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Entries for April 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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Rep Kymberly Pine Running for Honolulu City Council
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 1:23 PM :: 9920 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Hawaii State Representative Kymberly Pine today announced her candidacy for the Honolulu City Council District 1 (Leeward Coast) ....
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
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Guam Legislator Calls for Exemption from US-Build Provisions of Jones Act
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 9179 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Senator Blas introduced a resolution that requests Guam’s Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to exempt Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska from the U.S. Build provision of the Jones Act....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins Visits Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 8623 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat, will host U.S. Senator Susan Collins at a special luncheon at the Sheraton Waikiki on Wednesday, April 11 from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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The President's Curious Speech Lacks Solutions
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:08 PM :: 5005 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If you're looking for an iron-clad indictment of Barack Obama's failed fiscal policies, you don't have to look much farther than the President's own words in a speech he delivered yesterday at the Associated Press luncheon in Washington, D.C....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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KOS: The Secret Behind Mitt Romney’s Hawaii Landslide
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 PM :: 7004 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Mormon vote in Laie is reminiscent of the margins that Democrats often pull in inner-cities. It’s pretty stunning.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii: Is the Obama Administration Giving States Flexibility When It Rejects Proposals to Reduce Medicaid Costs?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:16 PM :: 7607 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...even the most basic attempts at experimentation have to wait endlessly for federal approval and many are rejected....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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Faleomavaega: Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 8221 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last year, as the government of Bahrain violently suppressed an Arab Spring protest movement, an unlikely champion of the small Gulf nation emerged on Capitol Hill in Washington: Democratic Rep. Eni Faleomavaega, the delegate from American Samoa....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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The Seven Rules of Bureaucracy
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:14 PM :: 8843 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Rail
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...politicians of all colors and persuasions have used these one time or another....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Suicide Activists Line up Hawaii Doctors to Kill Patients
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 6715 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Members of PACAID with current licenses and prescribing privileges for controlled substances can serve a consulting role to patients and their doctors, and write a prescription for life-ending medication if the primary physician declines to do so ....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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DoE Proposes Lease-Back Arrangement to keep Cash Flowing to Colluding Bus Contractors
By News Release @ 8:10 PM :: 3973 Views :: Energy, Environment
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During the Committee meeting, the DOE noted that annual savings of $12 million to $15 million may be achieved as current contracts expire and are replaced with contracts that offer contractors the opportunity to lease buses from the DOE....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Feds Reject Hawaii’s 10-Day Medicaid Hospital Limit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 8210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Private health insurers generally don’t limit hospital coverage ....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Pentagon Prepares for Possible Shoot Down of North Korean Missile
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 PM :: 10779 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Three interceptor ships near Japan and the Philippines, as well as U.S.-based interceptors, are ready to shoot down the North Korean missile if space-, land-, and sea-based sensors determine its flight path is targeted at the United States or U.S. allies....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Obama Slams Supreme Court over Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:52 PM :: 4573 Views :: National News, Ethics
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While the President is throwing stones at the court, he's living in a glass house ....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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Ko Olina, Kyo-Ya Snag HTA Board Positions
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 8391 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today made more nominations to several boards and commissions including the Hawai'i Tourism Authority and the Land Use Commission....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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ACLU: Hawaii Counties Among Few Requiring Warrant to Track Cell Phones
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 13590 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Only six agencies responded that in order to track cell phones, they must first get a warrant or have probable cause: County of Hawaii, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; Lincoln, Neb.; and North Las Vegas, Nev....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 2, 2012
By Congress.org @ 6:47 PM :: 8579 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011
- Senate: Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act
- House: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011
- House: Surface Transportation Extension Act
- House: Democratic Alternative Budget
- House: Fiscal 2013 House Budget Resolution
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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The Highest Taxes in the World
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 4720 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As of yesterday, the U.S. corporate tax rate of 39.2 percent claimed the world's top spot, edging out Japan which recently lowered its rate from 39.5 percent to 36.8 percent. (The U.S. rate includes the 35 percent federal rate plus the average rate the states add on.)
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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The Ryan Plan: The Cliff's Notes version of Republican health reform
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 6112 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Will House Republicans save Hawaii's Prepaid Health insurance law from Abercrombie's effort to destroy it?
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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Vancouver Sun: Hawaii Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 AM :: 11850 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Hawaii state legislature has taken dead aim at NAFTA and the provisions it requires of the state, and the protections it affords Canadians who make cross-border investments in vacation rental properties….
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Sunday, April 1, 2012 |
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S&P: Credit Risks Mount For U.S. Domestic Shipping Companies As Ships Start Showing Their Age
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 9037 Views :: National News, Jones Act
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More than a thousand ships and barges will reach the end of their useful lives in the next few years. More may be forced out of service as environmental standards tighten....
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Sunday, April 1, 2012 |
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HB1033: Tracing the Financial Outlines of Socialism in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 10317 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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Hawaii banks and Hawaii’s housing sector largely avoided subprime lending.... But Hawaii’s political leaders are working to change all of that.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012 |
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Zing To Taxpayers, You Are Paying For Those Give Aways
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 3:18 PM :: 6109 Views :: Energy, Environment
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For more than a dozen years now, lawmakers have been touting the tax credit bandwagon....
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