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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Medicaid: Abercrombie sides with Big Business
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 7037 Views :: Energy, Environment

Seventy percent of Hawaii’s Medicaid budget is paid out to two publicly traded contractors, Unitedhealth and Wellcare. The two share a lucrative $1.2 billion a year contract to provide services to 40,000 children and adults with disabilities.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Son-of-a-glitch: Abercrombie defends turning state’s disabled population into second class citizens
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 5518 Views :: Energy, Environment

On August 22, Governor Neil Abercrombie admitted that the purpose of SB 1274 (Act 230) was to save the state’s Medicaid contractors money on legal fees. He never explained how that would benefit patients.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Hanabusa Wipes Prince Kuhio --and Robert Wilcox-- out of History Books
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 14228 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Even after correcting herself, Hanabusa still has it wrong. A reader has pointed out that the first native Hawaiian Congressional Representative was Robert Wilcox of the Home Rule Party....

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Friday, September 9, 2011
NYT: Some of Sarah Palin's Ideas Cross the Political Divide
By Selected News Articles @ 5:57 PM :: 5301 Views :: National News, Ethics

Strangely, she was saying things that liberals might like, if not for Ms. Palin’s having said them.

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Friday, September 9, 2011
Charles Djou leaves for Afghanistan
By Rep Charles Djou @ 4:36 PM :: 13103 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

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Friday, September 9, 2011
Gallup: Hawaii has 4th-lowest rate of Uninsured Persons
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 7723 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Massachusetts -- where state law requires all adult residents to have health insurance -- continues to have the lowest percentage of uninsured residents, at 4.7%. Connecticut, Minnesota, and Hawaii also have relatively low uninsured rates, with about 1 in 10 adults not carrying health insurance in each....

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Friday, September 9, 2011
More 'Stimulus' from President Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:11 PM :: 5374 Views :: National News, Ethics

...last night in a speech to a joint session of Congress, the President demanded that it spend another $450 billion on more of the same "stimulus" that has left America with zero job growth and continued economic stagnation.

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Friday, September 9, 2011
Kahului, Kailua-Kona: TEA Party to Commemorate 9-11
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 7581 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL

Bring your thoughts, your prayers, a lei, and a flag if you can. Bring your family, your children, place your lei with others on the display, and spend some moments with us.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Comprehensive List of Obama Tax Hikes
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 10:27 PM :: 6839 Views :: National News, Ethics

Which of these will kill the most jobs?

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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Full Text: Obama Speech to Congress
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 6097 Views :: National News, Ethics

...to make sure the money is properly spent and for good purposes, we're building on reforms we've already put in place. No more earmarks....

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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Abercrombie Appoints Waihee, Danner to Decide which Native Hawaiians are "Qualified"
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 11442 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

The Commission will be responsible for preparing and maintaining a roll of qualified Native Hawaiians as defined by the Act.... The roll is to be used as the basis for participation in the organization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Pacific Command to Host 9-11 Remembrance at Fort Shafter
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 7477 Views :: Maui County, Energy, National News

9/11 Remembrance Ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States: Sept. 9, 2011 at 4:30 p.m., Palm Circle, Fort Shafter

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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Five Ways to Create New Jobs in America
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:26 PM :: 4322 Views :: National News, Ethics

 The good news is that there is another way, and there are things the President can do to pave the way for businesses to create new jobs.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Report: 42% of young Adults Obese in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 8891 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaii went from 33 percent overweight or obese to 42 percent over the last 13 years....

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Four Ways Obama Has Blocked Job Growth
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:02 PM :: 4374 Views :: National News, Ethics

... the four major measures Obama has taken to prevent job growth in America ....

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Abercrombie: More Taxes and Spending Key to Economic Recovery
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 4784 Views

The Council on Revenues (COR) today projected a lower economic forecast for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Public invited to 9/11 memorial commemoration at Honolulu Community College
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 6670 Views :: Maui County, National News

When/Time: Monday, September 12, 2011 at 11 a.m.
Where: Honolulu Community College, 874 Dillingham Blvd.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Jobs Plan: More Government Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:48 AM :: 3868 Views :: National News, Ethics

... for many on the left, it's the only way they can think of to get the economy moving again, and they think some sort of new New Deal should be included in President Obama’s much-touted jobs speech on Thursday....

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Big Wind: Does Abercrombie want Giant Boondoggle as his Legacy?
By Video @ 6:19 AM :: 9012 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

I Aloha Molokai has released two new videos … 

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Monday, September 5, 2011
A Jobless Labor Day
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:35 PM :: 4168 Views :: National News, Ethics

For 14 million unemployed Americans and their families, this Labor Day will not be a happy one....

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Sunday, September 4, 2011
DoE Boosts AYP Standing by Kicking Students off Testing Roster
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4869 Views

...six DoE schools appealed, and after “putting misplaced students in the correct category” they have suddenly been transformed into DoE success stories....

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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Kalapa: Taxpayers suffer as ACT 221 Scammers laugh all the way to the bank
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:28 PM :: 6402 Views :: Energy, Environment

Those who were not so fortunate to take advantage of many of these tax incentives can tip their hats to those who did take advantage of the tax credits and other tax breaks as they laughed all the way to the bank....

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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Berg: Council to hear testimony on Waianae Sustainability Communities Plan
By Tom Berg @ 8:51 PM :: 6760 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...to be held in Nanakuli at the Nanaikapono Elementary School from 6 pm to 9 pm on September 8, 2011....

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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Classified Documents reveal United Farm Workers made pact with Global Horizons in hope of profiting from Immigration Reform
By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 10944 Views :: Agriculture, Labor

... a July 3, 2008 memo from the US Embassy in Mexico—revealed earlier this week with the latest batch of classified Wikileaks documents—shows that the UFW had signed a contract with Global Horizons and was itself looking forwards to becoming a major labor contractor ....

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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Senior Chief Petty Officer Kraig M. Vickers
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 10549 Views :: DHHL, Energy, National News, World News

SCPO Vickers, 36, was a 1992 Maui High School graduate. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2011 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Theater. SCPO Vickers will be laid to rest at Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku.

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Murder in Kona: A flurry of phone calls, then Union Leader Walks Free
By Andrew Walden @ 10:44 PM :: 21261 Views :: Hawaii County , Labor, Law Enforcement

... "We were the only two people in the room so you have to reach your own conclusions."....

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Friday, September 2, 2011
UHERO: With Hawaii Growth Slow, US Risk Looms Large
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 5149 Views :: Energy, Environment

The strongest part of the tourism recovery is now behind us, and further industry gains will be more incremental.

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Full Text: HSTA Loses Drug Testing Appeal
By News Release @ 2:56 PM :: 6353 Views :: Energy, Environment

The circuit court dismissed HSTA's appeal from HLRB's Order No. 2573 (Order No. 2573) for lack of appellate jurisdiction, determining that Order No. 2573 was not a final decision and order within the meaning of Hawai`i Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP) Rule 72....

The Judgment filed on December 16, 2009 in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit is affirmed.

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Hawaii Leads the Nation for Methamphetamine Use in the Workforce
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 7587 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...The study includes its first state-by-state analysis of methamphetamine positives, based on more than 4.5 million urine specimens collected from the general U.S. workforce from January-December 2010....

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Zero New Jobs in America
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:20 PM :: 4197 Views :: National News, Ethics

... for the first time since 1945, no new jobs were created—Zero....

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Pepeekeo Biomass Plant Granted Air Pollution Permit
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 9902 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

HHB can now move ahead with its engineering design, construction and refurbishing of the former Hilo Coast Power Company power plant at Pepeekeo into a modern biomass facility.

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Construction Industry Group says Hawaii’s rural roads, bridges need work
By Andrew Walden @ 4:06 AM :: 7145 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • 16% of Hawaii’s Rural bridges are structurally deficient –10th in nation
  • 29% of Hawaii’s rural roads rated poor—5th in nation
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Bombardier to HART: Our Rail Bid would have won if not Disqualified
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 8806 Views :: Ethics, Rail

When we examined the public file documents shortly after Mayor Carlisle made the award announcement on March 21, 2011, we were shocked to discover that the disqualification of our proposal swept away what would have been the winning bid.

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Friday, September 2, 2011
After Boycott Threat, Safeway Agrees to Change Labels on “Kona Blend”
By News Release @ 12:51 AM :: 10108 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

On Aug. 2, 2011, Safeway Director of Public Affairs & Governmental Relations Susan Houghton and other Safeway officials met with KCFA Board member Paul Uster at Safeway headquarters in Pleasanton, California, to review the concerns of Kona coffee growers....

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Friday, September 2, 2011
Marriott: M Waikiki Owners Self-Destructive
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 9962 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...inaccurate statements by the owner notwithstanding, occupancy rates at the Waikiki EDITION were 67 percent in July and were running in excess of 80 percent in August prior to the illegal raid and seizure of the hotel ....

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Thursday, September 1, 2011
News and Video from House Minority: Ward, Thielen, Ching, Pine, Rivere
By Video @ 8:53 PM :: 8403 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
  • REP. CYNTHIA THIELEN AMONGST PRESENTING DIGNITARIES AT INTERNATIONAL WAVE ENERGY CONFERENCE
  • Walk Wise Hawaii with Representative Corinne Ching
  • Hawaiian Chariots with Gil Riviere and Daniel Ward
  • Robotics with 'The Hawaiian Kids' from Waialua High
  • Plant Theft Robs Us All by Representative Cynthia Thielen
  • Representative Gene Ward Discusses Kamiloiki Elementary
  • Would You Have Been Ready? Virginia earthquake a startling reminder for Hawai‘ i
  • REP. KYMBERLY PINE LAUNCHES “INBOX”
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
"Green Scissors"-- Enviros Propose Billions in Cuts to Federal Giveaways
By NCPA @ 8:22 PM :: 5298 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Eliminating $380 billion in subsidies to industries that damage the environment could go a long way toward resolving U.S. budget challenges, a coalition of groups from across the political spectrum said in a new study, reports the Environment News Service.

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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Touted by Enviromentalists, LEED Certification Actually Increases Energy Use
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 9416 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Among dozens of “green” schools in Washington state, only two use less energy than traditional schools built in those same districts. In more than one instance, the “green” schools use 30 percent more energy per square foot ....

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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Food Regulators Out of Control
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:48 AM :: 3841 Views :: National News, Ethics

...four federal agencies known as the Interagency Working Group (IWG) have delivered a plan to drastically censor food advertisers with products deemed to be “too high” in sodium, sugar, or fat that cater to any viewing audience between the ages of two and 11. These advertisers would lose key slots during some of America’s most popular shows, like American Idol, America’s Got Talent, and Glee....

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