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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Where NOT to Travel This Month
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:13 PM :: 6077 Views :: World News, Military

The State Department closed 21 U.S. embassies over the weekend....

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
State Procurement Office Announces eProcurement System Update
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 5225 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Over the next few months state agencies will be transitioning from the current eProcurement system, HePS, to the new Hawaii State eProcurement application, HIePRO....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Governor Releases $12.9 Million for National Guard, Civil Defense and Health Facilities
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 3822 Views :: Hawaii State Government

$12.9 million for capital improvement projects....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
VA Mortgages Denied for Catchment Homes, State DoH Refuses to Act
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 3988 Views

...Representative Bob McDermott, he has determined that the holdup of VA loans for homes with catchment systems is the direct result of arbitrary actions by the State Department of Health...

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Hawaii Highest Closing Costs in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:36 PM :: 5356 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living

Your final charges probably will be higher than shown here because the most highly variable costs are not included: title insurance, title search, taxes, other government fees and escrow fees....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 5, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:18 PM :: 4045 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Congress will be in recess until September 9, 2013....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
HMSA, Kaiser Front Group Pays off 'Community Partners'
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4204 Views :: Health Care

Hawai‘i Health Connector today announced that it is partnering with 34 community organizations throughout the state....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Does the Doctor Need a Boss?
By NCPA @ 12:57 PM :: 3072 Views :: Health Care

...this IOM report has been pretty thoroughly debunked....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Hawaii DINOs Meet Idaho RINOs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 5952 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections

Just as the GOP activists in Idaho want bad-intentioned Democrats and free-thinking independents out of “their” nominating process, so do Democratic Party leaders in Hawaii....

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Monday, August 5, 2013
Federal Government in Worse Shape than Detroit
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 6255 Views :: National News, Labor, Taxes

Detroit’s demise was the result of big-government, liberal policies promoted by self-interested politicians and coercive public employee unions....

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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Passing on the General Excise Tax is Not Possible For Some
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4761 Views :: Taxes

A number of questions about Hawaii’s general excise tax seem to resurface....

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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Ashford Nomination Challenged on Ethics
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 8162 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary

The ethical response is to try again, not to proceed in violation of Hawaii law and court rules....

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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Congress in the Obamacare Trap: No Easy Escape
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:32 AM :: 3983 Views :: Health Care

High anxiety is gripping Capitol Hill. The reason: On January 1, 2014, Members of Congress and their staff will lose their current employment-based health insurance and will instead be offered coverage in the health insurance exchanges established under the new health care law....

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Friday, August 2, 2013
Hey UH, lawmakers say watch those hefty salaries
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:53 PM :: 4500 Views :: Higher Education
The UH system pays out more than $50 million in annual administrative salaries....
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Friday, August 2, 2013
More drones over Hawaii? It’s a good idea for some
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:49 PM :: 4735 Views :: Law Enforcement
Hawaii officials have a unique take on aerial drones — bring ‘em on....
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Honolulu Grants in Aid List Released
By News Release @ 12:20 PM :: 6017 Views :: Honolulu County

The Grants in Aid Advisory Commission has released its recommendations for grant proposals to the Honolulu City Council....

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Friday, August 2, 2013
Is Congress Too Good for Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:17 PM :: 3452 Views :: Health Care

President Obama assured lawmakers that they and their staffs wouldn't be foisted onto the same health exchange as millions of Americans....

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Friday, August 2, 2013
More Disincentives to Work under ObamaCare
By NCPA @ 12:05 PM :: 3071 Views :: Health Care

...a couple would be eligible for subsidies worth $3,452 to purchase a so-called silver insurance plan if they made up to $62,040 per year. But if they made just $1 more than that, they would lose the subsidy....

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Limbaugh: 'Liberal State of Hawaii Wants to Deport Their Homeless'
By Audio @ 9:36 PM :: 5265 Views :: Homelessness

Hawaii is full-fledged Democrat and leftist, Democrat and worse.  And they're tired of 'em....

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Rail: Will Honolulu be the Next Detroit?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 5396 Views :: Rail

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an expedited hearing for the federal rail lawsuit on August 15th....

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Video: Monsters, Miracles, and the Politics of Genetic Engineering
By Video @ 5:11 PM :: 4532 Views :: GMOs
...how the genetic engineering of crops has become a proxy for much larger ideological and political debates....
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Hawaii Supreme Court Smacks Rail EIS - An Update
By Robert Thomas @ 5:06 PM :: 4538 Views :: Rail
...there have been two attempts by the parties in the state court rail litigation to have the Hawaii Supreme Court reconsider its opinion....
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Federal Study: Hydraulic Fracturing Doesn't Contaminate Water Supplies
By NCPA @ 10:55 AM :: 3135 Views :: Energy

The study, done by the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh, marked the first time that a drilling company let government scientists inject special tracers into the fracking fluid and then continue regular monitoring....

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Defund Obamacare: Make Your Voice Heard This August
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:58 AM :: 3136 Views :: Health Care

Members of Congress head home tomorrow for a month-long recess....

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
More than 1,000 Kauai Farmers Speak Out Against Bill 2491
By News Release @ 4:41 AM :: 4667 Views :: GMOs
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Why Is Washington Talking About a Government Shutdown?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 4076 Views :: Health Care

It’s not even August, and Members of Congress are starting to buzz about the upcoming budget and debt ceiling fight....

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Simplified property taxes
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:40 PM :: 4805 Views :: Taxes
With ten new property tax proposals under consideration in Honolulu, it’s a good time to think about what makes for fair and reasonable property taxes....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:47 PM :: 4065 Views :: Health Care
Looking for a little extra cash?
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Honolulu Ranks 62nd in Per-Capita Public Employees
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 5053 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics

The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....

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Monday, July 29, 2013
Skeletons in the Closet of the Wind
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 12117 Views :: Energy
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Feds: Hawaii DoE no longer 'High Risk'
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 4052 Views :: Education K-12

Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) this morning received notification from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) that its Race to the Top (RTTT) grant is no longer considered “high-risk”....

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Monday, July 29, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 29, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:57 PM :: 4203 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates – Passage
  • House: Defense Appropriations – NSA Phone Record Collection Amendment
  • House: Defense Appropriations—Final Passage
  • House: Coal Ash Regulations – Passage
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Defunding Obamacare Explained in One Infographic
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:20 PM :: 3953 Views :: Health Care

The movement to defund Obamacare is gaining traction in Washington....

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Monday, July 29, 2013
Big Cable Could Cost Consumers 12 cents per Kwh
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4531 Views :: Energy

As much as an additional 12 cents/kilowatt hour could be added to each HECO bill on O`ahu, just for the undersea cable, according to an Integrated Resource Planning Final Report filed recently with the PUC....

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Monday, July 29, 2013
Hanabusa: Obama Considers Creating Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 8778 Views :: Akaka Bill
"We know he will seriously consider our request to use his executive branch authority to achieve this elusive goal."
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Forum to Outline Changes to State Mental Health Care System
By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 5436 Views :: Health Care

...community forum on Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Queen’s Conference Center Auditorium....

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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Analysis of Hawaii County Bill 79
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 4051 Views :: GMOs

it may in fact require everyone who wears or eats or sells a GMO food or other product to register with the county and pay a fee....

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Sunday, July 28, 2013
UPDATE: Flossie Weakening East of Hana
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 9418 Views :: Hawaii State Government
AT 8 AM HST...TROPICAL STORM FLOSSIE WAS LOCATED 90 MILES NE OF HILO MOVING WNW AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH....
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Onerous Burden of Doing Business Goes Beyond Taxes
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 11:37 AM :: 5308 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

In addition to the fees and charges levied for these required permits and licenses, there is the time that it takes to secure many of these permits and licenses....

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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Kauai Farmers Mobilize to Save Agriculture from Anti-GMO Protesters
By Video @ 4:02 PM :: 9033 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs

Correcting the misinformation being spread by special interest groups about how we farm....

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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 4881 Views :: Family

The children of same-sex couples have a tough road ahead of them—I know, because I have been there....

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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Lessons from France on Defending Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4268 Views :: Family
Unlikely characters, including gay men, are leading the French people in protest against redefining marriage....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
VIDEO: Rep. Ward discusses the Jones Act
By Video @ 4:27 AM :: 5889 Views :: Jones Act
Mike Hansen and Rep Ward.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Paradise lost: Honolulu taxpayers drowning in crystal clear sea of debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:17 AM :: 5668 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
Honolulu, fiscal watchdogs warn, must curb spending, focus on its debt and address critical multi-billion dollar infrastructure problems ....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 5817 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....

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Saturday, July 27, 2013
HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 4280 Views :: Tourism

Visitors who came to Hawai‘i in June 2013 spent a total of $1.3 billion, an increase of 7 percent from June 2012....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
‘Sue and Settle’: Secret backroom deals by bureaucrats and enviros hurt economy
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy, Environment

Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
$217M: Fake Bribe Offered to Hawaii for Fake ‘Marriage’
By UHERO @ 3:16 PM :: 6722 Views :: Family

The same author in 2011 made the same type of claims in the run-up to Civil Unions....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
Can Obamacare Get the Young Blood It Needs to Live?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 3579 Views :: Health Care
of the projected 7 million exchange enrollees next year, 2.7 million need to be young adults to make the premiums work....
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Friday, July 26, 2013
ObamaCare Glitch Number One: Verifying Eligibility
By NCPA @ 2:37 PM :: 3453 Views :: Health Care

...a delayed and untested verification process is an open-invitation to cheat....

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