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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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Two Weeks after Price Fixing Settlement, Saltchuk Named 'World's Most Ethical' Company
By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 PM :: 7323 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act
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Like price fixing, 'thought leadership' is a pretty good gig...until you get caught....
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Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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Rep Pat Saiki Elected GOP Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 AM :: 5462 Views :: Republican Party
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the Hawaii Republican State Committee voted 37-8 with one abstention to elect former US Rep Pat Saiki Party Chair....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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SB2435HD1: Will GMO Labeling come back to Life in Frankenbill?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4317 Views :: GMOs
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The hearing—with decision making to follow--is set for March 20, 2014 at 9:35am in the State Capitol Auditorium....
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 8:16 PM :: 13244 Views :: Energy, OHA, Cost of Living
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...IDG officers and associates gave over $10,000 to Malama Solomon for her tightly contested 2012 primary race against Lorraine Inouye....
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 7606 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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Topping off the irony, Rep Rhoads also introduced HB2577 which would ban indoor tobacco smoking in public housing....
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Saturday, March 8, 2014 |
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March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 1:57 AM :: 4310 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 7, 2014....
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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 8071 Views :: Judiciary
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Did Wilson see fit to advise the Judicial Selection Commission or the Abercrombie Administration of his long-running and on-going illegality?
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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 AM :: 3716 Views :: Health Care
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The post-Obamacare increase averages out to an additional 1,174 persons applying for Medicaid each month since October 1....
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 PM :: 22275 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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Cults are known for their ability to draw in devotees and make them worship the leader. In a recent poll, Tulsi Gabbard’s popularity was tops among Hawaii politicians at 76%....
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Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 6143 Views :: Homelessness, Politicians
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Brower mentions “carts” ten times, and suggests his attacks were part of an effort to "create a better society."
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Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 12:11 PM :: 4113 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 28, 2014....
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Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
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CD1 Poll: Good News for Charles Djou
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 8253 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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Even more interesting, the breakdown on Djou’s support is completely inverted from the traditional Republican pattern....
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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February 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 PM :: 4483 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 21, 2014.....
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Sunday, February 16, 2014 |
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GMO Labeling Could Add $800/yr to Hawaii Grocery Bills
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 8237 Views :: Cost of Living, GMOs
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It is expected to cost consumers $800 per year in higher food prices and many products could simply disappear from Hawaii shelves, but SB2521 is on the move thanks to Senator Clayton Hee....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Election 2014: Candidate Filing List Now Totals 14 Pages
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3511 Views
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 14, 2014....
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Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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Bad Company: Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Ansaldo Breda May be Sold, Liquidated
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 AM :: 7929 Views :: Rail
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...what was left of Ansaldo Breda would turn into a "bad company" to be gradually liquidated....
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Saturday, February 8, 2014 |
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Election 2014: Dozens Pull Papers in First Week of Candidate Filing
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 4636 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 7, 2014....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Paltry 0.7%
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM :: 4483 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...the conservatives in this survey may be disproportionally counted among the non-voters....
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Claim Kauai Mayor’s Office has been Legally Vacant since 2010
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 AM :: 7091 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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Anti-GMO activists are citing a little-used 1951 Hawaii Territory law designed to get rid of Communists....
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Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM :: 7829 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“…our residents living in poverty pay more in state taxes than all but three other states….”
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Friday, January 31, 2014 |
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Judge Tosses Gay Marriage Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 7332 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...the Hawaii Attorney General argued that even if voters were tricked in 1998, they had no say in their family structure and that the legislature and governor were within their rights to force a new one on the people....
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Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Hundreds of Youth Rally for Life at Capitol
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 5284 Views :: Life
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Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
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USDA: Pesticides, Chemicals, and Synthetic Ingredients Used in 'Organic' Food
By Andrew Walden @ 11:58 PM :: 9906 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...here is a selection of some of the most interesting ingredients included in "organic" foods and another list of synthetic pesticides and other substances allowed for use in "organic" crop and livestock production....
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Jeff ‘The Solar Guy’ Davis Running for Hawaii Governor-- As Libertarian
By Andrew Walden @ 11:47 PM :: 5483 Views :: Politicians, Tax Credits
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...Jeff Davis has filled papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to form a campaign committee to run for governor....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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Report: Am Samoa Governor Prepares to Replace Faleomavaega
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 4248 Views :: National News
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Tuā’au Kereti Māta’utia, Jr., the only candidate to announce for Faleomavaega's seat, is an assistant senior policy adviser to the Governor....
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
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Tax Credit Scammers Find a New Home in HSDC
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 PM :: 7199 Views :: Tax Credits
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State retirees should be afraid, be very afraid....
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Sunday, January 5, 2014 |
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Tourist Boats Operated by Anti-Superferry Activists Hitting More Baby Whales Than Ever
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 AM :: 9395 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...the bleeding baby whales are left to suffer an unknown fate in shark-infested waters....
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Saturday, January 4, 2014 |
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'Sanford Dole' Joins Akaka Tribal Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 5819 Views :: Akaka Bill
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"Aloha and mahalo e Sanford Dole for registering with Kana'iolowalu"
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Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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Flawed Minimum Wage Hike Advocacy Will Cost Hawaii's Poorest Workers $7M this Year
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 AM :: 7765 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014 |
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Happy New Year from HMSA: Premium now $1742.50 per Family
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 6555 Views :: Health Care
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...premium payers will get a new round of cancellation letters starting this September, just in time for the elections....
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Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
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HGEA BU 10, 13 Contracts Detail ‘Huge Payout to Union’
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 9319 Views :: Labor
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...BU13 salary schedules reveal a base salary scale which will top out at $148,704....
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Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe ‘Exit Plan’ -- Padding Rolls with Fraudulent Tribal Enrollment?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM :: 6707 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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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 :: 10885 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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Auditor: HART Paid $563K to Blogger who said Job was 'Obviously' to Help Pro-Rail Candidates
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 AM :: 6671 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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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 :: 6092 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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Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Sign-up Count Inflated
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 4148 Views :: Health Care
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...the “Number of Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace Plan” is “pre-effectuated” -- including individuals who have not made any premium payments....
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Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
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Queens Hospital Losing Revenue, Furloughs Management Employees
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM :: 5123 Views :: Health Care
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...nonessential management employees are being furloughed three days per month for the next six months as part of a cost-cutting drive....
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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 :: 14970 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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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 :: 10873 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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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 8642 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business, GMOs
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...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....
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Monday, November 25, 2013 |
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HART Audit Reveals $83M Transfer of Federal Funds Kept off Books
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 4252 Views :: Rail
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...one must ask whether the 'mistake' is intended to cover up some violation of Federal requirements attached to the $83M....
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Friday, November 22, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Halawa Guard Organized Vicious USO Family Gang Assault
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 AM :: 11136 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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On February 17, 2013, Plaintiff Lealao was in Module 2B Quad 3 at HCF when he was viciously attacked by numerous violent and/or dangerous inmates from another Quad....
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
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Lloyds of London Lawsuit Reveals Story Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fires
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 AM :: 11874 Views :: Energy
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The lawsuit states that a second fire—also previously described by First Wind management as ‘small’--resulted in $2,000,000 in damages....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Co Council Sends GMO Ban to Mayor 6-3
By Andrew Walden @ 7:26 PM :: 4797 Views :: GMOs
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With this afternoon's 6-3 vote, Hawaii County Council members now leave it to Mayor Billy Kenoi to decide whether or not to ban GMOs from the island....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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How They Voted: Senate Passes Gay Marriage 19-4
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 6625 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Abercrombie has scheduled a signing ceremony Wednesday November 13 at 10AM at the Hawaii Convention Center....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Playing with Fire: Kahuku Windfarm to Install Molten Magnesium Batteries
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 AM :: 9126 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature (Again)
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 43096 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement
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Rouse is now managing the office of Rep Karen Awana, D-Nanakuli....
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