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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Full Text AG Louie: Assisted Suicide Not Legal in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 13699 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Life
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Word comes from state Sen. Josh Green, a doctor who had asked for the opinion from Attorney General David Louie....
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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HHS: After 50 years, Head Start Simply Does Not Work
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 4461 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...a long-suppressed government report finally released by the Obama administration is shaking the foundations of Head Start, and the news isn’t coming from right wing conservatives but from Joe Klein at Time magazine....
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Hawaii Joins Liberal-controlled States backing Obama on health law
By Selected News Articles @ 12:31 PM :: 5439 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Attorneys general in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Friday supporting Congress‘ authority to pass the sweeping legislation, arguing that health care is a national concern because the industry constitutes nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy.
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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 :: 9129 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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TPM: Hawaii Kai Lesbian B&B Suit Part of Larger Effort to Quash Religious Freedom
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 9417 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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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Romney, Paul, Huntsman: Complete New Hampshire Primary Results
By Selected News Articles @ 11:32 AM :: 5725 Views :: National News, Ethics
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New Hampshire - 298 of 301 Precincts Reporting - 99% ....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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Abercrombie: HSTA Contract will help Save Race to The Top Grant
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 7629 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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All the public knows is that HSTA has accepted a six year contract with no drug testing. Does anybody believe there is significant teacher accountability in the contract?
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Monday, January 9, 2012 |
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Chicago Tribune: Yank Hawaii's Race To The Top Grant
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 9120 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Otherwise, the Obama administration is going to look like it got chumped.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 |
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 |
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Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report: Got $487.4M in Tax Money, Did 329,445 Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 PM :: 4255 Views :: National News, Ethics
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According to PPFA’s annual report for fiscal year 2007-2008, in 2007 Planned Parenthood’s “adoption referrals to other agencies” totaled 4,912. In Fiscal Year 2010 that number was 841, a decrease of 82.8 percent....
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 |
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Update: Hawaii's Civil Union Lawsuit Dismissed Due to No Cause of Action
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 AM :: 12919 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Two Christian churches filed a federal complaint to stop Hawaii's new civil union law in its tracks, claiming the legislation is unconstitutional.
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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 :: 7832 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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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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Gallup: Americans see Themselves Closest to Romney, Huntsman, Paul -- Furthest from Obama, Bachmann
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 PM :: 5252 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Americans perceive Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul as closest to themselves ideologically, and Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama as furthest away.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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Mufi Hannemann and Ernie Martin Operative: Patty Teruya Forced out by Ethics Investigation
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 AM :: 13627 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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Another piece of the Leeward Community Benefits scandal all of which leads right back to Ernie Martin and Mufi Hannemann.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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Hoku Can’t Pay Its Electric bill in Idaho, Freezing Temps May Destroy $390M plant
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 AM :: 12058 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Your ACT221 Tax Dollars at Work building the clean energy future, Hawaii ....
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
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Medicare Reimbursements: Doctors, Hospitals paid 40% more in Alaska
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 5887 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In Cardiology, for example, a left heart catheterization costs about $2,200 in Alaska and only $400 in Washington. In orthopedics, a knee surgery costs $6,400 in Alaska and only $1,700 in Washington....
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
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Assisted suicide still a no-go in Aloha State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 5995 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Supporters of assisted suicide tried to use a 1909 law that permits the use remedies not typically authorized for terminally ill patients, but Hawaii Attorney General David Louie has responded in a legal opinion that the state law "does not authorize physicians to assist terminally ill patients with dying."
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
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Cook: No Path for Democrats to Hold Senate Majority
By Selected News Articles @ 1:43 PM :: 6930 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Question: Does Hawaii want to be saddled with a partisan hack like Hirono when Democrats are in the minority?
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
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Jihadi Wanna-be Names Names in New York and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 AM :: 10066 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A terrorist wanna-be from Staten Island ratted out dozens of people he called pro-jihadists in New York and Hawaii after he was arrested by the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force, it was revealed Tuesday....
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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 :: 7984 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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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
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Dallas Santa Shooter was Muslim ‘Honor Killer’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 8347 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Nona’s father had installed cameras all around the home so he could watch the family’s comings and goings. Others said he nailed her bedroom window shut so she could not sneak out at night and see her boyfriend....
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Saturday, December 24, 2011 |
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Fed Once-Secret Central Pacific Bank Loan Data Released to Public
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 AM :: 8880 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The day-by-day, bank-by-bank numbers...formed the basis of a series of Bloomberg News articles this year about the largest financial bailout in history....
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Saturday, December 24, 2011 |
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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A Primer on Bridge Aina Lea Case
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 PM :: 11997 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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...this case begins with the original reclassification of 1,060 acres on the Big Island "agricultural" to "urban" use in 1989, subject to the condition that the original owner develop 60 percent of the proposed 2,760 housing units as "affordable" units....
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Pacific Command studying negative attitudes toward Hawaii's public schools
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 9408 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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After determining that 9,000 of the eligible 24,000 school-age students in military families were not attending public schools, top military leaders commissioned Johns Hopkins University researchers to focus on attitudes and opinions about the Hawaii education system.
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Canadian Senate Testimony: Climate Change is Natural
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 AM :: 5812 Views :: World News, Family
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Never before have a team of climate ‘realists’ testified before any committee, in the Senate or the Commons.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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National Journal: Hawaii Democrats Running Scared Through Primary Minefield
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 6736 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle's fundraising report is going to scare Democrats when it comes out in January....
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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NYT: Lingle is Change Candidate
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 AM :: 7172 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... one thing here that might give Ms. Lingle hope, short of a meltdown in the Democratic primary, would be the governor. “How Abercrombie does will matter,” he said, “and affect the Senate race. And affect the future of the party.”....
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
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End of Year Tax Reminders
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 7105 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SBH CPA, Natalie Iwasa, reminds us that the state legislature passed several bills earlier this year that may have an impact on you and your business. In addition, there are some changes in reporting requirements for credit cards, and the IRS mileage rate changed....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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PolitiFact Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 4708 Views :: National News, Ethics
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PolitiFact debunked the Medicare charge in nine separate fact-checks rated False or Pants on Fire, most often in attacks leveled against Republican House members. Now, PolitiFact has chosen the Democrats’ claim as the 2011 Lie of the Year….
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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Syria Protesters: We Miss Bush
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 5932 Views :: World News, Family
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Obama’s “Path To 270” Is Full Of Roadblocks
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 4263 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It is a hopeful vision of the future of broad prosperity.’ But it's hard to see how voters are going to see any hope at all.” (John Dickerson, “Obama’s Victory Plan,” Slate, 12/13/11)
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Egyptian Islamists win Election, Begin Burning Books, Antiquities
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 PM :: 7471 Views :: World News, Family
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Egyptian Scientific Institute: December 17, 2011
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Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
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North Korea Dictator Dies Just as New Aid Deal Was to Be Announced
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 5826 Views :: World News, Family
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In a short dispatch, KCA stated, "Chariman Kim passed away in the train on December 17th, 2011 at 8:30am due to physical overwork."
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
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Roll Call: Hanabusa Refuses to Endorse Hirono
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 AM :: 10729 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case said he just finished a six-week swing across the islands and spoke with 5,000 people. He said he’s using that as his poll guidance for now. “They will not vote for the status quo, period,” Case said ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Education Week: If Hawaii Doesn’t Lose its Race to the Top Money, Something is Wrong
By Selected News Articles @ 12:58 PM :: 9059 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Already, education policy experts who are watching progress in Race to the Top states are urging the Education Department to make an example out of Hawaii for its lack of progress—real or perceived—on its teacher-evaluation component.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Inouye Donors Score $99M in Earmarks with Only $166K in contributions—But He’s not #1 in Pork
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 8376 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...media outlets and opposing politicians in other states have a tendency to start jumping up and down, hollering and pointing fingers when an incumbent’s contributor receives an earmark. Strange, but true....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Government Says Hezbollah Profits From U.S. Cocaine Market Via Link to Mexican Cartel
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 PM :: 8248 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Federal prosecutors Tuesday charged Ayman Joumaa, an accused Lebanese drug kingpin and Hezbollah financier, of smuggling tons of U.S.-bound cocaine and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars with the Zetas cartel of Mexico....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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As rooftop solar surges, states hit brakes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 10444 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When it comes to solar power, Hawaiians are in a race. And for a small but growing number, the competition is already over....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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$149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 8531 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This proves that Inouye has been grooming Hirono to look like she’s actually doing something by letting her co-sponsor his earmarks for an entire year now.
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Flood of Money Pours into Lingle Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 7623 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I’ve been to events that have already raised in excess of six figures for her,” Republican Jewish Coalition President Matt Brooks said. “This is going to be a real priority race for the organization.”
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Poll of Hard-Core Hawaii Democrats gives Hirono 18-pt Lead over Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 8310 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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… and yet, oddly, Inouye & the AFL-CIO have been dead set against switching to a closed Democratic Primary ….
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Need $15,000? OHA Giving Away More Cash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 7613 Views :: Energy, Environment
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There will be a savings match component where families that save up to $2,500 will receive $15,000 in matching funds to help with purchasing a house anywhere in the state.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 |
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KOS: The perception of Occupy Honolulu is Universally Negative
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 11436 Views :: Homelessness
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The occupiers were flown in from the mainland. This is the perception that everyone in Honolulu has ....
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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China’s Startling Strategic Play in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 AM :: 15401 Views :: World News, Military
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It is because — not despite — that massive and misguided nature of U.S. assistance to Micronesia that China has initiated a startling series of economic and infrastructure projects and proposals across the islands of Micronesia....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 6889 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“It’s just unfortunate, and unworthy of the people of Hawaii, that Ed Case lets those frustrations with his own candidacy get the better of him,” Nielsen said.
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