conflict, the ADF argues, between religious freedom and discrimination lawsuits, because if discrimination against gays and lesbians is based on a religious conviction, then it is protected under the First Amendment.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to visit UH Richardson Law School
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 9085 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will spend a week in Hawai’i from Jan. 29-Feb. 3 as part of the Jurist-in-Residence program at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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Monday, January 9, 2012 |
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DoH: Dramatic Reduction in Fireworks-Related Injuries
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 7340 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A total of 22 injuries were treated at EDs in Hawaii. This was by far the lowest total over the 12-year period for which these injuries have been counted....
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 |
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Dr Alveda King, Duke Aiona, Colette Machado to Speak up for Religious Freedom
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 8758 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Dr. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr, will join Lt Governor James ‘Duke’ Aiona, and OHA Chair Colette Machado to headline a "Celebration of Life, Family & Religious Freedom" at the Koolau Ballroom Wednesday January 11, 2012 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 |
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Berg Proposes Measures to Remove Uninsured Motorists
By Tom Berg @ 11:43 PM :: 9138 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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" ... urges the legislature to pass legislation requiring motor vehicle insurance carriers to provide information to the counties for development of a system to easily identify uninsured drivers and motor vehicles .... "
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 |
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Marumoto: After Budget Cuts, Dep’t of Ag Gave Away Snake Sniffer Dogs
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 7214 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Due to budget cuts, the state Department of Agriculture has allowed the brown tree snake program lapse. The dogs used for cargo inspections were actually given away.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 |
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Rep Pine Cheers Opening of Pearl City Urgent Care Center
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 6495 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"I am so happy to see former employees of HMC, recently out of work, find new employment at this urgent care center." -- Rep Pine
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 |
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Tom Berg Announces Campaign for Reelection
By Tom Berg @ 5:50 PM :: 6629 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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As your current City Councilman, I thrive 24/7 on serving our district and have no other interests, no other ventures, no other business at hand but to be dedicated, reliable, and available to you....
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 |
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After Secret Selection Process, Abercrombie Names 1980s Old Boy Tom Okamura to Aiea House Seat
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 7357 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Mr. Okamura previously served as House Majority Leader for nine years while a state representative from 1980 to 2000. He chaired committees on Hawaiian Affairs; Policy; Rules; and Energy, Ecology and Environmental Protection....
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Monday, January 2, 2012 |
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Panos Drops Out of 2012 Mayoral Campaign
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:31 AM :: 6583 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"I would like you to be the first to know that I do not plan to run for Mayor of Honolulu in 2012."
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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Hawai’i Free Press Editor to Address Pro-Life Group Jan 17
By Selected News Articles @ 11:24 PM :: 7788 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The meeting is at Dave and Busters Show Room in Kakaako, Tuesday January 17, from 11:30AM to 1PM ....
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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John Fund to Headline Smart Business Hawaii Conference Jan. 11
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 9071 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 36th Annual SBH Business & Investment Conference will be held January 11, 2012, from 8am to 2pm at the Ala Moana Hotel....
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Friday, December 30, 2011 |
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FTA: No Commitment on Federal Funds, Rail Demolition May Begin
By News Release @ 11:40 AM :: 10054 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The news release is the usual HART fluff. The real information is found in the FTA's letter to HART....
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
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Berg Wins Backing for New Waianae Access Road Study
By Tom Berg @ 2:47 PM :: 7180 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Yesterday we were a great team. We showed the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization's Policy Committee how important it was to secure the $1 million in funding for a new study to advance a secondary access road to serve the Waianae Coast.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
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Organ Transplant, Bio-Fuel Tax Credits, Fee Increases may be Fast-Tracked by Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 AM :: 7950 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the Organ Transplant Bill which could have saved HMC may now be fast-tracked by legislators now that HMC is dead. As a bonus, legislators are tacking on eight other bills ....
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
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Public Hearing on Leeward Oahu School Impact Fees
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 8366 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A public hearing to discuss the new school impact fees will be held at Waipahu High School library on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at 3:00 p.m....
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Monday, December 26, 2011 |
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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State Joins Lawsuit Seeking to Force Hawaii Kai Homeowner to Rent Room to Lesbians
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 9159 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission moved to intervene in the lawsuit as a plaintiff in order to protect and enforce the state antidiscrimination law, which Aloha Bed & Breakfast claims does not and cannot constrain its conduct....
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Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
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Rep Pine Renews Push for Cybercrime Legislation
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 2:43 AM :: 7724 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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We must work to ... require local and out-of-state internet service providers to comply with Hawaii law enforcement and explore the idea of licensing web designers.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Curtis: HECO has Failed to Look at Alternatives to Big Wind, Should be Denied Rate Hikes to Cover Costs
By Henry Curtis @ 2:25 PM :: 11835 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Life of the Land believes that HECO has failed to justify ratepayer recovery for any of the Big Wind studies. HECO was required to meaningfully look at alternatives. They failed to do so. HECO was required to examine comparative costs. They failed to do so.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Florida Marlins Holding Baseball Clinic at Schofield
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 7198 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Sunday, Dec. 11, 3-4 p.m. at Ralston Field, Schofield Barracks. Members of the Miami Marlins, featuring one of baseball's best young sluggers Mike Stanton, will conduct a baseball clinic in support of Army youth ....
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Pearl Harbor, WWII, and a Lesson for Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:26 AM :: 7337 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On this day 70 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress and requested a declaration of war against Japan following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor the day before.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Another E-W Center Conference: Pearl Harbor Day at the NEH
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 9006 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We have now filed a Freedom of Information Act request ... and will update this story as appropriate.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Obama cancels Hawaii trip after Romney hit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 9028 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...President Obama is not vacationing in Hawaii with his wife and children while the extension of the payroll tax holiday remains in limbo....
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