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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 |
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Record Ethics Fine: Nestor Garcia Conflict of Interest on Rail Votes
By News Release @ 2:37 AM :: 7561 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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He failed to tile conflict of interest disclosures for 38 rail transit bills and resolutions and for 12 other matters such as rezoning from agriculture to commercial and residential uses around Kapolei....
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Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
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JSC Seeking Nominations for Two Oahu Judicial Vacancies
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 7537 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)
Judge, Family Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)
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Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
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Notice of Petition for Retention the Honorable Gerald H. Kibe
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 8366 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi empowers the Commission to determine whether Judge Kibe should be retained in office for an additional term of six years.
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Friday, June 29, 2012 |
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New Rail Financial Plan Boosts Operating Cost to $6 Billion, Delays Opening
By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:09 PM :: 6908 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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the operating subsidy for transit has been increased by $600 million over the next 18 years to a total of $6 billion dollars....
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
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Charles Djou Advances to ‘Contender’
By News Release @ 12:37 PM :: 9496 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii Republican Candidate Takes Big Third Step to Achieving ‘Young Gun’ Status....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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Berg Resolution Seeks End to Funding of 'Rail Propaganda'
By Tom Berg @ 11:02 PM :: 6736 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Berg introduced Resolution 12-160 to put a stop to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation's frivolous expenditures that continue to promote rail....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: Final Motion for Summary Judgment in Rail Suit
By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:54 PM :: 6336 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"We responded to every single one of the arguments in their 300-some pages of briefing."
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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Rail will use more energy than buses or autos
By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:52 PM :: 5828 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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...years ago rail was the low energy user and today it has morphed into being a relatively high energy user....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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Illegal Vacation Rentals Behind Opposition to Haleiwa Inn?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 PM :: 7031 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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...pent up demand has been filled by black-market opportunism. About 450 multi-room country inns, including one with 41 beds the City cannot seem to shut down, have established themselves in residences outside the commercial districts....
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Sunday, June 24, 2012 |
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Rail: Designed to Fail
By Selected News Articles @ 5:28 PM :: 10104 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The nation’s 52nd-largest urban area has only about 950,000 people, yet it is spending $5.3 billion, or more than $5,500 per resident, to build a single 20-mile rail line. That’s probably a greater cost per person than any rail system ever built....
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Sunday, June 24, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Oahu Council District 1 Candidates Face Off
By Video @ 2:11 AM :: 5698 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Dan Boylan moderates a discussion among the candidates vying to represent Honolulu City Council District 1, which includes the Waianae Coast, Kapolei, Makakilo and parts of Ewa Beach
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 |
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Honolulu Premiere: "Urbanized" - Designing Cities, Working Cities
By Robert Thomas @ 1:40 PM :: 7173 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Urbanized (Gary Hustwit 2012), Saturday, June 23, 7:00 p.m., at R&D, 691 Auahi Street, Honolulu....
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
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Panos Schools Caldwell on Rail, BRT
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 5:28 PM :: 8719 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Dr. Prevedouros addresses questions posed by Candidate Caldwell....
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 |
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Planned Rail Extensions: $266,207 per rider
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 7077 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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CEO Grabauskas tells us that the cost of the planned extensions to UH, Waikiki and to Kapolei Town will bring the total to $9.03 billion ....
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 |
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HART's $3M Noise Machine
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 7163 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the entire listing of HART people and companies on staff includes over $3M of "public involvement' and 'multimedia' contracts....
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Saturday, June 16, 2012 |
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Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park: Community Leaders Demand EIS
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 7982 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The entire former MCAS Ewa was designated as National Register eligible during the BRAC transfer process and significant historic sites have already been discovered since the original BRAC 1999 surveys were done....
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Friday, June 15, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Evicts Haleiwa Farmers Market, Blames Organizers
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 8133 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“I cannot believe this is happening at 1:30 on Friday afternoon, when all our vendors have already picked and prepared their products for the Sunday market."
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Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
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Oahu's Untapped Hydroelectric Resources
By Henry Curtis @ 2:21 PM :: 9456 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Oahu has several large, dammed reservoirs, all of which could provide continuous power ....
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Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
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Pentagon Cuts Could Eliminate Commissaries, Exchanges
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 9622 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This plan would impact more than 164,000 military service members, retirees, and family members who live on Oahu.... Commissary shoppers in Hawaii save 50.7% with annual savings for a family of four of $7,360.
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Monday, June 11, 2012 |
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Hawai`i Free Press Editor to be Interviewed on AM760
By Selected News Articles @ 10:42 PM :: 5166 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Tuesday June 12 from 5pm to 6pm on business talk radio KGU--AM760....
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 |
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Ansaldo Employee: Focus is Entirely on Gaining a Project, Not on Doing Anything Useful
By John Bond @ 2:56 PM :: 8440 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The emphasis seems to be to win the projects, instead of making money on the projects. Most projects start out from behind, almost assured of losing money. This leads the management to feel the need to cut engineering costs....
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Saturday, June 9, 2012 |
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Rail Plan Calls for 472,000 More Cars on Road
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 PM :: 6818 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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...the rail project would reduce daily car trips by 48,000, but it would be in the face of a 520,000 increase in daily car trips because of population growth....
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Friday, June 8, 2012 |
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Eric Marshall, Senate Dist 10 -- Last Candidate on the Ballot
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 7243 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Although the June the 5th candidate filing deadline has come and gone one last candidate has been added to the 2012 Election....
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Friday, June 8, 2012 |
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Deedy Case: Redacted Text of Motion for Dismissal
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 AM :: 7412 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Circuit Court Judge Karen Ahn in July will consider defense motion for dismissal of state charges against Federal Agent Christopher Deedy in the Waikiki APEC shooting of Kailua resident Kolin Elderts....
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Friday, June 8, 2012 |
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Potential Buyers of HMC West to Participate in Leeward Job Fair
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 1:49 AM :: 7812 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The Queen's Medical Center and Hawaii Pacific Health will be attending the Leeward Job and Career Fair. The hospitals hope to fill 450 job openings available at their current facilities....
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Thursday, June 7, 2012 |
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Larry Fenton Announces Senate Dist 11 Campaign as Republican
By News Release @ 10:30 AM :: 5713 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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District 11 now includes Manoa, Makiki, Tantalus, Papakolea, and Punchbowl.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012 |
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Liz Larson Announces Hawaii State Senate Campaign
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 8645 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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District 12 includes Waikiki, Ala Moana, Ward, Kaka’ako, parts of McCully, Moliili, and Makiki....
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 |
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Fires at Kahuku Windfarm Released 'Reactive' Particles, $2M Damage
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 11671 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Defective parts caused a devastating fire in a 2-month-old Hawaii wind farm that cost millions to repair, the energy company that ran the farm says in a Texas court.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
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Rail Suit Ruling May Contain 'Poison Pill'
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 8494 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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the court’s ruling may contain a "poison pill" as a result of one part of the Defendants’ pleadings....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
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DoJ Details Admissions of Criminal Pfluegers
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 10010 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Charles Alan Pflueger, owner of Pflueger Inc., Randall Kurata, the company’s chief financial officer, and Julie Kam, Pflueger’s executive assistant, pleaded guilty....
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Saturday, May 26, 2012 |
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Mike Greco Announces State Senate Campaign
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 7961 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Greco, a 2004 graduate of the University of Hawaii Manoa, served as a Naval Aircrewman with the VP-4 Skinny Dragons at Marine Corps Base Hawaii....
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Friday, May 25, 2012 |
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Kaleikini v Yoshioka: Rail Project in 'Grave' Danger
By Robert Thomas @ 1:23 AM :: 10735 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The Hawaii Supreme Court just concluded oral arguments in Kaleikini v. Yoshioka and it does not look good for the City and the State....
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
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National Trust for Historic Preservation Files Amicus Brief in Rail Suit
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 6161 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Section 4(f) contains a substantive prohibition on the construction of transportation projects requiring the "use" of historic sites, park and recreational areas ....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
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Oral Argument Preview: Can The Honolulu Rail EIS Be Segmented?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:01 PM :: 6890 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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That's the question the Hawaii Supreme Court will consider this Thursday, May 24, 2012, when it hears oral arguments in Kaleikini v. Yoshioka ....
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
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Caldwell Goes Wobbly, Urges Review of Rail Proposal
By News Release @ 7:40 PM :: 6357 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Today I am calling for a modification to the contracting process for the design of the Phase IV/City Center stretch of the rail transit line. I am asking that a review be done with community input to see where more appropriate design can be implemented, and more cost savings may be possible....
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
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Rep. Barbara Marumoto will not be running
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 8184 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Rep. Barbara Marumoto will not be running in the 2012 election....
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
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Honolulu Passes Los Angeles as Worst U.S. City for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 AM :: 5903 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Drivers in the city, the state of Hawaii’s largest, wasted an average of 58 hours stuck in traffic last year....
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Monday, May 21, 2012 |
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Most Important Historical Sites Remain in Rail Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 7829 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...our most important sites Chinatown, Aloha Tower, Dillingham Building, Native Hawaiian burials, etc., all remain in play....
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 |
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Djou: The Future of NATO
By Rep Charles Djou @ 10:00 PM :: 11857 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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As someone who has served both as a Member of Congress and as a soldier under NATO command in Afghanistan, I have a unique perspective on NATO’s role and future....
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Friday, May 18, 2012 |
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Local Students Deploy Underwater Robots to Assess WW2 Shipwrecks
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 5499 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Twenty-four Hawaii elementary, middle, and high school teams are competing in the Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge Saturday....
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Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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Djou Campaign Kickoff Rally May 23
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 7152 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Almost two years ago today, we made history by winning a historic special election....
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Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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Hawaii Republican Convention This Weekend
By Nacia Blom @ 10:36 AM :: 12694 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Starting May 9th, the Leadership Institute will be returning to Hawaii with world-class campaign training for conservative candidates....
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Friday, May 11, 2012 |
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Fading Chances for Rail Funding to Pass Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 AM :: 7909 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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For Honolulu, this means that the $250 million that the Obama Administration had set aside for our rail project will just disappear. It also means that New Starts Funding as a national program may also disappear....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
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City to Build More Transitional Housing for Homeless
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 5781 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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...$3.5 million from the City’s Affordable Housing Fund to acquire and/or renovate an existing structure to provide transitional housing....
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Monday, May 7, 2012 |
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Thielen: Landfill Cannot Legally be Located at Ameron
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 5608 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Rep Thielen notes the proximity of five schools, a hospital, and numerous residences, all within one mile of the proposed landfill site....
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 |
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DoH Explains How Taxpayers Fund Gabbards’ Song and Dance Routine
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 7670 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A political watershed is formed when the benefits of incumbency flow down hill to a new generation....
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 |
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Rep. Kymberly Pine Pulls Papers to Run for City Council
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 7939 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Just a day after her last legislative day at the State Capitol, Representative Kymberly Pine will pull her papers today at 11:30 a.m. to run for the City Council District 1 seat....
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Monday, April 30, 2012 |
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As Legislators Consider Mass Release of Hardened Criminals, Lawsuit Challenges Half-Way House Supervision
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 6972 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Robles, 18, was there as a condition of parole for the juvenile crimes of sex assault, theft and runaway charges, according to the complaint. The family claims that the home failed to supervise the two boys despite house rules that required curfews and bed checks every 20 minutes on overnight shifts.
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Monday, April 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii Christian Coalition Annual Prayer at the Capitol May 3
By News Release @ 2:20 PM :: 6709 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Hawaii Christian Coalition presents its annual Prayer at the Capitol May 3, Thursday 6:30-8:00pm State Capitol Auditorium....
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