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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Saturday, January 12, 2013 |
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133 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 AM :: 8049 Views :: Honolulu County
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...Candidate filing is open from now through February 22nd for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....
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Saturday, January 12, 2013 |
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'Coastal Development' Tops Priorities for Hawaii Ocean Resources Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 AM :: 4622 Views :: Environment
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ORMP sets its own ”Management Priorities” and right at the top of the list is priority #1....
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Friday, January 11, 2013 |
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Medicated Marijuana Activists Release Poll Results
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 5073 Views :: Drugs
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The Drug Policy Action Group interviewed 603 Hawaii voters....
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
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PEW: Vote-by-Mail Favors Old White Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 6020 Views :: Office of Elections
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What would happen if voting by mail became compulsory? ... We answer that question in this paper....
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
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Abercrombie, Star-Advertiser Laugh at Union Effort to Save Tesoro, Price Spikes Predicted
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 6270 Views :: Energy, Labor
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"Tesoro does not know what potential buyers might ask of state of Hawaii or federal officials."
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
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First U.S. Plant to Make Gasoline and Diesel Fuel from Natural Gas
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6862 Views :: Energy, National News
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...a South African company, announced its intention to build a 96,000-barrel-per-day gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, LA....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
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The 'Magic Table'--Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
By Selected News Articles @ 6:40 PM :: 7811 Views :: Military, Drugs
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Fluorescent lights hang above; though they appear to be on, the room seems eerily dark....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 |
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Bad Blood May Mean Primaries for Hawaii Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 6464 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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“There is buzz that folks are going to get primaried, there’s no question about that.”
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 |
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Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 7076 Views :: Energy
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Hawaii's largest oil refinery is closing, precisely as we predicted it would....
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Sunday, January 6, 2013 |
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Hawaii Succession Law Unconstitutional: Senate Could Have Refused to Seat Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 7771 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government
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...the Seventeenth Amendment prevents the Hawaii legislature from substantively constraining the Governor’s choices in making a temporary appointment....
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Friday, January 4, 2013 |
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Thanks to Abercrombie, Republican Senators More Racially Diverse than Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 6228 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation
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there are now more Republican minorities in the Senate (South Carolina’s Tim Scott, Florida’s Marco Rubio, and Texas’s Ted Cruz) than Democrats (New Jersey’s Robert Menendez and Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono).…
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Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Mentally Disabled Girl Raped at Three DoE Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 9809 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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The mother claims that her daughters teacher and state administrators not only failed to investigate the abuse that occurred on and off school grounds, but conspired to cover it up, and then suspended her.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends, Expands Wind Production Tax Credit
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 7481 Views :: Energy, National News
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The deal also greatly relaxes the standards for companies to qualify to grab that tax credit....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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House Passes Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes 257-167
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 6262 Views :: National News, Taxes
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When Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush increased taxes in return for spending cuts—cuts that never ultimately came—they did so at ratios of 1:3 and 1:2....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Prosecutor: Illinois Ruling May Affect Concealed-Carry Laws in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 6615 Views :: Second Amendment
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...a right to keep and bear arms for personal self-defense in the eighteenth century could not rationally have been limited to the home....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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"Impeach Abercrombie"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:24 PM :: 10253 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Angry comments were plastered on Abercrombie's Facebook page following the announcement of his decision Wednesday, with some predicting he would be a one-term governor....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Rail: Tashima's final ruling — now the case is eligible for appeal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5965 Views :: Rail
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Judge Tashima issued his final ruling yesterday and that allows us to at last appeal both this ruling and the others that he has made over the 19 months that this case has taken....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Full Text: HART Wins Favorable Rail Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8456 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Rail
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...this matter is remanded to the Federal Transit Administration....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Hubris Online: Abercrombie’s Head Scratcher Not Logical, Must be Personal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 9555 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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“This does not make any logical/political sense, so therefore it must be personal.” --Washington Post
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Obama Skips Inouye in Memoirs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 PM :: 7186 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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Obama spent most of the speech describing his own impressions of Inouye....
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Inouye Staff Offer Dead Fish, Tell Schatz ‘Good Luck’
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 14357 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Inouye's chief of staff, Jennifer Sabas, says despite the disappointment, Inouye's office wishes Schatz "the best of luck."
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Seniority? Hawaii is better off without it
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 8018 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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"The lesson for everybody is you don't want your town to turn into this."
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012 |
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Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Maui, Honolulu: Freedomworks Tour Cancelled
By Selected News Articles @ 5:55 PM :: 8727 Views :: TEA Party
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Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks is speaking January 6-9 at events throughout Hawaii.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012 |
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In Hoc Anno Domini: So the light came into the world
By Selected News Articles @ 12:07 AM :: 12452 Views :: Religion
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When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage. There was one state, and it was Rome. There was one master for it all, and he was Tiberius Caesar....
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
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Hawaiian Culture: "All politics was religious and all religions were political"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 8088 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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The notion that religion belongs in the realm of governance has its origins in the host culture, said Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa, professor at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies....
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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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The wind production tax credit still hangs in the fiscal-cliff balance
By Selected News Articles @ 5:25 PM :: 5754 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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The wind lobby is working overtime to convince Congress to pass an extension before the clock runs out on December 31st....
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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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List of Potential Senate Candidates is also List of Potential Special Election Candidates
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 6330 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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If Hanabusa is appointed senator, you can take the names of most of the folks listed above as possible candidates in the special election ....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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With Hawaii Army Guard mentoring, Afghan forces take independent strides
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 PM :: 6612 Views :: World News, Military
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Operation Southern Fist II near Shor Bak, Afghanistan....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Hanabusa will apply for Senate vacancy, Case Considers Special Election Run
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6425 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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“…we’re electing our next senator-for-life in this process….”
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Feds set no-go zones for Obama vacation
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 7047 Views :: Honolulu County, Obama
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...Federal Aviation Administration issued several flight restrictions for Hawaii from 8 P.M. Friday through midnight on Sunday January 6....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Hawaii's Future: California Solar Power Adds $1.3B to Non-Users' Costs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 PM :: 7010 Views :: Energy, National News, Cost of Living
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Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's biggest utility, will pass on about $700 million in annual costs to people without solar systems ....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Is General Motors Breaking Iran Nuclear Sanctions?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 4482 Views :: World News
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...parts are still arriving there and automobiles still being produced....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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The Jones Act Debate in Puerto Rico: Urban Legend or a Never-Ending Story?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 6111 Views :: Jones Act
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...the U.S. build section of the Act should be modified in certain trades of domestic shipping in order to support the U.S. Merchant Marine....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 7946 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy
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Hawaii had three major industries: tourism, the military, and Sen. Dan Inouye....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 8167 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Boylan said the letter is Abercrombie's to release. But he confirmed it was Inouye's "last wish" for Hanabusa to succeed him.
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 7767 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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Inouye died of respiratory complications at 5:01 p.m. EST (12:01 HST) Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his office said....
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Sunday, December 16, 2012 |
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Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized, ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 8814 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering a fainting spell before a vote in the U.S. Capitol....
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Sunday, December 16, 2012 |
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Republicans can win over Asian Voters, if they try
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 6547 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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Asians are America's fastest-growing immigrant community, and Asian voters constitute 2 percent to 7 percent of registered voters in half of the traditional 10 swing states....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 13182 Views :: National News, Health Care, Homelessness, Second Amendment
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“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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Cyclone Evan Pounds Samoa, Heading for Tonga, Fiji
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 6876 Views :: National News, World News
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Tropical Cyclone Evan was stationary over Samoa for approximately 24 hours....
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
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Effects on a State After Loss of Senior Senator
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 AM :: 7425 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy
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The loss of Senate Seniority will not completely sink Hawaii and Alaska’s economy, but it will definitely have a big impact....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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Full Text: Green Party Sues Nago Over Botched Election
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 PM :: 5876 Views :: Office of Elections
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The lawsuit claims the methodology and rules that were adopted and used did not comply with proper rulemaking....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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Economist: Visa Waivers Behind Hawaii Tourism Boom
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 7998 Views :: National News, World News, Tourism
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...there's still lots of room for Mr Obama's administration to do more, and the US Travel Association has a great plan to further improve the situation....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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Civil Rights Lawyer: Moanalua HS Concert Constitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 6217 Views :: Education K-12, Religion
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"...it's certainly not unconstitutional for a public school orchestra or other singers to go to a religious venue like, in this case, New Hope Church and have a concert."
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Eco Groups Testify Against New Aquarium Fish Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 6987 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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They do not want to protect fish. They only want to eliminate fishermen who stand in the way of their ocean based businesses....
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 |
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Hawaii 2013: State, Federal Taxes to Top 50%
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 12627 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, Taxes
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Taxes on wages, dividends, interest, and partnership/sole proprietor income would exceed 50 percent only in Hawaii, California, and New York City….
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Play by Play: Opening Day of Hoopili Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5525 Views :: Land Use
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In keeping with a long tradition in Hawaii that land use cases are litigated in court on procedural rather than substantive grounds, the opening skirmish in Sierra Club v. D. R. Horton was fought over whether one of the parties’ appeal in the case should be disallowed....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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New Aquarium Fish Rules to Maintain Sustainability
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 AM :: 5319 Views :: Environment
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"...the aquarium take on Maui is literally a drop in the bucket, representing less than 2% of the total mortality of (Maui) reef animals that year...."
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
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Obituary: Richard A Coons
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 AM :: 9776 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Services will be held at Waialae Baptist Church on Sat., Dec. 15....
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
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Hawaiian Electric Seeks Public Comment on ‘Integrated Resource Planning’
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 14604 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...providing safe and reliable utility service at a reasonable cost, through the development of Resource Plans and Scenarios....
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