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| Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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'Grand Bargain' Cuts Hospital Support $18B
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:34 AM :: 3054 Views :: Health Care
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...They are now trying to convince governors and state legislators that a series of state-level “grand bargains” could produce “savings“ in exchange for expanding Medicaid....
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| Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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The Senate's Flawed Immigration Plan
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:27 AM :: 3559 Views :: National News
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A comprehensive amnesty bill was tried before and it failed....
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| Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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Property Seized by Mayor: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Guam Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:15 AM :: 5578 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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...the case seemed like a good vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the pretext-in-eminent-domain issue it teased us with in Kelo....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Membership Ratifies Contract
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 5915 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...After more than two years working without a contract, 95% of teachers statewide voted in favor of the tentative agreement....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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DoE Announces 2013 Graduation Dates
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 4601 Views :: Education K-12
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...2013 graduation dates at more than 50 schools, including public high schools, charter schools and some community schools for adults....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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Obamacare Tax Credits Target 70,000 Hawaii Households
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 4642 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Meanwhile ... Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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Audit Slams DHHL 'Lax Loan Management'
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4927 Views :: DHHL
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As of June 30, 2011, there were 9,922 homestead leases statewide and 26,170 applicants waiting for homestead leases. In FY2011, the department issued 177 new homestead leases....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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SB 1171 – Phased Archeological Inventory Surveys
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 7251 Views :: Development, Land Use, OHA
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SB1171 was submitted in response to a recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision. The City had argued that the Rail Project could conduct the Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) in phases....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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Senate Gun Control Bill Erodes Your Rights and Privacy
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 3566 Views :: Second Amendment
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Heritage experts urged lawmakers to consider the host of complex factors that contribute to violent outbreaks and to steer away from untested ideas that would restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst Tax System for Small Business
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 6437 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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“Business Tax Index 2013: Best to Worst State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship and Small Business.”
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Convention Urges Ratification: Contract Vote Today
By News Release @ 1:04 PM :: 4688 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... poll sites will be open from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.....
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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Campaign 2014: Youthful Hawaii GOP Takes Aim at Legislature, Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 AM :: 4930 Views :: Republican Party
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“seven of 51, one of 25, and zero of four is not good enough”
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Utilities Rank in Top 10 for Solar
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 4919 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... the Top 10 American electric utilities that have added the most new solar power ....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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UH Claims Economic Impact over $3.6B
By UHERO @ 7:49 PM :: 3275 Views :: Higher Education
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...we define economic impact to be the direct, indirect, and induced economic activities generated by the university....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 3971 Views :: Second Amendment
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...a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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‘House of Horrors’ Doctor Considered ‘Pioneer in Abortion Field’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 3905 Views :: Life
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Gosnell, who was considered a pioneer in the abortion industry, began performing abortions in New York City in the late 1960s....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 4749 Views :: Family
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...an increasing number of religious objectors to homosexuality have faced lawsuits for refusing to participate....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Boston Victims
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 4279 Views :: National News
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...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Standing with Boston
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:36 PM :: 4457 Views :: National News
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America is at its best when it faces adversity with courage, confidence, and determination....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Young Adults on Parents' Health Plans Cost More
By NCPA @ 3:34 PM :: 3013 Views :: Health Care
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Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:40 PM :: 3880 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Interior Secretary Confirmation
- Senate: Gun Control Cloture Vote
- House: Limit on NLRB Activity
- House: Hydropower Facility Development Suspension Vote
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Investigating the Potential for Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikiki
By UHERO @ 3:59 AM :: 4563 Views :: Energy
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....SWAC may be more costly than other efficiency/conservation options....
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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DoE: ACT Testing for 50,000 Students to 'Improve Effectiveness of Intervention'
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 2803 Views :: Education K-12
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“One of the Department’s strategies is to provide better data on students’ academic progress. This ACT test will help tremendously in that area.”
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 4269 Views :: Health Care
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In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 2686 Views
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Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Jihadist Magazines Recruit Young Terrorists
By IPT News @ 6:58 PM :: 5038 Views :: National News
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"A Step to (sic) Step Guide on How to Become a Successful Lone Mujahid"....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 4184 Views :: Health Care
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...two City Councilmembers will host a briefing with hospital officials and emergency responders, who will report the availability of emergency rooms in the Ewa region....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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The Obama Budget's Economic Message
By NCPA @ 2:23 PM :: 2107 Views
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The latest budget does not balance and was released far too late for it to matter....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Cost of Health Insurance Exchanges Shoots Up
By NCPA @ 2:22 PM :: 2853 Views :: Health Care
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As installation of the exchanges becomes more complicated, the cost of the exchanges has risen rapidly over the last year....
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| Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Where Did Your Tax Dollar Go?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:00 PM :: 3340 Views :: Taxes
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Americans are waking up today to the worst "case of the Mondays" they'll have all year: It's Tax Day....
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| Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents
By Video @ 6:20 PM :: 5573 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families...."
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| Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 5362 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the illusion of greater revenues would be helpful in Abercrombie’s effort to create a state-funded ‘Early Education’ voucher system....
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| Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 4025 Views :: Taxes
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...the madness of completing state tax returns is just around the corner....
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| Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
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SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3408 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...give priority to achieving the goal of gender equity when appointing members to vacancies, at-large positions, and as alternates...."
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| Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
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Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 5718 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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Seventeen states managed to reduce recidivism and improve public safety while cutting correction costs, a report from a federal and state partnership revealed Friday....
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 5723 Views :: OHA
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"We will be able to rally people like we never have before."
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 4711 Views :: Education K-12
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...earn a spot at the FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis, Mo., April 25-27....
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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House Republican Budget Update
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 4773 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 6433 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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"Can it be that the idiots who evidently run the Hawaii Business magazine have never heard about the principle that statutes have to be constitutional?"
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Andrew Walden @ 12:59 PM :: 9725 Views :: Rail
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“In its final report on the June 22, 2009, accident, the National Transportation Safety Board said a malfunction of the automatic train control system was the direct cause of the crash.”
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 5390 Views :: Jones Act
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“The Jones Act chokes off Savannah’s ability to take advantage of the cheapest gasoline in the world, which is produced domestically right here in our own Gulf Coast.”
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say
By Video @ 12:29 PM :: 5281 Views :: Hawaii History
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Olelo will be airing "An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say," a 6-part documentary ....
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting
By News Release @ 10:26 AM :: 4272 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Obama's Fake Budget Marketing Exposed
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:01 AM :: 2448 Views
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President Obama is marketing his new budget by saying it has "more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue." Is this true?
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Legislature Repeals the PLDC
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 5674 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...the law's no-bid contract provisions, the slant towards developing public resources instead of conservation, and the creation of a semi-autonomous agency exempted from routine oversight....
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 6395 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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Requires the assessment of impact fees prior to issuance of a water meter ....
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 5832 Views :: Military
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Next year, the proposed missile defense budget has actually been cut to $9.16 billion....
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 4870 Views :: Military
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...a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report indicate that “North Korea now has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles.”....
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