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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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Akaka Bill: Let Hawaii do the Dirty Work?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 6825 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the five-member commission, in absence of any objective criteria, is given authority to decide who is not a “qualified” Hawaiian....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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Full Text: Over 1500 Pages of UH Documents on Wonder Blunder
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 6403 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Robert Katz, whose law firm got a $25,000 contract to redact UH documents, sanitizing them of information his firm felt needed to be protected from public view....
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Big Island 'Clean' Energy Plant Sued over Air Pollution
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 PM :: 9304 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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... the state Department of Health violated the federal Clean Air Act in granting a permit to operate to Hu Honua ....
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Electric Vehicles Cost the Taxpayer More than $7 per Gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 5806 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... the tax credits have other, indirect effects: Increased sales of electric vehicles allow automakers to sell more low-fuel-economy vehicles ....
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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NYT: Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 6715 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...the goal was not only to improve efficiency and patient safety, but also to reduce health care costs. But, in reality, the move to electronic health records may be contributing to billions of dollars in higher costs....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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'Last Ounce of Courage' Now Playing in Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 7111 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The Washington Post said the film "plays squarely to folks who feel that Christians today are persecuted."
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 AM :: 18989 Views :: Obama
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...producer Dinesh D'Souza asks viewers whether we will pursue the American dream or Barack Obama's dream....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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20 years of Agriculture in Hawaii: Very Small and Shrinking
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 AM :: 5438 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Agriculture provides employment for a very small number of people and the people who work in agriculture earn less than workers in any other sector....
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
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'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 12601 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Environment
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About 47 percent of the designated habitat is located on land belonging to the state, 11 percent is on federal lands, 9 percent is on city and county lands, while 33 percent on of the land privately owned.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
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9th Circuit Hears Abercrombie Appeal Against Micronesians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 6307 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...islanders, many of whom have persistent and serious health conditions, filed a class action against the state, alleging that the cut in benefits violated the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution....
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
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How HMSA Used Health Care Advisory Council to Establish Medical Monopoly
By Selected News Articles @ 7:01 PM :: 10485 Views :: Hawaii History, Health Care
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Governor Linda Lingle signed, SB 665 SDI HD2 CD1 which prohibits "a person representing a health maintenance organization under chapter 4320, a mutual benefit society issuing individual and group hospital or medical service plans under chapter 432, or any other health care organization" from membership on the Council....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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Panetta: Navy Will Invite China to Pacific Rim Exercise
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 PM :: 9540 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie, told reporters here today they see progress and room for growth in the two nations’ military relationship....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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1995: Akaka Bill Begins With Clayton Hee and Casino Gambling
By Selected News Articles @ 10:23 PM :: 6416 Views :: Energy, Environment
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OHA chairman Clayton Hee and Van Dyke's wife, Sherry Broder, met in August (1996) with the Washington lobbying firm of Patton Boggs, L.L.P., to seek assistance in passing federal legislation to recognize OHA as the Native Hawaiian government as well as to "quietly" explore casino gambling....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 7111 Views :: World News, Family
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Gen. Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, considered the most senior military political commissar, said Friday that military forces should be “prepared for any possible military combat,” state run Xinhua news agency reported....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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Obesity Study: Hawaii Could Save $2.7B By Eliminating 5%
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6056 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Adult Obesity Rate in Hawaii Could Reach 51.8 Percent by 2030, According to New Study -- Related Health Care Costs Could Climb by 12.3 Percent....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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CBO: Hawaii Faces $2.1B Medicare Cuts Under Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 7449 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...this updated CBO estimate represents the first time that the Medicare payment reductions are accounted for in the full 10‐year budget window....
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
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A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 4020 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Savings promised by the government and vendors of information technology are little more than hype....
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Monday, September 17, 2012 |
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UPW Fires Employees for Refusing to Contribute to Hanabusa
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM :: 13161 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Labor
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Democratic FEC commissioners argued that UPW did in fact coerce “employees to participate in the union’s political activities” in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971....
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Monday, September 17, 2012 |
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$3 in New Federal Debt For Every $1 Added to Economy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 3910 Views :: National News, Ethics
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$5.23 trillion in new debt vs. $1.68 trillion to the economy
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Friday, September 14, 2012 |
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US Bond Rating Cut Again
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 3974 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Issuing additional currency ... does little to raise the real GDP of the US, but does reduce the value of the dollar, and in turn increase the cost of commodities (which) will pressure profitability of businesses, and increase the costs of consumers....
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Friday, September 14, 2012 |
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Fitch Cheers Honolulu Sewer Rate Hikes, Assigns AA Rating to Bonds
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 7347 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Fitch views maintenance of the system's strong financial margins as necessary at this rating level, given the size of the CIP and increasing debt burden. Any deterioration could result in rating pressure....
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Friday, September 14, 2012 |
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Hawaii in the Crosshairs as White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 7163 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... federal civilian workforce, where staffing levels and salaries would be docked more than 8 percent ....
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Friday, September 14, 2012 |
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Mapping the Political Geography of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:58 AM :: 6407 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Partisan Average includes 2004, 2006, and 2010 senate and 2006 and 2010 governor....
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
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Full Text: New Version of Akaka Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 13145 Views :: Akaka Bill
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The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to a Native Hawaiian federal recognition bill to reflect the Hawaii state law creating the latest version of the Akaka Tribe 'roll'....
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
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Lawyer to Abercrombie, Dela Cruz: Stop Lying to the Public about PLDC
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 8919 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Stop lying to the public! And please, feel free to forward this to your brother....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
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Looking Back: Charles Djou Joins Army After 9-11
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 12970 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...in Afghanistan, Charles saw the best and worst in humanity. He saw the selfless sacrifice of our American soldiers but also utter human depravity in Taliban insurgents....
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Projects Decreasing Revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 5880 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaiian Airlines recently revised its expected 3Q2012 revenue per revenue passenger mile from up 1.5% to down 1.5% to a decrease of 1% to 4%.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Why Your Vote for OHA Trustees Matters
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 6227 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Cooper and Daws’ thesis in Land and Power in Hawaii, namely that land means power, is being played out by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
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Priebus: GOP Will Win Senate Majority Without Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 7833 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans will win back the Senate in the fall picking up seats in Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, the party's National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus predicts to Newmax.TV.
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Friday, September 7, 2012 |
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VoteVets: How Tulsi Beat Mufi
By Selected News Articles @ 3:23 PM :: 6826 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The problem was that she was a nearly 50 point underdog in the polls, and the conventional wisdom in D.C. was that she had no shot....
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Thursday, September 6, 2012 |
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Court: Pacific Beach Hotel Must Submit to ILWU
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 9109 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 9th Circuit chastised the parent of a Honolulu hotel on Thursday for a decade of union-busting and defiance of federal labor laws.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Democrats Boo, Jeer as 'God' and 'Jerusalem' Rammed Back Into Platform
By Selected News Articles @ 7:36 PM :: 8292 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"For Democrats, there is no God in 2012 — at least as far as the party’s platform is concerned. Nor is there a Jerusalem." -- ABC News Sept 4
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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1948: Communists Decide to Enter the Hawaii Democratic Party
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 AM :: 6861 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This began a long march to transform the Democratic Party from the party of Truman and JFK to the party of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama....
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Monday, September 3, 2012 |
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Report: States' Combined Debt Exceeds $4T
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 7866 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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For the third consecutive year, State Budget Solutions examined state debt and calculated the total amount of debt that each state faces....
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Friday, August 31, 2012 |
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Audit: DoE School Bus Failures Waste Millions, Endanger Students
By Selected News Articles @ 6:43 PM :: 6891 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The State is not liable for GET and it is illogical for the State to pay itself taxes. However, the DOE estimates it will pay more than $2 million in school year 2012 for contractors’ GET. The department was unable to explain why it pays GET on most contracts.
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Friday, August 31, 2012 |
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DoE Procurement: "Fraudulent Unethical Behavior" Rewarded with More Autonomy, Less Oversight
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 6784 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...OSFSS branches have been given even greater procurement authority with greatly reduced, if any, oversight by the Procurement and Contracts Branch....
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Friday, August 31, 2012 |
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Audits Ignored? Two Years Later Less than 50% of Recommendations Implemented
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 6590 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Less than half of 2009 recommendations have been implemented; public school teachers’ personal information at risk....
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Friday, August 31, 2012 |
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Impact Aid federal survey cards to go home with students
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 6739 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On Sept. 5 many students, including those aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, will bring home federal survey cards for parents to complete as soon as possible in order to bring in additional funding for their school.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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Mitt Romney speech to GOP convention (Full Text, Video)
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 PM :: 6414 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Full text of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s remarks to the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30 in Tampa, as prepared for delivery.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii Electronic Medical Records to Regulate Your Diet?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 9590 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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The beacon has funded 19 Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) projects proposed by individuals and groups in a number of communities on the Big Island....It’s a way to build trust, according to Jessica Yamamoto, Hawaii beacon’s community engagement manager.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Dylan Nonaka Leads Pledge of Allegiance at Republican National Convention
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 PM :: 13815 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"People are really eager to go to convention and get everything going." -- David Chang, State GOP Chair
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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Rep Paul Ryan Speech to GOP National Convention
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 AM :: 5129 Views :: National News, Ethics
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I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity- and I know we can do this....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
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Waiting for Mr Romney: HSTA Stalling RTTT Until Obama Gone
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 6406 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...what happens if Obama loses the election to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who will bring in his own education secretary? There will be more than a year left for implementation, so how will a new administration oversee the grants....
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
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UH Manoa Libraries Rated Among Nation's Worst
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 8800 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 20 lowest ranked libraries were ....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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Big Island is Obamacare Laboratory
By Selected News Articles @ 5:02 PM :: 8244 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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The Hawaii Beacon, which received a $16 million three-year grant, is one of 17 model communities around the nation using health IT ....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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Queens-HMC Agreement Outlines Plans for Ewa Beach Hospital
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 7253 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The certificate also included financial projections....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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Barron's: Hawaii Bonds Risky, Not Rewarding
By Selected News Articles @ 5:22 AM :: 4783 Views
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Mounting pension shortfalls and high debt are upping the risk for state muni-bond investors....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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How Do You Say 'Public Forum Doctrine' in Hawaiian?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 AM :: 6652 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...more government entities than ever are getting in on the action and creating forums -- in a technological sense -- for public debate. But are they also creating public forums in a legal sense?
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