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Entries for 'Heritage Foundation'
Monday, December 19, 2016 |
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Meet the Fiscal Hawk Trump Chose as Budget Director
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:48 AM :: 4441 Views :: National News
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Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in Congress....
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 AM :: 5925 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....
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Friday, December 9, 2016 |
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How States Can Shape Obamacare’s Replacement
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:36 PM :: 4132 Views :: Health Care
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As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 7018 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Monday, December 5, 2016 |
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Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:15 PM :: 4353 Views :: Education K-12
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...She does not support Common Core “period.”....
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Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Countering Chinese Inroads into Micronesia
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:45 PM :: 7758 Views :: National News, Homelessness, Military
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...Washington could find itself strategically outflanked....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Fatherhood, Poverty, and the “Post-Marriage Society”
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:50 PM :: 4501 Views :: Family
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A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
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S2943: Hirono, Schatz Vote–Military Draft for All Females 18-26
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 PM :: 5606 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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...the bill forces young women between the ages of 18 and 26 to sign up for the Selective Service, making them eligible for conscription if Congress reinstates the draft....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 |
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Are Jones Act ships really 'made in the USA'? Well, sort of
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 4063 Views :: Jones Act
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...U.S. companies that assemble oceangoing vessels rely heavily on foreign parts, foreign investment and foreign shipbuilding expertise....
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016 |
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$500M: Obama Raids Zika Budget to Finance UN Climate Change Fund
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:22 PM :: 4583 Views :: Health Care
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...the Obama administration already has the authority to pay for a Zika response from existing agency budgets, but chose not to....
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Friday, April 1, 2016 |
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For California Teacher Taking on Unions, Supreme Court Ruling Isn’t the End of Her Case
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:24 PM :: 5420 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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After Friedrichs’ legal team files the petition for rehearing, they expect the court to hold the petition until a new justice is confirmed....
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Sunday, February 14, 2016 |
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Jones Act Exemption, LNG Imports Key to Puerto Rico Recovery
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:24 PM :: 6089 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act is the single most important step Congress can take....
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Sunday, February 14, 2016 |
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What Scalia Taught Us
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:20 PM :: 4750 Views :: Judiciary
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...9 Zingers From the Sharp Mind of Justice Scalia....
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:45 PM :: 6019 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Christmas Comes Early for Teachers’ Unions With No Child Left Behind Rewrite
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:51 PM :: 5839 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The Every Student Succeeds Act passed the Senate by a margin of 85 – 12 and in the U.S. House by a vote of 359-64 in late November (this included every Democrat who voted in both the House and Senate)....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:06 PM :: 4189 Views :: Education K-12
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....
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Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 PM :: 6429 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
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The Supreme Court’s ‘One Person, One Vote’ Case
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:10 PM :: 4602 Views :: Office of Elections
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...whether electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should shift to account only for eligible voters....
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Monday, August 24, 2015 |
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Federal Prosecutors Fight Back After Judge Orders Return of $167K Seized from Maui Resident
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:59 PM :: 6233 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...a federal judge ordered the government return $167,000 law enforcement seized from a motorist driving through Nevada....
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
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Second Senate Democrat Comes Out Against Iran Nuclear Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:42 PM :: 5422 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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Both Schatz and Hirono support the Iran nuke deal ....
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Monday, August 17, 2015 |
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If Planned Parenthood Loses Government Funding, Here’s a Map of Health Clinics That Could Take Its Place
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:49 PM :: 4372 Views :: Life
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“Planned Parenthood is really a small part of the national health care picture in America.”
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 |
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Progressive Paradise Lost
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:58 AM :: 5900 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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One barrier to business is the Merchant Marine Jones Act....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 6096 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
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Sexual Paranoia: Why Professors Are Becoming Scared of Their Students
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:54 PM :: 4788 Views :: Higher Education
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“new codes [of sexual conduct] sweeping American campuses....”
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:33 PM :: 5365 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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My father was a Tranny
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 5753 Views :: Family
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My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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252 Criminals Deported from Hawaii in Last 7 Years
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:31 PM :: 4880 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...local authorities share fingerprints from everyone booked into jail with federal authorities, who comb the prints for immigrants, those here legally and illegally, so they can be deported....
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Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 7026 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 5623 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...Memories Pizza isn’t an isolated incident.... Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced to step down... In January, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired ....
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Sunday, February 1, 2015 |
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Why Won’t Obama Use the Words ‘Islamic Extremism’? Watch What Tulsi Gabbard Says
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:03 PM :: 5251 Views :: Military
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“If you are at war, which we are, you have to know who your enemy is in order to defeat them.”
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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Repealing the Jones Act: Good for Energy, Great for America
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:24 PM :: 4710 Views :: Jones Act
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...the cost of a U.S.-manufactured ship is about four times that of foreign competition....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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The Jones Act Risks Lives (again)
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:57 PM :: 4760 Views :: Jones Act
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With the onset of another snowstorm hitting the Northeast, New Jerseyans are shaking their snow shovels at a federal law that causes them almost yearly fits....
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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Is $5 a Gallon Gas on Its Way? This Expert Thinks So
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:35 AM :: 5728 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“The next round of high prices is likely to start later this year, as crude rebounds to the $80s and $90s, perhaps pushing to the $100 level by late in the year or early next.”
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:18 AM :: 4700 Views :: Jones Act
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The Alaska governor is actually required to “use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.”...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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Omidyar's Pay Pal Refuses Service to Gun Stores
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:29 AM :: 5534 Views :: Second Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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Retailers in the gun industry say they’re being discriminated against....
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:48 PM :: 4114 Views :: Higher Education
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...what is to prevent community colleges from escalating tuition and fees once the federal government – via taxpayers – begins paying the tab?
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:14 PM :: 4935 Views :: First Amendment
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“Islamophobic is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons....”
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014 |
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Congressmen Put Heat on ‘Deceptive’ Rooftop Solar Leases
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:32 PM :: 5675 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...leasing solar panels from a third party may be a harmful investment for homeowners....
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Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
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Obamacare Increasing Coverage, but Not Access to Health Care
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:10 PM :: 3617 Views :: Health Care
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...there’s a big difference between insurance coverage and access to health care services....
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 |
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Legislation Lets States Cut Ties Between Common Core and Federal Grants
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 PM :: 4147 Views :: Education K-12
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...legislation to prohibit the federal government from “mandating, incentivizing or coercing” states to adopt the national education standards known as Common Core....
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
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The Jones Act’s Costly Impact
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:59 PM :: 4336 Views :: Jones Act
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U.S. law allows shippers to transport goods domestically on cars, trucks, aircraft, or rail cars built in other countries. Just not ships....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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It’s a Wave: Republicans Take US Senate, Build Majority in House, Grab Governorships
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:02 PM :: 7148 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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Republicans shifted the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, gaining at least seven seats, widened their majority in the House by at least 11 seats and defeated Democrats in 24 governor’s races....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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New Jersey Has Therapists, Hawaii Has Tour Guides
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 PM :: 6591 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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US General: North Korea Now Has Nuclear Warheads for Missiles, Can Hit Hawaii
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:52 PM :: 4892 Views :: Military
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North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....
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Monday, October 20, 2014 |
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Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:08 PM :: 7719 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....
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Friday, October 17, 2014 |
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The Amazing Guesses People Give Jimmy Kimmel Crew when Asked what GMOs are
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:05 PM :: 3778 Views :: GMOs
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Most honest answer: "I'm just going along with it."
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Wind Industry Admits It Needs Handout to Compete
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:14 PM :: 5741 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....
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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Colorado Governor: Legalizing Pot Was ‘Reckless’
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:05 AM :: 4352 Views :: Drugs
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...“I think for us to that that [legalize recreational use] without having all the data, there is not enough data, and to a certain extent you could say it was reckless.”....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Chertoff: Gabbard's Visa Proposal Damages Tourism
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:45 PM :: 5910 Views :: Military, Tourism
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...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....
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