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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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SHOPO, Small Business Groups Endorse Rep George Fontaine
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 6496 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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"Your knowledge and sensitivity to business issues were key factors in our endorsement process."
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Speaker among 29 House Democrats Opposing Tax Hikes
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5583 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Specifically, the House members oppose the following tax increase recommendations:
· The increase in the general excise tax rate by 0.5 percent
· The imposition of the income tax on pension income
· The increase of the corporate income tax rate
· The elimination of the income tax deduction for real property taxes paid
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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House Republicans Oppose Proposed GE Tax Increase
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 6210 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"A more business-friendly environment would help companies conduct business thereby growing the economy and helping the people of Hawai‘i."
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Moody’s To Downgrade US If No Deal To Cut Debt/GDP Ratio
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 3940 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Budget negotiations during the 2013 Congressional legislative session will likely determine the direction of the US government’s Aaa rating and negative outlook, says Moody’s Investors Service....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Looking Back: Charles Djou Joins Army After 9-11
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 12846 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...in Afghanistan, Charles saw the best and worst in humanity. He saw the selfless sacrifice of our American soldiers but also utter human depravity in Taliban insurgents....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Remembering 9/11 in a Volatile World
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 PM :: 3824 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Eleven years ago today, terrorists shattered America's sense of safety. Generations who did not remember Pearl Harbor suddenly knew the shock of an attack on U.S. soil....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Eleven years ago, our lives came to a standstill
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 1:24 PM :: 5629 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Former Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat, released the following statement, recognizing the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Flags Ordered to Fly at Half-Staff on September 11
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 6980 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in observance of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance....
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Projects Decreasing Revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 5807 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaiian Airlines recently revised its expected 3Q2012 revenue per revenue passenger mile from up 1.5% to down 1.5% to a decrease of 1% to 4%.
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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Electric Bill Too High? Richard Ha to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 10915 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Tuesday, September 11, 7–9 pm at Boston Basil’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 75-5707 Alii Drive (downtown Kailua-Kona)
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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Putting the Punch in Parent Power
By NCPA @ 3:06 PM :: 3742 Views :: National News, Ethics
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insights to effective advocacy, organization and mobilization....
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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25,000 Chicago Teachers Walk Off the Job
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:49 AM :: 4150 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The average teacher in Chicago Public Schools—a district facing a $700 million deficit—makes $71,000 per year before benefits are included.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012 |
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Final EIS for Kihei HS Released
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 8565 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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"This is very encouraging news for the citizens of South Maui who have been requesting a high school in Kihei." -- Rep George Fontaine
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Sunday, September 9, 2012 |
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Lingle: Congress Must Lead on Jobs, Hirono has no Plan
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 8170 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle also called for Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, a current member of Congress, to answer for the 40,000 unemployed in Hawaii and 12.5 million unemployed across the country with a real plan to put our people back to work.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012 |
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Tax Review Commission Proposes Gambling, Pension Tax, and a Grab for Rail Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 6525 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The purpose of this report is to justify killing rail, keeping the 4.5% GE Tax and extending it to the sister isles....
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Sunday, September 9, 2012 |
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Expenditure Focus Rather Than Tax Policy
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:08 AM :: 6098 Views :: Energy, Environment
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As reported earlier, the current Tax Review Commission seems bent on finding ways to raise new tax revenues as it has directed its consultants to come up with ways to find more money.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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CSC: New Campaign Spending Violations by Kaniela Ing
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 PM :: 11608 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Politicians
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As of Monday, Ing will owe as much as $950 in fines and will be barred from receiving additional public funding until the report is filed and the fines are paid....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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VIDEO: First Lingle-Hirono Debate
By Video @ 8:58 PM :: 6564 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We just posted the full, uncut video from the U.S Senate Candidates Forum on Thursday....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Liquefied Natural Gas for Hawaii: Sourcing and Transportation Options
By Michael Hansen @ 8:26 PM :: 10520 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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To go beyond supplying their current gas customer base in Hawaii, it will be necessary for Hawaii Gas and the other players to look at a very much larger scale program....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Senators: DoD Disenfranchising Military Personnel
By News Release @ 7:52 PM :: 11427 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Department of Defense (DoD) stands in clear violation of a central provision of this federal law, which mandated the creation of on-base voter assistance offices....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Fifteen Candidates Fail to Report Campaign Spending
By News Release @ 9:39 AM :: 9142 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The following candidates running in 2012 and on the Primary Ballot have failed to file the Final Primary Report due August 31, 2012....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Do We Belong to the Government?
By Nacia Blom @ 4:33 AM :: 8333 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan do have a plan. They know that "government belongs to us". They know that if you have a business YOU built it.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Why Your Vote for OHA Trustees Matters
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 6154 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Cooper and Daws’ thesis in Land and Power in Hawaii, namely that land means power, is being played out by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Dramatic State Tax Hikes on Agenda September 11
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 7501 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new report urges the state to raise taxes, tax pensions, and cut or cancel tax deductions. And it wants to continue increased hotel room taxes....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Priebus: GOP Will Win Senate Majority Without Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 7751 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans will win back the Senate in the fall picking up seats in Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, the party's National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus predicts to Newmax.TV.
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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BIG WIND: PEIS Comments Due Oct. 9
By Video @ 5:10 PM :: 10046 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Comments to the new Programmatic Environment Impact Statement for Hawaii’s Clean Energy Program are due on October 9th. The newest IAM film explains the PEIS process and how to make your comments....
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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VoteVets: How Tulsi Beat Mufi
By Selected News Articles @ 3:23 PM :: 6762 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The problem was that she was a nearly 50 point underdog in the polls, and the conventional wisdom in D.C. was that she had no shot....
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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Honolulu Has Opportunity to Meet and Greet America's Medal of Honor Recipients
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 6588 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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More than 50 Medal of Honor recipients will be on hand Oct. 6 for a book signing open to the public as part of the 2012 Medal of Honor Convention.
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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Kauai County Prosecutor Fined for Racial Harassment of White Attorney
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 9801 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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...she needed to assimilate more into the local culture and break up with her boyfriend at the time, also white, in favor of a local boy....
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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Obama's Dismal Jobs Record
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:40 PM :: 4889 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...a large chunk of Americans have simply given up looking for work. A significant number are collecting disability insurance instead....
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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Full Text: DoE Requests End to NCLB Accountability
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 6380 Views :: Education K-12
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The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) today filed its application for ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Flexibility with the U.S. Department of Education....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Full Text: Obama Speech to Democrat Convention
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 5393 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for...."
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Full Text: Joe Biden Democrat Convention Speech
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 4845 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Jilly, I want you to know that Beau, Hunt, Ashley, and I are so proud of you....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Fact Check: Mazie Scores 10 Misrepresentations in First Forum
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 7851 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hirono attempted to mislead the audience at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii with at least 10 statements that were factually inaccurate and patently false....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Court: Pacific Beach Hotel Must Submit to ILWU
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 9019 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 9th Circuit chastised the parent of a Honolulu hotel on Thursday for a decade of union-busting and defiance of federal labor laws.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Named to National Governors Association Health and Homeland Security Committee
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 6872 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Governor Abercrombie is in North Carolina attending the Democratic Governors Association meeting as well as the Democratic National Convention. The NGA announced its committees for the 2012 – 2013 year today....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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PROP: Enviros Back Pacific Ocean Partnership
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 10193 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“This is a very important step in implementing the National Ocean Policy in the Pacific,” said Dave Raney, Chair of the Sierra Club’s national Marine Action Team....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Hilo: Fired Old Boy Election Workers File New Lawsuits
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 9514 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Yesterday afternoon, Elections Administrator, Patricia Nakamoto, and former Senior Elections Clerk, Shyla Ayau, filed separate defamation and negligence lawsuits.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Clinton Is Wrong on Welfare Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 4769 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Government Accountability Office this week gave notice to the Administration that this type of law change must go through Congress....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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To Head off Kim Committee, UH Regents establish task group on accountability
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 3512 Views
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The Board of Regents today approved the formation of a special committee to evaluate the University’s operational and financial controls and oversight practices....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Why I'm Running: Stop Illegal Dumping on the Leeward Coast
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 4:09 AM :: 6823 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The era of illegal dumping must end for the sake of our beautiful home, the Leeward Coast.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Regents approve UH West O'ahu loan
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 7979 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The CanAm loan funds are currently in escrow, awaiting final approval by the US government, and were expected to be released this summer. The new projected release date is October, 2012.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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$16T Debt Enabled by Hirono
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 11:38 PM :: 7349 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mazie Hirono has enabled this spending binge. She may be notorious for skipping votes—127 and counting so far this year—but she knows how to vote “aye” along party lines when it comes to more spending.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Democrats Boo, Jeer as 'God' and 'Jerusalem' Rammed Back Into Platform
By Selected News Articles @ 7:36 PM :: 8213 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"For Democrats, there is no God in 2012 — at least as far as the party’s platform is concerned. Nor is there a Jerusalem." -- ABC News Sept 4
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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Romney vs. Obama vis-à-vis Israel
By Daniel Pipes @ 7:11 PM :: 8026 Views :: Obama
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sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons ....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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$16,000,000,000,000
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:54 PM :: 4876 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obama’s Administration has already added almost $6 trillion to the debt. That means he is on track to triple Bush’s debt increase over eight years.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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1948: Communists Decide to Enter the Hawaii Democratic Party
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 AM :: 6778 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This began a long march to transform the Democratic Party from the party of Truman and JFK to the party of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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Duke Aiona Urges Support for Lingle in General Election
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 5:27 AM :: 6502 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Linda Lingle has the heart and vision to be the leader Hawaii needs in Washington, D.C....
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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Mizuno Demands Criminal Investigation of Reporter, Denies Gun Control Plot
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 9363 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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I ask that they print this Press Release in their news section, and that the state Attorney General's Office look into these false allegations for possible criminal charges....
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