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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Hawaii Family Forum: Gay Marriage Decision ‘Disappointing’
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 4516 Views :: Family

... there is no longer a national definition of marriage ....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Act 137: Abercrombie Creates New HGEA Bargaining Unit
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 5638 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement

Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Abercrombie Sends Notice of ‘Intent to Veto’ 9 Bills, Line-Item 10th
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4421 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Most of these bills are potentially objectionable because of concerns, raised by state departments or agencies, reflected in testimonies provided during the hearing process...

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Productivity and Innovation: Hawaii Tumbles from ‘A’ to ‘F’
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 6621 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

The 2013 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report shows how each state ranks....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Governor Signs School Readiness Bill, Early Learning Director Quits
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 4828 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Rail Forum: What Happens When Transit Consumes 19%?
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 6421 Views :: Rail

Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Washington Middle School, King St. at Punahou....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 25th in Children's Well-Being
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 5556 Views :: Education K-12, Family

The KIDS COUNT index includes child-level indicators across four domains....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
DLNR Seeks Savings on Dead Whales
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 3859 Views :: Environment

Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Kailua HS Underwater Robotics Team Heads to International Meet
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 4542 Views :: Education K-12

The Kailua High School team currently is in Federal Way, Wash., where the competition is running from June 20 to 22....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Abercrombie Signs SB1025 Loosening Home Loan Qualifications
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 4453 Views :: Hawaii State Government

adds down payment, closing cost and other assistance as a program feature....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Maui County Sued over Sign-Waving Regs
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3562 Views :: First Amendment

...the suit, against the County of Maui seeks immediate changes to County laws that prohibit people from displaying signs on sidewalks and along roadways....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Rep McDermott: Dep't of Health Obstructing VA Loans
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 5324 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

the policy statement on the DOH Website is causing the VA to balk at home loans and re-fi’s for thousands of homes with catchment systems....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 3588 Views :: Education K-12

Allotment of funds for the following priority projects has been approved by the Governor....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Narcissism as a Marketing Strategy: PepsiCo Says Honolulu 9th Most Susceptible
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 4648 Views :: Family
I am in charge. I dream large. I choreograph my personal story. The SELF brand provides the content, the tools and the community ....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Ewa Development Plan
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 5072 Views :: Development, Rail

7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 Kapolei High School Cafeteria....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 5672 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement

There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
HECO Plans to Give Away Millions to Wind Scammers, Lock in Ultra-High Rates
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 4559 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

Combined, the projects have committed to sell electricity to Hawaiian Electric at an average price of 15.9 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is ... the current cost of generating electricity from oil....

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Three Biotechnology Scientists Awarded 2013 World Food Prize
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 3683 Views :: GMOs

The recipients named today independently developed the science of modern plant biotechnology, opening doors to improved agricultural crops that can feed the world more effectively and sustainably...

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
HART West Oahu Community Meetings to Discuss Rail Station Design
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 4339 Views :: Rail

Tuesday, June 25 6pm at Waipahu Intermediate School, 94-455 Farrington Hwy....

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Hu Honua Biomass Construction Halted as Pipefitters, Boilermakers Fight for Control
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 5611 Views :: Energy, Environment
Rumors had been circulating for the last couple of weeks that the construction company had pulled its workers off the site as a result of failure to be paid...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
National Governors Assoc to Assist Hawaii Early Learning Program
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 3576 Views :: Education K-12

Hawaii will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations and educators....

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Monday, June 17, 2013
SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5622 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
“Many small beekeepers have been unable to successfully navigate current regulatory hurdles required to operate a certified food-processing establishment on their own premises for the extraction and bottling of honey, which has resulting in many giving up beekeeping entirely,” said Hawaii Board of Agriculture Chairperson Russell S. Kokubun.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Republicans: Our Primary Will Remain 'Open' as Hawaii Democratic Party Sues for Closed Primary
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 11026 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections, Republican Party

to ensure Democrats are elected at the primary stage by ONLY their fellow Democrats....

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Monday, June 17, 2013
Tesoro Finds Buyer to Own, Operate Kapolei Refinery
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5211 Views :: Energy
This is a defeat for Abercrombie who did everything he could to kill the refinery....
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Hawaii AG Joins 'Secure Our Smartphones' Initiative
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 4285 Views :: Law Enforcement
encouraging the cell phone industry to adopt technologies that would deter theft by drying up the secondary market on which stolen devices are sold....
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Abercrombie Signs 37 Bills into Law
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 4071 Views :: Hawaii State Government
Abercrombie enacted the following bill on Friday, June 14, 2013....
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Hawaii Foreclosure Starts up 108%
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 4636 Views :: Economy

RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report....

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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Hawaii County PD Community Satisfaction Survey Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6265 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
608 members of the public participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey....
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Want Land? DLNR Will Buy it for You
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4339 Views :: Land Use

State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....

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Friday, June 14, 2013
JSC Announces Nominees for 1st Circuit Court
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4055 Views :: Judiciary

The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....

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Friday, June 14, 2013
Census: Asians Fastest Growing Group in US
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 4140 Views :: National News

Asian American population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million....

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Friday, June 14, 2013
Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 3711 Views :: Health Care

By 2017, Hawaii is facing Medicare Home Healthcare payment at least 11.7% below cost, and up to 27.8% below cost....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Hawaii Rifle Assn. 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4425 Views :: Second Amendment

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and SUNDAY, JUNE 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KOKO HEAD SHOOTING COMPLEX....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Akaka Bill Coming Back? Schatz Demands US Treat Hawaiians Just as Badly as American Indians
By News Release @ 4:49 AM :: 4228 Views :: Akaka Bill

Opponents have argued that Native Hawaiians are not “Indians”....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Honolulu Revealed As Highest-Priced U.S. City This Summer
By News Release @ 4:15 AM :: 4243 Views :: Tourism

Honolulu rings up the biggest tab as the most expensive U.S. destination with a TripIndex cost of $504.94, while Las Vegas offers the most affordable stay at $272.94...

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Monday, June 10, 2013
Feds Approve Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 3553 Views :: Health Care

The Department of Human Services (DHS) is implementing a state-of-the-art eligibility system, integrated with The Connector....

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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Mayor Wright Housing: FACE Grabs for Seat at Redevelopment Table
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 3824 Views :: Development
Mayor Wright Housing represents the first foray into redevelopment under Governor Abercrombie’s administration....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Hawaii Pastors Join Nationwide Challenge to IRS
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 6135 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Taxes

Nearly 1,100 pastors nationwide registered to speak out on marriage as part of annual Alliance Defending Freedom event....

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Saturday, June 8, 2013
NFIB: So Where Do We Stand As A State?
By News Release @ 12:39 AM :: 4360 Views :: Small Business
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Governor Signs Bill Establishing 'Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day'
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 3655 Views :: First Amendment
Abercrombie today signed a bill establishing Jan. 30 each year as “Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day.”
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Friday, June 7, 2013
UPDATE: Organic Berries Cause 79 Cases of Hepatitis
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 8561 Views :: Environment, Religion, GMOs
Recalled organic food causes four five confirmed Hawaii cases of Hep A...
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Friday, June 7, 2013
UH Releases Summary of BoR Presidential Search Meeting
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 2809 Views :: Higher Education
The Board heard a report from its Presidential Selection Task Group....
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Hawaii Obamacare: As Doctors Quit, Telemarketers paid $480K each
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 4283 Views :: Health Care

In addition to telephone assistance, the contact center staff will be available by email, postal mail, web chat and fax....

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Friday, June 7, 2013
Governor Releases $41.2 Million for Various CIPs Statewide
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 3874 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $41.2 million....

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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Paychecks Hawaii Rates Legislators
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 7365 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians, Small Business
Paychecks Hawaii rates each of the 76 state legislators on support for small business....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Seniors in Poverty: Hawaii Ranks #3 in Nation
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 6757 Views :: Cost of Living

At least half of seniors have incomes below 200 percent of poverty in 10 states and DC based on the supplemental measure: DC (59%); California (56%); Hawaii (55%)....

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Mortgage Settlement: Hundreds of Hawaii Borrowers to get $1480
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 3819 Views :: Hawaii State Government

1,413 Hawaii borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for approximately $1,480

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Hawaiian Electric Cuts Earnings After PUC Orders Consumer Refund
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 4076 Views :: Energy

Excluding the refund of MECO revenues attributed to 2012, the EPS guidance range would be $0.02 higher....

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Hawaii Rifle Association Supports Council Resolution 13-74
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 2798 Views

...Requesting HPD to open additional firearms sections in Kapolei and Kaneohe....

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Guam Testimony Favors Jones Act Reform
By News Release @ 3:27 AM :: 4602 Views :: Jones Act
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