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Thursday, September 20, 2012
American Soldier: Djou Unveils Second TV Spot
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:58 PM :: 9464 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

We need to elect leaders who are more concerned about America than their political party and will put aside partisan differences to work together to solve our nation's problems. 

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 12416 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Environment

About 47 percent of the designated habitat is located on land belonging to the state, 11 percent is on federal lands, 9 percent is on city and county lands, while 33 percent on of the land privately owned.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Bronster: Secret Tape Recordings Show Kauai Prosecutors Plotting Perjury
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 10261 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Law Enforcement

A prosecutor cannot use a criminal prosecution against a political rival in an attempt to intimidate him.... Incredibly, they made tape recordings discussing their plans and they joked on those tapes about committing perjury if ever caught.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
9th Circuit Hears Abercrombie Appeal Against Micronesians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 6179 Views :: Energy, Environment

...islanders, many of whom have persistent and serious health conditions, filed a class action against the state, alleging that the cut in benefits violated the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Honolulu: Best 100 Communities for Young People
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 6371 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Lauren Cheape: Organic and Genuine Representation
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 12:52 PM :: 8533 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

As a 4th generation farmer of Peterson’s Farm, Lauren will effectively serve as a voice for the agricultural community ....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Beth Fukumoto: Supporting the Leaders of Tomorrow
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 12:37 PM :: 8335 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Through her leadership and assistance State House Republicans were able to create, develop, and present a state budget proposal that would have balanced our state budget without raising taxes and/or fees!

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Obama Doesn't Just Gut Welfare Reform, He Turns It Upside Down
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 2089 Views

...the House of Representatives is set to vote today to approve or disapprove Health and Human Services’ (HHS) rewriting of the 1996 law....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Activists Pressure DHHL to Stop Self-Funding
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 5997 Views :: Energy, Environment

According to Rodney Lau, DHHL administrative services officer, it’s been a common practice to transfer these interest revenues to the operating account every three months....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Public Comment Sought on Revised Environmental Review Process
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 4897 Views :: Energy, Environment

Areas under discussion include the length of time an EIS is valid, the exemption process, and cultural impacts....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Did Honolulu Council Ban All Commercial Activity in All Parks?
By Tom Berg @ 2:48 AM :: 6381 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Thursday, September 20 - TOMORROW - from 5-7 p.m. - Waianae District Park (Ewa Beach to Keaau)

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
DHHL to Build Houses for Non-Hawaiians?
By Tom Berg @ 2:13 AM :: 7478 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

As it stands, Native Hawaiian communal lands, property, is going to be open for residency/occupancy to non-native Hawaiians and this must be addressed....

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Council to Return Medal of Honor Names to Kalaeloa Roads?
By John Bond @ 1:37 AM :: 6733 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

The resolution urges changing Kalaeloa street names in former MCAS Ewa BACK to their ORIGINAL names reflecting those pilots killed in action and awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism during WW-II....

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Ad
By Video @ 7:09 PM :: 9077 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

It's only through your generosity and support that we have the funds to be able to discuss the important issues facing our country today, and the need to elect genuine leaders, like Charles, who have the courage and the character to address those issues.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
How HMSA Used Health Care Advisory Council to Establish Medical Monopoly
By Selected News Articles @ 7:01 PM :: 10285 Views :: Hawaii History, Health Care

Governor Linda Lingle signed, SB 665 SDI HD2 CD1 which prohibits "a person representing a health maintenance organization under chapter 4320, a mutual benefit society issuing individual and group hospital or medical service plans under chapter 432, or any other health care organization" from membership on the Council....

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Government Dependency Rises As Number of Taxpayers Declines
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:39 PM :: 2443 Views

In 2009, 47 percent of all tax filers paid no federal individual income taxes, and in 2011 that figure was 46 percent....

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BOE approves DOE plan to accredit all schools by 2019
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 4482 Views :: Energy, Environment

"Widely regarded as the gold standard for accreditation, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges will now accredit all public schools in Hawaii." Hawaii private schools are also accredited by WASC. The same criteria will be used for both.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Panetta: Navy Will Invite China to Pacific Rim Exercise
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 PM :: 9387 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

 Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie, told reporters here today they see progress and room for growth in the two nations’ military relationship....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
1995: Akaka Bill Begins With Clayton Hee and Casino Gambling
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 PM :: 6316 Views :: Energy, Environment

OHA chairman Clayton Hee and Van Dyke's wife, Sherry Broder, met in August (1996) with the Washington lobbying firm of Patton Boggs, L.L.P., to seek assistance in passing federal legislation to recognize OHA as the Native Hawaiian government as well as to "quietly" explore casino gambling....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 6988 Views :: World News, Family

Gen. Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, considered the most senior military political commissar, said Friday that military forces should be “prepared for any possible military combat,” state run Xinhua news agency reported....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Largest Jury Verdict For Hawaii Slip and Fall Case
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 10121 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

...she slipped and fell on uncleaned floor of the defendant’s fast food restaurant...$5,670,000....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
New Lingle Ad: People Across the State Agree, Including Democrats
By Video @ 7:10 PM :: 5304 Views :: Energy, Environment

Mazie Hirono says our Democrat supporters aren’t Democrat enough. Her partisan politics are shining through, and giving Hawaii a glimpse of the us-vs-them mentality she leads with....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Neither Jurisdiction Has Authority to Solve Hawaii County Election Problems
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 8206 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Responsibility for some functions is not clearly specified in HRS 11. It is not clear that either jurisdiction has sufficient authority to resolve all the problems that surfaced in the Big Island primary election....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Micronesians: Stop Abercrombie's Healthcare Discrimination
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 11861 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Abercrombie is pursuing an appeal of the injunction on Basic Health Hawai'i, with a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing scheduled for Tuesday in San Francisco....  

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Obesity Study: Hawaii Could Save $2.7B By Eliminating 5%
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 5980 Views :: Energy, Environment

Adult Obesity Rate in Hawaii Could Reach 51.8 Percent by 2030, According to New Study -- Related Health Care Costs Could Climb by 12.3 Percent....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Government Union SuperPac Hears Footsteps, Attacks Lingle, Case
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 3911 Views :: Energy, Environment

"I attended meetings between Governor Lingle, the Board of Education and the Superintendent, and the Governor made it clear that her support for furloughs was conditioned on them not occurring on instructional days so that students wouldn't miss any school days," Smith added.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
CBO: Hawaii Faces $2.1B Medicare Cuts Under Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 7337 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...this updated CBO estimate represents the first time that the Medicare payment reductions are accounted for in the full 10‐year budget window....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 3943 Views :: National News, Ethics

Savings promised by the government and vendors of information technology are little more than hype....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Shocking News! Trade with China Supports U.S. Jobs
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:41 PM :: 6870 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

The belief that more imports equals less employment at home is false. It follows directly that the idea that trade deficits lead to higher unemployment is also false.

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Monday, September 17, 2012
UPW Fires Employees for Refusing to Contribute to Hanabusa
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM :: 12978 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Labor

Democratic FEC commissioners argued that UPW did in fact coerce “employees to participate in the union’s political activities” in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971....

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Monday, September 17, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 17, 2012
By Congress.org @ 5:42 PM :: 6382 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • House: Minnesota Land Exchange
  • House: Government Surveillance Authorities
  • House: Sequestration Replacement
  • House: Continuing Resolution
  • House: Energy Department Loan Guarantees
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Monday, September 17, 2012
As $716B in Cuts Loom, Medicare Pilot Programs not on Track to Deliver Savings
By John Goodman @ 2:32 PM :: 4616 Views :: National News, Ethics

Over the next 10 years, ObamaCare will reduce Medicare spending by $716 billion....

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Monday, September 17, 2012
Our Constitution Is Under Fire
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 4101 Views :: National News, Ethics

Forty visionaries signed a piece of paper 225 years ago today that became one of the most vital documents in the world: the U.S. Constitution.

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Monday, September 17, 2012
$3 in New Federal Debt For Every $1 Added to Economy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 3832 Views :: National News, Ethics

$5.23 trillion in new debt vs. $1.68 trillion to the economy

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Monday, September 17, 2012
Hirono Flip-Flops on Budget Cuts
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 7142 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Mazie Hirono voted last week to keep in place $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts that will hurt Hawaii’s economy ....

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
FOIA Request Reveals: Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Hangs by a Conference Call
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 7019 Views :: Health Care

It took a Federal Freedom of Information Act request to find out, but that is the message Hawai`i Free Press received from federal officials.

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
UPW Announces General Election Endorsements
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 5714 Views :: Energy, Environment

Four Republicans endorsed by UPW...

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
“Reconsider, Rep. Hirono”
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 3977 Views

"After all, the winner of this election will be representing us in the United States Senate and arguing for Hawaii's interests in a Capitol full of skilled debaters."

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Rod Tam Rule: Court Change Would Help Criminals Run for Office
By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 6062 Views :: Energy, Environment

"The provision ... has been applied in ... high-profile prosecutions such as the misdemeanor case last year against former City Councilman Rod Tam for stealing city money and violating state campaign spending laws." -- Star-Advertiser

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Hawaii Ranks 39th in 'Automotive Misery'
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 6723 Views :: Energy, Environment

A new Honda Accord costs about the same amount no matter where you buy it.  But every dime you spend after you leave the dealer’s lot is affected greatly by where you live.... 

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Elusive Tax Credit Data Raises Important Concerns
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:03 AM :: 5387 Views :: Energy, Environment

One of the recommendations made by consultants to the current Tax Review Commission is almost an after thought, you know like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped....

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Saturday, September 15, 2012
New DoTax 'Composite' -- Apply for $5M in Solar Credits on One Form
By Andrew Walden @ 11:18 PM :: 6761 Views :: Energy, Environment

...truly massive scammers building on empty fields in Kalaeloa, DoE schools, or Kalihi warehouse roofs can now rack up the credits $5M at a time without straining their wrists....

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Saturday, September 15, 2012
DoTax Issues 12 Tax Announcements
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6843 Views :: Energy, Environment

Right now, there is no change in the tax law or its application. The new temporary administrative rules have NOT been issued yet....

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Saturday, September 15, 2012
VIDEO: Watch the 'Muhammad' Movie Islamists are Using as their Latest Excuse
By Video @ 4:59 PM :: 6723 Views :: World News, Family

The movie depicts modern Egypt, followed by an algebra problem, followed by events from the Koran. The viewer is asked to solve for X....

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Saturday, September 15, 2012
After Drowning, BLNR Revokes Kayak Tour Company Permit
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 5910 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

...terminate the revocable permit of Hawai‘i Pack and Paddle LLC to conduct commercial tours via kayak to the historic Ka‘awaloa Flats section of Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park in Kona....

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Friday, September 14, 2012
Voters to Decide on Two Constitutional Amendments
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 11:40 PM :: 5660 Views :: Energy, Environment
  • Assistance to Dam and Reservoir Owners
  • Appointment of Retired Judges to Serve as Emeritus Judges
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Update on the Federal Court Challenge to Rail
By Robert Thomas @ 11:34 PM :: 7628 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Litigation continues over the adequacy of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Honolulu’s rail rapid transit project....

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Friday, September 14, 2012
Asking For It: Abercrombie, DLNR to Host Community Meeting on Kauai
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 7273 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment

Wednesday, September 19, 2012, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School in Lihue....

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Friday, September 14, 2012
US Bond Rating Cut Again
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 3895 Views :: National News, Ethics

Issuing additional currency ... does little to raise the real GDP of the US, but does reduce the value of the dollar, and in turn increase the cost of commodities (which) will pressure profitability of businesses, and increase the costs of consumers....

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Friday, September 14, 2012
Island Heavy Rail Calamity: San Juan Repeats in Honolulu
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:35 PM :: 11763 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics

Tren Urbano (or City Train) in San Juan, Puerto Rico is a perfect comparison with Honolulu's heavy rail....

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