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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Act 163 Discriminates Against Disabled Students
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 PM :: 5403 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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The Hawaii Disability Rights Center went to the 9th Circuit this week to challenge a state law preventing disabled students from receiving special education services after turning 20....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Slom All Alone: "Yippee!"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 5103 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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“I got a lot of condolence calls and sympathy cards that said, ’Oh no, you poor thing, you’re going to be all alone, and I’m saying to myself, ’Yippee!’”
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Before Waikiki Shooting, Chris Deedy in Benghazi
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 8443 Views :: Law Enforcement
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They soon settled into a formerly government-owned hotel where other foreign missions and international journalists were lodged, but had to move when a car bomb exploded in the hotel parking lot....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Thanks to Pensions, Hawaii Retiree Income Tops Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 6200 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...the prevalence of traditional pensions appears to be a major reason Hawaii leads our study in replacement income....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Jones Act Adds 30% To Price of Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 6:33 PM :: 4434 Views :: Jones Act
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When asked about the high price of living in Hawaii, people often retort with the fatalistic, “That’s the price of living in paradise.” Dr. Keli’i Akina does not agree....
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Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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Hawaii Based NSA Worker Exposes Obama Spying, Flees to Hong Kong
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 PM :: 4671 Views :: Military
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PHOTOS: For $555K You Can Own former Spy’s Home in Waipahu....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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HSTA’s ‘Multi-Front War’ Against ‘Rogue Teachers’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 5148 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s weekly briefing meeting had turned into a battle-planning session....
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 |
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Native Hawaiian Advancement: Dr. Kelii Akina Speaks in Hilo
By Selected News Articles @ 7:53 PM :: 6162 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Dr. Kelli Akina, the new CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and former OHA trustee candidate, addressed the Conservative Forum for Hawaii at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....
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Monday, June 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii Data Sharing: 2.2 Million Layers of Information on You
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 4697 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The platform includes 2.2 million layers of information, and it will continue to grow ... That is the Exemplary State idea....
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Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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NCLB Waiver: DoE's Latest Trick to Hide Failure
By Selected News Articles @ 3:18 PM :: 4176 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii’s move to give equal waiting to middle-class students and those lumped into its “high-needs subgroup” could obscure how poorly districts and schools are doing in helping the latter achieve success....
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Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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38 Hawaiian Species Are Endangered, Agency Says
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 5139 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed three tree snail species and 35 plant species on the island cluster of Maui Nui in Hawaii as endangered ....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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As DHHL War Rages, Robin Danner Relinquishes Presidency of CNHA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 13252 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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Meet the Cult Leader: Hawaii Resort Developer Teams Up with Arianna Huffington
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 9833 Views :: Ethics, Development, Pierre Omidyar
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In order to properly greet Huffington to the Isles, we present readers with some of the best material out there on this very strange bird....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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NYT: Up to 34% of Installed Solar Panels Defective
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3769 Views
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First Solar, one of the United States’ biggest manufacturers, has set aside $271.2 million to cover the costs of replacing defective modules....
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Sunday, May 26, 2013 |
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A New Moral Treatment: Humane institutionalization can help the mentally ill and protect society
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 7378 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...over 90 percent of patients who would have been committed before deinstitutionalization are now out in the world....
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Sunday, May 26, 2013 |
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Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies
By Selected News Articles @ 12:23 AM :: 5499 Views :: Military
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Statewide list of Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Report: Espero Expects to Announce Congressional Candidacy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 AM :: 5463 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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“I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from people throughout the district, urging me to run for Congress" -- Sen Wil Espero
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
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DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 AM :: 5510 Views :: Military
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More military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season
By Selected News Articles @ 11:18 PM :: 3795 Views :: Environment
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...Global Cooling is to blame....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:14 PM :: 3668 Views :: Health Care
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...Washington had a U.S.-leading rate of 43.6 per 100,000 population, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 6437 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 6628 Views :: Labor, Obama
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One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Activists Given IRS Files of Opponents
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 5543 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Taxes
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...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5211 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 15610 Views :: Health Care
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Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 6914 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 5882 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“It’s not the easiest place in the world to do business,” one market source said of Hawaii.....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 4083 Views :: Homelessness
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The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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White House struggles to respond to new Benghazi revelations
By Selected News Articles @ 11:52 AM :: 3372 Views :: Military
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White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the House hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attack....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 8909 Views :: Higher Education
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Greenwood was Inouye’s pick for President. Abercrombie will now install his own operative. Oddly, some people think all this has to do with a Stevie Wonder concert....
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Obamacare Trouble: 'Death Panel' Does Not Exist
By Selected News Articles @ 11:13 PM :: 3533 Views :: Health Care
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...a 15-member board that will develop proposals for cutting Medicare whenever Medicare's projected growth rate exceeds the target....
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 4789 Views :: GMOs
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...the anti-biotech movement in Hawaii is fierce, loud and extreme, organizing rallies and marches instead of sharing a table and a civil discussion....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69
By Selected News Articles @ 11:41 PM :: 4069 Views :: Second Amendment
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...SB 69 was originally a gun “buyback” bill but was amended in the state House into a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Shield Law: Nine Senators Stand up to Clayton Hee
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 AM :: 4258 Views :: First Amendment
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It will die a victim of Hee’s visceral disdain for the media and the failure of political will in the state Senate....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 AM :: 6322 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Hawaii has amended its Employment Security Law as follows....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Robotics: Micronesian Schools Plan 'Yapital Robo Day'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 AM :: 5937 Views :: Education K-12, World News
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Educators at the two independent High Schools on Yap have announced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 AM :: 7108 Views :: Ethics, Development, Judiciary
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Fuchs claims that Judge Ayabe's wife did legal work for three of Fuchs's adversaries in the foreclosure case....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: Latest Jobs Report Suggests Most Industries Recovering
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 PM :: 3021 Views
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Although slightly slower than in the second half of last year, conditions in the local job market continued to improve....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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PEW: New Health Exchange Unlikely to End Insurance Monopoly in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 AM :: 5103 Views :: Health Care
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... in states with a dominant insurance carrier, competition and lower prices may not arrive for quite some time ....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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PEW: Lack of Competition Might Hamper Hawaii Health Exchange
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 AM :: 4873 Views :: Health Care
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... in many states, people won’t have a lot of health insurance choices when the exchanges launch in October ....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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SB237 Would Give DOE Unfettered Power to Lease Public School Land
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 6512 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Land Use
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“Notwithstanding sections 171-13 and 302A-115, or any other law to the contrary, the department may lease public school land...."
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Dozens of Crony Capitalist Donors Switch from Hanabusa to Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 7529 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Schatz received first-quarter donations from at least 96 individuals who also gave to Hanabusa in 2009 or 2010....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Living in the Fourth-Most Economically Repressive State
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 4444 Views :: Economy
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... only California, New Jersey, and New York are more repressive than Hawaii ....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 5746 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Hanabusa, who was then the state Senate president, served as Clinton’s state spokeswoman....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 12:11 AM :: 4917 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12
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... should be premised on the provision of fair compensation to the City and County of Honolulu ....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 8830 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The election is conducted entirely on-line and by telephone. Voting runs from April 26, 2013 through May 17, 2013 ....
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