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Thursday, August 22, 2013
The Next 100 MW Power Plant for Oahu
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:45 AM :: 4416 Views :: Energy

Waste-to-energy and Geothermal power plants are among the best choices....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Martin Luther King Jr Recommends Gay Conversion Therapy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 PM :: 11791 Views :: Family, First Amendment

...this is the only recorded comment by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr on homosexuality....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Discriminatory GMO Hearing: Kauai Farmers Expose Hooser, Media
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 4532 Views :: GMOs

...the orchestration of the hearing and the invitations sent by the chair to selected mainland-based organizations were designed to provide the committee exclusively with the opinions of only those experts on one side....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
LendingTree: Hawaii Borrowers 3rd Best Credit Profile
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 7737 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts and California lead the nation with the healthiest prospective borrowers, all with scores above 90....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
It pays not to work: Hawaii highest welfare benefits in US
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:36 PM :: 5838 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

...benefits in Hawaii average $49,175 — tops in the nation....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Shark Attacks: DLNR Launches Two-Year Study
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 4322 Views :: Environment, Tourism

In 2013, there have been eight incidents, including four within the last month. Four of this year’s incidents occurred on Maui....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Publicly Funded Ads Promote Purchase of HMSA, Kaiser Policies
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 3853 Views :: Health Care

Open enrollment for Hawai‘i residents is October of this year....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
An Awesome Superhero Video About… Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 3601 Views :: Health Care
Would “an awesome superhero or action-movie style video” change your mind about Obamacare?
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
UHERO: Are All Tax Credits Created Equal?
By UHERO @ 6:06 AM :: 3808 Views :: Tax Credits
Recently, the Rhode Island legislature adopted a law requiring that state tax credits undergo a process of regular and rigorous evaluations....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Kauai: Hawaiians Voice Suspicion of Akaka Tribal Roll
By News Release @ 5:55 AM :: 5373 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
...suspicion about enrolling with Kanaʻiolowalu, the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission's effort ....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Feds Push Expensive Offshore Windfarms for Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 5197 Views :: Energy

BOEM’s Pacific Region is responsible for managing the development of ... renewable energy resources (wind, wave, ocean current) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
15 Pictures of Ridiculous Government Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:35 PM :: 4549 Views :: National News

In 2013, federal spending approached $3.5 trillion. Now that’s hard to wrap your brain around. It’s about $27,700 for every American household....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
U.S. Oil Reserves Reach Highest Level in 28 Years
By NCPA @ 1:30 PM :: 3031 Views :: Energy

U.S. proven reserves of crude oil and lease condensate totaled 29.5 billion barrels in 2011, a 15 percent increase....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
DoE New System 'Report Card' Makes it Looks Good
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 4888 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

Recipe for Success: If the test numbers are bad, change the test....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Hawaii Leads Nation in Making Welfare More Attractive than Work
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:37 AM :: 7785 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

Grassroot Institute President Akina calls for strengthening system to improve employment incentive....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
DBEDT Boosts Economic Growth Projection
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 4162 Views :: Economy

...due mainly to the lower inflation rate, the strong growth in the construction industry, and continued growth in tourism....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Two New Members Appointed to Hawaiian Homes Commission
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 4622 Views :: DHHL

Hanalei businesswoman Patricia Sheehan and Hilo labor leader Wallace Ishibashi, Jr. were appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie last week to represent Kauaʻi and East Hawaiʻi Island respectively....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Ex-University of Hawaii president spends big ‘for kids’
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:02 PM :: 4148 Views :: Higher Education

Dobelle spent “$8,000 for a four-night stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok; $883 from the upscale clothing store Louis Boston; $10,000 for tickets to shows at Tanglewood; more than $4,000 for limousine rides” and a total of $200,000....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
HFF: Same-sex "marriage" is not a done deal
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 9:25 PM :: 4549 Views :: Family

...churches standing together number in the hundreds....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Property Tax Exemptions on Honolulu Council Committee Agenda
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 5285 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

Wednesday August 21, 2013 9AM....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Preschool Vouchers: Backers Claim Only 52% Support Constitutional Amendment
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 3776 Views :: Education K-12

52 percent answered, “Yes,” to amending the Constitution, 43 percent said, “No, ” and 5 percent did not know or refused to answer....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Biomass: The Alternative Energy Hoax
By NCPA @ 12:14 PM :: 3457 Views :: Energy
In 1990, wind produced 0.0038 percent of the world's energy; it is now producing 0.29 percent. Solar-electric power has gone from essentially zero to 0.04 percent....
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Top 2 Myths About Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:07 PM :: 3286 Views :: Health Care

Congress defunds mandatory spending on appropriations bills every year....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
Investors Submit Plan to Reorganize Hokulia Project
By News Release @ 11:47 AM :: 7644 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Greenmail

A hearing on the plan’s disclosure statement has been scheduled for Sept. 16, 2013....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
VIDEO: Pastor Wayne Cordiero Responds to Atheist Lawsuit
By Video @ 4:54 AM :: 6108 Views

Pastor Wayne Cordeiro responds to lawsuit against five churches, three of which are New Hope churches....

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Monday, August 19, 2013
VIDEO: Kelii Akina and Mufi Hannemann on 'Building Leaders for Hawaii'
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:38 AM :: 4181 Views :: Politicians

Dr. Keli’i Akina, Grassroot Institute president, asks former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann about his controversial decision to empty sewage from a failed pump directly into the Ala Wai Canal....

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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Army to construct infantry platoon battle course at Pōhakuloa
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 5380 Views :: Hawaii County , Military

...The U.S. Army published the record of decision to construct and operate a modern Infantry Platoon Battle Course and associated infrastructure to support current and future Army training requirements at Pōhakuloa Training Area....

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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Purchases of Goods and Services for Resale Afforded Lesser Rate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4543 Views :: Taxes

For many years it was difficult for policymakers and administrators to conceive that services, like goods, could be purchased for resale....

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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Mental Health: Can Reform Solve Hawaii’s Homeless, Prison and Unfunded Liability Problems?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 PM :: 17406 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Justice Reinvestment
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation, Staff Illegally Exempted from Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 4749 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
“If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?”
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Nearly Every Major Federal Agency Has Reduced Furloughs
By NCPA @ 1:56 PM :: 3543 Views :: National News

...most major departments have reduced furlough days, or eliminated them altogether....

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Friday, August 16, 2013
Mayor claims $26 million shortfall just days into fiscal year
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:59 AM :: 6438 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
“How did it suddenly appear?” Kobayashi asked.
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Rail Appeal Hearing: Judges Focus on Jurisdictional Issues
By Robert Thomas @ 4:48 AM :: 5295 Views :: Rail

it looks like at least two of the three judges are very skeptical whether there was an appeal able final order in the case....

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Friday, August 16, 2013
Judicial Selection Commission Seeks Supreme Court Nominees
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 4205 Views :: Judiciary

Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy:  Associate Justice, Supreme Court

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Friday, August 16, 2013
Hawaii Data Book 2012 Now Available on the Internet
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 3658 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii....

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Final Judgment: Online Travel Companies Owe State $246M
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 5006 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

...final judgment in favor of the State of Hawaii and against nine Online Travel Companies selling Hawaii hotel rooms over the Internet....

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
VIDEO: Anti-GMO Activists Destroy Golden Rice in Philippines
By Video @ 9:30 PM :: 3718 Views :: GMOs

More than 1,000 swiftly sign letter denouncing anti-GMO militants’ criminal act in Philippines....

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Redefine Marriage: Get ready for the throuples
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:55 PM :: 5085 Views :: Family
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 8138 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education, Politicians

"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
New Poll Shows Support for Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 3360 Views :: Health Care

57 percent—support defunding this unfair, unaffordable, unworkable law....

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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Abercrombie: Too Expensive to Put Juvenile Offenders in Custody
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 5336 Views :: Justice Reinvestment

A new bipartisan, inter-branch working group will analyze the state’s juvenile justice system and develop data-driven policy recommendations for the 2014 Legislature....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu 'Stored Property' Seizure from Private Property
By Robert Thomas @ 11:41 PM :: 7003 Views :: First Amendment, Homelessness, Judiciary
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Update On Hawaii Reapportionment SCOTUS Appeal
By Robert Thomas @ 11:35 PM :: 5392 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

In state reapportionment cases such as this, the Court has "appellate" jurisdiction to directly review decisions by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Hawaii County: Police Chief Addresses Corruption, Aloha, and Tinted Windows
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 7351 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

results of the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2013 Community Satisfaction Survey and the police chief’s responses....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Common Core: What Obama Wants for Your Children and Grandchildren
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 3749 Views :: Education K-12

America has reached an education policy fork in the road....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Is ObamaCare Paving the Way for a Single-Payer System?
By NCPA @ 1:34 PM :: 3324 Views :: Health Care

ObamaCare's new insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid represent the building blocks....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Senate Hearing to Consider Kahoolawe Trust Fund, State Historic Preservation
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4279 Views :: Hawaii State Government
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Star-Advertiser Gets it Wrong: Obama Cannot Act on ‘Sovereignty’
By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 AM :: 6869 Views :: Akaka Bill

...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe.  And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The Jones Act: Road to Repeal
By Michael Hansen @ 5:40 PM :: 4733 Views :: Jones Act

...any law or set of laws that work against the public interest will give rise to chink-in-the-armor attacks by other, competing special interests....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Pricey Honolulu rail project faces more legal hurdles
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:28 PM :: 4917 Views :: Rail
“If the judges apply the law I believe we will win.” -- Ben Cayetano
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