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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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After Debate, Nearly 70% Say Djou Wins
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 10339 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Djou offered a clear vision for Hawai’i: create jobs here at home by strengthening our small businesses and build a better future for our children ....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Lingle: I know We Have the Momentum to Win
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 5:09 PM :: 6848 Views :: Energy, Environment
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I’ve run in ten separate elections beginning when I was first elected as Molokai’s Councilwoman in 1980. I’ve won all but one election....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Debates deliver favorability edge to Romney; now above 50% in rating
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 5511 Views :: National News, Ethics
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RASMUSSEN: R 50% O 46%...GALLUP: R 51% O 46%...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Hirono Hits Middle Class With Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 8590 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Congresswoman Mazie Hirono twice voted to increase taxes on Hawaii’s middle-income families making $35,351 or more per year. The tax increases would have hurt over 115,000 working families in Hawaii, more than one third of all families who file income taxes in Hawaii.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Find Your Polling Place: Walk-In Absentee Voting Begins Today
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 7335 Views :: Energy, Environment
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You can now vote early at any of the following locations and listed hours....
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Heritage Experts Analyze Final Presidential Debate
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:59 PM :: 4493 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last night’s debate between President Obama and Governor Romney was supposed to focus on foreign policy. It turned into a wide-ranging conversation on everything from the Middle East to American teachers.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Hirono Refuses to Answer for Actions Harmful to Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:51 AM :: 8235 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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She avoided answering questions about why she voted twice to raise taxes on Hawaii’s middle class families, why she voted against Hawaii small businesses when she opposed the Korea Free Trade Agreement and why she proposed a bill that would raise the cost of housing for Hawaii residents....
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Monday, October 22, 2012 |
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5 Crucial Questions for the Presidential Foreign Policy Debate
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:18 PM :: 2424 Views
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Tonight’s final presidential debate will focus solely on foreign policy....
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Monday, October 22, 2012 |
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House Candidate Kaniela Ing Threatened with Expulsion from UH
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 AM :: 18155 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Higher Education, Politicians
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It took three months for UHSC to stop Ing from misrepresenting himself but after Ing was threatened with expulsion from UH, he capitulated....
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Charter Amendment: Honolulu Council Grabs for Control of Rail Funds
By Andrew Walden @ 9:36 PM :: 9380 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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If Proposal #2 is approved by voters, the Council could create any special fund it wishes and override Cayetano's veto with a 6-3 super-majority.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout
By Selected News Articles @ 7:37 PM :: 15696 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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"We are not going to volunteer as long as (fired elections workers) are not reinstated or treated fairly...." -- April 18, 2012
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 5655 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two vacancies on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission and one vacancy on the Campaign Spending Commission.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Pollster Claims Debate Performance Boosts Hirono 3%
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 6005 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Did what you saw in the debate or have heard about it make you much more likely to vote for Hirono?
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Fact, Not Emotion or Rhetoric, Should Drive Your Choice
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:18 AM :: 6768 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As they appeal to the elderly, the candidates adroitly fail to point out that any reforms of either the Social Security or Medicare systems will affect the benefits of those who are many years away from retirement....
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Hirono’s Signature Legislation Will Drive Up Costs of Hawaii Housing
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 6466 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mazie Hirono introduced a bill earlier this year in Congress that will drive up Hawaii housing prices and reduce the number of houses available for local families....
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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UH Manoa Library to Digitize Hawaii Newspapers 1856-1922
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 4044 Views :: Energy, Environment
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● Pacific Commercial Advertiser (1856-1921)
● Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1917-1922)
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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Streaming Video: Canonization of Molokai’s Mother Marianne Cope
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 13222 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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The ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI, will actually begin at 9:30 p.m. Hawaii time....
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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Learn about UH Law School's accessible Part-Time/Evening Program
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 9112 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Thursday, October 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Classroom 1, 2515 Dole Street....
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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Sierra Club Doing the Dirty Work for the Power Brokers
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 8773 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the Sierra Club has claimed that they oppose the Public Lands Development Corporation but are supporting Clayton Hee who voted for and supported it in the Senate....
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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HSTA’s Okabe ‘Extremely Pleased’ With Supreme Court Order
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 6732 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“We are pleased that the court recognized that the Hawaii Labor Relations Board must respond to HSTA’s request for relief.”
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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Pro-Rail PRP Pumps Money into Council District 6 Race
By News Release @ 11:46 AM :: 7604 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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residents have reported receiving 4 or 5 large mailers from PRP supporting Carol Fukunaga, which potentially cost over $60,000 to print and mail
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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Governor Releases $91.9 Million for CIPs
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 6445 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $91.9 million for various Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) across the state ....
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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Donalyn Dela Cruz Quits: Oshiro Claims Resignations “Have Nothing to do With Abercrombie”
By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 9555 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"It's a stressful job, by no means am I saying it's easy, but it's not necessarily anything to do with the governor. It really is a difficult position, being in the office, regardless of whoever is the governor."
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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It’s Mormon in America
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 5702 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The LDS Church is making its mark in the U.S. and around the world....
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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Why We Aren't Producing Enough Domestic Energy
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:56 PM :: 5458 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The vast majority of America’s new oil and gas production is happening on private lands in states like North Dakota, Alaska and Texas....
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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Fact Check: Hirono stumbles, shows lack of understanding of key issues
By News Release @ 3:48 AM :: 6339 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Congresswoman Mazie Hirono avoided specifics and instead relied on vague themes, a bleak legislative record and national party sound bites ....
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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Bipartisanship: Senate Energy Committee to Move on Natural Gas?
By NCPA @ 12:02 AM :: 5819 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Committee may actually get to work on bills that have been in deep frost for 15 years or so–especially the long-awaited U.S. Energy Policy bill....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Lingle v Hirono Debate: PBS Insights Live Streaming Video
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 5630 Views :: Energy, Environment
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With both Mazie Hirono (D) and Linda Lingle (R) scheduled to appear, INSIGHTS provides an unscripted, unfiltered look at the candidates and an opportunity for viewers to ask them questions....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Challenging the Foundations of the Green Establishment
By NCPA @ 2:56 PM :: 4616 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...many policies sought by the environmental establishment do nothing more than cost taxpayers billions with nothing to show for it....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Welfare Spending Shattering All-Time Highs
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:53 PM :: 4752 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Overall means-tested welfare spending from federal and state sources reached from all sources reached $956 billion....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Wastebook 2012: University of Hawaii Martian Food Tasting Project
By Selected News Articles @ 1:46 AM :: 8951 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Six volunteers will head into a barren landscape in Hawaii to simulate a 120-day Mars mission....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Bateman: We Can Cut Consumers' Electric Bills
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 9276 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Have you looked at your electric bill lately? It just keeps going up and up.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States to Practice Medicine
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 AM :: 9013 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...extremely high cost of living, tax burden per capita, malpractice award payouts per capita, and number of disciplinary actions taken against physicians....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Fitch Rates Honolulu Bonds AA+
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 6875 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Ample reserves and demonstrated revenue-raising ability provide the city with the flexibility to manage both expenditure pressures and economic cyclicality.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Endangered Species: Feds Grab for 18,766 Acres on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 12:32 AM :: 10585 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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The essential areas, proposed as critical habitat, include seven units totaling approximately 18,766 acres (7,597 hectares) on the island of Hawai‘i....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Court of Appeals Upholds Rail Contract Award
By News Release @ 12:29 AM :: 6009 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The Court denied an appeal by Bombardier Transportation USA Inc....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Poll: Lingle 43% - Hirono 47%
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 6548 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"With 20 days to go, and early walk-in voting beginning Monday, Linda Lingle is perfectly positioned to win this race against Mazie Hirono - just as she's done before."
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Heritage Experts Analyze Second Presidential Debate
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:42 PM :: 4577 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Below are some of the highlights of our experts’ reactions to the major points made....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Fact Check: Hirono Continues to Mislead Voters with Inaccurate Statements
By News Release @ 5:26 AM :: 6454 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Many have been corrected in previous debates, yet Hirono continues to intentionally mislead....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Focus Group Shows Big Swing to Romney After Second Presidential Debate
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 4608 Views :: National News, Ethics
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We simply cannot afford another four years like the last....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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New paper details Hawaii and Hawaiians’ surprising roles in the U.S. Civil War
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 7058 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“The Hawaiian sugar industry was born out of the American Civil War”
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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ACLU, Alston Demand Courtroom Video Access for 'Hawaii Guerrilla Video Hui'
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 5735 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Hui is comprised of Kamuela Vance Viveiros, H. Doug Matsuoka (Occupy activist), and Laulani Teale....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Zipline Operators Want Protection from Their Competition
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 AM :: 6058 Views :: Energy, Environment
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According to legislators we interviewed, owners and operators of existing zipline and canopy tours in Hawai‘i are the main proponents of [regulation]….
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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DayStar Technologies Buys Avatar Solar Hawaii Projects
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 5825 Views :: Energy, Environment
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DayStar's acquisition is a first step and it's for the Avatar Solar's Hawaiian-based projects....
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Change in Afghanistan, Change in Hawaii
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:07 PM :: 8049 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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During my tour of duty in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, one of the most profound things I saw was the first day of school.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Honolulu Transit Megaprojects Compared
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:08 PM :: 7016 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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BRT would provide the same transit ridership for about one tenth the cost....
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Audit Pushes Special Fund Ahead of Vote: City Loses $366K by Not Collecting Camping Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 6321 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"Because camping fees will be deposited into the general fund, rather than a special revenue account or other special fund, the parks and recreation department has no plan for how it intends to make improvements to the camping program." -- Audit
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Teachers Halt Labor Negotiations, Escalating Conflict
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 6840 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a knock-down-drag-out fight with Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie that has left teachers without a contract since July 2011....
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Treasury Dept. Fingers SolarCity in Exploration of the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 8255 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Solar leasing companies are reporting “fair market value” installed costs that are far higher than the actual cost of installing solar.
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