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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Hoku Dodges a $50M Bullet
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 8045 Views :: Energy, Environment, World News, Family

...we would otherwise be obligated to pay $50 million to Tianwei this quarter....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Job-Killing Medical Device Tax
By NCPA @ 3:02 PM :: 4037 Views :: National News, Ethics

Beginning in 2013, a tax will be imposed on the manufacture and importation of medical devices in an attempt to offset a portion of the $1 trillion cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Obamacare Awakens a Sleeping Giant
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:56 PM :: 4220 Views :: National News, Ethics

It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause is a political one, with a sole piece of legislation as its principal target.... 

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Akaku Claims Victory over HB2652 cut to Public Access TV
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 15527 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

...Herkes was visibly not thrilled when citizens from all islands called and emailed committee members over the weekend to register deep and wide dissatisfaction with HB2652....

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Monday, February 6, 2012
HB2240: 50% Tax Credit for HQ Relocation to Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5436 Views :: Energy, Environment

Rep. Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai – Kalama Valley) introduced HB 2240, which would offer a tax credit equal to 50 percent of the costs for a qualifying company to relocate its headquarters to Hawaii....

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Monday, February 6, 2012
After Carlisle Raids Sewer Funds, Feds Greenlight Limited Rail Construction
By Andrew Walden @ 9:39 PM :: 9972 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...permission to spend up to $184.7M on rail design build contracts....

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Monday, February 6, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 6, 2012
By Congress.org @ 4:21 PM :: 7009 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: STOCK Act
  • House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act
  • House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
  • House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011
  • House: FAA Modernization and Reform Act
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Even at 14 Percent, Romney Pays a Higher Rate than 97 Percent of His Fellow Americans
By NCPA @ 3:38 PM :: 3925 Views :: National News, Ethics

Americans following the current GOP brawl witnessed a series of attacks on Mitt Romney for the low effective tax rate he pays on his personal income.

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Monday, February 6, 2012
Chump state workers just keep feeding the pension thieves
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 PM :: 5531 Views :: National News, Ethics

the geniuses running state pensions lost $4.33 for every dollar public workers "contributed." However, the geniuses did manage to pocket $36.6 billion in "Other Expenses" for themselves and their pals in the process.

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Monday, February 6, 2012
On Reagan's Birthday, His Legacy Lives On
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:54 PM :: 4119 Views :: National News, Ethics

Today marks President Ronald Reagan's 101st birthday....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Heritage Foundation holds First-Ever Event in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 10806 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Marshall, who oversees the think tank’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, took her presentation on the road. During a three-day tour of Hawaii she spoke to political science students at BYUH and to TEA Party groups in Kona and Hilo.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Gallup: Hawaii Conservatives Outnumber Liberals
By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 9242 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the proportion of Hawaii residents identifying as conservative has increased by 3.4% to 31.0%....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Case vs Hirono: Both Voted for Higher Taxes and War in Iraq
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 7266 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

U. S. Senate candidate Ed Case (D‐HI) today called out his Democratic opponent, Mazie Hirono, for false and misleading claims in her current television ad.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
FTC Complaint: HECO Stifling Geothermal to Boost Rates, Profits
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 8355 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

... we can be 100% free of our dependence on foreign oil within 10 years if we set our minds to it, by using our most abundant renewable energy source, geothermal energy, for our base load energy, sun, wind, and ocean, but HECO keeps stifling these technologies, especially geothermal energy, so it can continue burning oil and bi-oil for another 20 years to preserve its profits ....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Maui TEA Party: How to Unite Hawaii's 'Conservative Coalition'
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 7109 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL

Myles Kawakami, President and CEO of Hawaiian Carpet One/Ceramic Tile will present a discussion on the "Conservative Coalition" and how uniting the diverse demographics in our movement can lead to a reversal of the current situation in our State ....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
OHA Holding Another Round of Ceded Lands Settlement Meetings
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 6238 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hilo 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 Dept. of Education Annex, 450 Waianuenue Ave. Bldg. C, Hilo, HI 96720

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
After Letting HMC Die, Organ Transplant Bill Signed into Law
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 5193 Views :: Energy, Environment

Abercrombie has signed into law House Bill 608, which appropriates state funds to The Queen’s Medical Center to perform kidney and liver transplants and to the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii to maintain its chronic kidney disease management program....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Drought: Hawaii County Designated Disaster Area
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 8763 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

...the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Hawai'i County as a primary natural disaster area resulting from ongoing drought conditions....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Abercrombie Releases $13 Million for Agriculture, Water Irrigation Projects
By News Release @ 1:13 PM :: 5183 Views :: Energy, Environment

... down the drain ...

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Whipsawed by New Fees and Charges: Taxpayers Beware
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 7:45 AM :: 5440 Views :: Energy, Environment

One would think that in an election year lawmakers would shy away from raising taxes and imposing new fees, but that is just not the case down at the state capitol building in Honolulu....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Nevada: Romney 47%, Gingrich 22%
By Selected News Articles @ 1:10 AM :: 5697 Views :: National News, Ethics

With 100% of the Vote in, here are the results from the Nevada Republican Caucuses....

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Saturday, February 4, 2012
DoE Seeks Non-profit Sponsors for Summer School Lunch Program
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 5351 Views :: Energy, Environment

Schools, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations may apply to be SFSP sponsors. Sponsoring organizations receive reimbursements for serving healthy meals and snacks at approved sites to children and teenagers (18 years and younger). Sponsors are encouraged to provide educational or recreational activities.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012
University of Hawaii May Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
By Selected News Articles @ 11:33 AM :: 8477 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment

The University of Hawaii is considering whether to provide funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business to start doing abortions on Kauai inside the Mahelona Memorial Hospital in Kapa’a....

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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Fordham Rips Hawaii Science Standards: “The Ignorance on Display is Shameful”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 AM :: 7483 Views :: Energy, Environment

Released January 31 by the Thomas B Fordham Institute, “The State of State Science Standards 2012” doesn’t pull punches in its analysis of the Hawaii Department of Education’s much-ballyhooed ‘academic standards’.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Santorum Registers for March 13 Hawaii GOP Caucuses
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 5674 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii GOP Chair David Chang said: “We are pleased that all of the front running Republican Presidential candidates are now on the ballot. The Hawaii Republican Caucus gives voters a real choice and a real voice in the Presidential race.”

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Hawaii Republicans Meeting to Select State Convention Delegates
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 PM :: 4325 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii Republicans are meeting to select delegates for the upcoming State GOP Convention May 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Health Care: Top 1% a Moving Target
By John Goodman @ 10:21 PM :: 5444 Views :: National News, Ethics

...a small number of people spend most of the health care dollars. True. But the small number this year are not the same people as the small number last year, or the year before....

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Will HHSC Set Up Abortion Clinic on Kauai?
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 10081 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment

The Board of Directors for Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, which operates the hospital, has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, February 21 at 6:00pm to discuss the clinic.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Civil Beat Vanishes from Internet
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 6451 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Hawaii news and opinion site, Civil Beat, was offline February 2-4.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Transcript: Maine PUC Rips Hawaii's Largest Windfarm Developer
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 6298 Views :: National News, Ethics

Hint to Hawaii: This is what happens when a PUC actually represents the consumers ....

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Hawaii: First Anti-Gun Bill Out of the 2012 Legislative Chute
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 5884 Views :: Energy, Environment

Senate Bill 2975 is slated to be heard in the Senate Public Safety, Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee (PGM) on Thursday, February 9th at 2:45 p.m. in conference room 224.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Heritage: Job Growth Should Be Stronger
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 4588 Views :: National News, Ethics

The Obama Administration and the nation have cause to breathe a sign of relief as today’s monthly jobs report shows 243,000 jobs were created in January....

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Friday, February 3, 2012
New Lingle Advert -- Bipartisanship: It's in Hawaii's Best Interest
By Video @ 3:42 AM :: 5296 Views :: Energy, Environment

Former Hawaii Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Linda Lingle released today a new video spot highlighting her commitment to bipartisanship. 

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Obamacare's Latest Victim Is Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:14 AM :: 4268 Views :: National News, Ethics

... the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has already filed a lawsuit on behalf of an interdenominational Christian college that objects to providing abortion ....

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Abercrombie Appoints New DAGS Comptroller
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 5277 Views :: Energy, Environment

Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the appointment of Dean Seki as State Comptroller to the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
State Launches Internet Speed Test Site
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 5683 Views :: Energy, Environment

Participants Will Aid in Hawai'i’s Broadband Initiative ....

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Epic Ohana Foster Care Expands to East Hawaii Island
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 7495 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Hilo, HI—Epic ‘Ohana, Inc. today announced the expansion of The Hawaii Youth Opportunities Initiative (HYOI), formed to improve outcomes for young people who age out of the foster care system....

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
HB2318: Support Veteran-Owned Businesses
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 5169 Views :: Energy, Environment

WHAT: HB 2318

Where and When: Thursday, February 02, 2012 Room 309 9:00 A.M.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Full Text: Judiciary Testifies on 21 Bills
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 5430 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Judiciary submitted the following testimony to the 2012 Legislature....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
VIDEO: Hirono Blames Bush, Claims Case and Lingle are Bush
By Video @ 7:11 PM :: 6682 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) is up with her first ad in her Senate race, and seeks to tie both her primary and general election opponents to former President George W. Bush.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Politico: Hawaii Senate Race ‘Could Offer Biggest Surprise’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 7006 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Evidence is mounting that the Aloha State could offer the biggest surprise of the cycle. Former Gov. Linda Lingle flexed her fundraising muscles with a $1.7 million quarter....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Obama Green Jobs Program Faces Further Investigation
By NCPA @ 5:56 PM :: 3733 Views :: National News, Ethics

 $500 million in green job training grants placed just 10 percent of trainees in jobs ....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ed Case: Dear Mazie, Lets Set Up Debates Excluding Lingle
By Ed Case @ 5:29 PM :: 5310 Views :: Energy, Environment

Ed Case renews his debate challenge to Mazie Hirono ....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
CBO: Federal Workers Paid More than Private Sector
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:10 PM :: 4266 Views :: National News, Ethics

According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released this week, federal workers are paid higher than their private-sector counterparts.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
'School Quality Survey' seeks parent’s feedback
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 5128 Views :: Energy, Environment

Beginning in February, schools will mail or ask students to bring the surveys home. Parents whose children are enrolled in grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11 will be asked to complete the survey and return it to the school in a prepaid envelope by no later than March 30.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Registration Begins for 2012-2013 Kindergarten and Junior K in February
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 6482 Views :: Energy, Environment

Children who will be five years old on or before August 1, 2012, may enroll in regular kindergarten, while children who reach five years of age between August 2 and December 31 may enroll in junior kindergarten. Kindergarten is not mandatory in Hawaii.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Gallup: Obama Approval Plummets in Hawaii, Down to 56.1%
By Selected News Articles @ 1:32 PM :: 7349 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The greatest one year decline in Obama's approval rating is the 9.8% drop from 65.9% to 56.1% in Hawaii....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
UPDATE: Snake Bill Now HB1943
By News Release @ 12:34 PM :: 6803 Views :: Energy, Environment

 ... the state Department of Agriculture has allowed the brown tree snake program lapse.  The dogs used for cargo inspections were actually given away ....

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
POLITICO: Ron Paul Expects to be a Top Finisher in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 PM :: 6544 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

“We will be spending time in the caucus states.” -- Ron Paul 

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Romney Wins Florida With 46%
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 AM :: 3979 Views :: National News, Ethics

6,796 of 6,796 Precincts Reporting....

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