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Entries for April 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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SB2394: Would Allow Condemnation of Private Property to Bail Out Mortgage lenders
By Video @ 7:21 PM :: 4750 Views
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Rep. Yamane asked AG: Q: Wouldn't condemnation be allowed, for public purposes, since we buy distressed property? A: Eminent domain is for real property. There are problems with using eminent domain for personal property. Mortgages, we consider, are more personal property....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Thielen, Rivere, Ward Rip SB755 Environmental Exemptions
By Video @ 7:03 PM :: 6223 Views :: Energy, Environment
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OEQC further noted that this measure is unnecessary and because of its ambiguities, omissions and conflicting purposes will cause confusion in the manner in which Chapter 343 is interpreted and administered, which would as a result, lead to an increase in future lawsuits against the State....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Hawaii Shippers Council Outlines Jones Act Reform Proposals
By Michael Hansen @ 6:48 PM :: 14745 Views :: Jones Act
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The NTJAR initiative would exempt just the Jones Act noncontiguous domestic trades – Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico – from the U.S.-Build requirement of the Jones Act and only for large self-propelled oceangoing ships....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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North Korea's Rogue Missile Launch
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 10273 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Jong-un "is more likely than his father Kim Jong-il to miscalculate during a crisis, unaware that Seoul is more likely to retaliate to a military clash than in the past."
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Case: Hirono Now Ducking 10 Debate Invitations
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 6003 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Ed Case has accepted ten Senate debate/joint appearance invitations from media and community organizations across Hawaii, while his opponent, U. S. Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, has accepted none ....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Public Access TV Relegated to Digital Siberia
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 9858 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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On Wednesday, April 4, the naked truth behind this land grab was revealed at the State of Hawaii Cable Advisory Committee hearing in Oahu. The members, made up of appointees from each county, did not like what they saw. Let’s just call it, Oceanic Time Warner’s dirty little secret....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Makers of Promotional Products Rally to Defense of Rail
By News Release @ 1:24 PM :: 9466 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In order for government agencies such as Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit Administration (HART) ... to be effective, they must first keep the lines of communications open to the citizens they serve.... Promotional products are an integral part of this process....
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Am Samoa Congressman Travels Through Ethics Loophole
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 2870 Views
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His trips there are allowed under a half-century-old law called the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. The post-Abramoff 2007 law that tightened congressional travel rules did not cover these MECEA trips....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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HB 108: Dog Fighting OK, Dog Breeding Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 11:24 PM :: 6227 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Days after the Hawaii Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor replaced anti-dogfighting language from a House bill designed to deter dogfighting with a broad range of regulations for dog breeders and pet stores, the Hawaii State Senate is expected to vote on the new measure ....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Payment Protection: State Sues Seven Mainland Credit Card Companies
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 5156 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The seven credit card companies that have been named as defendants are Bank of America, Barclays, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Discover, HSBC, and their subsidiaries....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign Raises $3.1M
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 6101 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The campaign raised $1,351,876.38 between January 1 and March 31, 2012, bringing the total funds raised in this election cycle to $3,119,186.27.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Not Aimed at Hawaii This Time: N Korea Rocket fails, falls in Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 6:58 PM :: 9694 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Immediately after the launch, South Korea issued an order urging residents near the inter-Korean border to seek shelter to protect themselves from any debris that might fall from the rocket, Yonhap said....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Celebrate Israel Day Hawaii, May 20
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 8466 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012, at "Skygate Park," the festival grounds fronting the Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building - Koko Head side of Honolulu Hale.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Am Samoa Congressional Race: Radewagen, Lancaster Challenge Faleomavaega
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 6552 Views :: National News, Ethics
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US Army retiree Rosie Fualaau Tago Lancaster, who will be making a second bid, and Aumua Amata Radewagen, who has entered numerous times, will be challenging the incumbent congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Salon: Am Samoa's Congressional Delegate Defends Dictatorship at Behest of Lobbyist
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 9404 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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No one except Faleomavaega knows which demands had been 'met,' as Bahrain today remains governed by an undemocratic monarchy which tortures and imprisons its citizens with impunity....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Signs Kakaako Over to OHA, HCDA Maintains Development Control
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 9429 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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The lands are and will remain under the jurisdiction of the Hawai'i Community Development Authority (HCDA), and will continue to be subject to HCDA’s zoning and other land use conditions. The lands will be conveyed “as is,” “where is.”
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Guam Senator Garners Support for Jones Act Exemptions
By Video @ 2:13 PM :: 7887 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Blas's resolution asks Congresswoman Madeline Bordallo to introduce legislation exempting the non-contiguous states and territories from the provisions of the Jones Act....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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The Internet Taxes that Could Be Coming
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:45 PM :: 6847 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... a Supreme Court decision protected out-of-state businesses from revenue-hungry states. But a new bill working its way through Congress would change all that ....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Lingle, Collins: "Bipartisanship is Leadership"
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 4338 Views
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A crowd of over 300 gathered today at the Sheraton Waikiki to honor Hawaii’s former two-term Governor Linda Lingle and hear from keynote speaker U.S. Sen. Susan Collins....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
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HART CEO: Transparency Among Goals
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 4883 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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“Transparency and a culture of openness are among my top goals,” Grabauskas said.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
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Study: Hawaii Cost of Long Term Care Soars 87% in Five Years
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 9340 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The national yearly cost for assisted living has increased 5.7 percent a year over the past five years, while long term care costs in Hawaii have increased 13.4 percent a year....
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
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Buffett Rule 101
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:44 AM :: 5281 Views :: National News, Ethics
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President Obama traveled to Florida yesterday to distract the nation from its real problems by laying out his case for the Buffett Rule, a plan to drastically raise taxes on successful Americans and small businesses....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Three Judge Panel Will Hear Reapportionment Case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM :: 6395 Views :: Energy, Environment
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At the conference, Defendants agreed that substantial questions of constitutionality require the convening of a three-judge court....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Carlisle Admin: Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open 15 More Years
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6377 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Mayor Carlisle's administration is arguing that the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill should continue operations for another 15 years. Read the hearing notice....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Legislators Exempt State from Child Molestation Claims
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 7614 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"True leaders would not exempt themselves from a law they are creating for others to follow," said Rep. Kymberly Pine, Minority Floor Leader....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Horizon Lines Completes Restructuring
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 8931 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“Horizon Lines moves forward today from a stronger financial position that will enable us to better focus on customers in our core Jones Act trades and to invest in the future of our business....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Marumoto: SB2858 Relating to Closed Government
By Rep Barbara Marumoto @ 6:31 PM :: 6312 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This bill has the wrong title. It should be called Relating to Closed Government. Passage of SB 2858 will roll back more than 20 years of openness and sunshine ....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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$25M Kapolei Biofuel Refinery Produces 5 Barrels per Day
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 9185 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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At present, the new biorefinery is expected to churn out five barrels a day...thanks to ... the $25-million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant that made the project possible....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign
By Video @ 1:40 PM :: 4672 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sen. Rick Santorum announced from Gettysburg, PA that he is suspending his Presidential campaign. He did not make an endorsement.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Is America Prepared for a Saudi Oil Crisis?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 4403 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Think fueling up your car at $4 a gallon is rough? How would you feel about paying more than $6.50? Add on top of that massive job losses and a drastic drop in U.S. economic productivity....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Yoshioka: Bus Service Cuts Have no Connection With Rail
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 6950 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"This has no connection whatsoever with rail,” Yoshioka said.
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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While Hawaii Legislators Sleep, Another State Bars Companies Doing Business With Iran
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 6255 Views :: National News, Ethics
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United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) applauded the State of Maryland for unanimously passing legislation this weekend to bar companies active in Iran from doing business with the State of Maryland.
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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Hawaiian societies caught as much fish as modern fishers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 PM :: 6937 Views :: Energy, Environment
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For some 400 years before European settlers arrived, ancient Hawaiian societies caught as much fish as modern fishers or more - without fishing the reefs to depletion....
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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RNC Moves to Boost Hawaii GOP
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 8663 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As of the end of February, the Hawaii GOP had $29,000 in the bank in federal funds and was carrying over $100,000 in debt.
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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Pacific Rim GSA: 115 iPods Missing
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 8977 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An investigation by the inspector general of the General Services Administration found rampant abuse of an employee awards program of the agency’s Pacific Rim region, the same region that has come under fire for spending more than $800,000 on a Las Vegas training conference for 300 employees.
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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Hispanics and the 2012 Election
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:53 PM :: 5083 Views :: National News, Ethics
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From 2005 to 2009, median household wealth among Hispanics fell by 66%, compared with a drop of 53% among blacks and 16% among non-Hispanic whites....
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States in Nation on Taxing the Working Poor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 6972 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Unlike most states, Hawaii taxes working-poor families deeper into poverty, and it charges them higher tax bills than all but four other states....
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 |
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Zero Confidence in Lawmakers Revealed
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:31 AM :: 6741 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Despite the campaign rhetoric lawmakers chant over and over during the campaign season that Hawaii voters can trust them as representatives of their constituents, it seems that there is a growing cynicism that lawmakers cannot be trusted....
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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GSA Scandal: Lingle Takes Aim at Waste and Fraud
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 9546 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"... S1409, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, would create greater oversight and accountability in federal spending .... "
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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NTU: Hanabusa voted for 91% of Tax Increases, Hirono 88%
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 7804 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A zero score would indicate that the Member of Congress approved every spending proposal and opposed every pro-taxpayer reform....
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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Push Poll Audio: "Berg got so drunk ..."
By Audio @ 2:20 PM :: 8453 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Profitable non-profit boss Alex Santiago of PHOCUSED pulled papers on April 1. The negative against Santiago was a softball compared to the others, so draw your own conclusions....
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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Biofuel: Honeywell Hints at Tesoro Refinery Takeover
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 13411 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We are left to guess the initial refining partner – though it is not difficult to surmise that Tesoro has been the test partner to date, and presumably would be the first to license and deploy the process....
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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Lawsuit: Veterans, Military Personnel Challenge Hawaii Reapportionment Plan
By News Release @ 9:04 PM :: 7529 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The State of Hawaii has a long history of refusing to count military personnel and their families for purposes of reapportioning the state legislature. A lawsuit filed today asks a three-judge federal court to enforce the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and require the State to count all residents of Hawaii.
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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Fair-Value Accounting and the Export-Import Bank
By NCPA @ 8:19 PM :: 5056 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Under the accounting rules mandated in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA), the Bank is allowed to treat its loan guarantees as risk-free in consideration of potential losses.
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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Okabe to Obama: Abercrombie is 'Difficult'
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 7022 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"...legislators passed out a teacher evaluation bill that would effectively strip teachers of the collective bargaining rights ..." -- Okabe
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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US Constitutional Convention? Hawaii State House Wants to Write Obamacare into Constitution, Strengthen Power of President
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 PM :: 9842 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Hawaii State House, with 17 ‘no’ votes has transmitted to the Senate a resolution calling for convening of a US Constitutional Convention....
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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Obama Economy Leaves Little Unchanged
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:49 AM :: 5037 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today's jobs report shows that two years into recovery the U.S. economy is still woefully underperforming, adding only 120,000 new jobs in March, about half the rate of job growth of the previous three months which were, themselves, somewhat disappointing for this stage of recovery.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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Health Insurance Exchange Part of Obamacare Litany of Failure
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:36 PM :: 8816 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The combined effect of these regulations and grant requirements are that a state would have to agree to surrender any last vestiges of meaningful control over how Obamacare is implemented. Thus, a state would now have no more real control over an exchange it set up than over one HHS established....
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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271 Days to Taxmageddon
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:10 PM :: 6721 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Brace yourself. In a mere 271 days, you and your fellow Americans will be hit with a tax hike the likes of which this country has never seen....
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