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Entries for December 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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United States Should Embrace Its Energy Superpower Status
By NCPA @ 10:42 AM :: 3678 Views :: Energy
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U.S. energy policy should be changed to reflect its newfound energy abundance....
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Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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Turning The Tide of Anti-Business Attitudes in Government
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 5248 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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For years, local leaders, both within government and the business community, depended on the umbilical cord to federal funds secured by Hawaii’s Congressional delegation....
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Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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27 Service Members Reenlist on 72nd Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 5089 Views :: Military
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Paul Koester, 58, the Air Force's oldest current active-duty member, raised the Stars and Stripes above the Mighty Mo. Koester was one of 27 Armed Forces members to reenlist in today's ceremony....
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Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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How to Use Anti-GMO Ordinances to Seize Marijuana Plants: A Guide for Police Departments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 AM :: 15209 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs, GMOs
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... between $400,000 and $1,000,000 in fines for a single mature 40-day old plant ....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Robotic teams to compete at VEX State Championship
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 3823 Views :: Education K-12
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Forty middle and high school VEX robotics teams from across the state will compete Dec. 20-21 in the first-ever Hawaii VEX State Championship....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Koko Head rifle range temporarily closed after new reports of stray bullets
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 4247 Views :: Second Amendment
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The closure only applies to the rifle range. The complex will remain open during normal hours and the pistol, silhouette, archery, action, skeet, and trap ranges remain open....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Undoing the Past
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:03 PM :: 5046 Views :: National News
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This week marked the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Sunday Morning: Ewa Battlefield Commemoration
By John Bond @ 11:17 AM :: 6341 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Ewa battlefield area involved not only destruction of planes at Ewa Field but also overhead air battles between Japanese planes, Army P-40's and Navy SBD's....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Finds $844M, Wants to Spend it on Preschool Vouchers
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 5513 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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HART Rail Art Application Illegally Prepared by State Workers
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 5314 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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HART had issued an “Art-In Transit Call for Artists,” seeking proposals from artists for art at future rail stations....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Atheist Ethics vs Santa: Teachers, Students Cannot 'Believe', 'Make a Wish'
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 7194 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, First Amendment
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For each letter to Santa that is deposited in the Santa Mail letterbox located at Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Hawaii Trial Court: Seawall No One Wants Belongs To State
By Robert Thomas @ 9:15 PM :: 4658 Views :: Land Use
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Usually, in disputes about who owns oceanfront property (in Waikiki, the really nice part of Waikiki, down on the Diamond Head side), each party claims ownership....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Senator Schatz is Wrong about Wind Energy -- Part 2
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:32 PM :: 4406 Views :: Energy
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The quotes below are a sample of the responses I received to part 1 ....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Nene, Humpback, Green Sea Turtle Among Top 10 Conservation Successes
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 4884 Views :: Environment
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...ten species that – thanks to the Endangered Species Act’s protections – are either steadily improving or have been recovered and removed from the list of imperiled species....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Mililani, Kaneohe: Capelouto's 'Second Cup of Coffee'
By News Release @ 2:33 PM :: 5740 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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Please mark your calendars and join your fellow patriots and conservatives for our next two "2nd Cup of Coffee" discussions....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Honor Thy Father: Battleship Missouri Sneak Preview of Hawaii 5-0 WW2 Remembrance Episode
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 5996 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...the episode focuses on the attempted murder of a Pearl Harbor veteran that lead Five-0 to use decades old evidence to investigate....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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UHERO Asia-Pacific Forecast: Pacific Rim Will Edge Forward After Weak 2013
By UHERO @ 1:48 PM :: 2600 Views
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The developed world has continued to perform below potential this year ....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:36 PM :: 4785 Views :: Agriculture, Taxes
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Christmas trees are pretty unpopular, right? The House must think so, since its farm bill would pave the way to set up a Christmas Tree Promotion Board....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Home Community-Based Services Working Group to Meet
By News Release @ 6:04 AM :: 3689 Views :: Health Care
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- DATE: Monday, December 9, 2013
- TIME: 2:00 pm
- PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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How the Environmental Left Became the New Climate Deniers
By NCPA @ 5:35 AM :: 3953 Views :: Environment
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Because the new predictions are less dire than in the past, the IPCC’s old fans have suddenly become the new climate deniers, calling the IPCC’s latest report “political” and ignoring its key findings....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Oneula Beach Dec 7, 1941: Air Photos from Landing B-17 Flying Fortress
By John Bond @ 5:14 AM :: 23061 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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On the morning of 7 December 1941, twelve Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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2013 Honolulu City Lights Opening Night
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 6525 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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Opening night shimmers with “Santa’s Underwater Adventure” for the 29th annual event....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Kenoi Signs Anti-GMO Bill 113, Pledges to Force Ag into 'New Directions'
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 4756 Views :: GMOs
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Just wait til the police start using this law to seize GMO marijuana plants and imposing $$$ fines on growers....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Federal safety inspectors investigating violence at Hawaii State Hospital
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:35 PM :: 5447 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the Hawaii State Hospital, hospital administrators have confirmed....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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House Committees Demand Update on Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 3881 Views :: Health Care
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...recommended legislation related to Hawai`i’s insurance exchange for the 2014 legislative session....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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We Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4581 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates)....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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"We the Powerful!" Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 3818 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Senate Committees to Examine ERS Financial status
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5851 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Medicaid Buy-in Task Force Meeting Monday
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 5045 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Monday, December 09, 2013
- TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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48% of Meteorologists not Fooled by Global Warming Hype
By NCPA @ 1:44 AM :: 3843 Views :: Environment
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...the way it was conducted and its honest conclusion gives me more hope than I’ve had in a long time concerning the integrity of climate research....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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End of the Akaka Tribe? OHA Trustees Shut Down Hawaiian Roll Commission
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 11078 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This is a huge victory for Native Hawaiians. Hawaiian affairs are returning to the channel created in the Hawaii Admission Act....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Public Utility Commission Issues Violation to SER Trucking for Sludge Spill
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 6:22 PM :: 5995 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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In a State Public Utility Commission (PUC) hearing this morning, Commissioners issued an order confirming a motor carrier violation for SER Trucking connected with the August 31st sludge spill on the H-1....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Hawaii earns ‘D’ for judicial financial disclosure
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 4765 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Despite receiving a “D”, Hawaii’s financial disclosure law ranks as sixth best out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Brookings: New Evidence Raises Doubts on Abercrombie’s Preschool for All
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 3838 Views :: Education K-12
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...supporters of Preschool for All, including some academics who are way out in front of what the evidence says and know it, have turned a blind eye to the mixed and conflicting nature of research findings....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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A New Way to Look at Energy Subsidies
By NCPA @ 2:04 PM :: 3469 Views :: Energy
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It is easy to manipulate the numbers when it comes to talking about subsidies....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Sick of Obamacare? We've Got Something Different
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:38 PM :: 3510 Views :: Health Care
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The President said yesterday that he’s “learned not to make wild promises” anymore....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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State of Hawaii Sued for Short-Changing Foster Parents and Children
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 6480 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...violating federal law by failing to pay foster parents enough to adequately care for the foster children in their homes....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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University of Hawaii honors Wounded Warriors and US service members
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 5318 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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...the Black Knights from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point played the University of Hawaii Warriors, Saturday, Nov. 30....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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HI health exchange violates federal law, League of Women Voters say
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:28 PM :: 3833 Views :: Health Care
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...the AG told the league the health connector is not required to provide voter information on its website because it is an independent, nonprofit agency....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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DPS Names Ruth Coller Forbes New Kulani Warden
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 6636 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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Ruth has been with the Department of Public Safety since June 1995....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Oahu bus vendors selected for 2014-15 school year
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 3696 Views :: Education K-12
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The contracts are among major reform efforts underway since December 2012 to meet recommendations by the State Office of the Auditor....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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HCDA, BoE, HHC, LUC: Abercrombie Announces Appointments
By News Release @ 9:01 PM :: 6210 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Hawaii State Government
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Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 8901 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, GMOs
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...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Another Anti-GMO Leader Apologizes: "The authorities I trusted in were wrong"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 6256 Views :: GMOs
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What happens if one picks the wrong authority and psychologically ties oneself to a person expressing an argument, rather than to the evidence....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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HSTA, Hotel Workers Sign Open Letter Calling for Kakaako Development Moratorium
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 5730 Views :: Development, Rail
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Law imposing a one-year moratorium on HCDA approval of new projects that renews automatically....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii: More than 70% of new HIV Cases tied to Gay Sex
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 6140 Views :: Family, Health Care
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High HIV prevalence, lack of awareness of HIV-positive status, unprotected anal sex, and increased viral load among HIV-positive MSM not on antiretroviral treatment contribute substantially to new infections among this population....
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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What Will Happen When (and If) HealthCare.gov Actually Works
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:44 AM :: 3797 Views :: Health Care
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HealthCare.gov can’t fix anything that’s wrong with Obamacare....
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Monday, December 2, 2013 |
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Ethics Comm: Mitsunaga Showers DoT Engineer with Free Golf, Flights, Oakleys and Rolex
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 7040 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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The DOT vendors that appear to have paid for John Doe’s golf are Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., TM Designers, Inc., Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., and R. M. Towill Corporation....
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Monday, December 2, 2013 |
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Ethics Comm Fines Non-Responsive Elevator Commission Board Member
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 5767 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....
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Monday, December 2, 2013 |
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Young Legislators Launch Hawaii Future Caucus
By Video @ 8:16 PM :: 4750 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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A bipartisan group of state and county leaders age 40 and under ....
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