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"On Monday, May 14, 2012 a Solicitation to Commit Murder case was opened by the Honolulu Police Department under report number HPD 12-175720 ...."

We must focus our energy and effort on preventing his anti-teacher, anti-education positions from spreading to other political leaders in Hawaii.  As we approach the 2012 elections, we are evaluating candidates by a simple measure – are they better for education than Abercrombie?

Recently, Hawaii enacted a set of bills related to mortgage origination and servicing....

“It’s all in [my] head.” —DoTAX returns classifying officer’s response when asked why he does not have any written policies and procedures

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MIT researchers have analysed which airport hubs would be key to spreading a virulent disease, with some surprising results ....

This stuff is not getting any easier to track down, but thanks to the work of some good people we were able to obtain detailed membership information for each National Education Association state affiliate....

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"...It would be totally wrong to hold my trucker liable for something that isn’t even remotely connected to him...."

"...the IRS contacted us today regarding your 501(c)4 application and stated that they are withdrawing the additional questions that they sent to your organization...."

The poll was conducted from July 12-15. The margin of error is 4%, sample size is 600 registered voters....

Economists predict that American households will have to contribute an average of $1,398 per year to fulfill pension promises, according to a new study....

The Queen’s Medical Center has been recognized as Best Hospital in Hawaii by the U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Hospitals rankings....

Uncle Sam will start enforcing the emission control area on Aug. 1....
 

The University of Hawaii continues to publish groundbreaking discoveries from their mesothelioma research efforts. But does the precarious state of our American research universities put mesothelioma research in jeopardy?

It started in the 1960s, when the nation began to sever the historical connection between marriage and childbearing....

"It's apparent that a number of the conditions the LUC imposed when approving the switch to urban are not being enforced, and never have been," Fontaine said after the meeting....

In today’s Star-Advertiser readers discover the Editors toying with yet another shiny electoral object—same day voter registration....

“We are a small movement, so it might be very important for some men and women to find a partner who shares their beliefs,” said Maggie Ardiente, director of development for the American Humanist Association....

...Legislature enacted HB 2078, which became law on July 10, 2012 as Act 326....

There's a war underway over the future of biofuels for the U.S. military....

Advocates of wind energy are actively lobbying Congress for a multiyear extension of the 2.2 cent-per-kilowatt-hour production tax credit.

• Top corporate tax rate: 6.4 percent
• Top individual tax rate: 11.0 percent
• Gasoline taxes/fees: 49.6 cents

...we’ve learned to produce more food on less land, the price of it has fallen, the range of it available at your local store has increased, and the malnourished percentage of the world population has declined. The problem with locavores is that they want to undo all of this progress....

On July 11, the City Planning Commission will pass or deny the ‘Ewa Development Plan (EDP), which directs the future for the whole Leeward area.

the U.N. and global gun banners have markedly stepped up their attack on our Second Amendment freedoms by including civilian arms in the proposed Arms Trade Treaty....

One of the few bright spots in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare was its 7–2 decision striking down the Obama administration’s attempt to blackmail states into going along with a massive and costly expansion of Medicaid....

"That no law shall be enacted which is at variance with the word of the Lord Jehovah, or at variance with the general spirit of His word. All laws of the Islands shall be in consistency with the general spirit of God’s law."

The word "REDACTED" appears 17 times, but its still very revealing....

Hawaii reversed course on "responsible person" liability for unpaid general excise tax liabilities for "responsible persons" affiliated with non-profit entities, via Act 219 of 2012....

Congressman Scalise is strongly opposed to a Federal Takeover of … (Drumroll please) … Local Building Codes....so Hanabusa says he must be shunned and anyone who meets with him should be disqualified in the eyes of voters....

The U.S. Navy has spent $26 a gallon for 900,000 gallons of biofuels mixed with petroleum for use in a training exercise, and Republicans in Washington aren't too happy about it

Prices have plummeted so much over the past two years that the solar panels and associated supplies cost about $8,000 for a typical 4,000-watt residential system. A qualified solar specialist or electrician should be able to install these panels for about $2,000 ....

Alan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind is still an important work after 25 years, despite some unforeseen events....

European Data Protection Supervisor warns 'massive collection of personal data' could be accessed without safeguards ....

This Executive Order was quietly posted on the www.Hawaii.gov/gov website with no public announcement....

... a Government Accountability Office report, requested by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on states' implementation of the teacher quality portions of Race to the Top....

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The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....

Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.

... Many gathered again in the parking lot as more police arrived and flaring tempers were separated by additional HPD officers ....

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision sets the stage for an historically unprecedented confrontation between Roman Catholics and the federal government over whether Catholics remain free to exercise their religion ....

... It creates a debilitated, inoperable version of health-care regulation ... a jumble of now senseless provisions ....

In Hawaii 84,130 will be added to Medicaid. Many will first lose their existing private health insurance.

"But having read more of the opinions, I'm much relieved about individual rights and the states' rights within the constitutional structure."

flames of ignition light up the black night and shake the grounds of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) as a medium-range missile accelerates out of its launch pad ....

By a 5-4 vote, the court held the mandate valid under Congress' constitutional authority "to lay and collect Taxes".... Conservatives wanted to see the Supreme Court put a limit on the commerce power, and Thursday it did.

At the bottom of the scale were two states where fewer than half of all adults went to the polls four years ago: Hawaii (46.8 percent) and Texas (48.8 percent)....

...pent up demand has been filled by black-market opportunism. About 450 multi-room country inns, including one with 41 beds the City cannot seem to shut down, have established themselves in residences outside the commercial districts....