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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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Update: Karen's Law Passes House Tuesday evening
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 11619 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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"Karen's Law", HB819HD2, passed out of the House today un-amended. The measure passed with the exception of no votes placed by Representatives Lyla Berg, Roy Takumi, Faye Hanohano, Sylvia Luke, Hermina Morita, Mark Nakashima and Scott Saiki.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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Earmark Watch: Focus on Hawaii U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 15210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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EarmarkWatch is an experimental distributed research project that contains data for Fiscal Year 2008 earmarks from the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education bills and the 2008 House Defense Bill. It does not contain 2009 earmarks.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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Karen's law to be heard on House floor Wednesday
By News Release @ 9:16 AM :: 10177 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Thanks to you, Karen’s Law will finally be heard on the House Floor tomorrow...a select few members will be trying to kill the bill.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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$410B Omnibus budget pulled off US Senate floor
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 10902 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It appears at least 41 Senators object to the massive increase in spending -- 8% over last year's budget – and the larding in of 8,500 earmarks totaling $7.7 billion.
A senior Senate aide told me this morning that many Senators do not want a repeat of the Stimulus battle where their offices were literally shut down with telephone calls and their email was swamped with messages going after the wasteful spending.
You see, they’re talking about Americans like you.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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Gov Lingle submits recommended amendments to close revenue shortfall
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 5581 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle today submitted to the State Legislature recommended amendments to three bills that would provide statutory changes needed to help meet a projected $650 million revenue shortfall for the remainder of the current fiscal year (FY09) and biennium budget fiscal years 2010 through 2011.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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Hawaii CD1 named one of top 10 House Races for 2010
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 5679 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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The Hill: Yes, Hawaii could field a competitive general election race in 2010.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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Lt. Gov. Aiona: Pro Bowl decision "great news for Hawai`i"
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 10396 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News
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“I commend the HTA for having the wisdom to reconsider their previous decision and return the Pro Bowl to Hawai‘i where it belongs.
“Let us now move forward and work closely with the NFL to make the Pro Bowl’s homecoming the best possible.
“I am excited to continue working with Commissioner Goodell on what I believe could be an enhanced all-star weekend of festivities.”
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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AP: Abercrombie to enter Governor's race
By Andrew Walden @ 9:21 AM :: 14451 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An official familiar with Abercrombie's plans says the 10-term congressman will make his announcement through an Internet video to be released Sunday.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Karen's Law to get floor vote--passes Finance Committee
By News Release @ 7:08 PM :: 7279 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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"Karen's Law", HB819HD1, passed out of the Finance Committee today at 4:36pm un-amended. All members present voted yes.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Gov Lingle has breast biopsy
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 6053 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In November 2002, the Governor underwent a similar breast biopsy, which tested negative for breast cancer.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Islamic censorship on US campuses: What We Don't Read in America
By IPT News @ 9:23 AM :: 11289 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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San Francisco State University: "[T]he College Republicans must be punished or sanctioned for throwing shoes at the Hamas flag; pending charges should be dropped against the two protestors who assaulted the College Republicans and seized the Hamas flag; and, most ominously for defenders of free _expression on campus, a forum should be created to 'educate' students about what forms of speech the 'offended' students deem acceptable or unacceptable, including what the Left regularly tries to proscribe as 'hate speech.'"
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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AIHM salutes West Maui Hospital CON board approval
By Jan Shields RN @ 8:40 AM :: 12671 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Kimo Apana, a former Maui County Mayor, testified that he brought a friend into MMMC with a stroke this week and although they needed to admit the friend, there was not a bed....
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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AIHM: Pressure on Senate needed to limit malpractice lawsuits
By Dr. Linda Rasmussen @ 7:56 AM :: 10076 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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The bill was drafted as a compromise to get House approval and to encourage talks with the state Senate, where many senators are opposed.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 |
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Governor Lingle unveils plan to close revenue shortfall
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 5757 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor balances budget with no tax increases, no layoffs, no significant cuts in essential services -- Act 215 spending cut 50% -- $320 in Federal 'stimulus' funds covering Medicaid expenses -- renegotiate State employees health benefit cost sharing %
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 |
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Ed Case: Reinstate Pay-as-you-go federal budgeting
By Ed Case @ 10:40 AM :: 7751 Views :: Environment, National News, Ethics
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A former "Blue Dog" Democrat Congressman speaks out as Congress considers Obama's profligate budget.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 |
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Help needed to pass "Karen's Law" HB819
By News Release @ 9:56 AM :: 6044 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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....On May 25, 2007, Karen Ertell was brutally raped and murdered in her home in Ewa Beach. Karen Ertell was the only real mother that her foster daughter, Malanie McLellan had ever known. Your immediate action is needed to keep "Karen's Law" (HB819) alive. It appears that the House Finance Committee may not hear Karen's Law. This would kill the bill with no explanation. As the law currently stands, juvenile crime offenders, charged with 1st or 2nd degree murder can face two trials, one to determine which court to try them in and then another trial to decide guilt or innocence. We need to start protecting the people of Hawaii and stop making excuses for defending people that break the law.
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Monday, March 2, 2009 |
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Lt Gov Aiona salutes HTA decision to reconsider Pro-Bowl
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 5:11 PM :: 7553 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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I am glad to see that the HTA board will reconsider the NFL’s proposal so we can begin working on making the Pro Bowl even better.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009 |
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HB 870-871: Stimulate Hawaii economy with tax holiday
By Daniel de Gracia II @ 8:26 PM :: 5291 Views :: Environment
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I'm asking as your friend in liberty to call Rep. Marcus Oshiro at (808) 586-6200 or send him an email at repmoshiro@capitol.hawaii.gov and request a hearing for House Bill 870 and 871.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009 |
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Governor Lingle: No more "business as usual"
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 7:17 PM :: 11406 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment, National News, World News
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In an effort to make Hawai‘i’s state government as efficient and effective as possible, I have asked each state department to develop new and innovative ways of delivering critical services and upholding their responsibility to the people of Hawai‘i. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has responded with a comprehensive plan that reinvents how it cares for Hawai‘i’s land and ocean recreational spaces.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
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Abercrombie on Spending Freeze: Forget It!
By News Release @ 11:25 PM :: 9538 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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Washington- Flying in the face of Democrats' campaign promises for fiscal responsibility, Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) voted today to pass another nearly half-trillion dollar spending bill through what is quickly becoming the biggest spending Congress in History.
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Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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Lillian Koller named “Public Official of the Year”
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 10527 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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HONOLULU – GOVERNING magazine announced today that Hawai‘i Human Services Director Lillian Koller has been selected as a “Public Official of the Year” for her leadership in bringing about widespread improvements at the State Department of Human Services (DHS) over the past five years, including an overhaul of the child welfare system.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
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Sierra Club: Fence Mauna Kea, kill animals
By Tom Lodge @ 11:36 AM :: 15737 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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Sheep eradication has failed at affecting Palila numbers—but it sure has killed a lot of sheep.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
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Puna CDP: Eliminate affordable housing
By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 AM :: 8781 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Puna is one of the very few places in Hawai`i where young local families can afford to buy their own home and begin life as a family. But environmentalists are working hard to put a stop to the inflow of locals and replicate the success they have had in making Maui and Kaua`i into exclusive havens for rich mainland transplants.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
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Six Million paper bags
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 AM :: 10672 Views :: Environment
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The plastic bag ban has a certain lucrative logic to it. It turns out that plastic bags gum up plastic recycling machines and reduce the resale value of bundled used plastics. So what is the solution? Improve the recycling machines so they don’t become gummed up? No. Instead recycling companies are using their clout with City and County governments all over the world to impose plastic bag bans. They will inconvenience the public rather than improve their technology.
Waste-to energy plants don’t have a problem with plastic bags. So a council decision to ban plastic bags is just another step towards rejecting waste-to-energy, which is a more efficient method of recycling than bundling up paper and plastic and shipping it to the mainland.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 |
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Will Soldiers Get to Vote in 2008?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:28 PM :: 7873 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Convicted felons are being registered. Some jurisdictions propose allowing non-citizens to cast ballots in state and local elections. But are our soldiers voting?
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Thursday, February 7, 2008 |
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Hawaii Legislators Consider Becoming Dope Dealers
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 AM :: 14736 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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After nationalizing a Kauai poi factory in December, the state of Hawaii is considering collectivized agriculture. A bill before the Legislature’s House Committee on Health would establish a state farm on Maui -- to grow marijuana.
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Friday, September 7, 2007 |
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Bananas More Radioactive than Depleted Uranium
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 AM :: 18952 Views :: Environment, Military
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When the Army’s inevitable discovery of the DU rounds at Pohakuloa came, the activists’ agit-prop show took over the so-called mainstream media. The Hawaii Tribune Herald printed the double lie, “Radioactive find at PTA fuels fears” as its Aug. 26 headline. It is wrong on both counts: It is completely false to call DU a “radioactive find” unless it would be correct to call the potassium-40 laden protesters, “radioactive activists.” Secondly the activists are not fearful but utterly thrilled to discover that DU is present on the Big Island. As Albertini said, “This is going to be bigger than Agent Orange.”
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Saturday, July 21, 2007 |
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Depleted Uranium: Radioactive Propaganda
By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 16364 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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In attempting to prove DU is dangerous, the activists have in fact proved the opposite. They have discovered what any junior high school physics student already knows -- the world is naturally bathed in background radiation. This background radiation is far stronger than anything depleted uranium could ever emit. DU radiation is literally too weak for them to measure.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
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The Depleted Uranium Scam
By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 AM :: 19141 Views :: Environment, Military
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If the Big Square Building comprises 100,000 square feet weighing 100 pounds per square foot, and that weight were made up of equal parts drywall, brick, and cement, the ten-million-pound building contains about 42 pounds of non-depleted uranium and 63 pounds of radioactive thorium.
Jim Albertini of the misnamed Malu-Aina Peace Center writes March 27, “We must not tolerate having any depleted uranium in our environment….” By this logic the legislature should immediately be shut down and quarantined as a toxic waste dump.
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 |
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Case Defeat: Democratic Party Rejects Reform Candidates
By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 10983 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Ed Case called the Democratic Senate Primary vote on Sept. 23, “a Choice between past and future” and explained on his campaign Web site: "This election gives Hawaii's voters a choice between the way things have been in Hawaii and national politics and the way they can and should be. I believe our political culture is broken and must change, and that this election asks voters to choose between the status quo and a better way forward."
But Hawaii Democratic Primary voters said “no.”
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
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Thimerosal Veto: Saving Vaccines from Trial Lawyers
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 12967 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Gov. Lingle has done a service to autistic children everywhere by rejecting the Thimerosal claims. This is one step away from fear mongering claims which might make for a nice juicy lawsuit one day and a step towards autism research which could discover the real cause(s) and develop real treatments.
Thousands of lives are at stake but the Democrats and their trial lawyer donors care only about the opportunity for more ill gotten gains. The fact that these gains might be made at the expense of the lives of children who are infected by diseases which might have been prevented by vaccines made no longer available due to lawsuit liability is of no concern to them.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
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Clinton, Reagan, and Carter's Legal Warrantless Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens
By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 21369 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The day after Iraq’s stunning December 15 election success, the New York Times wrote, "Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the …(National Security Agency) has monitored the international telephone calls and international email messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants over the past three years in an effort to track possible ‘dirty numbers’ linked to Al Qaeda, the officials said. The agency, they said, still seeks warrants to monitor entirely domestic communications." ... the local media, and The New York Times all chose not to mention that President Bill Clinton asserted his authority to conduct physical searches "for foreign intelligence purposes" without a warrant in Executive Order 12949, dated Feb. 9, 1995, during the Bosnia War.
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Monday, September 19, 2005 |
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As the Storm Fronts Line Up Off Shore, Residents are Asking if Oahu is Ready for a Hurricane
By Andrew Walden @ 10:59 AM :: 11035 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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With Hurricane Jova and two other major other storms lined up in formation, Oahu Civil Defense planners describe a shortfall of 60,000 spaces in evacuation plans which are themselves designed to shelter only about one-third of Oahu`s population. These numbers sound bad enough, but they grotesquely understate the problem.
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