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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
UPDATE: Outdoor Circle Questions Plan for Trails Ringing Kawainui Marsh
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 6651 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

Unregulated access to the marsh has already led to damage of archaeological sites. Trails will attract dog walkers....

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Monday, September 30, 2013
Global Warming: Abercrombie Signs Majuro Declaration
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 4937 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii is the first sub-national government to sign onto the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, presented Friday by the Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Secretary General....

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Monday, September 30, 2013
Nominations invited for UH Task Force in support of student veterans
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5136 Views :: Higher Education, Military

Nominations and self-nominations for task force members should be sent by email to president@Hawaii.edu....

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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Hanabusa: Unacceptably Shameful Extremists Recklessly Recruiting Republican Candidate for Senator from Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:23 AM :: 4379 Views :: Politicians

...we heard recently that they are recruiting candidates and working to elect a GOP Senator in Hawaii....

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Friday, September 27, 2013
Progressives: Hawaii Ranks #2 in Progressive Agenda for Women
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 6519 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation....

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Friday, September 27, 2013
Hawaii SAT Scores Remain Stagnant
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 5879 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
“While some might see stagnant scores as no news, we at the College Board consider it a call to action,” said College Board President David Coleman
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Friday, September 27, 2013
DHHL: Implication that Leases are being Cancelled without Foreclosure Prevention Effort 'Simply not True'
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 5860 Views :: DHHL

DHHL has recently received inquiries from beneficiaries as well as the media regarding its loss mitigation and foreclosure prevention programs....

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Friday, September 27, 2013
DoE Buys 'Common Core' K-6 Reading Program for Statewide Use
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 4461 Views :: Education K-12

Reading Wonders, the first K-6 reading program built on the Common Core State Standards....

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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Statewide Student Survey Will Grade Teachers
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4143 Views :: Education K-12

A student survey being administered in Hawaii’s public schools through Oct. 18 will provide educators with critical classroom feedback aimed at improving teaching and learning....

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Thursday, September 26, 2013
PHOTOS: Campbell HS Students Rally for AC
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 5749 Views :: Education K-12, Energy

...students from Campbell High School came in force today to the State Capitol to demand air conditioning for their oven-like classrooms....

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Thursday, September 26, 2013
$43,000 Per Household
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 4730 Views :: National News

Congress has added $43,000 in debt for every American household in just the last four years....

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Gay Marriage: “Let the People Decide” Rally October 28
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 6889 Views :: Family, First Amendment

Monday October 28th from 4 PM to 7 PM at the State Capitol....

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Par Petroleum Completes Acquisition of Tesoro Refinery
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 5052 Views :: Energy

Barclays will provide crude oil and feed stocks to the refinery on a real time basis....

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Hawaii GOP Takes on Obamacare: "Make DC Listen"
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 4184 Views :: Health Care

"...stand with patriots like Senator Ted Cruz, who stood today with Senators Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Marco Rubio, on the floor of the US Senate for every American who will be affected by ObamaCare...."

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Abercrombie Appoints Kido, Lau to Staff Positions
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4566 Views :: Hawaii State Government

C. Mike Kido as legislative advisor, effective immediately, and Yvonne W.M. Lau as education policy analyst, effective Oct. 1....

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Feds Indict “United Samoan Organization” Prison gang
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 7238 Views :: Law Enforcement

The indictment alleges that the USO Family is the dominant prison gang in Hawaii and operates both inside and outside the State of Hawaii prison system....

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
UH Med School Releases Hawaiian-Pacific Health Study
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4664 Views :: Health Care
“Assessment & Priorities for Health and Well-Being of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples.”
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Monday, September 23, 2013
GMOs: Abercrombie to Impose Pesticide Standards, Setbacks on Farmers
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 6149 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
Abercrombie, together with members of the Kauai Legislative Delegation, today announced that the state would be putting forth standards and guidelines for seed/diversified agriculture companies....
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Study Looks at Mexican Immigrants to Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 4329 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

the state’s growing population of residents of Mexican origin stood at approximately 38,700 based on analysis of 2009-2011 American Community Survey data....

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Saturday, September 21, 2013
State RFP for "Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System"
By News Release @ 5:55 PM :: 4405 Views :: Hawaii State Government

RFP submission deadline 2pm, Dec 3, 2013....

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Friday, September 20, 2013
Full Text: State DoT Warned of Molasses Leak in 2012
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 7528 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
"We received a letter from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT), dated July 31, 2012...."
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Hawaii Scores 'C' for Jail Diversion of Mentally Ill
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 9179 Views :: Health Care, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment

Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....

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Thursday, September 19, 2013
NCQA: Kaiser Hawaii Ranks 25th in Nation
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 5218 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...the number one health plan in the state and among the top 25 health plans in the nation, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance....

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Thursday, September 19, 2013
US House: Bipartisan Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Introduced—60 Cosponsors
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6334 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion

...the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act would prohibit discrimination through the federal tax code against individuals or institutions that exercise religious conscience regarding marriage as the union of one man and one woman....

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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Education: GEAR-UP Hawaii to be Focus of Briefing
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5004 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:30AM Waipahu High School Library
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Full Text: Hawaii Mormon Church Letter focuses on Religious Exemption
By News Release @ 11:28 AM :: 7294 Views :: Family, Religion

Protect religious organizations and officials from being required to support or perform same-sex marriages or from having to host same-sex marriages or celebrations in their facilities and protect individuals and small businesses from being required to assist in promoting or celebrating same-sex marriages ....

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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Barking Sands: Most Sophisticated Test Yet Knocks Missile out of Space
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 4627 Views :: Military
The first guided missile successfully destroyed the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
'Green' Financiers: Hawaii has most 'diverse' tax credit, subsidy opportunities
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 4231 Views :: Energy

REFF-West is the largest renewable energy finance conference focused on West Coast energy issues. It is hosted by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events....

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
UH leads initiative to build state’s multilingual workforce
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 4290 Views :: Higher Education

The ultimate goal is identifying Hawaiʻi’s language needs and creating a robust, multilingual workforce to handle those needs....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
H-Power Recognized for Excellence in Waste to Energy
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 4414 Views :: Energy

Silver Excellence Award in the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) category for H-POWER by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
NY Bank Collects Royalties on Hawaii Windfarms
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4199 Views :: Energy

$100 million to acquire a portfolio of land leases and lease royalties from solar projects from Hawaii to New York....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
HPU is Named Hawaii's "Military Friendly" University
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 5369 Views :: Higher Education, Military

Hawai‘i Pacific University is once again the state’s only university to appear on the Military Friendly Schools list...

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Hawaii Health Connector: State-Contracted Telemarketers Now Selling Subsidized HMSA, Kaiser Policies
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 4346 Views :: Health Care

The Hawaii Health Connector Customer Support Center is now open....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Hawaii.gov Ranked Among Top 10 State Government Websites
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 3944 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Hawaii's newly redesigned web portal and department websites recognized in the Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web awards....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Public Comment Open on Maui District Court Nominees
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 4095 Views :: Judiciary

Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Monday, September 30, 2013....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Matson Claims Customer Rates Will not be Affected by Molasses Spill
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 5040 Views :: Environment, Jones Act

He also stated that customer rates would not be affected by the incident....

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Monday, September 16, 2013
Full Text: Kapolei-Makakilo Neighborhood Board Passes Resolutions Against Ho'opili, Ewa Development Plan
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 5873 Views :: Development

Adopted by the Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board #34 at its August 28, 2013, meeting by a vote of 6 to 3....

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Monday, September 16, 2013
Hilo: Akina, Hansen to Discuss Jones Act With Portuguese Chamber, ConFor
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 5807 Views :: Hawaii County , Jones Act

Friday October 4, 6:00pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Nine Schools Receive Adjustments to Strive HI Performance System Results
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 4305 Views :: Education K-12

The revisions were made after further analysis of the system’s criteria....

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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Par Petroleum: Tesoro Buyer's History of Insider Trading, Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 7054 Views :: Energy
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Friday, September 13, 2013
$340K in Fines: Hawaii Wins Back OSHA Job After Unicold Raid
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 8554 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
Feds Let Hawaii Resume Control of Regulating Manufacturing Industries....
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Molasses Mess: Abercrombie Deflects Blame for Lax Inspections
By News Release @ 2:10 PM :: 6816 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
Abercrombie is deflecting blame away from his Department of Transportation and Department of Health for failure to inspect Matson's molasses loading operations....
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Legislative Briefing: Priorities for Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Health
By News Release @ 1:10 PM :: 3591 Views :: Health Care
DATE: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
TIME: 10:30 AM
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Friday, September 13, 2013
AFL-CIO: Obamacare Fundamentally Unfair to Union Workers
By News Release @ 12:45 AM :: 8702 Views :: Health Care, Labor

...without changes to the way the ACA is implemented, there are likely to be "unintended consequences" that will hurt workers' health care coverage....

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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Akana: OHA Should Consider Suing HCDA Over Kakaako
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 6574 Views :: Development, OHA

On August 6, 2013, OHA received a letter from HCDA stating they will not make any compromises to their plans and expects OHA to be a “good neighbor” and accept their plan for our property....

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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Oversight of Home-Community Based Services Working Group to Meet
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 4049 Views :: Health Care
DATE: Monday, September 30, 2013
TIME: 1:30 pm
PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol

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Thursday, September 12, 2013
HPU Rises in U.S. News & World Report rankings
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 4104 Views :: Higher Education

Hawai‘i Pacific University climbed 10 places in the top Regional Universities in the West in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2014,”....

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Battleship Missouri Reenlistment Ceremony Marks September 11
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 5481 Views :: Military
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
September 11 Commemoration, Flags at Half-Staff
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 5469 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

In observance of the 12th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11....

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Rate Hike Coming? New Prelim Flood Insurance Maps Released
By News Release @ 11:33 PM :: 5443 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living

...FEMA has completed revisions to the City’s Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps that will affect 12 map areas on Oahu....

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