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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Sunday, November 25, 2012 |
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California Voters Reject GMO Labeling Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 6:06 PM :: 6493 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hounded by Luddites, the Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai County Councils have voted to demand GMO food labeling but in California the forces of ignorance and superstition were beaten back as Prop 37 GMO labeling was defeated 53-47% on the November ballot....
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Friday, November 23, 2012 |
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Success for Hawaii Family Advocates
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 6762 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Thursday, November 22, 2012 |
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Greenwood: I’ve Been too Busy to Read Senate Accountability Report
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 5916 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...she has not read a Senate Special Committee on Accountability report that was released on Monday, because she has been traveling to the neighbor islands for community meetings....
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
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Joe Souki teams up with Republicans, Will be New House Speaker
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 7284 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Souki and Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson "have pledged to begin work immediately."
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
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For Hawaii, Fiscal Cliff Means Automatic State Tax Hikes, Massive Defense Layoffs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 AM :: 8094 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...because Hawaii link its system to the federal revenue code by adopting various federal definitions of income or various federal deductions and credits....
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Monday, November 19, 2012 |
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Lawyer: New DoTax Solar Tax Credit Rules are Retroactive
By Selected News Articles @ 11:20 PM :: 5909 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Consumers, Contractors, And Tax Practitioners Should Be Familiar With Ramifications of Announcement 2012-14 On 2012-"Installed" Systems....
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Monday, November 19, 2012 |
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Kim Committee Demands Management, Financial Audit of UH System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 PM :: 6773 Views :: Energy, Environment
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FULL TEXT -- Senate Committee Documents Released Today
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Saturday, November 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Guard soldiers ready to assist, advise Afghan forces
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 6378 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...190 soldiers from the Hawaii Army Guard’s 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team....
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Friday, November 16, 2012 |
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Voters issue a powerful mandate for hunting, fishing and gathering on Hawaii island
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 7818 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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The ballot item on the formation of a hunting, fishing and gathering advisory commission in the November 6 election passed by almost 2 to 1 margin....
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
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Fiscal Cliff: $3453 Tax Increase for Average Hawaii Family
By Selected News Articles @ 5:17 PM :: 8331 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Large changes to both taxes and spending are scheduled to take place at the end of the year unless Congress acts....
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
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Japanese Magazine Fight Gets Nasty in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:44 PM :: 6853 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...without justification and without an honest belief in the truth of the matters defendant announced that plaintiff had committed rape, sexual harassment, promoting prostitution rings to executives of well-known Japanese corporations....
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
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Inouye hospitalized after fall
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 8222 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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He fell at his apartment in Rockville, Md ... taken to the Bethesda Naval Hospital
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 |
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Hanalei vs Omidyar: Update
By Selected News Articles @ 1:46 PM :: 10511 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party
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At the request of the Hanalei to Haena Community Association, Pierre Omidyar's resort development team from his Ohana Real Estate Investors LLC (OREI) will make a public presentation at 6:00 pm at the Hanalei School Cafeteria on Tuesday, November 13, 2012....
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Monday, November 12, 2012 |
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HEMIC CEO: Pill Mills Running up Costs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:24 AM :: 4647 Views
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... over-prescribing of narcotic drugs and the dispensing of repackaged drugs results in insurance reimbursement at much higher rates than usual under customary medical fee schedules, adds Welch, who says legislation is needed to help control spiraling costs....
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Sunday, November 11, 2012 |
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HSTA Launches 'Work to Rule' Protest
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 9928 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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They will enter the school exactly at 8am and then leave exactly at 3pm ....
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Saturday, November 10, 2012 |
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Hawaii Veterans Day Events 2012
By Selected News Articles @ 9:41 PM :: 6575 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Events and Ceremonies Statewide
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Saturday, November 10, 2012 |
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Kauai Chief: Valenciano's Decision Likely to be Appealed and Overturned
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 6666 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party
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After review by some of the most respected legal minds in the state, the ruling by Judge Valenciano has a high probability of being appealed and overturned....
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Friday, November 9, 2012 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Redouble Voter Registration Effort
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 6282 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...there are still thousands of people in Hawaii who choose not to vote. There is so much work to be done in that regard and we will continue to expand and define more clearly our iVOTE Hawaii efforts....
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Friday, November 9, 2012 |
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Hannity: "I've Evolved on Immigration"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 4119 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"...create a pathway for those that are here...."
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 |
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At Least 69 Precincts Ran Low on Ballots—Some as Early as 10AM
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 8619 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hokulani Elementary School, left without ballots for more than four hours between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m....the paper ballots that eventually arrived were designated for a different district and were in Japanese and Ilocano....
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 |
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Hawaii Election Results for State, County, and Federal Races
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 6999 Views :: Office of Elections
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Full Printout...GOP Legislative Caucus to be 1-S, 7-H
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012 |
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Best Invention of 2012: Time Magazine Recognizes Kona Kampachi
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 8001 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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Hounded by Luddites, shakedown artists, and anti-GMO hypesters, Hawaii’s Kamapachi Farms open ocean fish farm has now been named by TIME magazine as one of the Best Inventions of the Year 2012. Surely it will soon be driven from the state....
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Monday, November 5, 2012 |
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Solar Photovoltaic Lease is Worse Than a Barrel of Oil
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 PM :: 5613 Views :: Energy, Environment
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About 99.9 percent of solar photovoltaic (PV) lease companies in Hawaii are owned by out-of-state investors....
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Saturday, November 3, 2012 |
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Thursday, November 1, 2012 |
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Hawaii Adjusted Income Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 AM :: 8502 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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At $22,394, Hawaii's adjusted average income figure is more than $7,000 below that of the next lowest state....(we're 39% lower than Mississippi and 56% lower than Alaska)
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
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Hawaii Accounts for Nearly 3% of US Electric Car Sales
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 5570 Views :: Energy, Environment
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2.9 percent of all new electric vehicles sold so far in the U.S. this year were registered in Hawaii, ranking the state 10th in the country. This rate is almost eight times the state’s share of all new car registrations in the U.S., where Hawaii ranks 41st overall at 0.4 percent.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
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Hurricane Sandy, Tsunami Scare Expose State Catastrophe Debts
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 8166 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii looted its catastrophe fund to "balance" the budget and doubled down by taking borrowed money to replenish it....
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
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Those Not-So-Blue Blue States
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 5066 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"It's happening. Romney winning independents, safe Obama states no longer safe, female gap closing. Obama is in trouble."
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
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3rd in Nation: Hawaii Pays $1436 per Household for Gov't Pensions
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 8375 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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$1436.40 per household per year is currently being paid into Hawaii government employees pensions—third highest in the nation. Table 4 (pg. 48) shows that an additional $1288 per household is needed ....
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
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Monday, October 29, 2012 |
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Report: Hirono, Hanabusa Tax Proposal Will Cost Hawaii $3.9B
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 8336 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rather than pretending that the damage of tax increases is limited to “rich” people, it makes sense to look at overall economic effects, either nationally or within each state....
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Monday, October 29, 2012 |
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Study: HSTA Strongest Teachers' Union in US
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 9291 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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This timely study represents the most comprehensive analysis of American teacher unions’ strength ever conducted....
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Friday, October 26, 2012 |
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Hanabusa Backs Effort to Link Indian Tribes to Turkey
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 8907 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As you read, remember that whatever Congress does to Indian Tribes will become law for the Akaka Tribe as well.
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Friday, October 26, 2012 |
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Brookings: Honolulu 10th Largest International Airport
By Selected News Articles @ 9:03 PM :: 7902 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Brookings' analysis of international commercial air travel passenger levels within the United States' global aviation network ....
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Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
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Census: Hawaii Tops Nation in Multi-Generational Families
By Selected News Articles @ 9:43 PM :: 7189 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii had the highest percentage of multi-generational households, accounting for 11.1% of all family households in that state....
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Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
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Feds Reveal Dozens of New Violations at Hawaii Nursing Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 8287 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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CMS has now included the details of a home’s three most recent routine inspections. For many homes, that means results from 2009 and 2010 are now available online....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
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Hawaii Productivity Growth Lowest in US—Only 4.76% Since 1992
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 AM :: 10841 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The index compares states' economic health to conditions in July 1992. That is, a score of 100 indicates a level of productivity equal to that of that month....
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
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Hawaii: 3rd Fastest Growing Tax Burden
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 AM :: 9838 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii’s rank worsened from 18th to 14th….
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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Debates deliver favorability edge to Romney; now above 50% in rating
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 5065 Views :: National News, Ethics
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RASMUSSEN: R 50% O 46%...GALLUP: R 51% O 46%...
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Monday, October 22, 2012 |
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House Candidate Kaniela Ing Threatened with Expulsion from UH
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 AM :: 16207 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Higher Education, Politicians
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It took three months for UHSC to stop Ing from misrepresenting himself but after Ing was threatened with expulsion from UH, he capitulated....
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout
By Selected News Articles @ 7:37 PM :: 14207 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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"We are not going to volunteer as long as (fired elections workers) are not reinstated or treated fairly...." -- April 18, 2012
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Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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Streaming Video: Canonization of Molokai’s Mother Marianne Cope
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 12201 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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The ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI, will actually begin at 9:30 p.m. Hawaii time....
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Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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It’s Mormon in America
By Selected News Articles @ 3:21 PM :: 5299 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The LDS Church is making its mark in the U.S. and around the world....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Wastebook 2012: University of Hawaii Martian Food Tasting Project
By Selected News Articles @ 1:46 AM :: 8362 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Six volunteers will head into a barren landscape in Hawaii to simulate a 120-day Mars mission....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States to Practice Medicine
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 AM :: 8423 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...extremely high cost of living, tax burden per capita, malpractice award payouts per capita, and number of disciplinary actions taken against physicians....
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
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Endangered Species: Feds Grab for 18,766 Acres on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 12:32 AM :: 9753 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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The essential areas, proposed as critical habitat, include seven units totaling approximately 18,766 acres (7,597 hectares) on the island of Hawai‘i....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Zipline Operators Want Protection from Their Competition
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 AM :: 5520 Views :: Energy, Environment
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According to legislators we interviewed, owners and operators of existing zipline and canopy tours in Hawai‘i are the main proponents of [regulation]….
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Audit Pushes Special Fund Ahead of Vote: City Loses $366K by Not Collecting Camping Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 5792 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"Because camping fees will be deposited into the general fund, rather than a special revenue account or other special fund, the parks and recreation department has no plan for how it intends to make improvements to the camping program." -- Audit
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Teachers Halt Labor Negotiations, Escalating Conflict
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 6321 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a knock-down-drag-out fight with Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie that has left teachers without a contract since July 2011....
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