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Sunday, May 13, 2012
A Lull Before the Storm, Taxpayers Should be Wary
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:11 AM :: 5867 Views :: Energy, Environment

 ...the electorate is growing more and more sensitive to the rising burden of taxes and fees of the past few years as lawmakers attempted to balance the state’s budget on the back of taxpayers....

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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Hawaii Republicans Unite for Once-in-a-Generation Campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 6779 Views :: Energy, Environment

... three hundred delegates gathered at the Hilton Hawaiian Village today for the 2012 Hawaii Republican Party Convention.... 

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Saturday, May 12, 2012
VIDEO: Chamber of Commerce Ad for Lingle
By Video @ 12:13 AM :: 5354 Views :: Energy, Environment

Working together to create jobs will bring Hawaii’s economy back. That’s the independent record that Linda Lingle has built....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Hirono's Mainland Special Interests: Follow the Money
By Ed Case @ 11:16 PM :: 5781 Views :: Energy, Environment

DC status quo defenders have contributed about $700,000 to Mazie....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
JSC Names Nominees for Supreme Court, 2nd Circuit
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 5594 Views :: Energy, Environment
  • Derrick H.M. Chan
  • Daniel R. Foley
  • David M. Forman
  • Craig H. Nakamura
  • Richard W. Pollack
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Governor Makes Appointments to Public Safety Department and DHHL
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 5535 Views :: Energy, Environment

Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the appointment of a new Director of the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) and a change at the Public Safety Department (PSD).

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Friday, May 11, 2012
UHERO: Government Millstone is a Drag on Economy
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 5412 Views :: Energy, Environment

The drag from construction and government will end this year, setting the stage for broader growth....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Djou Campaign Kickoff Rally May 23
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 7988 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Almost two years ago today, we made history by winning a historic special election....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Full Text: Final Briefs Filed in Reapportionment Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:02 PM :: 7384 Views :: Energy, Environment

The lawsuit argues that the Equal Protection Clause guarantees representational equality as well as voting equality....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Stopping the Largest Tax Hike in History
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:53 PM :: 5058 Views :: National News, Ethics

The largest tax hike in history is due to strike the United States on January 1, 2013. Known as "Taxmageddon," it would impose $494 billion in higher taxes on the American people in the first year....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Hawaii Republican Convention This Weekend
By Nacia Blom @ 10:36 AM :: 14196 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Starting May 9th, the Leadership Institute will be returning to Hawaii with world-class campaign training for conservative candidates....

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Friday, May 11, 2012
Fading Chances for Rail Funding to Pass Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 AM :: 8810 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

For Honolulu, this means that the $250 million that the Obama Administration had set aside for our rail project will just disappear. It also means that New Starts Funding as a national program may also disappear....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Chief Warrant Officer Don C. Viray
By News Release @ 11:22 PM :: 5567 Views :: Energy, Environment

Governor Neil Abercrombie today ordered that all national and Hawai'i flags at all State offices and agencies as well as the Hawai'i National Guard are to be flown at half-staff ....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Hirono Attacks Chamber of Commerce
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 7767 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Her latest missive is not surprising to the people of Hawaii, as it is simply the latest example of what the public knows already: Mazie puts partisan politics before people....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
22% Proficient: Hawaii DoE Test Scores Reach Level of Alabama, Mississippi
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 7392 Views :: Education K-12

Hawaii's achievement level is at or above 22 percent Proficient, up from 17 percent in 2009...equivalent to Alabama, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, and West Virginia....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Hawaii Courts Among the Nation's Worst for Abused and Neglected Children
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 8155 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

State grades were based on a rigorous examination of state law for adherence to guiding principles developed by national child welfare experts using a 100-point grading system....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
VIDEO: Short Range Missile Killer Tested off Kauai
By Video @ 3:07 PM :: 8928 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the first intercept of a short-range ballistic missile target ....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bateman Announces Run for State House District Representing Kona, Kau
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 8277 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Bateman, a retired US Air Force Colonel (JAG), former Assistant Attorney General for Washington state and attorney in private practice for 30 years, now owns the Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee farm, which he has operated for the last seven years....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Norovirus Outbreak Tied to Re-Usable Grocery Bag
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 4814 Views :: National News, Ethics

Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls' soccer team passed around when they shared cookies....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Why We Need to Terminate Big Wind Subsidies
By NCPA @ 2:30 PM :: 4551 Views :: National News, Ethics

...turbines frequently draw electricity from the grid to keep blades turning when the wind is not blowing....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Would You Take an SUV into Combat?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 PM :: 5091 Views :: National News, Ethics

Kachejian's story, which is continued in new book, "SUVs Suck In Combat," illustrates the human impact of an ill-equipped military....

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
US Chamber of Commerce Endorses Lingle
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 7556 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"Like me, the U.S. Chamber recognizes that the time for partisan bickering is over. We must work together to establish bipartisan solutions that will help boost our economy" -- Linda Lingle

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Hawaii Superferries Renamed Guam, Puerto Rico
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 8195 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the names of the Navy’s recently acquired high speed ferries (HSFs); the USNS Guam and the USNS Puerto Rico....

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
City to Build More Transitional Housing for Homeless
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 6495 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...$3.5 million from the City’s Affordable Housing Fund to acquire and/or renovate an existing structure to provide transitional housing....

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Lawsuit: OCCC Guards Slept Thru Ex-Guard's Prison Suicide
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 9528 Views :: Law Enforcement

One of the guards slept through the ordeal, and another sat in a chair with a towel draped over his head, Cocklin says. 

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Pay to Play Bus Dealer Selling Illegally in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:26 PM :: 8752 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

05.02.12_COVER...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
HSTA Reelects Okabe President
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 5961 Views :: Energy, Environment

"...we cannot have high-quality schools without adequate funding...." -- Wil Okabe

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Abercrombie Releases $37.5M in Transportation CIP
By News Release @ 11:50 AM :: 5136 Views :: Energy, Environment

Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) that address recent March 2012 storm damage to highways and roadways as well as implement safety improvements throughout the state’s transportation system....

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Will Congress Defend Our Military?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:45 AM :: 4937 Views :: National News, Ethics

This week, the House of Representatives has an opportunity to finally set some limits on Washington's spending spree while also ensuring that the U.S. military has the resources it needs....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
State Releases Information Technology Proposal
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 5950 Views :: Energy, Environment

On May 8, 2012, the state released the first draft of its strategy to transform its information technology and business processes....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Census Bureau Releases 2010 Data on Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 8509 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, OHA

Overall, 1.2 million people, or 0.4 percent of all people in the United States, identified as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHPI), either alone or in combination with one or more races. This population grew by 40 percent from 2000 to 2010.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Survey: Hawaii Failing Small Business Owners
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 8647 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah all earned A+'s for their friendliness towards small businesses. In contrast, small business owners gave California, Hawaii, Vermont, and Rhode Island an F....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Pensions: More than Good Enough for Government Work
By NCPA @ 3:11 PM :: 4399 Views :: National News, Ethics

...public pensions nationwide are underfunded by a total of $4.4 trillion, despite efforts by many state governments to reform pension programs....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
France: Socialism Rises Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:55 PM :: 4739 Views :: National News, Ethics

Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left, and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking its recent tack toward fiscal responsibility....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Santorum Endorses Romney
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 4725 Views :: National News, Ethics

Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated. The task will not be easy. It will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious....

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Lingle to Host Luncheon for Native American Congressman Tom Cole
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 7627 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"As a Congressman and member of the Chickasaw Nation, Congressman Cole has made providing indigenous people, including native Hawaiians, the means for self-determination, self-governance and self-reliance a legislative priority," said Gov. Linda Lingle.

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Hawaii: Important NRA Instructor Liability Bill Awaits Governor’s Approval
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 5488 Views :: Energy, Environment

We are also pleased to report that the most onerous measures of 2011 and 2012 – House Bill 441, House Bill 834, House Bill 2028 and Senate Bill 2975 – all died upon adjournment of this legislative session....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Marumoto: Mass Release of Prisoners not True Justice Reform
By Rep Barbara Marumoto @ 11:41 PM :: 6115 Views :: Energy, Environment

Why start the first year with 500 releases? I also question whether we will have the necessary programs and personnel in place for Year 1. Will drug and alcohol treatment, counseling, vocational training, or halfway houses be ready?

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Thielen: Landfill Cannot Legally be Located at Ameron
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 6344 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Rep Thielen notes the proximity of five schools, a hospital, and numerous residences, all within one mile of the proposed landfill site....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Hawaii a 'Harbinger' as Insurers Give up on Long Term Care
By Selected News Articles @ 2:44 PM :: 6904 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii is a harbinger for what's to come in both caregiving and LTC ....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Death on the Job -- Hawaii Ranks 20th
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 7520 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

This 2012 edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect marks the 21st year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
VIDEO: Molokai Mocks Senators who vote 'With Reservations'
By Video @ 1:47 PM :: 8920 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

The Bill passed 22-3. Out of 25 Senators, there were 10 who voted "yes, with reservations." Honorable Senators, what does that even mean?

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Hawaii Nurse Elected International VP of Union Nurses Council
By News Release @ 12:48 PM :: 7341 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

OPEIU represents nurses throughout the United States under the umbrella of the OPEIU Nurses Council and recently affiliated the 4,000-member Hawai'i Nurses Association (HNA)....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
Movie Production Incentives in the Last Frontier
By NCPA @ 12:45 PM :: 5731 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...production companies only remain in-state until tax conditions are made more favorable elsewhere....

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Monday, May 7, 2012
A Better Life for Julia
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:37 PM :: 4801 Views :: National News, Ethics

...a faceless young American woman grows from birth to old age with the government at her side every step of the way....

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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Federal Suit Threatened: UH-Hilo Violates Rights of Religious Student Groups
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 8684 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Among the problematic policies are ... policies that force student clubs to accept voting members and officers that don’t agree with the clubs’ beliefs....

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Sunday, May 6, 2012
DoH Explains How Taxpayers Fund Gabbards’ Song and Dance Routine
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 8543 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

A political watershed is formed when the benefits of incumbency flow down hill to a new generation....

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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Asking for More by Limiting Deductions
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 6274 Views :: Energy, Environment

A highly compensated Bishop Street executive recently complained that his effective state tax rate was something on the order of 16% even though the nominal maximum state income tax rate is 11% for those folks making big incomes....

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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Bankrupt Marianas Islands Pension Fund Advisor Vanishes
By Selected News Articles @ 7:35 PM :: 7736 Views :: National News, Ethics

Complicating matters, the Merrill executive who most-closely dealt with the fund reportedly fell overboard while fishing in waters off Hawaii last September, and has yet to be found.…

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Saturday, May 5, 2012
SEC Report: ML&P on Verge of Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 7:18 PM :: 9194 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

The aforementioned circumstances raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern….

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