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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Transportation and Energy Infrastructure Projects: Forecasting is Unnecessary
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:53 PM :: 7056 Views :: Energy, Rail

Why? Because transportation infrastructure deployment lags demand by decades....

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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Jones Act Hurts Hawaii (Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico too)
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:48 PM :: 7005 Views :: Jones Act

By some estimates, Jones Act makes goods in Hawaii 33% more expensive than they could be....

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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Rail Transit Under Fire in Los Angeles and San Jose
By Honolulu Traffic @ 2:24 PM :: 6653 Views :: National News, Rail

L.A. County MTA "spends almost twice as much on rail to carry about one-fourth as many passengers" as its buses do....

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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Maui Dems Refuse to Release Names of House District 9 Nominees
By News Release @ 6:16 AM :: 8793 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County

The Maui County Democratic Party is following state party guidelines which does (sic) not allow the selected names to be publicly released ....

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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Instead of Exempting Wholesaling from GET, Reduce Rate on Business Inputs
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:09 AM :: 4702 Views :: Taxes

...repeal of the lesser half percent rate was made as a parry to the recommendation of their consultant that the overall rate imposed on all retail activities be increased to generate more revenues for the state....

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Saturday, January 12, 2013
VIDEO: O'Reilly Demolishes Hanabusa
By Video @ 10:33 PM :: 7126 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Hanabusa admits she never saw the “offensive" Fox news video, then after all the fuss she says Asians ARE ‘hard working and industrious’.... 

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Saturday, January 12, 2013
FULL TEXT: HSTA's $440M Contract Proposal
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 7317 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

...if every union were to get the same raises and benefits, it would cost the state an extra $1.4 billion beyond the budget....

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Saturday, January 12, 2013
133 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 AM :: 7986 Views :: Honolulu County

...Candidate filing is open from now through February 22nd for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....

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Saturday, January 12, 2013
'Coastal Development' Tops Priorities for Hawaii Ocean Resources Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 4578 Views :: Environment

ORMP sets its own ”Management Priorities” and right at the top of the list is priority #1....

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Friday, January 11, 2013
HART Claims Rail Delay Costs 'Lower than Expected'
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 4479 Views :: Rail

Overproject. Then claim that burning millions of dollars for nothing is a savings....

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Friday, January 11, 2013
KIUC Board Election Nominations Open
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 6338 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

Qualified KIUC Members may be nominated no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 1, 2013....

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Friday, January 11, 2013
Medicated Marijuana Activists Release Poll Results
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 5023 Views :: Drugs

The Drug Policy Action Group interviewed 603 Hawaii voters....

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Friday, January 11, 2013
Senate Dems Unveil 2013 Legislative Priorities
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 6020 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government

"The Senate Majority will draw upon the recommendations of the Senate Special Committee on Accountability for the improvement of the operational and financial management of the University of Hawai’i"

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Friday, January 11, 2013
The Anti-GMO Reactionaries
By NCPA @ 12:18 PM :: 3836 Views :: GMOs

Interest groups often react too quickly to scientific advancement and discovery, creating a negative public perception that inhibits further research and development....

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Friday, January 11, 2013
Chinese Investment in the U.S. Shatters Records
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 6558 Views :: National News, World News, Economy

China set a record with its investments around the world in 2012. And in the United States, China shattered its previous investment record.

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Friday, January 11, 2013
Braces for the Kids Just Got More Expensive: Obamacare Tax Hike Case Study
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:23 AM :: 6073 Views :: National News, Health Care, Taxes

In 2013, the tax increases in Obamacare will increasingly conspire against kitchen-table family healthcare decisions....

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
HSTA Survey: "Hawaii teachers welcome an evaluation process"
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 6429 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

"Our intent is to work with the DOE to create a successful Educator Effectiveness System that could lend itself to being a model, nationwide.”

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
NRA: White House Meeting Agenda Driven
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 4810 Views :: Second Amendment

We attended today's White House meeting...prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals....

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
PEW: Vote-by-Mail Favors Old White Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 5956 Views :: Office of Elections

What would happen if voting by mail became compulsory? ... We answer that question in this paper....

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Cayetano on Akaka Bill: Stop Sending Millions to Washington Lobbyists
By Video @ 6:27 PM :: 5548 Views :: Akaka Bill

"...stop chasing the Holy Grail, get down to business, educate our children. Spend the money on that instead of sending millions of dollars to lobbyists in Washington...."

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Abercrombie, Star-Advertiser Laugh at Union Effort to Save Tesoro, Price Spikes Predicted
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 6210 Views :: Energy, Labor

"Tesoro does not know what potential buyers might ask of state of Hawaii or federal officials."

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Callies: Moon Court Favored 'Select Interest Groups and Factions'
By Robert Thomas @ 5:24 PM :: 4591 Views

In case after case, the Moon Court has strained to apply general and often vague goals pursued by select interest groups and factions regardless of statutory law to the contrary....

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
First U.S. Plant to Make Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Natural Gas
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6796 Views :: Energy, National News

...a South African company, announced its intention to build a 96,000-barrel-per-day gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, LA....

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
WaPo: Reform Medicare, Sustain It Long Term
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 4059 Views :: National News, Health Care

The editorial board of The Washington Post is absolutely right: “Medicare as we know it is not sustainable,” and the “ultimate solution” is structural reform.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013
See America's Ranking in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:36 PM :: 4915 Views :: National News, Economy

the 19th edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, produced by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
State, NOAA Preparing EIS for Humpback Sanctuary
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 4412 Views :: Environment

Comments on the state’s Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS are due by Feb. 7, 2013....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
How the Supreme Court Doomed the Affordable Care Act to Failure
By NCPA @ 7:46 PM :: 5129 Views :: National News, Health Care

The Supreme Court's surprise ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left many observers wondering about the implications of the ruling on the law itself....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Pretextural Takings: Will Supreme Court Hear Guam Case?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:07 PM :: 8205 Views :: National News, Judiciary, Land Use

NFIB, CATO Instiutute, Owners' Counsel of America, and lawprofs James Ely, David Callies, Todd Zywicki, Randy Barnett, Eric Claeys, and D. Benjamin Barros -- have filed an amicus brief ....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Defying the Obama Administration on Religious Liberty
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:59 PM :: 4751 Views :: National News, Health Care

Hobby Lobby gained national attention when its leadership announced they would not bow to the Obama Administration’s violation of their religious liberty....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The 'Magic Table'--Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
By Selected News Articles @ 6:40 PM :: 7742 Views :: Military, Drugs

Fluorescent lights hang above; though they appear to be on, the room seems eerily dark....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
New for 2013: Affordable Housing Costs More
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 7285 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living

The information is key because it is used by developers to set affordable homes sales prices and rents....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Governor Outlines School Readiness Program and Budget Needs
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 5664 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government

Eventually, the goal is a statewide early childhood education program for more 4-year-olds....

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Schatz Names Political Operative Andy Winer Chief of Staff
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 6641 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation

"The headline could have been Schatz Launches Re-election Campaign, Puts Campaign Manager on Congressional Payroll.”

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
HSTA: Another Union Soon to Win Big Arbitration Award
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 4687 Views :: Labor

We are also cognizant of related 2011 - 13 contract disputes being undertaken by other Hawaii public employee unions, including several ongoing arbitrations....

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 8, 2013
By Congress.org @ 11:03 PM :: 3533 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • House: Establishing the Rules of the House
  • House: Hurricane Sandy Relief – Suspension
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
State Kicks Off Foreclosure Fraud Information Campaign
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 7607 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness, Law Enforcement

As part of the campaign, DCCA has launched www.HFIC.Hawaii.gov....

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Bad Blood May Mean Primaries for Hawaii Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 6397 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation

“There is buzz that folks are going to get primaried, there’s no question about that.”

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 7024 Views :: Energy

Hawaii's largest oil refinery is closing, precisely as we predicted it would....

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
BoH CEO Peter Ho Appointed to Federal Reserve Board
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 7682 Views :: National News, Economy

He is a member of the Hawaii Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Hawaii Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii’s Military Affairs Council

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
How Consumer-Directed Plans Affect the Cost and Use of Health Care
By NCPA @ 3:37 PM :: 3241 Views :: Health Care

If enrollment in consumer-directed plans increased to 50 percent, there would be an annual savings of $57 billion....

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Multiple Distortions of Wind Subsidies
By NCPA @ 3:33 PM :: 3219 Views :: Energy

Wind subsidies cost $52.48 per one million watt hours generated....nuclear power costs $3.10. Hydropower only costs 84 cents and natural gas costs only 63 cents.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Education Reform: With a ‘C-’ Hawaii DoE Scores 7th in Nation
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 5354 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

"Hawaii is making progress on strengthening its education policies" -- StudentsFirst

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Hawaii Ranks 2nd in Drowsy Driving
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 4512 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

Overall prevalence of self-reported falling asleep while driving during the previous 30 days was 4.2%. State-level prevalence ranged from 2.5% in Oregon to 6.1% in Texas (Hawaii was 2nd at 5.7%).

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
13 Tax Increases in 2013
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:14 PM :: 5292 Views :: National News, Taxes

The deal that Congress and President Obama struck that finally—but only partially—avoided the fiscal cliff resulted in seven tax increases.  Those hikes combined with six tax increases from Obamacare....

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Monday, January 7, 2013
Governor Appoints Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran to State Senate
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 6929 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

Previously appointed to the House in January 2009 to complete the unexpired term of the late Bob Nakasone.... 

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Monday, January 7, 2013
Lloyd’s List endorses U.S. Build exemption for Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico
By Michael Hansen @ 4:00 PM :: 5751 Views :: Jones Act

 “Any action that weakens the protectionism of the Jones Act will ultimately be to the long-term benefit US shipping.”

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Monday, January 7, 2013
Ruff Times: Tsutsui to Challenge Abercrombie in 2014?
By Video @ 3:16 PM :: 6283 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

Uncle Sam and Kanoho have a talk about the future....

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Monday, January 7, 2013
Hawaii Students Join Global Kick-off of New FIRST Robotics Season
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 4794 Views :: Education K-12

Nearly 51,000 high-school students in 81 cities around the world joined the 2013 Kickoff via live NASA-TV broadcast and webcast....

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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Sea Level? Oahu Rising not Sinking
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:57 PM :: 7838 Views :: Environment

Oahu will grow taller thanks to strong volcanic forces that lift it up from the bottom of the ocean....

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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Hawaii Succession Law Unconstitutional: Senate Could Have Refused to Seat Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 7676 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government

...the Seventeenth Amendment prevents the Hawaii legislature from substantively constraining the Governor’s choices in making a temporary appointment....

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