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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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Electric Bill Too High? Richard Ha to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 8024 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Tuesday, September 11, 7–9 pm at Boston Basil’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 75-5707 Alii Drive (downtown Kailua-Kona)
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Hilo: Fired Old Boy Election Workers File New Lawsuits
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6383 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Yesterday afternoon, Elections Administrator, Patricia Nakamoto, and former Senior Elections Clerk, Shyla Ayau, filed separate defamation and negligence lawsuits.
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Friday, August 31, 2012 |
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3 Day Fugitive Task Force Mission Leads to 67 arrests
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 5409 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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U.S. Marshals, Hawaii County Police Officers, and Hawaii State Sheriffs conducted a joint fugitive round-up blanketing the island of Hawaii. Sixty-seven wanted fugitives were arrested with 91 federal and state warrants cleared.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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Kawauchi Explains Why She Missed State Election Officials Meeting
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 6820 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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... on Aug. 27, the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections held a voting equipment debriefing in Honolulu.... She did not attend the voting equipment debriefing, because she met with the voting equipment vendor’s Regional Manager and Island Representative in Hilo on Aug. 22 ....
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii Electronic Medical Records to Regulate Your Diet?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 7100 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The beacon has funded 19 Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) projects proposed by individuals and groups in a number of communities on the Big Island....It’s a way to build trust, according to Jessica Yamamoto, Hawaii beacon’s community engagement manager.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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Big Island is Obamacare Laboratory
By Selected News Articles @ 5:02 PM :: 6347 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The Hawaii Beacon, which received a $16 million three-year grant, is one of 17 model communities around the nation using health IT ....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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0.3% of Hawaiians Sign up for Akaka Tribe
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 3917 Views :: Akaka Bill
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... a thousand individuals have said yes, to being included on the base roll ....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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Lorraine Inouye Drops Election Challenge
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 6028 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Inouye has announced that after carefully reviewing election reports and records at the state election headquarters in Pearl City that she does not have a cause to file a protest over the primary election results ....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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Full Text: Kawauchi Requests State Takeover Office of Elections
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 6089 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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I have written a letter to the Honorable Governor Neil S. Abercrombie, requesting an independent review of the performance of the State of Hawai‘i Office of Elections....
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Friday, August 17, 2012 |
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HELCO Requests $19.8M Rate Hike to Pay for Solar, Wind
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 5395 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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With continued rapid growth of roof-top solar, additional biomass energy from Hu Honua and recent expanded operations at Puna Geothermal Venture, more than 50% of the island’s energy will soon be renewable. (BUT THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP!)....
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
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Jamae Kawauchi Asks Kona TEA Party for Election Volunteers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 7610 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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With insiders playing sabotage games, Jamae Kawauchi comes to the 'non-government people' for help with the November elections....
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Sunday, August 12, 2012 |
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Lorraine Inouye: ‘Not Satisfied This Election Was Fair and Legal’
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 7186 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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"I am in the process of fact finding to determine if your Office of Elections adhered to proper and legal election procedures and whether or not our voters were denied their right to vote."
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Sunday, August 12, 2012 |
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Hawaii County: "Kona Ballot Cans Arrived Unsealed, Disorganization Looks Purposeful"
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 6663 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Two precincts' cans arrived unsealed. The receiving team members say that that's been a consistent problem over the years, especially with Kona.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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After Complaint from Gabbard Campaign Abercrombie Orders Extended Hours for Big Island Polling Places
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 6340 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Polling locations in the Counties of Maui, Kaua'i and Honolulu will close at the 6 p.m.; polling locations in Hawai'i County will close at 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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Grievance Filed After Tribune-Herald Names Hunter Bishop as Source of False Hawaii County ‘Yellow Card’ Story
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 6319 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The front-page correction published Aug. 1, highlighted in yellow above the fold, identified Bishop as the alleged source of an error in a July 26 newspaper story about Hawaii County’s distribution of voter information “yellow cards.”
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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GOP Threatens Lawsuit Over Big Island Election Debacle
By David S Chang @ 2:16 AM :: 7245 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Earlier today the Hawaii Republican Party sent the following letter to the State of Hawaii Office of Elections calling for an immediate written explanation detailing the actions of the Hawaii County officials in regard to the absentee ballots and polling places in Kona.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
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Federal Audit Catches Takamine's 'Economic Opportunity Council' Misusing DLIR Funds
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 6770 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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According to DCCA BREG documents, Yokoyama’s for-profit “Hawaii Human Resources Corp” is still owned by Yokoyama and still registered at the same address as HCEOC.
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Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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As Primary Election Approaches, Governor Approves Funds to Complete Hilo International Airport Cargo Facility
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 6372 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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"Senator Gilbert Kahele was actively involved in working with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to legislatively see this appropriation through." -- Abercrombie news release
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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NASA Comes to Big Island to Practice Extraterrestrial Encounters
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 5531 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Big Island Part of National Test of Health Information Exchange
By News Release @ 12:35 PM :: 7553 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The Hawai'i Island Beacon Community (HIBC) has begun to expand the region's first health information exchange (HIE), following a successful pilot phase which began last December at North Hawai'i Community Hospital....
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Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
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Geothermal: 600mw Available on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 AM :: 6526 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
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Vandals Seen Destroying Papaya Trees in Puna
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 6614 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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Workers in the area observed two males knocking over the trees and striking at the fruit and branches with sticks. The males left the area on bicycles and were last seen getting into a blue Toyota 4-door pickup truck.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
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After 40 Years Without a Plan, NELHA Claims Pork is Good for Kona
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 7299 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Total expenditures from businesses at NELHA were $81.0 million, of which about $50 million was paid to Hawaii entities in 2010. UHERO estimated the total economic output to the greater Hawaii economy was $87.7 million, which generated $4.5 million in state tax revenue for 2010....
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Monday, June 11, 2012 |
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LaFrance Announces Campaign for SD3 Kona, Kau
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 6262 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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LaFrance is a retired contractor, Alarm Company Operator, a lifetime Farmer, and Real Estate broker for 30-years. Has a degree in Hospitality, Human Resource Administration, Agricultural Science, and an MBA.
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Monday, June 11, 2012 |
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Kamehameha Day: Abercrombie, Hirono, Akaka, Inouye sending Hawaiians to tribalism?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 12766 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
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Kamehameha between 1782 and 1810 united the islands into the Hawaiian Kingdom, created the Hawaiian nationality and a national state from competing Polynesian groups, who themselves had been feudal--not tribal--for as much as 500 years....
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 |
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Teacher, Oceanographer Running for HD 6 Kona
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 6463 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Former educator, commercial fisherman, island musician with the Windward Symphony (Oahu), and Waianae Neighborhood Board Representative, Mike Breslin officially enters the race for Hawai’i House District 6....
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Saturday, June 2, 2012 |
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European Budget Cuts Threaten Mauna Kea Telescopes
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 9064 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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The decision, a consequence of ongoing real terms cuts to the UK science budget by the Government, will almost certainly see the Hawaii-based UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) cease operations in the autumn of 2013 and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) do the same a year later, with the loss of around 40 jobs.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
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NELHA Audit: 40 Years of Pork Without a Plan
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 7385 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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After nearly 40 years, NELHA has yet to achieve its potential....
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Friday, May 25, 2012 |
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"Invasive" Algae Targeted for Eradication in Kona May Treat Arthritis
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 5906 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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"I think this finding is a nice illustration of how we need to look more deeply in our environment because even nuisance pests, as it turns out, are not just pests," said Gerwick.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
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Akaka Bill: Rep. Cole speaks to community, business leaders
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 10430 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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He said he doesn’t see any differences between Native Hawaiians and Native Alaskans and American Indian tribes....
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
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HELCO Inks Deal to Burn Trees for Electricity
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 6282 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The Hamakua Sugar Company lands bought by the Broken Trustees of Kamehameha Schools and ‘guarded’ by Larry Mehau for $$$ were planted in Eucalyptus. Years later, the trees not properly culled have grown into 10,000 plus acres of pencil thin stands with zero lumber value....
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Bateman Announces Run for State House District Representing Kona, Kau
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 6540 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Bateman, a retired US Air Force Colonel (JAG), former Assistant Attorney General for Washington state and attorney in private practice for 30 years, now owns the Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee farm, which he has operated for the last seven years....
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 |
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Federal Suit Threatened: UH-Hilo Violates Rights of Religious Student Groups
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 6895 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Among the problematic policies are ... policies that force student clubs to accept voting members and officers that don’t agree with the clubs’ beliefs....
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
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HB280: Strangled by Bureaucracy, Coffee Farmers Call for Repeal of Mandatory Inspections
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 6595 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The certification process has become a restrictive bottleneck, damaging the industry it was intended to protect....
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Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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Green Energy? Do The Math
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 11:44 PM :: 8154 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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“I’m trying to think, but nuttin’ happens!” -- Curly Howard
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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Feds Begin Forcing Hawaii Island MDs into 'Medical Homes'
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 6587 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has appointed Daniel E. Brown, Ph.D., as principal investigator (P.I.) for the Hawai‘i Island Beacon Community (HIBC), a federally funded health care transformation project administered through the UH Hilo College of Pharmacy....
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Friday, April 20, 2012 |
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HSTA Lawsuit against Laupahoehoe Charter School Dismissed
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 6377 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Judge Hara ruled that the HSTA, Mr. Beekman and Mrs. Wilson had no standing ....
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Friday, April 20, 2012 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Court Rules LUC Violated Developer's Civil Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 12:17 AM :: 6340 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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DW Aina Lea Dev. LLC v. State of Hawaii Land Use Comm'n, No. 11--1-0112K ....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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ACLU: Hawaii Counties Among Few Requiring Warrant to Track Cell Phones
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 10164 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Only six agencies responded that in order to track cell phones, they must first get a warrant or have probable cause: County of Hawaii, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; Lincoln, Neb.; and North Las Vegas, Nev....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 11567 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Ormat is Hawaii’s leading geothermal developer.... But a US House committee report shows that Ormat benefitted from its close ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and profited from a potentially illegal $98.5M bailout of an Ormat geothermal project in Nevada.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
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Lava Tube Award: Abercrombie Keeping Public in Dark
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 7145 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The award recognizes the year’s most notable offense for keeping the public in the dark....
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Friday, February 17, 2012 |
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Sen Josh Green: 'No adult gives a crap about a polar bear'
By Selected News Articles @ 6:13 PM :: 5900 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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This is what happens to Hawaii legislators when they are so close to a tax increase that they can taste it....
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 |
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Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 9065 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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“People always opt for more information,” says Giddings, “whether or not they have any idea what it means, or how they might use it.”
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 |
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Akaku Claims Victory over HB2652 cut to Public Access TV
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 12352 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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...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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Sunday, February 5, 2012 |
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Heritage Foundation holds First-Ever Event in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 8953 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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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 |
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Drought: Hawaii County Designated Disaster Area
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 6821 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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...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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Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
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Epic Ohana Foster Care Expands to East Hawaii Island
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 6090 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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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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