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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Rep Gene Ward’s Sine Die Speech
By Video @ 5:06 PM :: 10824 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward, Minority Leader, Sine Die Announcement May 2011, Hawaii State House of Representatives ....
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Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 9
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 6622 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Confirmation John J. McConnell, Jr. of Rhode Island, to be U.S. District Judge
- House: To repeal mandatory funding provided to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges
- House: To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction
- House: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
- House: Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
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Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
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Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:05 PM :: 10881 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The real savings Medical Homes could give to HHSC do not come in the emergency room but in elder care and neo-natal care....
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Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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UHERO: Hawaii’s Government Pork feeding frenzy coming to an end
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 5527 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...unnoticed in the public summary of the report are a couple of paragraphs which point out some serious risks to the corporatist State of Hawaii. The cut-off of Earmarks and other Federal pork is having an impact and the full effect is only just beginning to be felt....
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 7930 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Says Washington’s Gregoire: “(Change in marijuana laws) must first come at the federal level."
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Imposes Obamacare: Medical Homes are future of Health Care Delivery
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 8347 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...a shift towards whole-person health rather than focusing primarily on the treatment of illness....
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Inouye Introduces Bills to Imprison Fishermen, seize boats
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:01 PM :: 5834 Views :: Energy, Environment
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S. 52 would make it a criminal offense to..."import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce" any fish or fish product taken in violation of any treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party; or make or submit a false record, account, label for, or identification of any fish that passes in interstate or foreign commerce.
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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SB120: Legislators authorize raid of more than $17 million in special funds
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 5920 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In Senate Bill 120, it states that there are many special funds “in excess of the requirements” of those funds. The director of finance has up until June 30, 2011, to raid all of that “excess” money, amounting to more than $17 million, and put it into the general fund.
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Abercrombie: “Political Status quo strongly in place--We did not get all we wanted”
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 5365 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We have found that support for the political status quo, abetted by private interests, remains strongly in place. It will take time and action by the executive to change this culture.
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Foreclosure bill, Vetoes two others
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 5485 Views :: Energy, Environment
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the Mortgage Foreclosure Dispute Resolution Program, seeks to provide the owner-occupants of residential property in Hawai'i who are facing foreclosure the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the mortgagees to possibly resolve their differences....
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Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Panos to Council: Floating Rail Bonds before federal funds are secured is dereliction of duty
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 7576 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 2011 New Starts funds for the whole nation is $1.59 Billion and Honolulu is asking for $1.55 Billion.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House Republicans speak up on Taxes, Budget
By Video @ 10:11 PM :: 5518 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
By Video @ 8:44 PM :: 7686 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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This fee increase will only help perpetuate the program. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned this year, it’s that once you put money into a program and personnel, it’s very hard to get it back out. It’s harder still to shut down the program entirely. In a word, if we provide more money, the program will become dependent - even addicted - upon that money.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Cam Cavasso: Family and the Future
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 11162 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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I have initiated establishment of a 501(c)4 nonprofit educational organization called "Foundation 1776,"the mission of which will be advocate for the application of the foundational principles on which our nation and our families were built.... We will also build a separate Political Action Committee designed to help recruit, train and fund the campaigns of like-minded candidates seeking to serve in the 76 legislative seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives and Senate.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Slom: Business freeze hiring in response to Legislature, Non-Profits may close doors
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 2:47 PM :: 7427 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Several businesses have already announced hiring freezes, and possible layoffs because of the legislative action. Several local non-profits are even harder hit and several may cease operations.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Hawaii citizens missed some lawmakers’ bullets; bit others
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:40 PM :: 5684 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The best that can be said about this session is what bills did NOT survive, such as: a 1 percent increase in the general excise tax; a 10-cent fee for a plastic or paper bag to carry consumer purchases; tax-free pensions that will now remain untaxed; Lanai and Molokai will not be covered with windmills to produce power for Oahu, saving Hawaii taxpayers an estimated $3 billion on an intra-island, under-water cable; and competition for shipping services that did not get eliminated as was included in a Public Utilities Commission clarification bill.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 7459 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“All during this session I received a steady stream of letters, phone calls and e mails. I was stopped several times in neighborhood markets and shopping centers. None of the communications were form letters, but individual pleas reminding me that retirees could not afford to lose more income to taxes."
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 12985 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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For five and a half years, the US has hunted for Ahmed Hashim Abed--code-named "Objective Amber." Abed is the alleged ring-leader of an Islamist mob which murdered four US military contractors--including Pa`auilo resident Wesley Batalona--in Fallujah, Iraq on March 31, 2004.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 14644 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed spent most of 1994 plotting to blow up or hijack 12 airplanes carrying about 4,000 passengers bound for Honolulu and 11 other locations as part of Operation Bojinka, based in Manila, Philippines. He would later use operational experienced gained from his Bojinka failure to mastermind 9-11.
Now Hawaii's two Senators have voted to help spring Mohammed from detention at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 8942 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...NLIHC calculates Hawaii’s "housing wage" at $31.08 per hour. The “housing wage” which is the full-time hourly wage a household would need to earn in order to afford the fair market rent for an apartment....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 7478 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The JABSOM measure appeared to have support in both houses, but the conference committees deadlocked over a different bill-one the House of Representatives supported to tax pension income over $200,000. The Senate firmly opposed any pension tax.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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144 Bills Face Final Votes by May 5
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:41 PM :: 5505 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the 2011 Legislative Session ends on Thursday. Tomorrow, for the last time, your House of Representatives will vote on the entirety of bills still alive this session....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Hawaii Christian Coalition to Pray over Capitol May 5
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 5438 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Please join us for a Spirit filled night of prayer on Thursday, May 5, 6:30-8:00pm in the State Capitol Auditorium....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Maritime Industry Leader: Throw out Jones Act requirement for US Built ships
By Selected News Articles @ 11:34 AM :: 7302 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Jones Act has singularly failed to deliver on its declared objectives of "supporting foreign and domestic commerce and creating a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels." The "must build in America" clause is the biggest problem. Today the U.S. builds 1 percent of the world’s commercial ships — with 95 percent being built in Asia....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
By News Release @ 9:10 PM :: 10509 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Separately from the Army’s license application, a resident of Hawaii filed a petition on March 4, 2010, requesting the NRC take enforcement action against the Army if it found the Army possessed or released depleted uranium to the environment without a license in violation of NRC requirements.
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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SB1274: Obamacare being used to Weaken Right to Appeal Insurance Coverage Denials
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 10259 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As the 2011 Hawai`i State Legislature moves closer to an end, boisterous applause, back-slapping, and high-fives erupted on the morning of Friday, May 1st in Conference Room 229 at the Hawai`i State Capitol as health insurance lobbyists congratulated themselves. They were celebrating the passage of Senate Bill 1274 that repeals a decade-old consumer protection law consumers have used successfully to overturn health plan denials approximately 80% of the time....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 AM :: 7513 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB754 will increase the cost of construction, shipping, air travel, rent, and cellular phone use. Suppliers to tourism are specifically targeted for double taxation which will push up the portion of the tourist dollar which goes into the State General Fund and reduce the portion which circulates in the privately-owned economy.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Eight More Bill into Law
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 6628 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie recently signed the following bills into law....
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Whirlwind legislative session draws to a close May 5
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:07 PM :: 6728 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On Thursday, May 5, the last votes will be taken and the regular 2011 session will come to a close.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Friends of Lanai Calls for Big Wind Bidding Process to be Reopened
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 9981 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Friends of Lāna‘i (FOL) today petitioned Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reopen the competitive bidding process for the “Big Wind” project.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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British Hawaii: U.K. flavor in the former 'Sandwich Isles'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 AM :: 11117 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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... despite a few early skirmishes — including the one that cost the English explorer his life — the people who preceded the Europeans to the so-called "Sandwich Isles" by at least a thousand years generally had good relations with the British empire....
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Conspicuous Gallantry: Medal of Honor for Kaho’ohanohano, Svehla
By Selected News Articles @ 8:09 AM :: 11131 Views :: DHHL, Energy, National News, World News
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Kaho'ohanohano, just 21, hailed from Hawaii. He left his home in Maui to fight with Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Chupa-ri, Korea, on Sept. 1, 1951.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Crisis? Arrivals up 9.1% spending up 16.9%
By News Release @ 7:30 AM :: 6226 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Total spending by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in the first quarter of 2011 increased 16.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2010, to $3.2 billion. Total visitor days for all visitors grew 10.8 percent, and total arrivals rose 9.1 percent to 1,823,870 visitors, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 13763 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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…And another immigration memo, from June 1964, records that Harvard officials were trying "to get rid of him" and "couldn't seem to figure out how many wives he had."….
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Hawaii Rated Worst State to Earn a Living
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 AM :: 9529 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An extremely high cost of living, coupled with a fairly high tax rate, give Hawaii the lowest adjusted-average income....
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Hawaii Anti-Trust Adventures: Investigating Big Five Control of Matson
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 AM :: 7932 Views :: Energy, Environment
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While enforcing the federal antitrust laws in Hawaii, (in the early 1960s) my boss, Ray Carlson, and I investigated the big five companies’ control of the Matson Steamship Company. We had the fervent support of the Hawaii Attorney General. We finished the investigation and filed a case against the Matson and the companies controlling it....
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
By Video @ 6:13 AM :: 5900 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward, introduces the balanced budget summit Representative Aaron Ling Johanson discusses the guiding principles for a vibrant economy in Hawaii. Representative Gil Riviere discusses first steps in revamping government in Hawaii.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Six More Bills into law
By News Release @ 6:10 AM :: 5722 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie signed the following bills into law today....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 11474 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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On the second Monday of every October, Hawaii celebrates, “Discoverers' Day", in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands.” But the Senate wants to put a stop to the celebrations.
According to the text of SCR55, introduced March 3 by Abercrombie-appointed Senator Maile Shimabukuro, the holiday should be dropped ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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Profitable Rhetoric: Mililani Trask signs Geothermal Deal
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 11744 Views :: Akaka Bill, Energy, OHA
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“Native Hawaiians, like the Maori and many other indigenous people around the world are resource-rich but concerned about exploitation,” says IDG Indigenous and Community Advisor Mililani Tra$k.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie: HGEA Settles “without accusations and confrontation”
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 5811 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Apparently Abercrombie hasn’t met the nurses. They have plenty of “accusations and confrontations.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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HB1405: Lawmakers attempt an end run around the public in order to pass State Akaka bill
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5917 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The revised state measure now calls for the establishment of a 9-member Native Hawaiian roll commission, which will appoint an interim council of 9 members to “commence the organization of a convention of qualified Native Hawaiians.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Back to bargaining Table: HGEA Nurses Reject Contract, other 6 Units Ratify
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 6720 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"It is our hope that as we return to the bargaining table, the State Administration and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation take a realistic approach to bargaining a fair agreement with their nurses, or risk losing more staff because of the pay gap they are enduring.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 6460 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A total of sixteen measures have been enacted thus far. The Governor has until July 12, 2011 to sign into law all measures that are passed out of the state Senate and the House of Representatives. The Legislature adjourns on May 5th.
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Abercrombie announces Homeless Hotlines
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 7409 Views :: Energy, Environment
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KEY QUESTION: What will these four organizations and the Abercrombie Administration do with the information they receive about homeless individuals and homeless camps? Will they attempt to bring the homeless into shelters or will they focus on feeding the homeless in place and “enabling” them to stay on the streets?
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:37 PM :: 9765 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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With Hawaii now experiencing the highest gasoline prices in history, it is baffling that the politicians in the City government are actually contemplating an increase in the gasoline tax.
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 10069 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PCE), a real estate investment trust owning interests in 45 office buildings primarily in Hawaii and California, reported today that it received notice from the NYSE Amex (the “Exchange”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing standards ....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:43 PM :: 8115 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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in a House committee, HCR 135 was the victim of “gut and replace” ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 |
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Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:16 PM :: 7825 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Believing that the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has gone too far in an assault on individual and states rights, a new, national, bipartisan legislative caucus is emerging to take action.
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