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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 :: 7387 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 :: 8807 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 :: 9177 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 :: 7247 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 :: 6522 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 :: 6660 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 :: 7392 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 :: 6614 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 :: 7838 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 :: 9117 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 :: 10103 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 :: 7208 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 :: 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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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
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Public Hearing on Leeward Oahu School Impact Fees
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 8412 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 :: 9205 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 :: 7758 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 :: 11900 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 :: 7222 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 :: 7376 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 :: 9051 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 :: 9078 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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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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A Primer on the Federal Court Challenge to the Honolulu Rail Project
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 9200 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mr. Yost expressed the plaintiffs’ concern that an "irrevocable commitment" of resources may occur if construction takes place, with significant impacts and no prudent alternatives, before the case is heard on the merits ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Ewa Field Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of Attack
By John Bond @ 12:54 AM :: 8036 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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WHEN: The event runs from 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
WHERE: Part of it will be outside and part of the event will be in a large WW-II hangar – all at Barbers Point - Kalaeloa Airport.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Pearl Harbor Survivor to Direct ‘Mass Band Performance’ on 70th Anniversary
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 13559 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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... the Battleship Missouri Memorial will proudly host a mass band performance featuring more than 650 performers from a dozen high school, college and community bands ....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Carlisle Rejects Leeward Coast Flooding Taskforce
By Tom Berg @ 9:05 PM :: 5107 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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After RESOLUTION 11-203 CD1 FD1 passed the City Council unanimously on November 2, our Mayor has sought to deny the formation of the task force to address flooding for our district....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Confidential Memo: Wind Turbine Model Installed at Kahuku has Structural Problems
By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 AM :: 16049 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...root cause analysis undertaken by Clipper regarding the blade skin crack, an update of the resolution relating to gearbox timing, structural blade remediation, as well as other data regarding Clipper's Liberty turbine....
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 |
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Lawsuit targets "Illegal" $117M Federal Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Windfarm
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 14877 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On November 28, 2011, CAlifornians for Renewable Energy (CARE) and Michael Boyd filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge more than two dozen federal loan guarantees illegally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy....
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 |
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Kalapa vs Property Tax Exemptions: Vitality of County Depends on Everyone Paying Their Share
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:22 PM :: 6702 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Coming under fire in the City & County of Honolulu is the plethora of real property tax exemptions from those granted to charitable organizations to those offered to homeowners who promise to preserve their historical residences to credit unions and to churches....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Thielen: Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines Would Endanger Clean Energy Projects
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 9073 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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NOAA's extensive and overly aggressive rulemaking effort will effectively kill ocean-based clean energy initiatives in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Obama to Vacation in Hawaii Dec 17-Jan 2
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 9284 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...no public events are scheduled during the trip.... (But will AG Holder survive to the New Year?)
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Men’s Health Mag ranks Honolulu Happiest Town in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:37 PM :: 8760 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We calculated suicide rates and unemployment rates. Then we tapped SimplyMap for the percentage of households that use antidepressants....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Backed by Federal Loan Guarantees, Merrill Lynch Finances $1B in Military Solar Projects
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 AM :: 8092 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The project, called SolarStrong, aims to install these projects over five years. SolarCity has already begun installations at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Finmeccanica Trumpets Honolulu Rail Deal
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 12299 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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ROME: Finmeccanica: signed a contract worth USD 1,334 million for Honolulu driverless metro.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Duke Aiona to Address Pro-Life Group
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 9423 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 11:30am until 1:00pm
WHERE: Dave & Buster's, 1030 Auahi St, Honolulu
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 |
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Oahu Democrats Fail in Effort to Break up Hawaii News Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 10897 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Media Council Hawaii, joined by the Oahu County Democrat Committee, has been rejected by the FCC in the effort to push back on control of Honolulu media outlets by a non-Democrat company Raycom Media.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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Taxpayer Losses on GM Bailout Are Going to Be Massive
By NCPA @ 3:13 AM :: 6852 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics
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Last week the Treasury Department revised its loss estimate for the General Motors (GM) bailout from $14.33 billion to $23.6 billion....
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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Matt Romney to Campaign for Father in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 AM :: 10434 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Matt Romney will be rallying support for his father at fundraising events hosted by local supporters in Honolulu and Laie December 9th and 10th....
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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State APEC Costs below projections
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 8262 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The State of Hawaii spent about $3,210,000 for safety related expenses hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, less than half of the $7,500,000 projected by state agencies.
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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Happy Thanksgiving from Stacey Djou!
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 10589 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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For Charles, this was a day much like most others, but he was thankful to talk to the girls (they were on a lengthy communications blackout until last night) and to have some turkey for dinner.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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NCAA “Extremely Concerned” about UH Point-Shaving Allegations
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 10153 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"We are extremely concerned by the point-shaving allegations involving University of Hawaii football student-athletes and have been in contact with the school since early November."
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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Outdoor Circle Comes Out Against Rail
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 10634 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Outdoor Circle now is considering how we might best support the broad based coalition of organizations and individuals which is challenging this project in court....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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UH Point Shaving? Blown Leads and Significant Movement in Money Line
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 AM :: 14332 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“The #UNLV money line when it hosted #Hawaii opened at around +1600. By kickoff, it was around +700. Pretty mysterious movement at the time.”
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
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Bill Seeks Terror Designation for Gaza Flotilla Groups
By IPT News @ 10:36 PM :: 12322 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The CIA and U.S. Treasury Department have determined IHH and the Free Gaza Movement "have known terrorist ties," the bill says. (They also have extensive Hawaii ties--Editor)
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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NYT: Occupy Honolulu Looks Like Just Another Homeless Camp
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 9082 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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You can tell it’s an occupation from the signs and T-shirts. Otherwise the protesters would blend right in.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Ruse: Citizens for a Better Way, LLC
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 10652 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... bankrolled by secret interests who want to operate outside the norms of Hawaii's Ethics Commission; and designed by experienced labor and gambling industry lobbyists desperate for the appearance of "grassroots" support ....
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