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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Maui TEA Party Leaders to Testify Before Congress
- Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced
- Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending
- Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
- Report: No Economic Recovery for Hawaii Youth
- Aloha for Oklahoma
- Senate Briefing on Hawaiian Homelands Audit
- Mercado Kim Threatens Investigation Because Son not Admitted to Richardson Law School
- Mercado Kim's Son Accepted to UH Law School Without Applying
- Disaster: Council sets aside $300,000 for homeless tent city
- Hirono: Foreign Tourists Must be Fingerprinted
- Hawaii agency taking comments on Honolulu rail survey work for another week
- Civil Beat: Day Three of Ala Wai Canal Coverage
- UNITE HERE, Teamsters, UFCW, Reject Obamacare
- Boylan: Impeachment Sets Stage for Republican Ascendancy
- Political Correctness 'Outs' Warriors
- Hawaii Pro Bowl in doubt for 2015
- UHWO Stiffs Tokai Univ on Land Deal
- Big Wind Coming Soon To An Electric Bill Near You!
- Oahu electric rates fall to lowest level since December
- Solar Scammers to Bulldoze Trees in Kau
- Honolulu nightclub owner arrested, again
- Kauai school custodian arrested on campus for drug offenses
- The Shack Waikiki Defendants Beat All Charges
| Tuesday, May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Abercrombie, Wife, and Murdered Legislator on Hawaii Democratic Socialist Membership List
- Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
- Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House
- OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School
- After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals
- End of Life Workshop Featuring Scott Makuakane
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013
- Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US
- Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention
- Consequences for Bad Government Behavior? Sen. Sam Slom to Address Maui TEA Party
- Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo
- Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim
- Abercrombie Defends Convention-goers Fired for Hawaii Pension Conference 'Boondoggle'
- Council Raids Slush Fund to Reject Caldwell's Tax Hike, Pay for Union Contracts
- Luke Targets 'Vacant Positions'
- UH legal bill for Greenwood's $2 million demand letter: $53K
- Teacher: No Administration Support for School Discipline
- Obama Salutes Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools
- Democrats Thrown Out of Army Facility
- Medical marijuana primed for overhaul
- Inmate deaths a call to action
- Maui County Demands Property Return from Profitable Non-Profit
- Towing Companies Bill to kick boot competitors awaits governor's move
- Ala Wai Canal: Oversight Is As Murky As The Water
| Monday, May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind
- Caldwell Pushes for Tax Hikes
- Obamacare: Kauai to Become Collectivized 'Blue Zone'
- Star-Adv: Obama's Worst Abuse of Power
- Affordable Housing: 100 sq Feet?
- The Geopolitics of Hawaii
- Feds Push $100M Project, Claim Ala Wai Canal Could Overflow, Flood Waikiki
- Public Asked To Help Pick Site For New Hawaii Nature Reserve
| Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 19, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress
- Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble?
- Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association
- Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage
- Tsutsui Being Used to Keep Unstable Abercrombie Under Control
- Abercrombie: My Opponents are Depraved, My Faults are Teeny-tiny
- Kos: Anti-GMO Activists, Sovereignty Movement Part of Republican Conspiracy
- Aiona Lays Groundwork for Gubernatorial Campaign
- Hawaii GOP: 'Republicans Will Rise Again'
- Kim: Gut and Replace Guidelines Need to be in Senate Rules
- Forgiveness doesn't come cheap or easy for UH brass
- TOD Talk Just a Cover for KSBE Kakaako Profits
- UH Athletics Shortfall Due to Aloha Stadium Deal?
- Forty Years Later, Hawaii Congressional Delegation Still Pretending to Pass Filipino Immigration Bill
- Bag Tax? Watershed gets $10.75M after all
- Another OCCC detainee allegedly commits suicide
| Saturday, May 18, 2013
May 18, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka"
- Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi
- Hawaii leads nation in per-capita debt for unfunded union benefits
- 'Hating Breitbart' Now Showing in Honolulu
- Gov. holds secret meeting with UH regents on presidential search
- Salmonson Appointment a Swipe at Hoosier, Anti-Superferry Protesters
- UPW Negotiations Required to Mandate Physical Fitness for Prison Guards
- HSTA Leaders Spent $700K on Futile Labor Board Case
- Federal Judge Refuses To Toss (de)Occupy Honolulu Suit Despite City's Efforts
- Integrative approach gives Kaiser edge in health care
- Demolition starts next week at former HMC-West hospital
- Sex Assault Becomes Excuse to Place Military Justice under External Control
| Friday, May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee
- Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
- Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend
- Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit
- Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Today
- Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control
- Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency
- Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time
- DoTax Invents More Excuses for Shortchanging Rail
- Caldwell Campaign Chair Backs Out Of Zoning Board Appointment
- Investigate airport contracts
- New US Transportation Dep't Nominee Backs Honolulu Rail, Complete Streets
- UH regents urged to hire new president locally
- Regents Vote to Wipe Athletic Department Debts
- Occupy: “Mixed Bag Of Self-Absorbed Social Protestors”
- Homeless Dude: 'I Hate Hawaii'
- Housing Last: Tobacco Smokers to Be Evicted
- Hawaii County Pays 130% of Assessed Value for Geothermal Relocations
- Suspect in infant death has prior record
| Friday, May 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor May, 2013
Letters to the Editor |
- State Surplus is Fake
- Hawaiian Sinkhole Pond Area Used For PCB, PAH, Chlordane Disposal
- Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals
- Removal of "Occupy," an Attack on "International Workers Day"
| Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden | - Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns
- Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday
- Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court
- Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
- Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records
- Honolulu Tea Party says it was targeted by IRS
- Maui Tea Party Group: IRS Intimidated Us
- Will A New Federal Shield Law Replace The Soon-To-Be-Dead Hawaii Law?
- Wasted money approaches Wonder Blunder status
- HMSA: Obamacare to Impose 2% Rate Hike
- HMSA, Kaiser Losing Money--More Rate Hikes Coming
- What Bills Do You Want The Governor To Veto?
- Hawaii County Elections Division faces audit
- Bloody UH, Near Death, Littered With Bodies
- 2 previous UH presidents remain in academic posts
- Ruling due on sidewalk nuisance law
- Homeless Destroy Chinatown, Use as Toilet
- Mayor Wright Redevelopment Slated
- Complete Streets: Kakaako Developers Aim to Recreate Manhattan
- Complete Streets Activists Fail to Stop Repaving Work
| Wednesday, May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden | - Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement
- Quarter Pounder Index: Honolulu 10th Most Expensive
- U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker
- Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors?
- Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day
- State Spends $176K to Save HMSA
- Tea Party Maui targeted for IRS scrutiny
- Hospitals not to blame for differences in their bills
- Police, Fire Contracts to Cost $11.5M
- In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves
- With Greenwood Neutralized, Faculty, Apple Squeeze Athletic Department
- Public Shut out of BoR President Search?
- For Abercrombie, Senate Primary is a Chance to Make His Mark
- Kakaako: Ecos, Developers on Same Page
- DOE Builds Without Permits, Blames consultant
- Registration Fee Hike? Council seeks to Blackmail Gun Owners
- Organizations consistently ranking high for lobbying expenditures
- Sen Green Gives His Parking Spot to Super Lobbyist
- Scientists, Farmers Defends Themselves Against Ignorant Mob
- Testimony Unanimous Against Tax Hikes
- $40M for Micronesian Medicaid in Immigration Bill
- HSTA Tries to Shortchange State on Contract Deal
- NYT Runs Feature on Pig Eradication in Hawaii
- Are You an Artiste? $5M for You in Rail Budget
- Defense workers' furlough days cut Again
| Tuesday, May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden | - GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team
- Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After Multiple Marketing Mix-ups
- Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
- DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director
- Politico: Multiple Scandals Envelop Obama Administration
- After HMSA Loses Customers, State delays enrollment for low-income health plans
- Legislative session: Act 221 Scammers Cry a River
- Double-dipping pervasive in Hawaii’s public sector and it Starts at the Top
- House Coalition: Middle Class Tax Relief on Agenda for Next Session
- Star-Adv: Water Fee is Last Straw
- Teacher Questions Common Core
- Leilehua teacher accused of Meth Importation placed on house arrest
- Complete Streets Honolulu: Completely Free of Cars
- High Gasoline Prices Killed Caldwell's Gas Tax
- Where's The Pork? Honolulu City Council Dishes Out The Earmarks
- Hawaii County Council Awards itself $900K Reelect Me Fund, Considers Tax Hike
- Opponents file last-minute notice against TMT
- Department of Retaliation: Hawaii County Contractor Claims Defamation, Flickinger Apologized
| Monday, May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe
- Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
- Video: Hawaii Wounded Warriors Qualify for 2013 Warrior Games
- The Sinking Ship of Cabotage
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013
- Danner Claims Obama in on Conspiracy to Federalize DHHL
- Salaries: Greenwood Down, Apple Next
- Hirono Invents Excuses for Illegals to Stay in USA
- Star-Adv Backs 'Housing First'
- It’s Neil’s Birthday (Again)!
- Hawaii Ed Department Could Restore School Bus Cuts
- NYT: Disentangling the Politics of a Hawaiian Murder Mystery
- Gov. Abercrombie mulling bill to help local pharmacies
- Hawaii tax revenue rises 8%
- The fall of the yen as seen from Hawaii
- Civil Beat: Hawaii is Being 'Left Behind' as Gay Marriage Penetrates More Jurisdictions
- Public Housing: 128 Kona Apartments Value Reduced to Zero
| Sunday, May 12, 2013
May 12, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden | - Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll
- Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Pension Contributions, Stock Transactions
- Moving the Tax Burden to Others
- Legislature Graded: 42% F, 31% D
- Oahu Democrats, Abercrombie show frustration with Legislature
- Chang, Espero, Takai for CD1?
- Gays Describe How they Tortured Hanabusa to Force Marriage
- Souki: Republicans Involved, Coalition Strong, Great Session
- Ritte Joins Danner's Attack on DHHL
- Cigarette maker Altria tops in lobbying spending since 2006
- Touching tribute for fallen Kailua airman
- Billing fee gets tempers boiling
- Hawaii Co Food Bank Buys New Building, Can't Account for $200K
- Hundreds of families on public housing wait list see hope
- Gabbard: Sex Assault in Military a Handy Excuse to Put Military Justice Under Outside Control
| Saturday, May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden | - Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka
- Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask
- Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers
- UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom?
- DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic"
- DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani
- Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force
- Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
- Senate Democrats Tout Achievements
- Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today
- American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary
- Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website
- Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns
- New effort by state could cause patients more pain
- Cost Transparency Leads to Cost controls
- Kakaako development will hit new heights under rail-oriented draft rules
- Drop in value of Japanese yen Blamed for 2.9% Drop in Japanese Tourism
- Decade passed before a Hawaii court found DHHL breached its trust obligations to Native Hawaiians
- Opposition to GMO foods has become a Salem-like witch hunt
- Profits: Media Will Be Biggest Winner of 2014
- UH works to fix millions worth of broken, dilapidated facilities
- Public input sought on Kenoi’s Second Tax Hike
- $57/month Rental Has Leaky Roof
- Occupy Litigation Status Conference
| Friday, May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
- Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
- NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
- Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program
- Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act
- Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects
- Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity
- Star-Adv, Danner, Schatz vs Abercrombie: Federalize DHHL
- Bishop Silva: Lawsuit Possible over Abortion Pill Mandate
- SB623 Solar Credits: 1MW or Larger Projects Would Have Looted Treasury
- UH legal bill for new telescope project nearly $3 million
- Honolulu mayor reveals plan to reduce homelessness
- DoE SPED Teacher Busted for Meth trafficking
- Greenwood Retirement Catches Visiting Accreditation Officials By Surprise
- Hawaii County PD: Sovereignty Scammers Lying About Investigation
- State Destroys $60M to Get $12M in Tax Revenue
- Political Chicken: Alternatives to Gas Tax Hike
- Lawmakers Balk At Bills Targeting 2012 Hawaii Election Flubs
- New laws target sex exploitation of children
- Online Voting Leads to Low Participation in Election
- HCDA: Secret Plans for Another Kakaako Tower
- 'Complete Streets': Cooke St to Be Closed to Traffic
| Thursday, May 09, 2013
May 9 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections
- HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable”
- Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government
- 24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math
- Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law
- Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital?
- Kim: Airport Division Audit Among Priorities for 2014
- Masagatani: Abercrombie is With me Against Schatz, Danner
- Appeal Planned After Suit Challenging planned Ho'opili community is dismissed
- HMSA Chief Predicts Obamacare 'Rate Shock' for Hawaii
- Hospital charges vary widely within Hawaii
- Honolulu Homeless Solution to be based on 'Housing First' Plan
- Hee Single-Handedly Kills Ethics Reforms
- Playing Hooky from the Legislature
- Hawaii County Board OKs Sequential Self-Dealing
- LNG and CEO Compensation top issues at HEI's Annual Meeting
- Hawaii High Prices Due to Electric Rates
- Flights, seats from Honolulu fell over 6 years, study shows
- My Dad, Larry Helm, Needs Your Prayers, Good Thoughts and Mana-ful Energy
| Wednesday, May 08, 2013
May 8 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes
- Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers
- Foreign-Built Jones Act Ship Launches New Domestic Puerto Rico Service
- Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High
- Akaka Tribe: Schatz, Danner Conspire to Federalize DHHL
- Shapiro: Race Card is Hanabusa's Only Hope
- Caldwell: Labor Agreements Give Me New Excuse for Gas Tax Hike
- Caldwell Claims 'Chief of Staff' Position Vacant
- Dang Quietly pays $1,000 to resolve potential conflict of interest charge
- Hawaiian Roll Commission Fails Transparency Test
- Who Will Replace Greenwood?
- Abercrombie, Legislators' Power Play Doomed Greenwood
- Will Hawaii Schools Ever Become the Equal of Micronesian Schools?
- Education Chairs To Participate In Nat’l Early Ed Fellows Program
- Obamacare: Hawaii nursing Glut and Shortage Coexist
- Lunatics, Criminals to be Banned as Security Guards: Half Still Eligible
- Elder Abuse Justice Unit doubled in size, working with finance industry
- Another inmate dies in Hawaii prisons
- Now That Rail is Being built, City, State Act to Relieve Traffic
- Hawaiian Electric Pays out $120M/year Dividends
- NYT: Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?
- Tom Brower Praises Cult Church of Scientology
- Luddite Proposes GMO Ban on Big Island
| Tuesday, May 07, 2013
May 7, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M
- Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
- 45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program'
- While Thousands Wait, Sen Malama Solomon gets Lease on 106 ac of DHHL Land
- Danner Pushes to Eliminate non-Hawaiian DHHL Renters
- Blackmail: Greenwood Out, Apple Next?
- Republican Bills Pass Legislature
- Hanabusa Defended Secret Labor Contract
- Public Not Invited to Abercrombie Political Campaign Opener
- Welfare Cheats Steal $48M from State
- Solar Scammers: Half of Installations Were Fraudulent
- Hawaii Historic Preservation Division Still On Federal Thin Ice
- DoE: Can Change at the Top Overcome Years of Failure?
- Hawaii Schools Chaotic
- College students say 'Easy A' courses waste time & money
- Money in Politics Report: Top Donors to Hawaii's Legislators Revealed
- Hong argues conspiracy in Elections Division suit
- War In Waikiki? The Fight Over The Natatorium Is Far From Over
- Lost in the Budget, $20M ML&P Pension Fund Bailout Money Found
| Monday, May 06, 2013
May 6, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Hawaii Health Connector Funded by Cutting off Coverage for Cancer Patients
- Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case
- Laie Hotel Developer Selected
- Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii
- Danner vs Masagatani for Control of DHHL
- Why Won't Kirk Caldwell Say Who Works For Him?
- $100M in Pure Profit: Legislators kill bill to reduce state's take of rail surcharge
- Legislators set sights on 2014
- Early Education: KSBE, Castle Come up Short, Will Be Back for More
- Schatz Touts Rise to 76th in Senate Seniority
- How Lobbyist Dollars Helped Save The Pearl Harbor Tower
- Bill to buy Lipoa Point not backed by funding
- Public Housing Smoking Ban Prevents Patients from Properly Using Prescribed Medicine
| Sunday, May 05, 2013
May 5, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Rail Suit to Be Heard August 12, Quick Ruling Expected
- Deadline for Public Comment on Rail AIS May 30
- Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui
- $2.5M Per Job: Honeywell CEO Defensive About Kapolei Biofuel Refinery
- Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals
- Making Reimbursements Could Incur Tax Liability
- PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the capitol
- 12 Cents an Acre: DHHL Commissioner, Senator, Other Cronies in Hawaiian Land Grab
- Hunt Development Grabs Control of Kalaeloa
- Two Dozen Doctors targeted amid rise in painkiller deaths
- Act 221 Scammers Score $6M
- 'New day,' new bills mostly promise new headaches
- Calvin Say Twists Arms to Win Passage of Abercrombie's Voucher Program
- Bill 8 Puts Police at Disadvantage Against 'Meanderers'
- SB883: Tourist Drownings Caused by Lack of Lifeguards' Bargaining Unit
- SB693: Espero's Traffic Cam Bill Dies in Conference
- Strange Bedfellows: Life in the Senate
- Did Hanabusa Block Ko'olina Boat Ramp?
- Honolulu 2nd Worst Traffic in USA
- Accreditation Agencies' Racket
| Saturday, May 04, 2013
May 4, 2013 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Inspector General Slaps Down Effort to Create Indian Tribe Without Congressional Approval
- Budget: Kenoi Proposes $21M Property Tax Hike
- 'No Hawaii Beverage Tax' Cheers Third Win in a Row
- $9.6M: DHHL Wins First legislative Appropriation Since 2010
- Obama: From king of the world to dead in the water in six months
- Schatz to Inouye Family: "Uh, uh, uh...."
- Perreira: HGEA Primary Endorsement Coming
- Retaliation: Abercrombie Quietly Shortchanges UH by $22M
- Tampering? Lawyers Pack Court to Support DesJardins
- Tax Increase, Fee Hikes Still Fall Short of Funding Biggest Budget Ever
- Councilmembers mull 10% Property Tax Hike
- Fewer funds force drug treatment centers to close
- Exemptions to Speed Restoration of Hawaiian Fishponds
- Maui Budget: Property Tax Hikes are Hot Button Issue
- ML&P’s troubled financials raise concern about future
- Six bid for new geothermal plant
- DoD Employees Face Furloughs: Pentagon Pays $59/gallon for Biofuel
- Former county workers charged with stealing fuel
- Nonprofit group spearheads Wahiawa transformation
- Felix Gee Wan Tom, supervised 20 bookies, filed a false 2011 tax return and laundered money
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Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths
by NCPA NCPA Thursday, May 23, 2013 | A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground...
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| $139K per Unit: $48.3M for Public Housing CIP
by News Release Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Do the math: $5M/36 units = $139K per unit....
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| Immigration Reform in One Infographic
by Heritage Foundation Thursday, May 23, 2013 | the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess....
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| DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists
by News Article Thursday, May 23, 2013 | More military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows...
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| VIDEO: Honolulu Airman Trains Afghan National Police
by Video Video Thursday, May 23, 2013 |  .
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| NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season
by News Article Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | ...Global Cooling is to blame....
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| Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA
by News Article Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | ...Washington had a U.S.-leading rate of 43.6 per 100,000 population, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in Hawaii....
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| GOP: Investigate Donna Mercado Kim
by News Release Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | ...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....
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| Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....
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| Senate Briefing on Hawaiian Homelands Audit
by News Release Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 2:45 p.m. in the State Capitol’s Conference Room 229....
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| The Fourth Scandal
by NCPA NCPA Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | It is illegal for government officials to solicit money from companies they regulate, according to Sarah Kliff from The Washington Post....
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| ObamaCare Mandates Dramatically Expand the Internal Revenue Service's Power
by NCPA NCPA Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | ...many people are exempt from the mandate, and so the IRS has to know a lot about you in order to decide whether you are in compliance....
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| Taxes: What Did Apple Do Wrong?
by Heritage Foundation Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | A Senate subcommittee accused the company of “shifting” profits from the U.S. to other countries and avoiding paying taxes....
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| Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced
by Andrew Walden Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Voting for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections ended Friday. The Neighborhood Commission Office today released the results....
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| Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
by News Article Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....
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| Report: No Economic Recovery for Hawaii Youth
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| Maui TEA Party Leaders to Testify Before Congress
by News Release Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | ...they are scheduled Wednesday in the Senate Committee and Thursday in the House Committee....
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| Aloha for Oklahoma
by David Chang Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 
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| Abercrombie Defends Convention-goers Fired for Hawaii Pension Conference 'Boondoggle'
by News Release Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Detroit Free Press: Hawaii-bound pension trustees may face removal by emergency manager....
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| A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps
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| Navigating the ObamaCare Maze
by NCPA NCPA Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | On October 1, millions of Americans are supposed to be able to go online and acquire health insurance on electronic exchanges in the states where they live....
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| Consequences for Bad Government Behavior? Sen. Sam Slom to Address Maui TEA Party
by News Release Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | ...Thursday, June 13th 6PM at Kalama Heights Senior Center, 101 Kanani Rd, in Kihei....
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| Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | ...at the Conservative Forum for Hawaii, Sunday June 2nd, 2:00 pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....
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| Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | ...average medical charges were nearly tripled among those who did not use seat belts ($11,043), compared to restrained passengers ($3,817)....
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| Abercrombie, Wife, and Murdered Legislator on Hawaii Democratic Socialist Membership List
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| Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | ... Hawaii Republicans from across the state gathered in convention on Saturday, May 18 ....
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| Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | 
Amina and Sarah Said, murdered in Dallas, 2008....
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| More Transparency Needed in Higher Education
by NCPA NCPA Monday, May 20, 2013 | ...inflation-adjusted income for recent college graduates actually declined between 2000 and 2011....
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| How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid
by NCPA NCPA Monday, May 20, 2013 | the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-2012 to more than $440,000 a year....
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| Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013
by Congress .org Monday, May 20, 2013 |
- Senate: Water Resources Development Act Passage
- Senate: CMS Nominee Confirmation
- Senate: Energy Department Nominee Confirmation
- House: Obamacare Repeal Passage
- House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis Passage
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| Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
by News Article Monday, May 20, 2013 | One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....
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| Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | Be sure to check out their plan to reduce Halekauwila St to a single lane of auto traffic while adding 1000s of new condos and offices....
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| OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | ...parents called on OHA to help push the state Department of Education to address the issue....
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| After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | The pending permit application is for the removal killing of up to 18 additional Galapagos sharks ....
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| DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind
by News Release Monday, May 20, 2013 | NCLB focused too much on "proficiency in reading and math" so they dropped it.
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| Immigration Reform Should Strengthen, Not Cost, America
by Heritage Foundation Monday, May 20, 2013 | Lawful immigration can bring important economic and cultural benefits both to the United States and to the immigrants....
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| Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage
by Lowell Kalapa Sunday, May 19, 2013 | ...those critics probably never held a real job or never ran their own business....
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| Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association
by Andrew Walden Saturday, May 18, 2013 | Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....
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| Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble?
by Robert Thomas Saturday, May 18, 2013 | ...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....
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| Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress
by Andrew Walden Saturday, May 18, 2013 | It was Duke Aiona's day at the Hawaii State Republican Convention....
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| 'Hating Breitbart' Now Showing in Honolulu
by News Release Saturday, May 18, 2013 | Honolulu, HI
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| IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka"
by Andrew Walden Saturday, May 18, 2013 | Among the questions sent from the National IRS office in Cincinnati was this item referencing Dylan Nonaka....
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| Hawaii leads nation in per-capita debt for unfunded union benefits
by Malia Zimmerman Friday, May 17, 2013 |  ...
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| Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi
by Andrew Walden Friday, May 17, 2013 | ...Abercrombie crony Dennis Mitsunaga senses the opportunity to displace Inouye crony Bert Kobayashi....
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| Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency
by News Release Friday, May 17, 2013 | Lax state rules provide cover for sponsors of attack ads ....
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| Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
by News Release Friday, May 17, 2013 | There is some time to be selected as a delegate if you would like to become one....
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| Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control
by News Release Friday, May 17, 2013 | Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson to the position of interim director of the state Department of Health (DOH) Office of Environmental Quality Control, effective today....
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| Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend
by News Release Friday, May 17, 2013 | The Hawaii County Democratic Party convention – set for May 18 and May 19 at Kilauea Military Camp ....
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| Ed Meese: We’ve Seen the Effect of “Amnesty” Before
by Heritage Foundation Friday, May 17, 2013 | Experts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation....
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| Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday
by News Release Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Eligible voters who have misplaced passcodes may receive them by calling 768-3716....
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| Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit
by Honolulu Traffic Thursday, May 16, 2013 | ...a new and honestly conducted alternatives analysis would never result in the selection of elevated heavy rail....
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| GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee
by News Release Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Look closely at where we’ve had our biggest losses....
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| Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
by Andrew Walden Thursday, May 16, 2013 | sponsored by gay ‘marriage’ activist, convicted thief Michael ‘Bitchbear’ Golujuch, Jr....
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| Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records
by News Release Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 6, 2013, against the U.S. Secret Service....
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| Morning Bell: Obamacare Is About Power
by Heritage Foundation Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to vote Thursday to repeal all of Obamacare....
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| Exporting Natural Gas: Is it Beneficial?
by NCPA NCPA Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Current law requires the federal government to approve all sales of U.S. gas abroad....
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| Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court
by Robert Thomas Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., the Hawaii Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Aloha Tower Dev. Corp. v. State of Hawaii....
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| Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns
by Hawaii State Auditor Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | ...Dependence on and accommodation of contractors subverts the public interest....
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| Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors?
by News Release Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is proud to announce the launch of Operation Reef Defense....
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| Quarter Pounder Index: Honolulu 10th Most Expensive
by News Article Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |  ...
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| U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker
by Atomic Monkey Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | New A.D. Ben Jay is flipping and flopping on his decision to install the “Warriors” as U.H.’s official nickname....
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| Gay Marriage Activists Given IRS Files of Opponents
by News Article Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | ...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....
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| Morning Bell: The IRS Wants to Know If You’re a “Patriot”
by Heritage Foundation Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | Heritage sounded the alarm on the Obama Administration’s hit list nearly a year ago....
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| Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day
by News Release Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | ...Hawaii flags be flown at half-staff alongside the flags of the United States at state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15....
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| Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement
by News Release Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | Iowa had the highest Embezzlement Propensity Factor followed by Hawaii– identifying these states as having the highest risk for loss to embezzlement in 2012....
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| ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
by News Article Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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| Serving Justice to Gosnell
by Heritage Foundation Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive....
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| Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After HMSA Starts Losing Customers
by News Release Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | a payment dispute between the Hawaii Medical Service Association and the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was causing HMSA to lose 1000s of customers....
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| GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team
by David Chang Monday, May 13, 2013 | We've added several thousand new members to our party, with close to 1,000 new donors, as well as successfully holding the first-ever presidential caucus in the state of Hawaii, a model for many other states!
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| Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
by News Release Monday, May 13, 2013 | ... Resolution 13-74 requesting the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to open the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations to firearm permitting and registration ....
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