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Entries for January 2012
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 :: 7818 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 :: 5482 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 :: 6267 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 :: 7119 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 :: 6699 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 :: 6430 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 :: 6129 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 :: 8665 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 :: 4917 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 :: 5207 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 :: 5000 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 :: 8652 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 :: 5552 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 :: 6169 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 :: 11346 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 :: 11776 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 :: 6739 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 :: 5829 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 :: 10213 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 :: 6920 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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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Colette Machado: Assisted Suicide Activists ‘Hoodwinking Our Culture’
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 PM :: 11096 Views :: Life, OHA
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Mocking the latest poll numbers released by assisted suicide activists, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado is calling assisted suicide an insult to the Hawaiian culture and an insult to the memory of the thousands of patients at Kalaupapa “who fought to live-not die.”
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Full Text AG Louie: Assisted Suicide Not Legal in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 14263 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Life
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Word comes from state Sen. Josh Green, a doctor who had asked for the opinion from Attorney General David Louie....
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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HHS: After 50 years, Head Start Simply Does Not Work
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 4617 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...a long-suppressed government report finally released by the Obama administration is shaking the foundations of Head Start, and the news isn’t coming from right wing conservatives but from Joe Klein at Time magazine....
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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Hawaii Joins Liberal-controlled States backing Obama on health law
By Selected News Articles @ 12:31 PM :: 5615 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Attorneys general in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Friday supporting Congress‘ authority to pass the sweeping legislation, arguing that health care is a national concern because the industry constitutes nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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Coast Guard, Maui PD to Protect Molokai Cruise Ship
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 8141 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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Chair Âila will be joined by officials from the state Department of Transportation, the Maui County Police and the U.S. Coast Guard who oversee and ensure environmental, public and navigational safety in the harbor.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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Design and Management: $2.45M in CIP at Honolulu Airport
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 7767 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the release of $2.45 million for various design and management Capitol Improvement Projects (CIP) at Honolulu International Airport.
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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Hoku Still Battling over Unpaid Electric Bills as NASDAQ Prepares to Delist
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 5840 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Dear reader, please take a moment to absorb the utter and complete failure of this ACT221 tax credit wunderkind....
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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US Drops to 10th on Index of Economic Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:50 PM :: 8946 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...the United States -- and indeed the world -- is less economically free today than it was a year ago, according to the 18th annual Index of Economic Freedom, released yesterday by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal....
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Political activities: What every Marine and DOD civilian should know
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 9536 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Nearly all federal civilians at MarForPac are classified as 'less restricted' under the Hatch act, which allows them to endorse candidates and attend, participate, be active members or hold office in political clubs as private citizens ....
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Rainbow papaya approved for Japan export
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 11455 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that on Dec. 1, the government of Japan approved Rainbow papaya for commercial shipment to Japan.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Fiat Trucks used in Iranian Nuclear Program, Public Beheadings
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 7346 Views :: World News, Family
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Fiat's subsidiary Iveco continues to sell and distribute trucks in Iran that have been used by the Iranian regime to transport ballistic missiles and stage gruesome public executions. Fiat also continues to operate in Iran's automobile market, and is reportedly planning to expand its presence there by opening a luxury Maserati dealership in Tehran.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Caldwell: Rail is about "redesigning city around transit stations"
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 6868 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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“Rail is a huge issue and I’m pro mass transit. This system is not only about creating jobs but really redesigning our city around each of the transit stations."
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Supreme Court Decision in Hosanna-Tabor a Major Win for Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:47 PM :: 3950 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Such action interferes with the internal governance of the church, depriving the church of control over the selection of those who will personify its beliefs. By imposing an unwanted minister, the state infringes the Free Exercise Clause, which protects a religious group’s right to shape its own faith and mission through its appointments. According the state the power to determine which individuals will minister to the faithful also violates the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government involvement in such ecclesiastical decisions.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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TPM: Hawaii Kai Lesbian B&B Suit Part of Larger Effort to Quash Religious Freedom
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 AM :: 9764 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There is an essential conflict, the ADF argues, between religious freedom and discrimination lawsuits, because if discrimination against gays and lesbians is based on a religious conviction, then it is protected under the First Amendment.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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Guantanamo Ten Years Later
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:11 AM :: 4451 Views :: National News, Ethics
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His plan was to rip apart nightclubs with explosives, unleash a wave of destruction on bridges, and open fire on police officers--all in sunny Florida....
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to visit UH Richardson Law School
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 9463 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will spend a week in Hawai’i from Jan. 29-Feb. 3 as part of the Jurist-in-Residence program at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Governor Releases $14.2M in CIP Funds
By News Release @ 10:57 PM :: 5350 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $14.2 million for additional Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) at schools and libraries.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Hawaii County SHOPO Endorses Lingle
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 5965 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"I echo our President Tenari Ma‘afala's comments from earlier this week that this is not just an endorsement, this is a personal commitment from our organization to see that Linda Lingle is elected as our next U.S. Senator," said Lt. Reed Mahuna, Hawaii Chapter, SHOPO....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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$30,000 Reward in Monk Seal Killings
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 12809 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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The Humane Society of the United States and Hawaii DLNR Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement Inaugurate Reward Tip Line As Total Rewards Grows to $30,000 in Monk Seal Killings....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Romney, Paul, Huntsman: Complete New Hampshire Primary Results
By Selected News Articles @ 11:32 AM :: 5939 Views :: National News, Ethics
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New Hampshire - 298 of 301 Precincts Reporting - 99% ....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Tesoro to Sell Hawaii Refinery, Gas Stations
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 7975 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) today announced its plan to sell its Hawaii operations....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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The Renewable Fuels Disaster
By NCPA @ 10:24 AM :: 4867 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Deficit hawks, environmentalists and food processors are celebrating the expiration of the ethanol tax credit.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Workplaces Ban Not Only Smoking, but Smokers Themselves
By NCPA @ 10:22 AM :: 4412 Views :: National News, Ethics
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tobacco-free hiring policies, designed to promote health and reduce insurance premiums, are under attack from the American Civil Liberties Union and the tobacco industry....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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Doctors Say Affordable Care Act Is No Remedy for U.S. Health Woes
By NCPA @ 10:18 AM :: 4171 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Many of these results stem from two large impacts of the law: shutting down health care facilities and sharply increasing demand as it extends coverage to millions of people.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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The Real 'Iron Lady'
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:14 AM :: 7526 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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This week brings the nationwide release of The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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Obama's Arrogant Authoritarianism
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:52 PM :: 4369 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last week, President Barack Obama took the latest step on his road toward an arrogant, new authoritarianism with four illegal appointments....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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House Republican Caucus Proposes Veterans Preference in State Contracting
By News Release @ 12:19 PM :: 6096 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“As a Vietnam-era veteran and businessman, I believe it is time for Hawaii to follow the national example of supporting veteran-owned businesses, ” Republican Minority Leader Rep. Gene Ward stated.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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Abercrombie: HSTA Contract will help Save Race to The Top Grant
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 7855 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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All the public knows is that HSTA has accepted a six year contract with no drug testing. Does anybody believe there is significant teacher accountability in the contract?
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