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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
KOS: Hanabusa ‘Sockpuppet’ Hits Schatz for ‘Homophobic Hubris’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 6587 Views :: Democratic Party, Family, Politicians
Apparently the two candidates are fighting over who deserves more love from gays....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Life of the Land? OHA Trustee Seeks to Change State Motto
By Video @ 2:52 PM :: 6602 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
Apo’s newspeak version would read: “The Sovereignty of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness” – a slogan which just happens to dovetail with the latest push for the Akaka Tribe.  How convenient....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Survey: Hawaii Most Honest State, DC Least Honest
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 4319 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

July 8-18, 61 total locations throughout the country were tested, with data collected on how many people paid for the beverages....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
A Backdoor Path to Amnesty?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:09 PM :: 4082 Views :: National News

Members of Congress have debated various versions of the DREAM Act more than 30 times over the past dozen years. They’ll do so again today....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
SAFE Retirement Bill aims to save state and local pensions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 5575 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Health Care
...an alternative to rising costs and reduced benefits....
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Why the White House Is Panicking about ObamaCare
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 3703 Views :: Health Care

The Obama administration is looking far and wide, leaving no stone unturned in a relentless search for help with getting people to enroll in health insurance plans this fall....

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Passes House
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:35 PM :: 3444 Views :: Education K-12

the proposal would eliminate Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)....

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Rusty Humphries Speaks at HIRA Luncheon
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 4622 Views :: Republican Party

More than 100 island conservatives from across Oahu came together to hear Humphries....

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 22, 2013
By Congress.org @ 12:45 PM :: 3740 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • House: Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay – Passage
  • House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay – Passage
  • House: Education Law Overhaul – Passage
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Detroit and the Bankruptcy of Liberalism
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:34 PM :: 4044 Views :: National News

More than 50 years of control by big-government liberals and union bosses have left a once-great American city crippled and deteriorating....

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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Study: Cruise Ships Contribute $386M to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 7348 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Jones Act, Tourism

Hawaii, which had been among the top ten states in previous studies, fell from 8th in 2008, to 11th in 2009, and now to 13th in 2012....

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Sunday, July 21, 2013
University of Hawaii Pres gets Sweet Deal to Leave Early
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:33 PM :: 4032 Views :: Higher Education

M.R.C. Greenwood will earn a little less than $25,000 a month after she resigns as University of Hawaii president...

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Sunday, July 21, 2013
On-Going Need to Examine Who Pays for County Government
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4189 Views :: Taxes

A local reporter attempted to pin the Foundation down on whether or not it supported the handful of measures that had been thrown into the Honolulu City Council hopper ....

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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Solar Scam: DoE Overpays $612M for Athletic Supporter?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 7841 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
“I don’t think you understand the gravity of the situation as it now stands.”
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:33 AM :: 4497 Views :: Education K-12

Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, will speak on "Let's Work Together: Building Coalitions to Expand School Choice"....

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Saturday, July 20, 2013
State Spending $9.4M to Move Out of OHA-Owned Kakaako Building
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 6120 Views :: Hawaii State Government, OHA

The AAFES building was recently transferred to OHA, and DOH intends to transfer 325 employees from the Environmental Health Administration – 260 from AAFES....

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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Asian Pacific Voters Republican Initiative
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 5070 Views :: Republican Party

the RNC is putting its time and money into California AP communities....

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Saturday, July 20, 2013
DLNR Names Interim SHPD Administrator
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 3672 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Process begins to select new administrator....

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Friday, July 19, 2013
Kamuela Hui to Put Telescope on Moon
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 4267 Views :: Hawaii County

...the first private space telescope to operate from the lunar surface, available to researchers, educators and the general public through the internet....

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Friday, July 19, 2013
Obamacare, Simplified
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:09 PM :: 3809 Views :: Health Care

Obama yesterday gave a speech on Obamacare, trying to justify the fact that premiums continue to rise, violating his 2008 campaign promise to lower them by $2,500 per family per year....

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Friday, July 19, 2013
Fracking Reduces Prices and CO2 Emissions
By NCPA @ 12:02 PM :: 3083 Views :: Energy

Gas is not only cleaner than coal, but the United States has become the largest producer of natural gas....

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Friday, July 19, 2013
WaPo: Few Medicaid Docs Have Seen 2013 Pay Raise
By NCPA @ 11:55 AM :: 3094 Views :: Health Care

Most primary care doctors are still waiting for the Medicaid pay raise that was scheduled to begin in January under the Affordable Care Act...

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach Harasses Combat Disabled Veteran, Apologizes
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 6593 Views :: Military, Tourism
Photo: Please help us spread this around: Yesterday, one of the combat disabled vets that frequents this page attempted to check into The Hyatt Place in Waikiki, HI. He was tagging along with his wife, who is government employee. Their family is being relocated to HI and this trip was for them to find adequate housing for the family and their two small children while they are stationed out there for the next few years. The trip was booked through SATO (mil travel). While checking in, this vet was approached by the hotel's General Manager, a man named Imre Gonczy, who asked about the service dog who was standing at the counter with his owner. The service dog was wearing a clearly marked "SERVICE DOG" vest and had it's paperwork with it. (The picture attached is the dog in question.) The hotel's GM, Gonczy, challenged the service dog's role and asked questions that, by federal law he is not allowed to ask, and then stated, " I can't tell you you can't stay here... but I will tell you I don't like it." From that point, in the vet's own words: "The GM then proceeded to tell me to avoid all public areas due to my service dog, not to eat at the breakfast buffet, and should I need to walk "that thing", I was told to call ahead to the desk to inform them I was coming down the elevator and then I was expected to walk about 250m east down an alley, cross a major road in Waikiki (about 8 lanes total across) and walk him on the front lawn of the Honolulu Zoo. Then he informed me they'd also be charging me pet fees because he's not a service animal, he's a service "dog." When I asked him politely "Is this how you treat all combat vets w/ disabilities? You do understand you're violating a handful of laws right now?", he smiled and grabbed my shoulder and said "why don't we discuss this in my office"" Unacceptable. Period. Unacceptable, according to federal law. Unacceptable according to human decency. Unacceptable treatment for a combat disabled veteran. Again, please share this. I believe Imre Gonczy needs to learn a valuable lesson regarding the proper treatment of our nation's veterans. Thanks, Shaggy.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Phony Checks: Hawaii Better Business Bureau Warns About Green Energy Scam
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 5178 Views :: Energy

This company holds a BBB rating of “F” due in part to failing to answer 45 of 87 complaints against the business....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Godzilla invades Waikiki, devours tax credits
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:45 PM :: 5006 Views :: Tax Credits

As of July 1,  Hawaii has a new, expanded production tax credit, which grants motion pictures, digital media and film productions, an income tax credit of 20-25 percent....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
CDC: Hawaii Seniors Have Longest Health Life Expectancy
By News Release @ 4:30 PM :: 5185 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

HLE for males at age 65 years varied from a low of 10.1 years in Mississippi to a high of 15.0 years in Hawaii....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
How to end the Jones Act’s protectionism
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 4805 Views :: Jones Act
What’s the best way to destroy the economy of an island or largely coastal region? 
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Accountable Care Organizations Struggle to Lower Costs
By NCPA @ 2:56 PM :: 3915 Views :: Health Care

Lowering health care costs is tougher than improving the quality of care, according to first-year results from a key pilot program ....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Civility, Bullying and Same-Sex Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:54 PM :: 4490 Views :: Family, First Amendment

Fourteen months ago, President Barack Obama was a bigot. Now he is simply wrong. That's what you have to believe to agree with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's majority opinion ....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Serious New Questions on Obama Labor Nominee
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 5100 Views :: National News, Labor

Perez has faced questions about his misleading congressional testimony about his involvement in a quid pro quo deal with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota....

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Alm to Retire from HECO
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 4189 Views :: Energy

...we’ve set a course to provide even more low-cost clean energy to our customers....

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Honolulu 1990 to 2010 Trends: What Do They Mean for the Next 20 Years?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:20 PM :: 6451 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
PANOS 2050: Solutions for a Sustainable Hawaii....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tax Watch: Honolulu Property Taxes
By Rachelle Chang @ 10:12 PM :: 6322 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

On July 10, 2013, Mayor Kirk Caldwell proposed ten property tax bills. All ten bills passed the first reading at the Honolulu City Council....

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Governor Releases $3.09 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 4757 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government

capital improvement grants to Maui and Hawaii Counties as well as two local nonprofit organizations....

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Wounded Warrior Canoe Regatta
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5291 Views :: Military
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
US News: No Nationally Ranked Specialties in Hawaii Hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 5216 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

No hospitals in Hawaii are nationally ranked. Three hospitals met standards for strong performance within the state....

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The Left Also Wants to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
By NCPA @ 11:28 AM :: 3182 Views :: Health Care

Now that the odds that ObamaCare will crash and burn have ticked up a notch or two, the words “single payer” are being heard more frequently....

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The Administration’s Obamacare Denial
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:23 AM :: 3177 Views :: Health Care

Obamacare was supposed to go so well, we were told....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Auditor: DoE Rigged Billion Dollar Solar Contract to Favor Chevron
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 9463 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics
Hawaii fired an auditor for pointing out that a Chevron Energy project bid would cost the state $284 million more than a competitor....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
UH Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) Contract Extended
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 5279 Views :: Higher Education, Military

There were no other modifications to the existing $44.7-million contract except for its duration....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
DoE Bus ‘Reduction’ Starts by Adding Routes
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 3320 Views :: Education K-12

The first phase ... includes route restoration to Aiea Heights, Halawa Heights and Waikele Elementary School attendance areas....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
CNBC: Hawaii Highest Cost of Living in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 PM :: 5550 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

Businesses don't just look at their own costs when deciding where to set up shop. They also look at the costs for their employees....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Federal court says military can go unrepresented in HI reapportionment
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:47 PM :: 5111 Views :: Military, Office of Elections

...removal of 108,000 non-permanent military and their families is “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory”....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Canada 10 Years Later: Few Gay Marriages, Lots of Political Correctness
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 4929 Views :: Family

The effects of same-sex civil marriage in Canada—restrictions on free speech rights, parental rights in education, and autonomy rights of religious institutions....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Businesses Should Fear States' Pension Debts
By NCPA @ 3:57 PM :: 4346 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

Businesses should see this as a warning, as they are a convenient target for politicians ....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Gay Marriage: Censorship or Equal Rights for Lawmakers?
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 3859 Views :: Family

Eleven state House and Senate Democrats face complaints before the Democratic Party of Hawaii for proposing a constitutional amendment on traditional marriage last session....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Ikaika Anderson forms Congressional Campaign Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 5748 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
Anderson is not obligated to resign his Council seat to run for Congress....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Hotel Workers, Teamsters, UFCW Turning Against Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 5265 Views :: Health Care, Labor

"The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe...."

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
VIDEO: Why Hawaii Shippers are Screaming About the Jones Act
By Video @ 2:44 PM :: 4236 Views :: Jones Act

Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina interviews Hawaii Shippers Council President Michael Hansen....

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Monday, July 15, 2013
Council Res 13-158: Backup Ambulance Services for West Oahu
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:28 PM :: 5351 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care

Public Safety and Economic Development Committee hearing at Honolulu Hale, July 16th at 9:00 a.m....

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