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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
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SB894 Held as Turtle Bay Opens New Negotiations with State
By News Release @ 4:25 PM :: 9251 Views :: Environment, Development, Tourism
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SB 894 would authorize the state to expend funds, swap land and explore other solutions to help preserve Turtle Bay lands. This bill can be brought back next year, if negotiations fail, or to implement terms of an agreement....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
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Former Rep Roland Sagum Charged With Stealing Stones from Heiau Site
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 7332 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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Numerous truckloads of rocks with an estimated value of around $6,000 were allegedly removed from the property between June 27 and July 4, 2011, and were reportedly to be used to build a rock wall on Sagum’s property....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
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House Moves Hundreds of Bills Over to Senate
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 5259 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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See the full list of bills crossed over to the Senate ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
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Why the Death of Hugo Chavez Matters
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:20 PM :: 5014 Views :: World News
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Chavez’s death has far-reaching—and potentially dangerous—implications for the U.S. and the world....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Mainland Homosexual Adopts Boys, Molests Them in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 8665 Views :: Family
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...Ram, who was involved in agricultural research with the University of Hawaii, used threats, coercion, physical force and psychological abuse to carry out his acts of sexual abuse and to keep John Doe No. 8, and his adopted brothers, from reporting the abuse....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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Busting 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:29 PM :: 5761 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids?
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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State Sells Holdings in Student Loan Auction Rate Securities
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 5518 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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When the state purchased the Securities, they were rated “AAA,” which is the highest investment rating. While the state held the Securities, the state received all of the principal and interest payments due on the Securities....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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Senate Crossover: 200 Bills on the Agenda
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:34 AM :: 5334 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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More than 200 bills will be up for vote next Tuesday and Thursday as the Hawaii State Legislature heads for the First Crossover deadline on March 7....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 4, 2013
By Congress.org @ 12:11 AM :: 5545 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Hagel Nomination Confirmation
- Senate: Lew Nomination Confirmation
- Senate: Republican Sequester Alternative
- Senate: Democratic Sequester Alternative
- House: Gender-based Violence Prevention
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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NRA: Burdensome Anti-Gun Bill Must be Stopped
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 5763 Views :: Second Amendment
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SB 69 will require fingerprinting and NICS checks in addition to the already existing registration requirement on ALL firearms brought into the state....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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HB411 Forces Hospitals, Doctors to Hand Out Abortion Pill
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:30 PM :: 6243 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care
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The hearing was full of people who are against religious freedom. One individual even stated that if Christians have a problem with it, they shouldn’t work in an emergency room....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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House moves 69 bills over to Senate
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 5465 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...measures approved by the House several focused on sustainability, the environment, the economy, healthy living....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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How Liberals Live
By NCPA @ 1:20 PM :: 8137 Views :: Democratic Party, Land Use, Cost of Living
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The Democratic Party has two reliable groups of adherents: the rich and the poor...Both groups have little use for the middle class....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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Mismanaged Federal Properties Cost Taxpayers Billions
By NCPA @ 1:13 PM :: 5837 Views :: National News, Land Use
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Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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Obama Administration Buries Good News on Keystone Pipeline
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 6622 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News
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Late last Friday, the State Department released a positive environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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US Patent Pending for Genetically Modified Marijuana
By Andrew Walden @ 10:30 PM :: 47760 Views :: Drugs, GMOs
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What will anti-GMO protesters do when they discover that they have been smoking genetically modified weed for nearly a decade now?
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Keep The Promise for Better Wages as Goal
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:42 AM :: 7583 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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If the minimum wage does rise, where do our elected officials think businesses will get the money to pay the higher wages?
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Hawaii Precedent? 'Sidewalk Property' Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 3:34 AM :: 7453 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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The Hawaii section of the petition points out a federal lawsuit filed in December 2012 alleging that the City and County of Honolulu violated the due process rights of "De-Occupy Honolulu"....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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HNL Planning Director: "Public, Along With Private Property Rights, Are Our Top Priority"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:28 AM :: 6836 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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...In "City followed law in issuing Hao Street development permit," he makes some good points we don't usually see being made by government officials....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Video: The PLDC And Property Rights In Hawaii - A Panel Discussion
By Robert Thomas @ 3:20 AM :: 6775 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... University of Hawaii Law School panel about "The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii"....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Sewer Gas Powers Cars
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:11 AM :: 6833 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...poop from 70 homes can power VW Bug for 10,000 miles!
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Where is Hawaii Transportation Headed?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:06 AM :: 7490 Views :: Energy, Rail
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Each EV that clocks about 50 miles per day consumes as much electricity as a modest house with 4 people....
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 |
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DoE Million Dollar Cash Giveaway to 32 Schools
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5196 Views :: Education K-12
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...awards ranging from $12,500 to $100,000 recognize schools for significant academic progress for two consecutive years....
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 |
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Governor to Establish Hawaii ‘Sequestration Impact Response Team’
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 5218 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the Governor ordered all state departments to work with their federal counterparts to assess which areas will be impacted and estimate the amount of state funds needed to continue services and programs....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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NRO: Sink the Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 PM :: 6558 Views :: Jones Act
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It’s devastating to the nation’s economy, environment, and defense capability....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Gays Attack Hawaiians (Again)
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 7610 Views :: Family
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The gay movement claims to be all about ‘diversity’ and inclusiveness. But after same-sex ‘marriage’ failed to attract support in the current session of the Hawaii Legislature, gay activists on the Daily KOS let loose with what they really think....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Sen Solomon Resolutions Urge Hawaii Jones Act Exemption
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 7481 Views :: Jones Act
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Sen. Malama Solomon February 28 introduced two Senate Resolutions (SR20 and SCR42) with identical wording requesting Hawaii be exempted from the Jones Act. Here is the full text....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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DoE Extends Deadline for School Quality Survey
By News Release @ 11:51 AM :: 6904 Views :: Education K-12
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The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is extending until March 8 the deadline for parents to complete a survey to help public schools set priorities for improving programs and services....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Sakai: Misconduct Investigation Underway After Latest Prisoner Escape
By News Release @ 11:33 AM :: 7376 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...it was noted that no one in that van had leg shackles on....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Obama's Sequester Smokescreen
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:05 AM :: 11133 Views :: National News, Economy, Taxes, Obama
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For the past few days the White House, with a big assist from sympathetic media, has done all within its considerable powers to make it seem like sequestration means the end of the world....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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EPA Cites 188F Garbage: $1.1M Waimanalo Gulch Settlement Day After Lawsuit Filed
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 6783 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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Waimanalo Gulch Landfill system which has recorded temperatures as high as 188 F....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Store owners say plastic bag ban causes more shoplifting
By Selected News Articles @ 9:29 PM :: 10293 Views :: Environment, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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They enter the store with reusable bags and can more easily conceal items they steal. It's tough to tell what a customer has paid for and what they may already have brought with them....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals Rise 5.9% from January 2012
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 8300 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in January 2013 rose 5.7 percent (or $77.3 million) from January 2012....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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HELCO RFP Seeks More Geothermal Power
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 6167 Views :: Energy
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The company is seeking to add up to 50 megawatts (MW) of geothermal energy from geothermal resource developers at prices not tied to the cost of oil ....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Solar Scammers Pleased by SB623: Extends Solar Tax Credit Giveaway
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 7627 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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HSEA commends the Senate Ways and Means Committee for passing out SB 623 SD 1, which will close (reopen) renewable energy tax credit loopholes (that DoTax already closed)....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Again Tops Nation in Well-Being
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 11327 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living
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Between 2011 and 2012 Hawaii jumped from 44th to 1st in “Work Environment” but fell from 4th to 14th in “Basic Access"....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Status Of Appeal Of Land Use Commission’s Koa Ridge Approval
By Robert Thomas @ 12:15 PM :: 9104 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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...it is difficult if not impossible to overturn a land use district boundary amendment as contrary to IAL designation, when it does not yet exist...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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The Best Part of the Oscars 2013
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:00 PM :: 6899 Views :: World News, Military
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Zero Dark Thirty actors Jessica Chastain and Jason Clarke called for the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who helped the U.S. track Osama bin Laden....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Pine Announces Improved Leeward Bus Routes
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 4:15 AM :: 7252 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...Councilmember Pine worked with the new administration to fill a vital need by improving bus service in the wake of cuts made last summer....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Mad Money Video: Jim Cramer Rips Jones Act
By Video @ 4:11 AM :: 7695 Views :: Jones Act
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Jim Cramer Mad Money CNBC addresses the Jones Act and its negative impact on liquid fuel prices and supply....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Peg Legs and Eye Patches - Ninth Circuit Wades Into Piracy
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 AM :: 6076 Views :: Environment
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When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 9800 Views :: National News, Taxes, Obama
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... agencies cannot give a clear answer on how they arrived at their numbers. Congressional appropriations committee aides say they cannot fact check the administration's estimates ....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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AECOM Scores $43.9M Rail Contract
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 7030 Views :: Rail
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AECOM, announced today that it is working on a US$43.9-million contract from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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What is a Progressive?
By John Goodman @ 1:37 PM :: 7052 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...liberalism is not an ideology at all; it is a sociology. The same may be said of conservatism....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:26 PM :: 6688 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Shelby County (AL) v. Holder, the case raising the question of Section 5’s constitutionality....
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
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Hawaii Welfare Recipients 2nd Healthiest in US: 75% Not Disabled
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 7188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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SSI, SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, or other government assistance....
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