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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Feds Hit Rail over 'Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation'
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 11216 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Yoshioka’s statement in the Final EIS, “… traffic congestion will be worse in the future with rail than what it is today without rail …”
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Trickle-Down Regulation: Environmental Maze Becomes "Stumbling Block" For The Little Guys
By Robert Thomas @ 11:07 PM :: 5622 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Thus, even purportedly green activity could be "development" after all, even if it involves a native Hawaiian fishpond....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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March 22 Deadline: Will Keith-Agaran Hear Human Trafficking Bills?
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 5510 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB2123, SB2576, SB2579 are before the Senate Judiciary Committee ....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Windfall: Documentary Nails a Corporate Scam
By Video @ 10:48 PM :: 11495 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Shown on Molokai March 14 and 15--will this must-see film come to your local theater?
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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HRA: Only One Firearms Bill Survives Crossover
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 5817 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Only one firearms bill remains alive, HB679 HD1, providing limited immunity from the state "absolute liability" statute to NRA Instructors....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Ackerman Exit Boosts Faleomavaega
By Selected News Articles @ 10:08 PM :: 6010 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Many of Faleomavaega’s antics are recounted elsewhere in this blog but just to give an example, after the killing of Osama Bin Laden Faleomavaega rose up on the House floor to demand that President Obama and then-CIA Director Leon Panetta apologize to native Americans for using “Geronimo” as a code word in the operation. Needless to say, he was ignored. Many think he is nuts.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Romney wins 83% in Puerto Rico Primary, Completes Sweep of Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 6:58 PM :: 5616 Views :: National News, Ethics
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At 7:22 p.m. ET, with about 18% of total ballots accounted for, the former Massachusetts governor had a substantial lead with more than nearly 20,000 votes -- or 83% of the votes....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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North Korea vows satellite launch, with rocket that could reach Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 9624 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The obvious purpose, they say, is for North Korea to test the latest version of a missile with a range that could deliver a small nuclear warhead as far as Hawaii, Alaska – or even the US west coast.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Yet Another Way to Spend Your Hard-Earned Tax Dollars
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 7:55 AM :: 5852 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In some cases, constituents have come to believe that they are entitled to many of these programs and services, that is until they realized how much they are paying for these services. Such is the case in public housing ....
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii GOP Announces Vote Totals, Presidential Delegate Allocation
By David S Chang @ 11:29 PM :: 6757 Views :: Republican Party
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Total Delegates: Romney 9, Santorum 5, Paul 3
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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Lava Tube Award: Abercrombie Keeping Public in Dark
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 8922 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The award recognizes the year’s most notable offense for keeping the public in the dark....
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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UHERO: Abercrombie's CIP Plans Fizzled
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 5964 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The beginnings of a construction recovery that we had anticipated failed to materialize last year.... the much ballyhooed plans for large, ongoing public sector spending fizzled.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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Chicago Tribune: Romney's "island strategy" pays off in delegate race
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 7494 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is sparing no effort to win votes in the U.S. territories and commonwealths ....
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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York: Why do islands play key role in GOP race?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:28 PM :: 7289 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Governor Romney's wins over the same period in Wyoming, the Northern Marianas, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and American Samoa have helped expand his delegate lead, pushing closer to the nomination."
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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Djou: What I learned in Afghanistan
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:47 PM :: 13768 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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After having served in Afghanistan, after serving with real American heroes, I know that the problems and issues facing our community and our country can be fixed through solid leadership and by each and every one of us coming together to do our small part.
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Republican Caucus Count Finalized
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 5220 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- Romney: 4548
- Santorum: 2589
- Paul: 1975
- Gingrich: 1116
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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JSC Names Maui County Judicial Candidates
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 7091 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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- Michelle L. Drewyer
- Kirstin Hamman
- Adrianne N. Heely
- Adriel C.S. Menor
- Lloyd A. Poelman
- Douglas J. Sameshima
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Kawamura and Wong to District Court on Oahu
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 6302 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Shirley M. Kawamura and Paul B.K. Wong to the District Court of the First Circuit (Oahu).
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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Republican Caucus Results Updated
By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3695 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Counters will be at work today on sister isle provisional ballots. Those results are expected to be available this evening.
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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The Secret Plan to Defend Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:25 PM :: 4391 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This week, The Heritage Foundation's Rob Bluey obtained a four-page strategy memo that outlines a White House-coordinated campaign to force an unwilling public to accept Obamacare.
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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United Technologies Dumps Wind Turbine Business
By Selected News Articles @ 1:02 PM :: 5064 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“We’ve gone into this business with the thought that there was going be a renewable energy mandate in this country and there has not been one.”
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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Molokai Cheers as US Senate Kills Windfarm Tax Credit
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 10216 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In a big victory for the people of Hawaii, our environment, and all American taxpayers, the U.S. Senate this week killed the Production Tax Credit for industrial wind factories ....
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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Romney Win in Hawaii Credited to Volunteers' Hard Work
By Dylan Nonaka @ 1:58 PM :: 7797 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The campaign was full of volunteers who worked for months to identify voters ....
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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House Republicans Speak up on State Bank, Mortgages, and the General Fund
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 5427 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HB2019: ' ... fewer distressed borrowers would be able to benefit from short sales, which force banks to accept a discounted payoff ... '
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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Marumoto Resolutions Push Workers Comp Reform
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5333 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Many doctors no longer take work comp cases because of low reimbursement rates and, in particular, because of lengthy and onerous paperwork."
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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A Budget to Save the American Dream
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:47 AM :: 4409 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The national debt is well on its way to $17 trillion, 13 million Americans are out of work, and the country is stuck in the slowest recovery in the post-war era.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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Slom: "I've Never Seen so Many Hawaii Republicans"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 8214 Views :: Republican Party
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Sen. Sam Slom, a Rick Santorum supporter, said he has “never seen so many Hawaii Republicans in his life, not even at the annual state conventions.”
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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Romney Delighted by Hawaii Caucus Victory
By News Release @ 8:14 AM :: 7673 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I congratulate Mitt Romney on his victory in Hawaii,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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Over 10,000 Voters Turn out for Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucuses
By News Release @ 7:54 AM :: 7190 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Newt Gingrich - 1,034
- Rick Santorum - 2,369
- Ron Paul - 1,712
- Mitt Romney - 4,250
- 847 provisional ballots are yet to be counted.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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ABA Secretly Declares Obama Court Nominees 'Not Qualified'
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:02 AM :: 4385 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the American Bar Association secretly declared a significant number of the president's nominees to be "not qualified."
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Hawaii Republican Caucus Makes News: KITV, HNN, KHON, Star-Adv
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 4347 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Links to local and national news stories on tonight's Hawaii GOP Caucus ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against Hydropower, Inouye, Akaka Vote against Keystone
By Congress.org @ 12:16 PM :: 6718 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline
- House: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Obama's New Regulations Cost Billions
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:08 PM :: 4681 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On top of the thousands of regulations the Obama Administration has already implemented -- costing America billions of dollars -- more are on the way, promising to continue to drag down the economy and hamper job growth....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Department of Health Fines Eight Businesses
By News Release @ 11:53 AM :: 5356 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Clean Air Branch has issued Notices of Violations and Orders against eight companies located on Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, and O‘ahu for air permit violations....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Unemployment 6.5% in Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:47 AM :: 5246 Views :: Energy, Environment
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the largest job expansion is in Leisure & Hospitality (+3,300) ....
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Romney Wins Backing from Ward, Hemmings, Rohlfing, Djou, Saiki
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 7492 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mitt Romney today announced the support of Minority Leader Gene Ward, recently-retired Hawaii State Senator Fred Hemmings, and former State Senator Fred Rohlfing. They join former Congressman Charles Djou and former Congresswoman Pat Saiki in endorsing Mitt Romney.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Announces UH Regents, Stadium Authority Appointments
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 4011 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced appointments to various boards and commissions including the Stadium Authority and the University of Hawai'i (UH) Board of Regents.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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UPDATE: Romney, Paul, Santorum Campaign in Hawaii Monday
By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 8366 Views :: Energy, Environment
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David Chang Show: Liz Santorum, Matt Romney, Ronnie Paul to appear together on David Chang’s radio show AM790 5pm Today, Monday, March 12.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Romney Sweeps Pacific: Wins Alaska, Guam, CNMI, heads for Am Samoa, Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:58 AM :: 9090 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This is Pacific Week in the Republican Presidential race. Alaska March 6, Guam and CNMI March 10, Am Samoa and Hawaii March 13....
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Obama's Politicized Energy Policy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 AM :: 4625 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This administration willfully ignores rational choices that would lower energy prices and reduce U.S. reliance on foreign energy sources…
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Heritage: The Nuclear Option for Powering America
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:02 AM :: 4248 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Taking a behind-the-scenes look at uranium mines, nuclear power plants, and used fuel recycling facilities from across the globe, "Powering America" takes viewers on a journey through the full fuel cycle....
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Sunday, March 11, 2012 |
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Rail’s Broken Trust: Randy Roth Speaks
By Video @ 3:53 PM :: 7991 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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VIDEO: Kapolei Hale Rail Meeting, Feb 28, Prof Randall Roth Speaks
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Sunday, March 11, 2012 |
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Yes, Houston, Hawaii has a Problem
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 8:10 AM :: 5891 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Hawaii has created the financial crisis it faces today over the last 25 years as a result of elected officials attempting to pander to their voting constituents ....
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 |
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51.2%: Santorum Wins Kansas, Romney Wins Wyoming
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 3943 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Santorum 51.2% in Kansas, Romney 51.2% in Wyoming
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 |
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Attorney: Discrimination Against 'Non-Residents' is Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 6660 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Kugle stated that the Bill discriminates against non-residents through the Equal Protection, Privileges and Immunities and Commerce Clauses and therefore, according to the Constitution, the Bill should be invalid....
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Saturday, March 10, 2012 |
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Djou Predicts March 13 Romney Win in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 PM :: 6555 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“Things are going very well for Mitt Romney” in Hawaii, says former Republican congressman Charles Djou, who has endorsed the ex-governor....
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