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Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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Stop Meeting with the U.N. on Climate Change
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:07 PM :: 5756 Views :: Environment, National News, World News
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As they did at the previous 17 conferences, developing nations demanded that the United States and other developed countries pay them for the climate’s effects....
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Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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Health Care Law's Insurance Tax Will Raise Premium Costs
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 5616 Views :: National News, Health Care, Taxes
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Insurance premiums could increase by thousands of dollars because of a new tax in President Obama's health care law....
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Monday, December 10, 2012 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Signs Key Contracts
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 5222 Views :: Health Care
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State-based health exchange selects IT contractor and names agency of record for research, communication strategy and public relations...
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Sunday, December 9, 2012 |
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Akaka Tribe: We Can Kick Out Anybody Anytime for Any Reason
By Andrew Walden @ 11:12 PM :: 11773 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...members of the Akaka Tribe will not be guaranteed free speech, due process, or other civil rights....
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Sunday, December 9, 2012 |
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Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:23 AM :: 4720 Views :: Taxes
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With less than a week left for the White House and Congressional negotiators to come to some sort of compromise, it is time to put all of this debate into perspective.
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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HSTA: Contract Negotiations 'Most Productive in Months'
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 5059 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“Yesterday, HSTA and the State resumed negotiations. While this is only our second bargaining session, talks were the most productive in months.”
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Ben Jay of Ohio State University accepts job as Athletics Director
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 5366 Views :: Higher Education
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“Ben Jay brings an extensive background in management and financial experience from big-time college athletics, has numerous valuable contacts, and possesses the vision, leadership skills, passion and integrity to take UH Athletics to the next level."
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Fights at Kealakehe HS Caused by Harassment of Micronesians
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 5719 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii Police Department (HPD) is assisting school officials with security measures and made eight student arrests ....
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Auditor: HI-5 Program is Exposed to Fraud
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 8748 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... several deficiencies expose the Program to fraud, including the over-reliance on self-reporting by Program personnel and lack of systematic compliance inspections....
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Hawaii Ranks 48th in Broadband Deployment
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 4635 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Abercrombie has announced that the state will build a gigabit network statewide by 2018....
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Earful: HECO Community Meeting Set for Molokai
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 4451 Views :: Energy
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· INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING MEETING
· DEC 13, 2012 from 5 - 7 PM
· Mitchell Pauole Community Center, Kaunakakai
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 |
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Honolulu City Council to Honor December 7 Vets at Ewa Field
By John Bond @ 1:55 AM :: 7725 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii History, Military
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Saturday morning at Ewa Field on Saturday, December 8, at 9 AM....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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House Ag Committee to Consider 'Food Safety'
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 6201 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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This informational briefing will cover the topic of food safety as it concerns and relates to farmers, wholesalers and retailers in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Hire the Handicapped? Hawaii One of Only 5 States Without 'Medicaid Buy-In'
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 6064 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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· DATE: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
· TIME: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
· PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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UHERO: Developing Countries Buoy Asian Growth
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 6159 Views :: World News, Tourism
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Higher income Asian economies have suffered the most from the trade falloff. At the same time, labor markets and fiscal conditions in East and Southeast Asian developing countries remain far stronger than in the developed world....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Joshua Wisch as Deputy Director of Taxation
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 5162 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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In his prior role at the Department of Attorney General, Wisch served as special assistant to the Attorney General....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Jim DeMint to Lead the Battle of Ideas
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:52 PM :: 3346 Views :: National News
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Yesterday’s announcement that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is leaving the U.S. Senate to replace Edwin J. Feulner as president of The Heritage Foundation surprised the political establishment in Washington and underlined Heritage’s role as a key institution for America’s future....
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Friday, December 7, 2012 |
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Renewable Fuel Standard Costs Chain Restaurants Billions Annually
By NCPA @ 2:43 PM :: 5003 Views :: Energy, Small Business
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PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the impact of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on the chain restaurant industry....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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After Atheist Attack, Charity Concert Relocated
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 7975 Views :: Education K-12, Religion
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The volunteers that were supporting Moanalua have decided to put on a charity concert to benefit Mercy Ships. It will take place at the New Hope Ministry Center (290 Sand Island Access Road) on Friday, December 7th at 730pm
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Eco Groups Testify Against New Aquarium Fish Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 6945 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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They do not want to protect fish. They only want to eliminate fishermen who stand in the way of their ocean based businesses....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii Collects $186M/year from Big Tobacco
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 6895 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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Hawaii this year will collect $186 million in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend just 4.8 percent of it on tobacco prevention programs....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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HSTA Claims 'Work to Rule' Protests Legal
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 5813 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“This argument over what is covered by the contract and what isn’t, is a distraction and a deflection from the real issue - the fact that teachers have been disrespected by the governor.” -- Wil Okabe, HSTA President
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Is Opposition to Genetic Engineering Moral?
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 5564 Views :: GMOs
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... this wave of scientific progress faces opposition from anti-science and anti-technology groups. Consider these examples that have been hampered by activism ....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Businesses Cutting Hours, Bracing for Costs of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 6958 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...every day now brings another business owner in the news talking about cutting workers’ hours or making other cost-cutting moves in anticipation of Obamacare’s impact in 2013....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii 2013: State, Federal Taxes to Top 50%
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 12577 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, Taxes
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Taxes on wages, dividends, interest, and partnership/sole proprietor income would exceed 50 percent only in Hawaii, California, and New York City….
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Fiscal Cliff: $480M from Hawaii Kupuna
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 5363 Views :: Taxes
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The move being considered by Congress to raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67 would leave 26,893 seniors without health coverage (based on current beneficiary data), forcing them into the private insurance market, which is estimated to cost them an additional $2,200 per year*.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012 |
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Obama Wants Power to Raise Debt Limit By Himself, Anytime
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:09 PM :: 5177 Views :: National News, Obama
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President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Greenwood to Kim: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 4762 Views :: Higher Education
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The UH BoR and Greenwood reviewed the findings of the Senate Special Committee regarding the oversight, accountability, and transparency of the operational and financial management of the university and agree with its recommendations calling for greater transparency and accountability (two out of three ain't bad)....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Over 200 Hawaii Teams in Blaisdell Robotics Tourney
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 4711 Views :: Education K-12
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Over 200 teams from schools statewide came to the Neil Blaisdell Center this weekend to compete and showcase their robots in the 2012 Hawaii FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championships....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Spends Least on Long Term Care
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 7059 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The spending ranges from less than 8 percent in Hawaii, where nursing home use is low, to more than 60 percent in North Dakota....
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 |
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House Republicans Cave on Tax Increases and Punt Entitlements
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 4753 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
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When President Obama put forth his first offer on the fiscal cliff, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said, “You can’t be serious.” We could say the same thing to the Speaker after his counteroffer yesterday.
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Rail: The Final Vote
By Tom Berg @ 9:08 PM :: 5962 Views :: Rail
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Full Council Hearing This Wednesday Dec. 5th Includes Rail: The Final Vote....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 3, 2012
By Congress.org @ 8:52 PM :: 5522 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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• Senate: Sportsmens Access to Federal Land Motion to Waive
• Senate: Disability Treaty Motion to Proceed
• Senate: Defense Authorization Amendment
• House: STEM Visa Program Final Passage
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii: 78% of Teens not Working
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 7179 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Number of working youth dropped by almost half since 2000; employment among young people at lowest level since 1950s....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Hawaii: 3rd Lowest Foreclosure Rate in Nation
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4907 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The five states with the lowest number of completed foreclosures for the 12 months ending in October 2012 were: South Dakota (19), District of Columbia (64), Hawaii (452), North Dakota (511) and Maine (643)....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Yap: Seabees Pitch in on Canoe Project
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 9220 Views :: World News, Military
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High tech met traditional tech when a group of US Navy Seabees pitched in to help the Waa’gey traditional canoe project in Yap, Micronesia....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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ICA Mandates 'Contested Case' for Water Disputes
By Robert Thomas @ 7:26 PM :: 6014 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals held in this unpublished memorandum order that the Commission must hold a "contested case" hearing upon demand....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Play by Play: Opening Day of Hoopili Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5494 Views :: Land Use
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In keeping with a long tradition in Hawaii that land use cases are litigated in court on procedural rather than substantive grounds, the opening skirmish in Sierra Club v. D. R. Horton was fought over whether one of the parties’ appeal in the case should be disallowed....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Humane Society: Our Opponent is Evil, We are Good
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 6970 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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Why would someone criticize such a storied name in American charity as ours?....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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What IS the Fiscal Cliff?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:25 PM :: 5286 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Obama’s answer to the fiscal cliff is a proposed $1.6 trillion in tax hikes plus new stimulus spending—and expanded power for himself to raise the debt ceiling....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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New Aquarium Fish Rules to Maintain Sustainability
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 5293 Views :: Environment
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"...the aquarium take on Maui is literally a drop in the bucket, representing less than 2% of the total mortality of (Maui) reef animals that year...."
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Workshops Maui, Big Isle: 'We the Powerful'
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5247 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process....
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Number of Uninsured Children Jumps 55%
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 6120 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii was the only state to show a significant increase in the number of uninsured children from 2009-2011....
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Sunday, December 2, 2012 |
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Health Care Cost to Rise with Federal Mandate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:24 AM :: 5320 Views :: Taxes
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...some taxes are already scheduled to rise as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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County and State Boards and Commissions--How You Can Get Involved
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 5538 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The elections are over and the governing is to come. Now is the time for citizens to step up and get involved. Here are the ways....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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18 Years Later Kyoto Protocol Dies With a Whimper
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 4910 Views :: Environment, World News
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...the United Nation’s is holding its annual “We’ve got to save the planet this year or it’s too late and we’re all doomed — no really, this time we mean it,” Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar this year....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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How Liberal Stealth Groups Paved Obama Win
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:11 PM :: 5804 Views :: National News, Obama
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More than 4 million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 did not vote this year. But by applying new voter science, Obama nudged enough replacements in key states — many who were rare or first-time voters — to give him his margin of victory....
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
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AG Louie Opposes 'National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act'
By News Release @ 12:06 PM :: 5371 Views :: Second Amendment
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These two bills would force states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by any other states....
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Friday, November 30, 2012 |
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NOAA Proposes Listing 66 Coral Species as Endangered or Threatened
By News Release @ 8:06 PM :: 6359 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...proposal to list 66 species of corals under the Endangered Species Act....
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Friday, November 30, 2012 |
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DoE School Bus Report: "Every Aspect Needs Systemic Change"
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 6167 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This review has found the entire student transportation services program to be in need of systemic change.
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