Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Entries for November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
PUC Breaks 15% Limit on Solar Systems
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 7901 Views :: Energy, Environment

Instead of 15% of peak, the limit is now 50% of noontime usage....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Visitor Spending breaks $1 Billion per Month
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 5867 Views :: Energy, Environment

Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in the first 10 months of 2011 grew 14.8 percent, compared to the same period in 2010, to $10.3 billion....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
National Journal: Lingle Best Positioned for Victory Next Year
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 PM :: 7553 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Republicans have landed prominent women candidates too, with former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle and former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson best positioned for victory next year....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Healthcare: Do We Really Spend More and Get Less?
By John Goodman @ 1:17 PM :: 5841 Views :: National News, Ethics

This judgment is repeated so often and so forcefully that you will almost never see it questioned. And yet it may not be true....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Humanities Research: The Glass Bead Game
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4754 Views :: National News, Ethics

In Hermann Hesse’s final novel, The Glass Bead Game, the reader encounters a fanciful society in which the best and brightest citizens are groomed to become masters of an exceedingly complex game....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
American Airlines Latest Victim of Obama's Big Union Onslaught
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 5601 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

American was forced into bankruptcy when the airline pilots union refused to budge on its demands for massive signing bonuses and wage increases.

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Finmeccanica Trumpets Honolulu Rail Deal
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 12222 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

ROME: Finmeccanica: signed a contract worth USD 1,334 million for Honolulu driverless metro.

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
IBEW to Vote on New Offer from Hawaiian Tel
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 6489 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaiian Telcom announced today that, through the efforts of a federal mediator working with bargaining representatives of both the Company and the Union, the Company made an updated collective bargaining agreement offer to the Union....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Nominations Sought for State Water Commission
By News Release @ 9:29 PM :: 5563 Views :: Energy, Environment

The State Commission on Water Resource Management is seeking nominations for two positions on the Commission....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Lingle calls for Delay in Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Shorelines
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 3:28 PM :: 9141 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"... the seals are doing better in the main islands without a habitat designation .... "

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Lucky Hawaii: Bond Sale Benefits as Investors Flee Europe
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 10154 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Treasury and municipal bonds rallied Thursday as fears of European contagion spread ... Yields on the Hawaii bond deal were lowered as much as nine basis points, compared with levels offered earlier in the morning....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sex, Equality, and the Paleolithic Era
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 10540 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

...perhaps this will mark the rise of the paleolibs?

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
EPA to "Regulate Cars Priced Under $15K out of Existence"
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 PM :: 4347 Views :: National News, Ethics

The government says it would cost automakers $8.5 billion per year to comply, which means a spike in sticker prices of at least $2,000 to $2,800, according to official projections....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Is the Occupy Wall Street Movement Occupied?
By IPT News @ 12:04 PM :: 7517 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

"The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to expose how the richest 1 percent of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future."

There has been an ongoing debate about the depth of anti-Semitism within the OWS movement....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Elementary Students in Hawaii Remotely Operate NASA Rovers for World Leaders
By News Release @ 11:45 AM :: 7592 Views :: Energy, National News, World News, Family

Mars rover in Hawaii

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Abercrombie's Medicaid Cuts based on Obamacare Requirements
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 7309 Views :: Health Care

...states are already responding to Obamacare’s “maintenance of effort” clause and the anticipated 2014 expansion by cutting services....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
US Civil Rights Commissioner to speak on End of Victimology
By News Release @ 8:29 AM :: 8446 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • UH Richardson Law School- Classroom 1
  • Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:45am-1:15pm
  • Free Lunch & Speaker, Hon. Peter N. Kirsanow
Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
US Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Lawsuit Challenging DHHL, Admission Act
By Robert Thomas @ 1:43 AM :: 7238 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

At its December 9, 2011 conference, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to review Corboy v. Louie....

Read More..
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Postal Service Announces Hawaii Christmas Mailing Deadlines
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 9476 Views :: Energy

Below are the dates that the Postal Service suggests Hawaii residents mail their letters, cards and packages to give them the best chances of reaching their destinations by Christmas.... 

Read More..
Monday, November 28, 2011
US Micronesia Aid Crowds out Private Investment, Local Decision Making
By Selected News Articles @ 11:57 PM :: 10237 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

The problem is not the size or scope of U.S. support, the problems lay within the ways that money is structured, allocated and managed....

Read More..
Monday, November 28, 2011
Booted from Big Island, DoE Now Seeks to Force Carlisle to Collect its Impact Fees
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 10479 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Education K-12

Matayoshi said the county has a legal obligation to deny building permits to applicants who haven't paid impact fees the Board of Education ....

Read More..
Monday, November 28, 2011
Obama Admin Rejects 65% of Gulf Oil Drilling Applications
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:19 PM :: 5060 Views :: National News, Ethics

... the Obama administration is approving just 35 percent of the oil drilling plans for the Gulf of Mexico so far this year ....

Read More..
Monday, November 28, 2011
Failing, Central Pacific Got $337M in Secret Federal Reserve Loans
By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 PM :: 11744 Views :: National News, Ethics, Economy, Hawaii State Government

.

Read More..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Duke Aiona to Address Pro-Life Group
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 9378 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 11:30am until 1:00pm

WHERE: Dave & Buster's, 1030 Auahi St, Honolulu

Read More..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Lowell Kalapa to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 8874 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

WHEN: Friday December 2, 2011, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm HST

WHERE: Kona Vistas Community Pavilion (just mauka of Kuakini Chevron)

Read More..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Kalaeloa Solar: Hawaii Ratepayers to Bankroll 'Green Fiesta'
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 10043 Views :: Energy, Environment

So where does a discredited tax-scam go when California dreamers and Euro-socialists turn their backs on its profligacy? Why Hawaii, where “decoupling” and “Feed-in-Tariffs” mean that ratepayers are forced to bankroll the “Green Fiesta.”

Read More..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Kalapa: Ubiquitous General Excise Insures Accountability
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:15 PM :: 5473 Views :: Energy, Environment

Because of its broad application, any attempt to raise the general excise tax rate alerts the entire population to that possibility....

Read More..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Forced by JSC, Abercrombie Grudgingly Releases Names of Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 6151 Views :: Energy, Environment

...in light of the changed circumstances with the Commission's actions, judicial applicants will no longer have any expectation of confidentiality. Consequently, the following lists are now being released....

Read More..
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Hawaii Supreme Court to Consider Limit of Parental Discipline
By Robert Thomas @ 4:52 PM :: 6632 Views :: Energy, Environment

...what standards govern the Family Court's evaluation of an application for a civil TRO in light of a parent's fundamental right to discipline his or her children (which includes the right to use reasonable corporal punishment)....

Read More..
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Abercrombie Wins Approval to Take $1.06M from Pre-School, Sister Isles spend it on Central Office Bureaucrats
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 9652 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

These positions will be supported by $454,366 in unused year 1 personnel costs due to late hiring and $351,401 from pre-kindergarten subsidies ....

Read More..
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Oahu Democrats Fail in Effort to Break up Hawaii News Now
By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 10834 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Media Council Hawaii, joined by the Oahu County Democrat Committee, has been rejected by the FCC in the effort to push back on control of Honolulu media outlets by a non-Democrat company Raycom Media.

Read More..
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Hint to Hawaii: Google Abandons Concentrating Solar Power Project
By Selected News Articles @ 12:16 AM :: 8212 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Google said it is dropping development of “solar thermal” electricity because solar thermal cannot keep pace with the rapid price decline of another solar technology – photovoltaics.  The solar thermal cut came as part of Google’s decision to axe its 4-year old Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative.... 

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Suspended Attorney Says 'Vindictive' Navy Purposely Sows Intimidation & Fear in Civilian Counsel
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 9820 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In his federal complaint, Partington says the conflict with JAG began in 2006 when he represented Stewart Toles in a Navy general court-martial for allegations of violating the "video voyeurism" statute....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:52 AM :: 4545 Views :: National News, Ethics

In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict ....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Taxpayer Losses on GM Bailout Are Going to Be Massive
By NCPA @ 3:13 AM :: 6816 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics

Last week the Treasury Department revised its loss estimate for the General Motors (GM) bailout from $14.33 billion to $23.6 billion....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Green Energy Push Drives Outsourcing to China
By NCPA @ 3:08 AM :: 5736 Views :: World News, Family

Indeed, costly emission cuts in Denmark and elsewhere are likely to lead to a partial relocation of CO2 emissions to more lenient countries, such as China ....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
USA Today: Stimulus Funds Helped Some Stocks Soar
By NCPA @ 3:03 AM :: 6029 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Companies involved in developing smart electric grids -- nine big tech firms that are also in many other businesses -- have risen 54 percent....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
American Shipper: Effort Underway to Loosen Jones Act Restrictions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 AM :: 9979 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

“a broad array of economists in Puerto Rico have expressed concern that the Jones Act hinders the island’s economic growth...."

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Matt Romney to Campaign for Father in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 AM :: 10380 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Matt Romney will be rallying support for his father at fundraising events hosted by local supporters in Honolulu and Laie December 9th and 10th....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Bishop Silva, Doctors, Attorneys to Speak out on Assisted Suicide
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 6414 Views :: Energy, Environment

December 8, 2011
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
State APEC Costs below projections
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 8197 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

The State of Hawaii spent about $3,210,000 for safety related expenses hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, less than half of the $7,500,000 projected by state agencies.

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Maui Smart Grid Demonstration Project to Begin Next Year
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 12448 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, World News, Family

The multi-million dollar project is aimed at improving integration of variable renewable resources, such as solar and wind power, and preparing the electric system for widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
December vehicle registration notices contain error
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 6587 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Motor Vehicle Registration office advises residents that the recently mailed December 2011 vehicle registration renewal notice contains an incorrect total due amount....

Read More..
Friday, November 25, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving from Stacey Djou!
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 10526 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

For Charles, this was a day much like most others, but he was thankful to talk to the girls (they were on a lengthy communications blackout until last night) and to have some turkey for dinner.

Read More..
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Assimilation, American Style
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 5551 Views :: National News, Ethics

In a world filled with ethnic antagonism and religious violence, the United States had found a paradigm for unifying the most ethnically, racially, and religiously varied population on the planet into a relatively tolerant and unified culture.

Read More..
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Heritage: A Day of 'Public Thanksgiving and Prayer'
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 4122 Views :: National News, Ethics

They also knew that, whatever church an American belonged to, he ought to give thanks to Almighty God. Not because we're living in some heaven on earth -- that's impossible. But because despite our problems, we're incredibly blessed. We live in a land that recognizes our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In a world beset with death, tyranny, disease and famine, that's nothing short of a miracle.

Read More..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Judicial Selection Commission Releases List of Nominees for Second Circuit Court
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 9363 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

This is the first release of JSC nominees since the JSC’s Nov 16 decision to begin releasing the names of judicial nominees.

Read More..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
NCAA “Extremely Concerned” about UH Point-Shaving Allegations
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 10099 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"We are extremely concerned by the point-shaving allegations involving University of Hawaii football student-athletes and have been in contact with the school since early November."

Read More..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Outdoor Circle Comes Out Against Rail
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 10583 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Outdoor Circle now is considering how we might best support the broad based coalition of organizations and individuals which is challenging this project in court....

Read More..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
New Batch of Global Warmers’ Emails: “We're choosing the periods to show warming”
By Selected News Articles @ 9:26 PM :: 10733 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
"...Observations do not show rising temperatures .... "
Read More..
Page 1 of 4First   Previous   [1]  2  3  4  Next   Last   
Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

808 Silent Majority

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Build More Hawaiian Homes Working Group

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federalist Society

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Homeschool Association

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Smokers Alliance

Hawaii State Data Lab

Hawaii Together

HIEC.Coop

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Moms for Liberty

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

Investigative Project on Terrorism

July 4 in Hawaii

Kakaako Cares

Keep Hawaii's Heroes

Land and Power in Hawaii

Legislative Committee Analysis Tool

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

Malama Pregnancy Center of Maui

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Military Home Educators' Network Oahu

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Christian Foundation Hawaii

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

No GMO Means No Aloha

Not Dead Yet, Hawaii

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Oahu Alternative Transport

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

OurFutureHawaii.com

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

PEACE Hawaii

People vs Machine

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

P.U.E.O.

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

ReRoute the Rail

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

Robotics Organizing Committee

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Sink the Jones Act

Statehood for Guam

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

UCC Truths

US Tax Foundation Hawaii Info

VAREP Honolulu

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii

Yes2TMT