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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Video: Sen Sam Slom First News Conference of Session
By Video @ 9:43 PM :: 7535 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Senator Slom covered fiscal, budgetary, and educational issues among other topics.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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21 Gambling Bills Before Legislature
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 8176 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A complete list of all pro and anti-gambling bills before the current legislative session.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Gingrich Sweeps South Carolina
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 6371 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina GOP Primary with 40.8% of the vote after 77% of precincts reported. He wins 17 delegates.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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NRA Targets Pro and Anti Gun Bills before Hawaii Legislature
By News Release @ 1:13 PM :: 6277 Views :: Energy, Environment
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There are several bills that have been carried over from the 2011 legislative session, as well as some newly introduced gun-related measures....
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Abercrombie: State Ready to Negotiate Further with HSTA
By News Release @ 10:05 PM :: 5314 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Governor believes that the teachers may have not been fully aware of the positive aspects of the tentative agreement. The State was prepared to invest $72 million for teacher salary increases based on performance.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Discusses 2012 Legislative Package
By Video @ 9:25 PM :: 4914 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii House Republican Caucus releases legislative package "2012 RECOVERY PLAN: SOLUTIONS FOR HAWAII'S FUTURE"
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Marumoto Legislation to Include Two Snake Bills
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 6795 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In the 2012 legislative session Rep. Barbara Marumoto will be introducing two snake bills, two bills to reduce auto costs and a measure to require that the list of names of people nominated for judgeships be released to the public ....
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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HB127: Legislature to Force Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pill?
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 9305 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Passage of this bill would almost certainly pose a problem to re-opening the two Catholic-owned (now bankrupt) hospitals, Hawaii Medical Centers East and West ....
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Farm to School Program Introduced by Rep. Cynthia Thielen
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 6:44 PM :: 5754 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This program would require public schools to purchase Hawai‘i -grown produce when it is available at approximately the same cost as foods imported from out of state.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Obama's Magic Kingdom of Joblessness
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:19 PM :: 4116 Views :: National News, Ethics
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His announcement came one day after he flat out said "NO" to another plan that would have directly created at least 20,000 truly shovel-ready jobs--and 179,000 American jobs by 2035--while bringing more than 700,000 barrels of oil to the United States each day. That plan was the Keystone XL pipeline....
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Newt Gingrich Opens GOP Debate with Media Smackdown
By Video @ 2:56 AM :: 4710 Views :: National News, Ethics
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John King started the night with a question about Newt’s ex-wife’s interview in which she alleged Newt sought an “open marriage.” Newt answered the question eventually with a denial, but used the opportunity to give King a smack down which will be remembered for a long time.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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Lingle: SOPA, PIPA Would Permit Government Censorship
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 1:55 AM :: 7381 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"As Senator, I would work to develop public-private cooperative efforts that address piracy and copyright infringement without the potential of government censorship that the current legislative proposals would permit."
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Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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WSJ: Bain Capital Saved America
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 AM :: 4385 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It caused a positive revolution in U.S. management, financial analysis, incentives, governance and market-based discipline. It led directly to the 1990s boom years. And it gave the U.S. two decades of breathing room while Europe, with some exceptions, choked....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Rep Ward: Legalize Driverless Cars
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 8230 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The bill, modeled after a Nevada law that allowed Google to test its driverless cars in the state, addresses legal issues that may arise when no human driver is behind the wheel of a motor vehicle....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Panos Endorses Cayetano, Caldwell Says Election is about HandiVan
By Selected News Articles @ 11:37 PM :: 5919 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"I am delighted that former state governor Ben Cayetano has entered the race for Honolulu mayor. Now more than ever Honolulu needs an experienced, fiscally responsible and anti-boondoggle mayor."--Panos Prevedouros
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Full Text: Ben Cayetano Announces Campaign for Mayor
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 6497 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Since I retired as governor in 2002, I’ve watched with growing concern how the cost of living has been increasingly elevated by reckless spending and costly politically motivated capital projects....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Full Text: Federal Report on Hawaii Wave Energy Potential
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 10:39 PM :: 7181 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The updated assessment shows Hawaii's wave energy resource is 130TWh/yr according to DOE.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Statement on Obama Visa Task Force
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 9636 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Obama this morning signed an executive order establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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OHA Names New CEO
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 5540 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs today named Research Director Dr. Kamana’opono Crabbe as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Lingle Endorses Obama's Tourism Plan
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 6:59 PM :: 10284 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"The President's plan to boost processing capacity for non-immigrant visas in major U.S. bound travel markets like China and Brazil and expand the Visa Waiver Program is a good policy for America and will benefit Hawaii's tourism industry."
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Senate Majority to Focus on “People and Children”
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 5223 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Maybe somebody should tell them that children are people too ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Senate Minority Introduces Legislative Priority Package
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 4990 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Senate Minority repeats its positive belief in Hawaii’s people and our state’s future and will work for these and other initiatives to provide Hawaii residents with A BETTER DAY.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Online Piracy and Internet Security: Congress Asks the Right Question but Offers the Wrong Answers
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:35 PM :: 3607 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the manner in which these bills attempt to achieve their ends likely would not work. In fact, they would make the Internet generally less secure for everyone....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Heritage Foundation Bus Tour: On the Road for America's Future
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:29 PM :: 4204 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... With a banner proclaiming "Your Money, Your Values, Your Vote," our Values Bus will roll into Charleston, South Carolina, this morning for our first event ....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Perry Drops Out, Endorses Gingrich
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 3781 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...today I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich for president....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Prudential Locations Kickbacks: Hawaii Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Whistleblowers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 6945 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The 9th Circuit said Wednesday that it will reconsider a lawsuit to identify informants who spurred two investigations of a real estate kick-back racket in Hawaii.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Senate President Shan Tsutsui: 2012 Opening Day Remarks
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 4972 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...we find ourselves in a position to reflect on the past year’s accomplishments, and realize that there has been progress, and we have laid the foundation for even better days....
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Full Text: HSTA Synopsis of Contract
By Selected News Articles @ 2:23 AM :: 7695 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Effective upon ratification, teachers employed in DOE schools (non-charter) will have placement rights in the DOE if their school converts to a charter school.”
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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Senator Sam Slom Opening Day Speech
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 10:33 PM :: 7564 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In our love affair with “clean” energy alternatives, we have not told our citizens the truth about the real cost of transitioning....
We celebrate and honor our men and women in uniform and are grateful for the military’s many contributions –not just financial - to Hawaii. Yet, through reapportionment, we seek to ignore and disenfranchise them, unlike all other states.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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Governor Seeking Applicants for Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 5345 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Applications are being accepted for service on numerous boards and commissions including the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, and the Island Burial Councils
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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Do-Over Sought In Hawaii Reapportionment Case
By Robert Thomas @ 2:56 PM :: 6022 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Commission has now sought "clarification and/or reconsideration," first asking the court for more guidance on the method of "extracting" non-permanent residents from the population base and the procedure for preparing a new plan, and second arguing that the inability to separate resident and nonresident military personnel makes the court's requirement that the Commission do so unconstitutional under the equal protection clause.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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An Internet Blackout Over SOPA and PIPA
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:06 PM :: 6805 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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As of midnight, Wikipedia is shut down for 24 hours, and hundreds of other popular websites have gone dark right along with it. They are standing together in protest ....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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Rep Gene Ward: We Need to Brag About Hawaii
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:21 AM :: 6525 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We have the best bank and best airline in the nation; we’re the national leader for renewable energy, have the largest solar telescope in the world, serve as the home of the Pacific Command responsible for the security of over 50% of the earth’s surface, have the biggest shipyard in the US: Pearl Harbor, as well one of only two missile ranges in the nation; and grow 80% of the world’s seed corn in our soil....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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HSTA Contract: Little Room for Error, Lots of Missing Details
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 AM :: 6201 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...there's not a lot of wiggle room on timing, especially when it comes to piloting the new evaluation and compensation systems....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: Justice Reinvestment Working Group Policy Recommendations
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 5966 Views :: Energy, Environment
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After nearly eight months of working on the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), Governor Neil Abercrombie today endorsed the JRI Working Group’s policy recommendations to improve the state’s criminal justice system.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Carmen ‘Hulu’ Lindsey to OHA Board of Trustees
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 8372 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Ms. Lindsey will serve on an interim basis until November, when a special election will be held to fill the remaining two years of Mr. Mossman’s term.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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Senate Democrats Set Priorities for the 2012 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 4776 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the overarching themes and priorities set forth align with Governor Abercrombie’s “A New Day in Hawaii.”
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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Obama Denies South Carolina the Right to Work
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:49 AM :: 5092 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last year, the Obama Administration took aim at Boeing when the Seattle-based company sought to build a new assembly plant in Charleston, South Carolina, in order to produce the 787 Dreamliner....
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
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Breaking down the walls for progress
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 4836 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In Hawaii, we are fortunate to have such a diverse melting pot of cultures where that familiarity breaks down walls of distrust, suspicion and even malice that exist in other parts of America. Unfortunately, the current political climate is still upside down....
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
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Billion Dollar Cost Overrun Shows US Shipyards Failing Navy and Commerce
By Selected News Articles @ 11:22 PM :: 8400 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Reports from Reuters news agency of a billion dollars in cost overruns on construction of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier at Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) demonstrates how uncompetitive major U.S. shipbuilding yards have become under the protectionist shield of the Jones Act
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
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Huntsman Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race, Endorses Romney
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 5355 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today I am suspending my campaign and supporting the candidate who is best-equipped to defeat the president and return conservative leadership to the White House: Governor Mitt Romney.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
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Life-Changing Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:18 PM :: 5974 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It is to recognize and support those who are working to carry out his vision, those who empower those facing the greatest obstacles through personal relationships that restore the fabric of civil society—without the need for federal government intervention.....
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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Netra Halperin: Molester’s Former Underling Running for House, Demands Censorship
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 PM :: 10936 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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There are so many layers of ignorance and stupidity in Halperin’s first paragraph that it is difficult to know where to begin....
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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The Atheist Declaration of War on Hawaii Churches
By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 11452 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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Hawaii’s small gaggle of atheists have suddenly been put to work by Hawaii’s elites ....
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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Using Exemptions to Shift the Burden of Taxes
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:07 AM :: 6507 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Probably the most controversial recommendation that the Honolulu Real Property Tax Advisory Commission has made in its recently submitted report is to repeal the tried and true exemption for homeowners.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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Hilo March for Life January 23
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 5620 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- WHEN: Monday, January 23, 2012 4-6 pm
- WHERE: Kilauea & Aupuni (new courthouse)
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Supreme Court Keeps East Maui Water Case Alive
By Robert Thomas @ 11:44 PM :: 9873 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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The court concluded the ICA has appellate jurisdiction because the Acting Deputy Director to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources certified the Water Commission minutes by signing them....
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Gingrich Registers for March 13 Hawaii GOP Caucuses
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 6677 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii GOP Chair David Chang said: “Speaker Gingrich has campaigned personally in Hawaii and will be on the March 13 ballot. We look forward to all of the Republican Presidential candidates competing for Hawaii’s 17 GOP Convention delegates.”
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