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Entries for 'News Release'
Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii Candidates: Beware of the Hawaii Center for Food Safety Questionnaire
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 4617 Views :: GMOs
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Here’s a copy of the questionnaire that they have been sending candidates....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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NFIB Hawaii 2014 Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 3777 Views :: Small Business
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...NFIB helped defeat three bills negatively affecting small business before the Legislature adjourned May 2....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Eligible? Hawaii Ranks 49th in Welfare Participation
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 4131 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii ranks 49th among all states in accessing SNAP benefits with one out of every three eligible individuals not enrolled....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Kauai Audit finds 'Favoritism' in Furloughs
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 7128 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Labor
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The public and the employees were told that county offices needed to be shut down because the county was in financial difficulty. This was not true....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Richardson is fifth least expensive among top law schools in the U.S.
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 4092 Views :: Higher Education
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The report found that the 2013 graduates who borrowed to attend Richardson carry an average debt load of $70,263....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Kyo-ya Case
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 5585 Views :: Development, Tourism
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court announced it would consider the four-year legal challenge waged by a hui of environmental groups against the City and County of Honolulu....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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DBEDT: Obama Orders Mainland to Follow Hawaii's Expensive Energy Policies
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 6248 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Other states are being ordered to follow Hawaii's example and give lots of money to green energy scammers who in turn give campaign contributions to the politicians who made their scams possible...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Council on Revenues: Tax Revenue Will Decline for 2014 as Movie Moguls Grab Tax Credit Millions
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 5140 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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...The Act also increases the cap on the amount of the credit per production from $8 million to $15 million and moves the expiration date for the credit from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2019....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Refinery Converts to Lower Cost Mexican Oil
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5587 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“By the end of the first quarter, we had worked through the high-cost crude inventory...."
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Honolulu Patients 2nd Happiest in USA
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 5324 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Vanguard derived its findings by developing special software to scour online reviews on Google+ and Yelp.com websites of 46,300 individual doctors....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Baron and Budd negotiate $3.7 million settlement for State of Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 5502 Views :: Judiciary, Cost of Living
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...Baron and Budd negotiated a $3.7 million settlement on behalf of the State of Hawaii and a $1.6 million settlement on behalf of the State of Mississippi....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Danger: Waihee Launches 'Homeowners' Super-PAC
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 4315 Views :: Politicians
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The Super PAC will be promoting our unique Homeowners Bill of Rights and Wrongs ....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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NIOSH: Distant Water Tuna Fleet Workers at High Risk
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5194 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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Moody's: US state debt growing at slowest pace in years--but Hawaii Still Tops
By News Release @ 12:53 AM :: 2904 Views
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Moody's state medians show Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey and New York have the highest net tax-supported debt per capita....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Ige on Kakaako: ‘Too much, too fast’
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 5729 Views :: Development, Politicians
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...We need to abide, throughout Hawaii, by the environmental and cultural regulations our state has enacted....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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HSDC Gives Away Another $4.5M in 'HI Tech' Corporate Welfare
By News Release @ 5:40 AM :: 5130 Views :: Tax Credits
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...HSDC today announced the State of Hawaii’s $4.5 million commitment to Startup Capital Ventures II....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Keli’i Akina to Run for OHA Trustee-at-Large
By News Release @ 7:40 AM :: 4852 Views :: OHA
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Pledges to oppose race-based nation plans and meet real needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending Down 2.9%
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 4301 Views :: Tourism
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For the first four months of 2014, total visitor expenditures fell 2.9 percent to $4.9 billion and total arrivals dropped 2.6 percent to 2,720,760 visitors....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Will OHA Delay Kana'iolowalu? Live Stream Here
By News Release @ 6:50 AM :: 5377 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. at the OHA boardroom in Honolulu, will be streamed live on the Web....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Aiea: More Condos, Fewer Traffic Lanes, and Toxic Waste
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 8001 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Rail
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...1,500 residential units in five towers will be the city’s first catalytic Transit Oriented Development project along the rail route....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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OHA applauds Obama Administration's consideration of Administrative path to federal recognition
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4208 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado and Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana'opono Crabbe issued a joint statement today commending the Obama Administration....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Court Guts Atheist Lawsuit Against Oahu Churches
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 10224 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Railroading Paradise: Pro-Rail Sierra Club Releasing Rail Documentary
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 5495 Views :: Rail
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Flashback 2012: "Members, Donors Threaten to Resign as Sierra Club Oahu Group Votes to Back Rail"
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Democrats argue who can "take on Djou"
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 7159 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Republican Party
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Yesterday, Hawaii Democrats held their state convention and speaker after speaker made solemn promises to continue the status quo of one-party rule....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Releases CIP for Prisons, Mental Hospital
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 5893 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Prekindergarten classrooms available at 18 public schools this fall
By News Release @ 11:06 PM :: 3742 Views :: Education K-12
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The program is intended to serve 420 children who qualify based on income....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Army hosts Memorial Day Remembrance
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 3812 Views :: Military
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Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, at the Post Cemetery....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Saiki: Republican Convention Energizing Party
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 3850 Views :: Republican Party
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Our Convention was a great kick-off to what is sure to be a successful campaign season for Republicans, and was followed by Duke Aiona's Monday morning announcement of his candidacy for Governor....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Hawaii Rifle Association Final 2014 Legislative Report
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 3949 Views :: Second Amendment
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The Hawaii State Legislature has adjourned for the year. Once again, no restrictive firearms bills passed....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks #2 in Senior Health
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 4498 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...16.0 percent of seniors with a college education are physically inactive compared to 50.2 percent of seniors with less than a high school education....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Mercado Kim vs Regents on Reopening UH Presidential Search
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 3975 Views :: Higher Education
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Finding the best candidates far outweighs the Regents excuses for why they are only left with two candidates....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Leader of Internet Gambling Operation Sentenced to Prison
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 7107 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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Felix Gee Wan Tom, age 40, of Honolulu, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Meyer: 'HIRA Gives Fodder to Democrat Narrative'
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 5911 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...the constant, negative sniping at the HRP is counter productive and helps no one....
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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RGA: "ObamaCare is not working for Hawaii"
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 4641 Views :: Health Care
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“Bad news is piling up for Governor Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector."
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
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Dangerous by Design: Hawaii Worst for Elderly Pedestrian Fatalities
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 6866 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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...while older residents age 65+ comprise 13.7 percent of our population, they accounted for nearly 42 percent of pedestrian fatalities across Hawaii....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Congressional Report: Jones Act Boosts Oil Prices
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 5783 Views :: Jones Act
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...The domestic build requirement for tanker ships, in particular, has been identified as contributing to higher costs in moving domestic crude oil along the coasts....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Duke Aiona Announces Gubernatorial Campaign With Capitol Rally
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 6583 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...our state has veered off course over the past four years with entrenched politicians who cater to special interests....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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OHA: Most Speakers at Maui Meeting Supported Crabbe—Molokai Next
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 4218 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe ....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Turtle Bay: A Real Difference Between Ige and Abercrombie
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 7174 Views :: Democratic Party, Land Use, Politicians
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Turtle Bay vividly demonstrates the difference in problem solving between gubernatorial candidate Senator David Ige and Governor Neil Abercrombie....
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Monday, May 19, 2014 |
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Transparency and Influence: A Report from the Secret Dialogue on Hawaii Lobbying
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 3724 Views :: Ethics
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...journalists in the group — including Ian Lind, Denby Fawcett, Ikaika Hussey and Daryl Huff — had to agree not to report about what was said or who said what during the entire process....
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Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
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Peter Apo: OHA should abandon its role in nation building
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 7380 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....
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Friday, May 16, 2014 |
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Squeezed by Lawsuit, UH Hilo adopts interim policy on speech and assembly
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 6417 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is implementing an interim policy on speech and assembly while the university explores permanent changes to the policy....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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It's Time! Judge Elwin Ahu Launches Lt. Gov. Campaign
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 5555 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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...twelve-stop statewide kick off tour beginning next week....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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New Documents Show IRS HQ Control of Tea Party Targeting
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 4141 Views :: TEA Party
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Documents also Reveal Unusual Pressure from Key Democrat Senator to Target Conservatives....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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DBEDT: Building Permits Up 20.6%
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 6343 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...In its second quarter 2014 statistics and economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) projects stable economic growth in 2014 and beyond....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Honolulu Ethics: 100 Building Permits, Free Golf, Prizes for 40 City Employees
By News Release @ 6:11 AM :: 5751 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Since 2008, Employee had reviewed and approved at least 100 building permit applications that had been routed through the Department by [Business]....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Full Text Push Poll: Schatz beats Hanabusa 49%-34%
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 5739 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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"Colleen Hanabusa has voted in support of the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles commission, which proposed cuts to Social Security benefits...."
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Schofield: 100 Soldiers Deploy to Afghanistan
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 4986 Views :: Military
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The CMRE mission focuses on tracking, sorting and recovering Army equipment from across Afghanistan....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Calling all Cronies: Hawaii to Burn $150M on Subprime Energy Loan GEMS
By News Release @ 12:35 AM :: 5486 Views :: Energy
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Hawaii GEMS program will focus on making solar power accessible to renters and homeowners with low credit scores....
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