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Monday, December 9, 2013
United States Should Embrace Its Energy Superpower Status
By NCPA @ 10:42 AM :: 3482 Views :: Energy

U.S. energy policy should be changed to reflect its newfound energy abundance....

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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Turning The Tide of Anti-Business Attitudes in Government
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 4948 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

For years, local leaders, both within government and the business community, depended on the umbilical cord to federal funds secured by Hawaii’s Congressional delegation....

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Sunday, December 8, 2013
27 Service Members Reenlist on 72nd Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 4866 Views :: Military

Paul Koester, 58, the Air Force's oldest current active-duty member, raised the Stars and Stripes above the Mighty Mo. Koester was one of 27 Armed Forces members to reenlist in today's ceremony....

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Sunday, December 8, 2013
How to Use Anti-GMO Ordinances to Seize Marijuana Plants: A Guide for Police Departments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 AM :: 14674 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs, GMOs

... between $400,000 and $1,000,000 in fines for a single mature 40-day old plant ....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Robotic teams to compete at VEX State Championship
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 3628 Views :: Education K-12

Forty middle and high school VEX robotics teams from across the state will compete Dec. 20-21 in the first-ever Hawaii VEX State Championship....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Koko Head rifle range temporarily closed after new reports of stray bullets
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 4002 Views :: Second Amendment

The closure only applies to the rifle range.  The complex will remain open during normal hours and the pistol, silhouette, archery, action, skeet, and trap ranges remain open....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Undoing the Past
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:03 PM :: 4807 Views :: National News

This week marked the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Sunday Morning: Ewa Battlefield Commemoration
By John Bond @ 11:17 AM :: 6048 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

Ewa battlefield area involved not only destruction of planes at Ewa Field but also overhead air battles between Japanese planes, Army P-40's and Navy SBD's....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Abercrombie Finds $844M, Wants to Spend it on Preschool Vouchers
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 5192 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
HART Rail Art Application Illegally Prepared by State Workers
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 5081 Views :: Ethics, Rail

HART had issued an “Art-In Transit Call for Artists,” seeking proposals from artists for art at future rail stations....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Atheist Ethics vs Santa: Teachers, Students Cannot 'Believe', 'Make a Wish'
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 6894 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, First Amendment

For each letter to Santa that is deposited in the Santa Mail letterbox located at Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Hawaii Trial Court: Seawall No One Wants Belongs To State
By Robert Thomas @ 9:15 PM :: 4449 Views :: Land Use

Usually, in disputes about who owns oceanfront property (in Waikiki, the really nice part of Waikiki, down on the Diamond Head side), each party claims ownership....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Senator Schatz is Wrong about Wind Energy -- Part 2
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:32 PM :: 4207 Views :: Energy

The quotes below are a sample of the responses I received to part 1 ....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Nene, Humpback, Green Sea Turtle Among Top 10 Conservation Successes
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 4666 Views :: Environment

...ten species that – thanks to the Endangered Species Act’s protections – are either steadily improving or have been recovered and removed from the list of imperiled species....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Mililani, Kaneohe: Capelouto's 'Second Cup of Coffee'
By News Release @ 2:33 PM :: 5455 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

Please mark your calendars and join your fellow patriots and conservatives for our next two "2nd Cup of Coffee" discussions....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Honor Thy Father: Battleship Missouri Sneak Preview of Hawaii 5-0 WW2 Remembrance Episode
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 5714 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

...the episode focuses on the attempted murder of a Pearl Harbor veteran that lead Five-0 to use decades old evidence to investigate....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
UHERO Asia-Pacific Forecast: Pacific Rim Will Edge Forward After Weak 2013
By UHERO @ 1:48 PM :: 2459 Views

The developed world has continued to perform below potential this year .... 

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:36 PM :: 4534 Views :: Agriculture, Taxes

Christmas trees are pretty unpopular, right?  The House must think so, since its farm bill would pave the way to set up a Christmas Tree Promotion Board....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Home Community-Based Services Working Group to Meet
By News Release @ 6:04 AM :: 3502 Views :: Health Care
  • DATE: Monday, December 9, 2013
  • TIME: 2:00 pm
  • PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol 
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Friday, December 6, 2013
How the Environmental Left Became the New Climate Deniers
By NCPA @ 5:35 AM :: 3773 Views :: Environment

Because the new predictions are less dire than in the past, the IPCC’s old fans have suddenly become the new climate deniers, calling the IPCC’s latest report “political” and ignoring its key findings....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Oneula Beach Dec 7, 1941: Air Photos from Landing B-17 Flying Fortress
By John Bond @ 5:14 AM :: 22490 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

On the morning of 7 December 1941, twelve Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
2013 Honolulu City Lights Opening Night
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 6257 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment

Opening night shimmers with “Santa’s Underwater Adventure” for the 29th annual event....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Kenoi Signs Anti-GMO Bill 113, Pledges to Force Ag into 'New Directions'
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 4520 Views :: GMOs

Just wait til the police start using this law to seize GMO marijuana plants and imposing $$$ fines on growers....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Federal safety inspectors investigating violence at Hawaii State Hospital
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:35 PM :: 5139 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating  the Hawaii State Hospital, hospital administrators have confirmed....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
House Committees Demand Update on Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 3670 Views :: Health Care

...recommended legislation related to Hawai`i’s insurance exchange for the 2014 legislative session....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
We Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4347 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates)....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
"We the Powerful!" Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 3621 Views :: Hawaii State Government

These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Senate Committees to Examine ERS Financial status
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5518 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Medicaid Buy-in Task Force Meeting Monday
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 4759 Views :: Health Care, Labor
  • DATE: Monday, December 09, 2013
  • TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
  • PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
48% of Meteorologists not Fooled by Global Warming Hype
By NCPA @ 1:44 AM :: 3657 Views :: Environment

...the way it was conducted and its honest conclusion gives me more hope than I’ve had in a long time concerning the integrity of climate research....

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
End of the Akaka Tribe? OHA Trustees Shut Down Hawaiian Roll Commission
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 10680 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

This is a huge victory for Native Hawaiians.  Hawaiian affairs are returning to the channel created in the Hawaii Admission Act....

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Public Utility Commission Issues Violation to SER Trucking for Sludge Spill
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 6:22 PM :: 5581 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

In a State Public Utility Commission (PUC) hearing this morning, Commissioners issued an order confirming a motor carrier violation for SER Trucking connected with the August 31st sludge spill on the H-1....

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Hawaii earns ‘D’ for judicial financial disclosure
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 4503 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary

Despite receiving a “D”, Hawaii’s financial disclosure law ranks as sixth best out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.... 

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Brookings: New Evidence Raises Doubts on Abercrombie’s Preschool for All
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 3635 Views :: Education K-12

...supporters of Preschool for All, including some academics who are way out in front of what the evidence says and know it, have turned a blind eye to the mixed and conflicting nature of research findings....

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
A New Way to Look at Energy Subsidies
By NCPA @ 2:04 PM :: 3281 Views :: Energy

It is easy to manipulate the numbers when it comes to talking about subsidies....

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Sick of Obamacare? We've Got Something Different
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:38 PM :: 3320 Views :: Health Care

The President said yesterday that he’s “learned not to make wild promises” anymore....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
State of Hawaii Sued for Short-Changing Foster Parents and Children
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 6157 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

...violating federal law by failing to pay foster parents enough to adequately care for the foster children in their homes....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
University of Hawaii honors Wounded Warriors and US service members
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 5057 Views :: Higher Education, Military

...the Black Knights from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point played the University of Hawaii Warriors, Saturday, Nov. 30....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
HI health exchange violates federal law, League of Women Voters say
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:28 PM :: 3644 Views :: Health Care

...the AG told the league the health connector is not required to provide voter information on its website because it is an independent, nonprofit agency....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
DPS Names Ruth Coller Forbes New Kulani Warden
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 6294 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement

Ruth has been with the Department of Public Safety since June 1995....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Oahu bus vendors selected for 2014-15 school year
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 3479 Views :: Education K-12

The contracts are among major reform efforts underway since December 2012 to meet recommendations by the State Office of the Auditor....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
HCDA, BoE, HHC, LUC: Abercrombie Announces Appointments
By News Release @ 9:01 PM :: 5902 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Hawaii State Government

Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 8415 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, GMOs

...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Another Anti-GMO Leader Apologizes: "The authorities I trusted in were wrong"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 6050 Views :: GMOs

What happens if one picks the wrong authority and psychologically ties oneself to a person expressing an argument, rather than to the evidence....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
HSTA, Hotel Workers Sign Open Letter Calling for Kakaako Development Moratorium
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 5436 Views :: Development, Rail

Law imposing a one-year moratorium on HCDA approval of new projects that renews automatically....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Hawaii: More than 70% of new HIV Cases tied to Gay Sex
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 5841 Views :: Family, Health Care

High HIV prevalence, lack of awareness of HIV-positive status, unprotected anal sex, and increased viral load among HIV-positive MSM not on antiretroviral treatment contribute substantially to new infections among this population....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
What Will Happen When (and If) HealthCare.gov Actually Works
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:44 AM :: 3593 Views :: Health Care

HealthCare.gov can’t fix anything that’s wrong with Obamacare....

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Monday, December 2, 2013
Ethics Comm: Mitsunaga Showers DoT Engineer with Free Golf, Flights, Oakleys and Rolex
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 6779 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

The DOT vendors that appear to have paid for John Doe’s golf are Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., TM Designers, Inc., Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., and R. M. Towill Corporation....

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Monday, December 2, 2013
Ethics Comm Fines Non-Responsive Elevator Commission Board Member
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 5444 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Small Business

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

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Monday, December 2, 2013
Young Legislators Launch Hawaii Future Caucus
By Video @ 8:16 PM :: 4544 Views :: Hawaii State Government

A bipartisan group of state and county leaders age 40 and under ....

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