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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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Governor Signs School Readiness Bill, Early Learning Director Quits
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 5900 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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Rail Forum: What Happens When Transit Consumes 19%?
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 7696 Views :: Rail
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Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Washington Middle School, King St. at Punahou....
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 25th in Children's Well-Being
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 6752 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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The KIDS COUNT index includes child-level indicators across four domains....
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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What if the Exchanges Aren’t Ready On Time?
By John Goodman @ 1:38 PM :: 4465 Views :: Health Care
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[M]ost of the specs have been written, but the all wiring hasn't been laid, and what will happen when they flip the switch nobody really knows....
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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DLNR Seeks Savings on Dead Whales
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 4751 Views :: Environment
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Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 24, 2013
By Congress.org @ 1:17 PM :: 4968 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Froman Nomination Confirmation
- Senate: U.S. Immigration Policy Motion to Table Cornyn Amendment
- House: Abortion Ban Passage
- House: Farm Bill Passage
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| Monday, June 24, 2013 |
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10 Problems with the Gang of Eight Immigration Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:12 PM :: 4749 Views :: National News
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UNFAIR: More than 4 million people are waiting to come to the US legally....
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| Sunday, June 23, 2013 |
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LA Times: California ‘Non-Partisan’ Primary ‘Weakened Democracy’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:13 PM :: 7609 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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In response to Hawaii Democrats' suit to close their primary, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, columnist David Shapiro and Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar’s Civil Beat have all editorialized in favor of Hawaii adopting California’s ‘Top Two’ primary system....
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| Sunday, June 23, 2013 |
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Needed Services Should be Paid by Users of the Service
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 6693 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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The reaction to last week’s commentary could only be described as shrill....
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Kailua HS Underwater Robotics Team Heads to International Meet
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 5990 Views :: Education K-12
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The Kailua High School team currently is in Federal Way, Wash., where the competition is running from June 20 to 22....
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Limbaugh: Hirono Creates Pathway to Welfare for Illegals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 8356 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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How many of you who have started small businesses planned on using welfare if it failed?....
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Schatz: Believe in Global Warming or "Be Run Out of Town"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 8399 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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"These people have to be ridiculed," said Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. "They have to be run out of town rhetorically."
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Was Honolulu Rail Designed by Global Warming Deniers?
By John Bond @ 4:19 AM :: 6439 Views :: Rail
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This all could have been avoided by a rail route further inland, such as along H-1....
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs SB1025 Loosening Home Loan Qualifications
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 5307 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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adds down payment, closing cost and other assistance as a program feature....
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| Saturday, June 22, 2013 |
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Caldwell Takes a Stand for Vacant Positions, Double Dipping
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 AM :: 4252 Views :: Honolulu County
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The Council dealt with the imbalance by “cutting approximately one-half of the funding that is required to fill vacant positions”.....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Molokai’s Larry Helm dies
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:31 PM :: 7441 Views :: Maui County, Military
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Schatz Immigration Bill Amendment: Embrace Global Warming Hype to Enter USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 6430 Views :: Environment, National News
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According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Maui County Sued over Sign-Waving Regs
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 4208 Views :: First Amendment
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...the suit, against the County of Maui seeks immediate changes to County laws that prohibit people from displaying signs on sidewalks and along roadways....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Farm Bill Defeat Signals Trouble for Immigration Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 6089 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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Sixty-two Republicans bucked their own party to vote against the bloated bill....Coupled with a large bloc of Democrats (Including Hanabusa and Gabbard) who wanted more spending on food stamps....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Cash-Only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 3971 Views :: Health Care
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A Medscape survey found 6 percent of physicians in the cash-only business in 2013, up from 4 percent in 2012. Most are primary care doctors....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Feds Release Economic Report on U.S. Shipyards
By Michael Hansen @ 4:16 AM :: 6063 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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60% of all shipbuilding and repairing revenue is from U.S. military sources....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Rep McDermott: Dep't of Health Obstructing VA Loans
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 6363 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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the policy statement on the DOH Website is causing the VA to balk at home loans and re-fi’s for thousands of homes with catchment systems....
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| Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 4416 Views :: Education K-12
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Allotment of funds for the following priority projects has been approved by the Governor....
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| Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Narcissism as a Marketing Strategy: PepsiCo Says Honolulu 9th Most Susceptible
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 5518 Views :: Family
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I am in charge. I dream large. I choreograph my personal story. The SELF brand provides the content, the tools and the community ....
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| Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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HI unfunded liabilities: Unpredictable tsunami or government-made disaster?
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:07 PM :: 5127 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the state has a constitutionally mandated “balanced budget requirement,” but that’s based on “an outdated cash-based accounting model that recognizes expenses when they are paid instead of when they are incurred”....
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| Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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House Defeats $940 billion food stamp bill 195 to 234
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:27 PM :: 5974 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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the food stamp program has doubled under the Obama Administration....
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| Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Ewa Development Plan
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 6213 Views :: Development, Rail
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7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 Kapolei High School Cafeteria....
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| Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 6932 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Rothenberg: Gabbard Could Challenge Abercrombie
By Selected News Articles @ 8:44 PM :: 6637 Views :: Politicians
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...it actually wouldn’t be as big of a political risk within her own party because of his first-term troubles....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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HECO Plans to Give Away Millions to Wind Scammers, Lock in Ultra-High Rates
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 5613 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Combined, the projects have committed to sell electricity to Hawaiian Electric at an average price of 15.9 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is ... the current cost of generating electricity from oil....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Importing Boston’s Failures to Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 4704 Views :: Rail
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What did Grabauskas do to merit this position?
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Stop Rail Appeal Hearing Set for August 15
By Honolulu Traffic @ 7:48 PM :: 5872 Views :: Rail
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set August 15, 2013 as the date for oral arguments in our appeal of Judge A. Wallace Tashima's rulings....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Insurance Agents Debate Obamacare
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 7:33 PM :: 6123 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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within 5 years, half or more of them will be out of business....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Three Biotechnology Scientists Awarded 2013 World Food Prize
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 4346 Views :: GMOs
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The recipients named today independently developed the science of modern plant biotechnology, opening doors to improved agricultural crops that can feed the world more effectively and sustainably...
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Congress Is Trying to Fool You on Immigration
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:04 PM :: 4334 Views :: National News
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Here’s how they do business. A piece of legislation is going to cost trillions of dollars, but Members of Congress don’t want the public to see that....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Democrats' Lawsuit Demanding Closed Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 4:03 AM :: 8734 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections
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Here are the Complaint and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, filed yesterday....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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HART West Oahu Community Meetings to Discuss Rail Station Design
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 5184 Views :: Rail
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Tuesday, June 25 6pm at Waipahu Intermediate School, 94-455 Farrington Hwy....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Joe Trippi to Speak in Hawaii: "Better Schools Aren't a Partisan Issue"
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 6076 Views :: Education K-12
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Joe Trippi – heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” – is widely recognized as one of America’s leading and most influential political strategists....
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Spying: Obama Loses 17% Among Youth
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:04 AM :: 4595 Views :: National News
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CNN/ORC poll showed a dramatic 17-point decline in the President’s approval rating among 18-34 year-olds....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Hu Honua Biomass Construction Halted as Pipefitters, Boilermakers Fight for Control
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6720 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Rumors had been circulating for the last couple of weeks that the construction company had pulled its workers off the site as a result of failure to be paid...
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst
By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 PM :: 7487 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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National Governors Assoc to Assist Hawaii Early Learning Program
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 4319 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations and educators....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Molokai vets wait a decade for center, services
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:29 PM :: 8322 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military
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As a part of the 2011 settlement, Maui County had to issue the permit, pay the veterans $200,000 and the mayor was required to issue an apology....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth
By NCPA @ 1:50 PM :: 3626 Views :: Energy
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U.S. crude oil production grew by more than 1 million barrels a day last year, the largest increase in the world and the largest in U.S. history....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 6677 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Supreme Court to Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:43 AM :: 8828 Views :: Akaka Bill, Land Use, OHA
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What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....
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| Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 6786 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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“Many small beekeepers have been unable to successfully navigate current regulatory hurdles required to operate a certified food-processing establishment on their own premises for the extraction and bottling of honey, which has resulting in many giving up beekeeping entirely,” said Hawaii Board of Agriculture Chairperson Russell S. Kokubun.
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