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Entries for July 2013
| Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
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Why Is Washington Talking About a Government Shutdown?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 5306 Views
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It’s not even August, and Members of Congress are starting to buzz about the upcoming budget and debt ceiling fight....
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| Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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Simplified property taxes
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:40 PM :: 6380 Views
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With ten new property tax proposals under consideration in Honolulu, it’s a good time to think about what makes for fair and reasonable property taxes....
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| Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:47 PM :: 5218 Views
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Looking for a little extra cash?
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| Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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Honolulu Ranks 62nd in Per-Capita Public Employees
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 PM :: 6676 Views
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The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Skeletons in the Closet of the Wind
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 15199 Views
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Feds: Hawaii DoE no longer 'High Risk'
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 5482 Views
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Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) this morning received notification from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) that its Race to the Top (RTTT) grant is no longer considered “high-risk”....
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 29, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:57 PM :: 5358 Views
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- Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates Passage
- House: Defense Appropriations NSA Phone Record Collection Amendment
- House: Defense AppropriationsFinal Passage
- House: Coal Ash Regulations Passage
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Defunding Obamacare Explained in One Infographic
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:20 PM :: 4997 Views
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The movement to defund Obamacare is gaining traction in Washington....
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Big Cable Could Cost Consumers 12 cents per Kwh
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 5892 Views
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As much as an additional 12 cents/kilowatt hour could be added to each HECO bill on O`ahu, just for the undersea cable, according to an Integrated Resource Planning Final Report filed recently with the PUC....
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Hanabusa: Obama Considers Creating Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 11355 Views
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"We know he will seriously consider our request to use his executive branch authority to achieve this elusive goal."
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| Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Forum to Outline Changes to State Mental Health Care System
By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 6804 Views
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...community forum on Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Queen’s Conference Center Auditorium....
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| Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Analysis of Hawaii County Bill 79
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 5278 Views
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it may in fact require everyone who wears or eats or sells a GMO food or other product to register with the county and pay a fee....
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| Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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UPDATE: Flossie Weakening East of Hana
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 11591 Views
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AT 8 AM HST...TROPICAL STORM FLOSSIE WAS LOCATED 90 MILES NE OF HILO MOVING WNW AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH....
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| Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Onerous Burden of Doing Business Goes Beyond Taxes
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 11:37 AM :: 6807 Views
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In addition to the fees and charges levied for these required permits and licenses, there is the time that it takes to secure many of these permits and licenses....
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Kauai Farmers Mobilize to Save Agriculture from Anti-GMO Protesters
By Video @ 4:02 PM :: 11649 Views
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Correcting the misinformation being spread by special interest groups about how we farm....
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 6264 Views
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The children of same-sex couples have a tough road ahead of them—I know, because I have been there....
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Lessons from France on Defending Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 5688 Views
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Unlikely characters, including gay men, are leading the French people in protest against redefining marriage....
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Paradise lost: Honolulu taxpayers drowning in crystal clear sea of debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:17 AM :: 7857 Views
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Honolulu, fiscal watchdogs warn, must curb spending, focus on its debt and address critical multi-billion dollar infrastructure problems ....
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 7551 Views
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Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....
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