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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Akaka's Hatch Act Modernization Bill Passes Congress
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5165 Views :: National News

...this bill will allow eligible state, local, and D.C. government employees to run for elective office. The bill also provides greater flexibility in disciplining federal employees charged with minor violations of the Act....

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Akaka Introduces Tribal Self-Governance Bill
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 7527 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News

“This bill provides key improvements to the way self-governance works in the Department of the Interior...."

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Hawaii Scores Near Bottom
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 5900 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

10th annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, Hawaii scored 4 out of 10 ....

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
With Hawaii Army Guard mentoring, Afghan forces take independent strides
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 PM :: 6548 Views :: World News, Military

Operation Southern Fist II near Shor Bak, Afghanistan....

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
3 Simple Solutions for Fixing Social Security
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 3633 Views :: National News

Later today the Republican-led House of Representatives will vote on “Plan B” .... 

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Update on the Federal Court Rail Project Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 4:21 AM :: 6801 Views :: Rail

Litigation is nearing the "end game" regarding the adequacy of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) and record of decision (ROD)....

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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Sause Building New Barge to Service Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 6869 Views :: Jones Act

The new barge is being specially designed and built to service the Hawaii market and will be larger, more efficient than its predecessor....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
ATR: Boehner's Fiscal Cliff Plan OK
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 5:56 PM :: 5374 Views :: National News, Taxes

...this tax bill contains no tax increases of any kind—in fact, it permanently prevents them....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hanabusa will apply for Senate vacancy, Case Considers Special Election Run
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6370 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

“…we’re electing our next senator-for-life in this process….”

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hawaii County: In Election Cases, Time Deadlines Matter
By Robert Thomas @ 2:30 PM :: 6748 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

The case involved a challenge to the charter's requirement that a candidate for public office be a resident of the district in which she intends to run for at least 90 days ....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wonderblunder: Greenwood Thanks University for 'Patience as we Process all the Confusion'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5076 Views :: Higher Education

...thank you for your support and patience as we continue to process all the confusion of the past few months....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Green Energy and Rail Get an 'F'
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:08 PM :: 7364 Views :: Energy, National News, Rail

... cutting wasteful projects is productive and necessary to avoid a nosedive....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Democrats Pretend to Open Selection Process
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 6190 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

... Coordinating committee will vet applicants for “good standing” qualification ....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
$1.55B -- Feds Sign Full Funding Agreement for Rail
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 4950 Views :: Rail

...Ray LaHood today participated in a ceremony to sign an agreement to provide $1.55 billion to the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu....

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
What's at Stake in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 3923 Views :: World News

...Heritage’s James Jay Carafano will explain why the Obama administration should rethink support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission there....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Feds set no-go zones for Obama vacation
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6988 Views :: Honolulu County, Obama

...Federal Aviation Administration issued several flight restrictions for Hawaii from 8 P.M. Friday through midnight on Sunday January 6....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hawaii's Sudden Economic Tsunami
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 6:31 PM :: 6928 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy

...the sudden loss of Senator Inouye would be similar to the sudden and complete loss of Hawaiian Airlines....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Inouye Successor Will Face Election in 2014
By Robert Thomas @ 6:19 PM :: 8148 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

Pending the election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy by selecting a person from a list of three prospective appointees submitted by the same political party as the prior incumbent....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hawaii's Future: California Solar Power Adds $1.3B to Non-Users' Costs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 PM :: 6934 Views :: Energy, National News, Cost of Living

Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's biggest utility, will pass on about $700 million in annual costs to people without solar systems ....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Is General Motors Breaking Iran Nuclear Sanctions?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 4446 Views :: World News

...parts are still arriving there and automobiles still being produced....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
GOP Leaders Capitulate on Core Conservative Principles
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:53 PM :: 6569 Views :: National News, Republican Party, Taxes

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders have done it once again....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Anti-Mafia Police Seize More Property Tied to Hawaii Windfarm Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 11036 Views :: Energy, World News

Why is this not news in Hawaii? Because First Wind’s local partner is Kamehameha Schools....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Abercrombie Submits Biennium Budget to State Legislature
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 5797 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

...general funds, approximately $6.1 billion for fiscal year 2014 and $6.3 billion for fiscal year 2015....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
The Jones Act Debate in Puerto Rico: Urban Legend or a Never-Ending Story?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 6066 Views :: Jones Act

...the U.S. build section of the Act should be modified in certain trades of domestic shipping in order to support the U.S. Merchant Marine....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 7880 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy

Hawaii had three major industries: tourism, the military, and Sen. Dan Inouye....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 8087 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

Boylan said the letter is Abercrombie's to release. But he confirmed it was Inouye's "last wish" for Hanabusa to succeed him.

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 7704 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History

Inouye died of respiratory complications at 5:01 p.m. EST (12:01 HST) Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his office said....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 17, 2012
By Congress.org @ 5:09 PM :: 5195 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: TAG Extension – Motion to Waive
  • House: Suspension Authority
  • House: Epinephrine Inhalers – Suspension
  • House: Defense Authorization – Motion to Instruct
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Federal Worker Happiness Drops
By NCPA @ 1:23 PM :: 4864 Views :: National News, Labor

Rankings were determined by responses from about 700,000 federal workers from various agencies in the government....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Medicaid Incentives for Patients, Not Hospitals
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 3354 Views :: Health Care

Experiment with cash or cash-like incentives to encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors in the form conditional cash transfers....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Rebuilding Communities
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:12 PM :: 3235 Views :: National News

Today, the Senate will begin debating a bill that was supposed to be disaster recovery funds for those devastated by the storm. But so many special-interest projects were added on that the $60.4 billion request has turned into a farce....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Jones Act union official calls islands “off-mainland threat”
By Michael Hansen @ 12:15 AM :: 5816 Views :: Jones Act

 “the remote states and territories.”

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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized, ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 8733 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering a fainting spell before a vote in the U.S. Capitol....

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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Republicans can win over Asian Voters, if they try
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 6486 Views :: National News, Republican Party

Asians are America's fastest-growing immigrant community, and Asian voters constitute 2 percent to 7 percent of registered voters in half of the traditional 10 swing states....

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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Hold the Tax Increases and Cut the Spending
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:47 AM :: 6066 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... lawmakers will make a bid to increase taxes yet again ....

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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 13057 Views :: National News, Health Care, Homelessness, Second Amendment

“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."

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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Court: Kawaiahao Subject to Burial Council
By Robert Thomas @ 12:59 AM :: 5524 Views :: Land Use

...Kawaiahao Church in Honolulu is not exempt from historic preservation review....

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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Supreme Court Slaps Down Maui County Takings Claim
By Robert Thomas @ 12:41 AM :: 7032 Views :: Maui County, Land Use

...the ICA held that property owners ... are not required to seek an amendment to the Community Plan in order to ripen their takings claims....

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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Guam: Mayor Seizes Neighbor's Land
By Robert Thomas @ 12:29 AM :: 6881 Views :: National News, Land Use

...the government condemned the appraised area, paying for it with compensation supplied by the Ungactas, and transferred it to the Ungactas....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
UHERO: Film Subsidies Illegal Giveaway to Corporations
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 6852 Views :: World News, Tax Credits

...tax-payer-provided subsidies are beggar-thy-neighbor policies. At the end of the day, they just tend to cancel each other out and essentially transfer taxpayer money to corporations ....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
Cyclone Evan Pounds Samoa, Heading for Tonga, Fiji
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 6807 Views :: National News, World News

Tropical Cyclone Evan was stationary over Samoa for approximately 24 hours.... 

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Friday, December 14, 2012
Still Hospitalized, Inouye Pressed to Give up Appropriations Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 4997 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Senators, speaking anonymously, said the panel has lost power in recent years under Inouye, 88, who took over the chairmanship after Democrats pressured Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., to relinquish the post in 2008....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
What Will the Fiscal Cliff Deal Look Like?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:03 PM :: 4748 Views :: National News, Taxes

This week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have been trading secret offers on the fiscal cliff....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
SunRun, SolarCity: Hawaii Solar Installers Subpoenaed
By News Release @ 12:56 PM :: 8278 Views :: Energy, Ethics

While firms can install solar panels for roughly $5 per watt of energy and make a comfortable profit, some firms were charging as much as $7 and $8 per watt….

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Friday, December 14, 2012
Green Schools That Aren’t Very Green
By NCPA @ 1:25 AM :: 5348 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, National News

... Washington Middle School in Olympia, Wash., [was] projected to use 28% less energy. The school consumed 19% more energy ....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
Thielen: Say Organized with Republicans, Too
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 1:14 AM :: 7244 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

“This isn’t the first time that a Democratic majority faction has organized with the Republicans; some people are just more honest and transparent about it. It is time to govern and stop politicking.”

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
FULL TEXT: Former HSTA President Challenges Okabe on Negotiations
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 5497 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

Former Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) President Jim Williams yesterday sent a letter to current HSTA President Wil Okabe asking for clarification on Mr. Okabe’s recent public statements on negotiations....

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Hawaii Ranks 45th in Business Policy Index
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 5646 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

The Index ranks the 50 states according to 46 different policy measures, including a wide array of tax, regulatory and government spending measures....

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Deadline for States to Claim Their Role in Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:50 AM :: 4373 Views :: National News, Health Care

Tomorrow is an important day for Obamacare. It’s the deadline for states to declare their intentions about setting up their own health insurance exchanges....

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Gushing about America's Energy Future
By NCPA @ 9:48 AM :: 4229 Views :: Energy, National News

...the United States would gain significant geopolitical advantages. For example, it would lower the influence of the Middle East. In addition, the United States would be in a position to challenge Russia's influence in Europe....

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