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Entries for December 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe ‘Exit Plan’ -- Padding Rolls with Fraudulent Tribal Enrollment?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM :: 6861 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted November 7 to demand an “exit plan” from the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission. Is the Roll Commission now defying those orders?
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 60% on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 3630 Views :: Health Care
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the nation's ability to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks is hampered by outdated systems and limited resources....
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Tax Policy Should be Equitable and Not Hinder Economic Growth
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:00 AM :: 5534 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... another legislative session looms large on the horizon ....
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Saturday, December 21, 2013 |
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Nominees Sought for State Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 2496 Views
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Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, Feb. 7, 2014....
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Saturday, December 21, 2013 |
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There's Nothing Pono About Pono Choices
By Tito Montes @ 3:03 PM :: 9903 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...Blake Oshiro, out in front of the news cameras to deny that any “parade of horribles” relating to the activist LGBT agenda would ever be unleashed on the people of Hawaii....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Obamacare exchange not fiscally sustainable, lawmakers told
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:37 PM :: 4374 Views :: Health Care
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...the exchange will be expected to fund its $10 million to $14 million in annual operations through fees on local insurance companies....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s education department keeping sex-ed curriculum a secret
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:29 PM :: 7193 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...McDermott said he should be able to get a copy of the 10-hour curriculum from either the state Department of Education or the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, which developed the $800,000 pilot program....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Blake v Kauai: Recktenwald Court continues Moon Court's policies
By Robert Thomas @ 2:19 PM :: 6283 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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This decision also reflects that the Recktenwald Court is continuing the Moon Court's policies of keeping the door to the courthouse doors opened as wide as possible....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Panos: Helmet Law, Jones Act Repeal Top Wish List for 2014
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:58 PM :: 6383 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act, Rail
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My first transportation wish for 2014: Hawaii needs a motorcycle helmet law....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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2013 Grassroot Report: Major Victory for the Aloha Spirit
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:15 PM :: 4263 Views :: Akaka Bill
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Hawaii’s people successfully blocked repeated attempts to promote and create a state-sponsored, race-based nation...
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Caldwell Signs More Smoking Bans
By News Release @ 1:10 PM :: 2905 Views
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...Caldwell held a signing ceremony Sunday at Kuhio Beach to enact two bills banning smoking at city parks and at TheBus stops....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Medicaid Is No Obamacare Success Story, Mr. President
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:06 PM :: 3414 Views :: Health Care
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Most of the people applying for Obamacare are being funneled into Medicaid....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Judge Throws Out Atheist Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 8848 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...atheists have falsely accused five Hawaii churches of defrauding the government in a lawsuit filed in state court....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Mainland Organic Activists Launch Harassment 'Investigation' of State, County Governments
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 5129 Views :: Ethics, GMOs
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Hitt's other organization is the "Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute", dedicated to peddling bogus claims that autism, Alzheimer's, and ADHD are caused by so-called 'food additives.'
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Budget: UH Rewards Mitsunaga, Abercrombie Rewards UH
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 5072 Views :: Higher Education
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News Release from University of Hawaiʻi Dec 18, 2013 (With explanatory notes added to enhance accuracy.)....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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KOS 'Hit Job' on Schatz' Sheep Sex Incident
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 PM :: 10102 Views :: Politicians
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"...the obvious nature of the hit job and its intent does Hanabusa no good and only serves to engender ill will towards her candidacy...."
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Among Least Free States, Provinces of N America
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 4323 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The most-free jurisdiction in North America is in Canada, according to a study by Dean Stansel, a professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, and Fred McMahon of the Fraser Institute....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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ObamaCare's Troubles Are Only Beginning
By NCPA @ 12:52 PM :: 3313 Views :: Health Care
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ObamaCare is only going to get worse....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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1000 Good Reasons to Label GMO Food: A Guide for Politicians
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 PM :: 5212 Views :: GMOs
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When one person tells you that the skies are filled with chemtrails, you trust them and believe them. That also explains why there is always rain predicted on your anti-GMO marches....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Top 10 Broken Obamacare Promises
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:41 AM :: 3158 Views :: Health Care
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As Obama so ironically threatened in 2009, “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” To that end, here are 10 promises of Obamacare that have already been broken....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Secret Encounters: DoE Refuses to Release Homosexual Education Curriculum to Legislators
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 3:47 AM :: 8307 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...In the fastest "investigation" in Hawaii history, 2 weeks, the DOE announced the program will restart. The program will also be expanded to 30 more schools....
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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Succession Plan Quietly Underway for Faleomavaega Seat?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 AM :: 7397 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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...Tuā’au Kereti Māta’utia, Jr., the first candidate to announce for Faleomavaega's seat, is assistant senior policy adviser to the Governor....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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Airports Division Signs $518M Energy Contract
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 5231 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...to design, manage and install energy efficiency measures that will upgrade facilities, reduce energy usage by about 49 percent and with additional operational improvements save a total of $518 million at 12 state-operated airports....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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Hawaiian Pacific Health Survey will Sample 4,000 Households
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education
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U.S. government that it is taking steps to improve the collection of health data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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Christmas vacation: Obamas get trip to Hawaii, taxpayers get ‘jelly-of-the-month’ club
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:00 PM :: 5498 Views :: National News
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...The president and his friends pay rent for the 17-day trip, about $25,000 per week. Taxpayers pay for most everything else, about $4 million....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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What the Government Got You This Year (in Pictures)
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 4056 Views :: National News
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Today, the Senate is set to pass the new U.S. budget deal in all its spend-tastic glory....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Samoa Reporter Accidentally Admits Coverup: Missing Congressman Found "Convalescing in Utah"
By Andrew Walden @ 11:25 PM :: 11137 Views :: National News, Ethics, First Amendment, Politicians
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...American Samoa Congressional Delegate Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr has been found...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Deemed Denied? Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeal Rules
By Robert Thomas @ 10:37 PM :: 5015 Views :: Judiciary
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Under the majority's interpretation, a "deemed denial" is not ripe for appeal until the court affirmatively issues an order disposing of the post-judgment motion....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Patricia Kim Park to JSC
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 4808 Views :: Judiciary
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In the mid-1970s, she and her husband, Arthur, joined former Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill to form the firm of Gill Park and Park....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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City Ambulance Contractor Turns Down 30-40% of Calls in Leeward Oahu
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:15 PM :: 5594 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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"Turning down 30-40% of requested calls puts our residents at a greater risk of death or prolonged injury and is unacceptable,” said Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Joins AFL-CIO
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 4158 Views :: Labor
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Certificates of Affiliation were presented to HSTA at the biennial Hawaii State AFL-CIO Convention on November 14....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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As Hundreds of Hawaii Doctors Threaten to Quit, Obama Administration Delays EHR
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 5507 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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CMS recently announced that it will extend the federal programs to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic health records ....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Why the Price of Crude in America Is Out of Whack with the Rest of the World
By NCPA @ 1:35 PM :: 4962 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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A barrel of Brent currently changes hands for $109; WTI fetches just $98; HECO pays $132....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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How the EPA Plans to Kill Jobs and Reduce Your Income
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:24 PM :: 3545 Views :: Energy
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If you feel like you’re not paying enough, you’re in luck....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Auditor: HART Paid $563K to Blogger who said Job was 'Obviously' to Help Pro-Rail Candidates
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 AM :: 6827 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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"With Pro-Rail Candidates Having Won the Primary Election, 55-to-45 Percent, the Project's Public Involvement Team Obviously Has Been Doing Its Job"
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Driving Ranks 48th for Drunk, 41st for Careless
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 5505 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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Road rage, careless driving, swerving cars: these may all be things you encounter....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: Abercrombie Releases Supplemental Budget
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 3658 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Abercrombie Administration on Monday submitted its Executive Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015 and updated Program and Financial Plan for 2013-2019 to the state Legislature....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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Tim Lussier Appointed Hawaii State Director for Western Liberty Network
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 4082 Views :: Politicians
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Western Liberty Network trains leaders and helps small government activists learn how to successfully engage in electoral politics at the local level....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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NOAA announces regulations to protect marine mammals during Navy training
By News Release @ 5:07 PM :: 4996 Views :: Environment, Military
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... final regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities off the coasts of California and Hawaii and on the high seas ....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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Secret Obamacare handbook the feds don’t want you to see is online
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 3778 Views :: Health Care
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The 217-page manual reads like a primer for Amway....
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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Monday, December 16, 2013 |
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How to Help Uninsured Americans
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 3186 Views :: Health Care
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Two of the problems Obamacare promised to solve were getting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and helping the uninsured get coverage....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Lack of Statewide policy threatens new Ag jobs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 4412 Views :: GMOs
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We need to determine what is in the best interests of the state as a whole before this new and promising industry is literally pecked apart by local jurisdictions and activist mobs....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Demand A Contested Case, And There's A Good Chance You'll Get One
By Robert Thomas @ 11:33 PM :: 6440 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its latest opinion in the apparently eternal metaphysical question of the circuit courts' appellate jurisdiction to review decisions under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Fire Hazard: Volcano School Threatened with Closure After Abercrombie Refuses to Release Funds
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 PM :: 5279 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12
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...the elected State Legislature has twice appropriated $618,000 of State construction and improvement funds specifically directed to the VSAS. The Governor of the State Hawaii, exercising what amounts to line item veto, has arbitrarily, for two years, withheld these funds....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy for All Families
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 6492 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Our state’s lower-income families are faced with almost insurmountable structural challenges to escaping poverty....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Reimagining Housing in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 5840 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii Appleseed released a report entitled Reimagining Housing in Hawaii, detailing successful affordable housing models like microunits, ohana housing, modular housing, among others....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Time to Ease the Tax Burden to Allow Economy to Prosper
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 4588 Views :: Taxes
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Now that everyone is aware that the tax increases of the last few years have allowed state government to accumulate nearly a billion dollars in surplus funds, it is time for policymakers to think about insuring that Hawaii is ready for the next downturn....
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Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Want to Run as a Democrat? Sorry, You Just Missed the Deadline
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM :: 6253 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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A key deadline on the election calendar passed with little notice December 3....
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