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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
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Can Markets Work in Medicine?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 AM :: 5053 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Progressives admit to being "deeply suspicious of the claim that a health care system dominated by powerful vested interests and mystifying in its complexity can be tamed by consumers who are strapped for time, often poor, sometimes uneducated, confused and afraid." But just how valid are these concerns?
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Saturday, August 25, 2012 |
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Detainee Names Five Honolulu FDC Guards, Alleges Sex with Inmates
By Selected News Articles @ 11:06 PM :: 14155 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The best treated inmate was the "Prostitute". She told me she didn't even have to have sex with anyone....
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Saturday, August 25, 2012 |
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Honolulu Federal Inmate Discovers 'Gays Not Born That Way'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 PM :: 11094 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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Alexandra Telluselle is a Swedish national and self-described "citizen of the world" who was arrested by HPD for shoplifting from a Honolulu Foodland store August 18, 2011....
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Friday, August 24, 2012 |
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Hawaii Solar Installers Billed for Retroactive 250% Federal Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 12752 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Marco Mangelsdorf, who co-owns a company in Hawaii, ProVision Solar Inc ... has been fuming since he received a $138,000 tax bill in June from U.S. Customs, 250% more than what he paid for a shipment of Chinese panels he received in February ....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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"Numbing Delay, Decline, Lack of Leadership" Puts UHWO Accreditation At Risk
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 PM :: 7479 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A 33-page report on the visit said momentum on improvements at the school "... was lost through a numbing combination of delay in the completion of the new campus, declines in funding, and lack of focused leadership."
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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HB1957: Legislators Wipe 50 Medical Privacy Laws off the Books
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 PM :: 7817 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"These laws were often rooted in a naïve faith that patient consent, rather than underlying structural protection, is the be-all and end-all of patient protection." -- Big Brother
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Saturday, August 18, 2012 |
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Meet the Insurance Executive Behind Assisted Suicide in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 13921 Views :: Health Care, Life
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In December of 1994, one month after Oregon voters passed Measure 16, "physician assisted death," into law, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) responded.
Ethix Corp., an HMO, announced that they "welcomed broad coverage for assisted suicide in a medical economic system already burdened."
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Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
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Hackers Steal, Encrypt Health Records and Hold Data for Ransom
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 AM :: 6047 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...a federal database of health-related breaches showcases an unsettling new strain of opportunism that is emerging as criminals try to exploit the industry’s shift to digital medical records....
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
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Jamae Kawauchi Asks Kona TEA Party for Election Volunteers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 10081 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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With insiders playing sabotage games, Jamae Kawauchi comes to the 'non-government people' for help with the November elections....
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
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Tulsi Gabbard's precincts Inversely Correlated with Mazie Hirono's
By Selected News Articles @ 4:32 PM :: 8078 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...there's significant evidence that there was a different dynamic going on, and one that didn't follow the sort of liberal/conservative dimension that we tend to focus on....
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
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Survey: Liberal profs admit they discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
By Selected News Articles @ 12:32 PM :: 4258 Views :: National News, Ethics
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‘Impossible lack of diversity’ reflects ideological intimidation on campus....
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
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Gallup: Hawaii, Utah, South Dakota Lead in "Thriving"
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 7864 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Residents of Hawaii, Utah, and South Dakota were the most likely to be "thriving" in the first half of 2012 based on how they rate their lives today and their expectations for their lives in five years. Residents of West Virginia and Maine were the least likely to be thriving.
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Monday, August 13, 2012 |
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Surgical Safety: Hawaii Hospitals 2nd Worst in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:41 PM :: 6294 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Wyoming was the only state that ranked worse than Hawaii in patient safety during surgeries....
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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Inouye, Abercrombie, Chong Look to Alaska for Natural Gas
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 8715 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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At Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell's direction, Alaska's major oil and gas producers and pipeline company TransCanada have shifted focus from a big pipeline to the Lower 48 to one leading to an LNG export plant in Southcentral Alaska....
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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Romney-Ryan: Smart Democrats Should Be Worried
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 PM :: 5908 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“I have held hundreds of town-hall meetings in my district explaining why we have to take bold reform steps, and I’ve found treating people like adults works. All those ads pushing elderly woman off the cliffs don’t work anymore if you lay out the problem.”
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Friday, August 10, 2012 |
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Hawaii Marriage Decision Underlines Importance of Studies
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 5434 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...researchers have consistently documented better outcomes for children raised in two-parent homes with both biological parents....
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Friday, August 10, 2012 |
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As Starvation Looms, UN Begs Obama to Suspend Biofuel Mandates
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 AM :: 7264 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The US is poised to divert around 40 per cent of its corn into ethanol because of the Congress-enacted mandate despite “huge damage” to the crop because of the worst drought in at least half a century, José Graziano da Silva, director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, warned....
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
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A Stroke of Judicial Sanity on Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 7:15 PM :: 5350 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The other cases have been brought in carefully selected jurisdictions by national activist groups with any eye on strategy. The Hawaii case ... may give us a better indication of what courts might do that are not predisposed to the same-sex marriage conclusion.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 |
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Kaiser: 30% of Hawaii Doctors Refuse Medicaid Patients
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 8695 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Access to doctors looms as an important issue in 2014, when under the federal health law, the number of Medicaid patients -- now 60 million -- will increase by as many as 16 million.....
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012 |
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LNG could ease Hawaii’s high energy costs
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 7461 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...federal law poses a big challenge to getting natural gas from Alaska, Nishimura said. A provision known as the Jones Act ....
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Monday, August 6, 2012 |
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Organic Is Overrated
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 10397 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Several trillion meals containing genetically engineered food ingredients have been consumed by people around the world, and not a single adverse effect has been documented.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012 |
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DoE Spends $3M/yr Suing Disabled Children, Forces Closure of Loveland Academy
By Selected News Articles @ 6:30 PM :: 9982 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... the DOE is known to regularly withheld tuition payments for students who were legally awarded reimbursements ....
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Saturday, August 4, 2012 |
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Gallup: Hawaii, Rhode Island Top Democratic States
By Selected News Articles @ 3:18 AM :: 7567 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...in three states -- Hawaii (+9), Vermont (+7), and New Jersey (+6) -- Obama's job rating is at least six points higher than the total percentage of Democrats....
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Friday, August 3, 2012 |
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NYT: Three Ingredients for Republican Victory in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 6400 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Republicans generally need three ingredients to overcome the Democratic advantage in the Aloha State....
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Friday, August 3, 2012 |
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Pacom: Asia-Pacific Focus Represents ‘Whole of Government’ Rebalance
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 PM :: 10054 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Recognizing that the new focus on the Asia-Pacific region is a national strategy and one not just for the Defense Department alone, U.S. Pacific Command is reaching out to its interagency and non-governmental partners to roll it out in an efficient, well-coordinated manner.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Gallup: Obama losing in 37 states, gets 63% Approval in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 8595 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In 16 states, his approval rating averaged below 40%, with residents of Utah, Wyoming, and Alaska least approving.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Firefighter Fatality Report Examines Cardiac Death
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 5988 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On January 18, 2012, a 50-year-old male career fire apparatus operator was working a 24-hour shift during which he responded to one emergency call ....
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Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii-Based Task Force Stems Chemical Trafficking in Asia-Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 10134 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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A little-known organization with U.S. Pacific Command is bringing together military and law-enforcement capabilities to combat drug-related transnational crime in the Asia-Pacific region ....
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Forbes: The Hawaii Marxist Who Mentored President Obama On General Motors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 8225 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The problem was not Stalin’s Iron Curtain, scoffed Frank Marshall Davis in his usual incendiary language, but “G.M.’s iron curtain,” being raised by “General Motors’ Hitlers.”
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Life Expectancy: Stay in Hawaii if you want to live longer
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 PM :: 6824 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii noted the lowest at 589.6 deaths per 100,000 of the population, a staggering 21 per cent lower than the average for the entire country - 765.2 ....
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Black Pastors Oppose Gay 'Marriage,' Warn Obama: We ‘Will Not Stand With You’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 5078 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In a press release announcing the campaign, Owens encouraged black pastors and the black community to “withdraw their support for [Obama].”
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
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Romney must win over Asian voters
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 8754 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Asians -- Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese and Koreans -- are the nation's wealthiest, most highly educated and most aspirational voting demographic.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
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Sequestration: Federally Funded Employees, Contractors to Receive Layoff Notices Just Before Election
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 7096 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obama's Labor Department on Monday issued "guidance" to the states, telling them that a federal law requiring advance notice of mass layoffs does not apply to the layoffs that may occur in January as a result of automatic budget cuts known as "sequestration."
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
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HMSA Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 6634 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The shared-savings agreement between Hawaii Medical Service Assn. and Hawaii Pacific Health puts 50% the hospital’s annual pay increases over the five-year contract term dependent on achieving both quality improvement and cost savings thresholds....
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Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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Federal Transit Bill Shifts Funding towards Busses, Away from Rail
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 11078 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... BRT projects to receive at least 80 percent federal funding share each fiscal year. These provisions provide a significant opportunity for communities seeking to invest in BRT....
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Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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Lawsuit Claims Hawaii IBEW Boss Solicited Murder of Critics
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 14170 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"On Monday, May 14, 2012 a Solicitation to Commit Murder case was opened by the Honolulu Police Department under report number HPD 12-175720 ...."
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
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Okabe: Abercrombie Pursues 'Mainland Political Strategy' of Attacking Teachers Unions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 5660 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We must focus our energy and effort on preventing his anti-teacher, anti-education positions from spreading to other political leaders in Hawaii. As we approach the 2012 elections, we are evaluating candidates by a simple measure – are they better for education than Abercrombie?
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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Hawaii Enacts Multiple Mortgage-Related Bills and Legislation to Protect Personal Information
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 6353 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Recently, Hawaii enacted a set of bills related to mortgage origination and servicing....
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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Audit: State Gave Away $1B Act 221 Tax Credits Without Verification of Eligibility
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 12627 Views :: Tax Credits
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“It’s all in [my] head.” —DoTAX returns classifying officer’s response when asked why he does not have any written policies and procedures
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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UK Guardian: When contagion strikes, it's Honolulu you should avoid
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 5683 Views :: Energy, Environment
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MIT researchers have analysed which airport hubs would be key to spreading a virulent disease, with some surprising results ....
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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HSTA, UHPA Report 2010-11 Membership Numbers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 7293 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This stuff is not getting any easier to track down, but thanks to the work of some good people we were able to obtain detailed membership information for each National Education Association state affiliate....
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Friday, July 20, 2012 |
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Unfair Indemnification: Truckers Association Pleased by Passage of SB824
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 PM :: 5474 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"...It would be totally wrong to hold my trucker liable for something that isn’t even remotely connected to him...."
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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IRS Backs Off, Grants Tax Free Status to Maui TEA Party
By Selected News Articles @ 10:19 PM :: 11793 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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"...the IRS contacted us today regarding your 501(c)4 application and stated that they are withdrawing the additional questions that they sent to your organization...."
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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New Poll: Lingle 47% - Hirono 41%
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 6868 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The poll was conducted from July 12-15. The margin of error is 4%, sample size is 600 registered voters....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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The Revenue Demands of Public Employee Pension Promises
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 4561 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Economists predict that American households will have to contribute an average of $1,398 per year to fulfill pension promises, according to a new study....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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Queen’s Ranked Among Nation’s Best Hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 4:59 AM :: 6976 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The Queen’s Medical Center has been recognized as Best Hospital in Hawaii by the U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Hospitals rankings....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Alaska Lawsuit Challenges ‘Illegal’ Emissions Standards for Coastal Ships
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 6677 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Uncle Sam will start enforcing the emission control area on Aug. 1....
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