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Saturday, April 9, 2011 |
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Tsunami: Obama signs Disaster Declaration for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 7463 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Obama declared the damage sustained from the March 11, 2011 tsunami a major disaster, which enables the State of Hawai'i to receive federal funding for repairs
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Leader interviewed in Hawaii
By Video @ 2:58 AM :: 5311 Views :: Energy, Environment
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April 5, 2011 Behind the News - Becky Norton Dunlop of the Heritage Foundation on Obamacare and America's Future….
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 |
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House GOP: HGEA Settlement is expensive, unfair
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 5445 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new agreement with the HGEA will increase state labor costs by at least $65 million a year, the House Republican Caucus announced. And the agreement gives state workers up to 9 additional paid days off of work per year. This comes on top of 13 days paid vacation and 21 days of sick leave per year.
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s $100M omission: HGEA settlement tied to other secret labor agreements
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 PM :: 10982 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle says the Comp Time and the elimination of scheduled furloughs counterbalance the 5% wage cut and amount to a 1.5% raise. The Grassroot Institute estimates the cost at more than $100M over the course of the contract.
But “Comp Time” is not Abercrombie’s only omission....
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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Government workers’ agreement to add more than $100 million to state deficit
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:50 PM :: 6375 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The HGEA contract, which will not be made available to the public until long after it is passed, does not reduce the state budget, but based on what the union representatives and the governor have reported thus far, it will increase the cost of government by more than $100 million.
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Lanai Wind Fall Out
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 10966 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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This project uses tax and rate payer money to enrich a privately held corporation. It bills itself as “green” when it is actually a corporate boondoggle to put a billion dollars every four years into one man’s pocket.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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HGEA: Contract Agreement includes Paid Time Off
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 PM :: 9394 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In messages being sent to the HGEA membership, HGEA bosses describe the tentative agreement as including “administrative time off.” This confirms the report in today’s Star-Advertiser, “Public workers would also get an additional six hours of paid time off each month, according to sources.”
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Announces $300M in new CIP Spending—“This is just the beginning”
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 6094 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced that more than 50 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) have been initiated as part of his New Day Works Projects to create jobs and stimulate the economy....
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 8036 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Daily Kos Hawaii Poll Public Policy Polling, 898 Registered Voters, MoE 3.3%, Mar 24, 2011 - Mar 27, 2011. Do you approve or di...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa vote for Government Shutdown, stop paying troops
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 9198 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hanabusa, Hirono oppose House continuing resolution which keeps the federal government operating and ensures federal employees will receive a paycheck, including those of our military men and woman serving in harm’s way ....
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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GOP: Abercrombie Approval rating down to 48%
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 6512 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A poll done for the Daily Kos by Public Policy Polling showed that Abercrombie is down to a 48% approval rating. This is after receiving almost 58% of the vote last November. In addition, this poll seems to have under-sampled Republicans ....
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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How They Voted: Senate Ways and Means votes to hike GE Tax by eliminating exemptions
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 9291 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Those highlighted in yellow have voted to increase the most regressive of all Hawaii taxes. The hike in the GE Tax will hit low and middle income consumers hard. Save this list for November 6, 2012.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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SB1363 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
By Andrew Walden @ 1:07 AM :: 20619 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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After two years of marketing the alleged horrors of the non-existent “Pacific Garbage Patch”, environmentalists, big business, and big government are ready to cash in.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Chief Justice Recktenwald Appoints Four District Court Judges on Oahu
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 7132 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald appointed Lanson K. Kupau, Melanie Mito May and Dean E. Ochiai to the District Court and Catherine H. Remigio to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu).
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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SB1363: Bag Tax to be heard Today
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:42 PM :: 4847 Views :: Energy, Environment
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At 4 p.m., the House Finance Committee will be hearing testimony on Senate Bill 1363....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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HTA: Canada, Korea, Australia to offset Japan travel decline—Golden Week to bring 5,000 visitors
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 10255 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The HTA forecasts moderate growth in total scheduled nonstop air seats to Hawaii in the second quarter .....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee to vote on Akaka Bill Thursday
By Andrew Walden @ 11:17 AM :: 7576 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There will be no formal hearing before the committee. In the past such testimony has given clues about divisions among the thieves attempting to steal the Hawaiian patrimony for themselves.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Ward: 100s of alternatives to tax hike
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 7194 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Rep. Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai – Kalama Valley) today issued a warning to the public not to believe the latest threats by the Senate as well as the Hawaii’s public labor unions that an increase in the general excise tax (GET) is the only option on the table.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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House GOP Calls on Abercrombie to Cut Spending
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 5138 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Lingle froze most state hiring, put a stop to state travel and told her department heads to refrain from non-essential equipment purchases and supplies.
Urging Abercrombie to do the same, House GOP also recommended Abercrombie delay his proposed budget increases, which would bring the state’s two year operating budget to $23 billion.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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SB570: Hawaii Pension Tax Bill Alive and Well
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 6541 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Despite the efforts of the American Association of Retired Persons, Rep. Barbara Marumoto and dozens of individuals, bills to tax pension income continue to progress through the Hawaii State Legislature.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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GE Tax Showdown in Senate—A vote to remember in November
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 6606 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Election Day is November 6, 2012. It’s a redistricting year: All 76 will be up for reelection.
We’ll be making a list.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Recktenwald appoints Acoba Kauai District Court Judge
By Andrew Walden @ 12:28 AM :: 9467 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Edmund D. Acoba as District Court Judge in the Fifth Circuit (Kauai). Acoba fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Calvin Murashige.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 |
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Kaauwai: Are you better off now than you were 2 1/2 years ago?
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 9:49 AM :: 7644 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii Republican Party Chairman Jonah Kaauwai said, “Now that President Obama has announced that he will be seeking a second term, voters in Hawaii and across the Nation need to ask themselves if they are better off now than they were two and a half years ago."
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 |
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Todd Apo and KoOlina: Ethics Violation kept secret since 2007
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 AM :: 11489 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to sources at Honolulu Hale, Mayor Carlisle is pushing for Todd Apo, former Honolulu County Council Chair, to be one of his nominees to serve on the newly-created Transit Authority. Apo is making the rounds speaking to his former colleagues. But before Carlisle acts, he may want to ask himself why Apo so suddenly resigned from the Council last year.....
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: GOP balances budget without Tax Hikes
By Video @ 10:50 PM :: 5632 Views :: Energy, Environment
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As we have known all along, the Democrats in the State Legislature have been looking for a reason to raise the general excise tax, even though our House Republicans have proven that the budget can be balanced without this and other tax increases. Now the Senate is taking some serious steps toward raising the GET and we need to show our opposition.
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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Hawaii Gun Permits hit new record in 2010
By News Release @ 10:22 PM :: 5809 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Department of the Attorney General released its annual report detailing state firearm registration statistics for Calendar Year 2010.
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders own 11,383 Hawaii businesses
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 6767 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii led the nation in the number of businesses owned by Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders in 2007, according to new findings from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 Survey of Business Owners.
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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Abercrombie gets around to announcing appointment of Kawakami to State House
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 8120 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the appointment of Kaua'i Councilman Derek S.K. Kawakami to represent House District 14 in the State House.
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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Save Our Jobs—Stop SB741 Alcohol Tax
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 5304 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Hawaii is already the second most expensive travel destination in the country and the recent disaster in Japan has made it even more difficult for Hawaii to compete in the tourism market,” said Thomas Jones, president of Gyotaku Restaurants ....
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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HB793: Hikes GE Tax 25%, eliminates exemptions, Hearing Wednesday
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:43 PM :: 7381 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The public will be able to testify on HB793 SD 1 (Proposed) in a scheduled hearing in the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Wed. April 6, 2011, 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room 211 at the State Capitol.
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Nader Hawaii Ballot Access Case
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 7954 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Ralph Nader had filed this case in 2004, challenging Hawaii law that requires an independent presidential candidate to submit approximately six times as many signatures as are needed for a ballot-qualified political party with its own primary.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s Board of Education: Accountability begins now, and it’s already ugly
By Andrew Walden @ 11:40 PM :: 8453 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie's DoE is already trying to postpone the 180-day school year law, balance its budget on the backs of disabled children, end testing until after Abercrombie faces reelection, delay Race to the Top reforms, sell off schools to rake in bucks from the real estate market, and boost Matayoshi’s salary....
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
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Waialua Robotics wins big in Vegas
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 8041 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Waialua High School robotics team competed again today at the Las Vegas Regional among 39 teams from across the country. Waialua finished as a Regional Finalist and was recognized with two awards....
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
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Abercrombie names new UH Regents, E-W Center Board members
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 7916 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced his appointments for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawai'i (UH) and the Board of Governors to East-West Center....
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Friday, April 1, 2011 |
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GOP Files Ethics complaint over Nestor Garcia’s $60K side job
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 13978 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The Hawaii Republican Party filed an ethics complaint against Honolulu City Councilman Nestor Garcia for failure to comply with ethics rules. HRP will also call upon Garcia to step aside as Council Chair pending the investigation.
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Friday, April 1, 2011 |
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Abercrombie names DBEDT Deputy Director
By News Release @ 8:04 PM :: 5647 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced the appointment of Mary Alice Evans as Deputy Director to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism....
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Friday, April 1, 2011 |
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HB1049: Raid on Hurricane Fund to Trigger 7.5% Tax on Premiums?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:22 PM :: 6165 Views :: Energy, Environment
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If the moneys in the hurricane reserve fund are insufficient to pay claims and other obligations when an event occurs, the fund “shall levy a surcharge not to exceed seven and one-half percent a year on premiums charged for all property and casualty insurance policies issued for risks insured in this State.”
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Friday, April 1, 2011 |
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Panos: Wind Study doesn't answer questions about Cost
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 PM :: 12835 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Ever since I visited the decrepit wind project at South Point on the Big Island I realized that wind farms are investment schemes, not reliable energy production plants. So did T. Boone Pickens with his multibillion dollar order of GE wind turbines for his “Pickens Plan,” a plan that has been abandoned because wind energy makes no business sense....
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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Supreme Courts seeks Six Volunteers to Discipline Lawyers
By News Release @ 1:14 PM :: 6071 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Board’s duties include overseeing the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which investigates allegations of attorney misconduct and incapacity, and recommending appropriate action to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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Tax Freedom Day in Hawaii: April 6
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:27 PM :: 5754 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Ninety-six. That is the number of days one must work each year in Hawaii to pay Uncle Sam before taking home their hard-earned dollars. That means the first three months of the year you work not for yourself, but for the government. This number includes federal, state, and local taxes, for a grand total of 26.3% of your income.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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2011 Akaka Bill grants Tribal officials broad immunity from Hawaii Criminal and Civil Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 AM :: 8224 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“The explicit sovereign immunity and exemption from regulation provisions in the present bill allow the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and its leaders, to conduct activities anywhere in Hawai‘i (and potentially any other state) in a way that is inconsistent with State criminal statutes.... It is not clear how the State could enforce its interests against unlawful or irresponsible actions by the governing entity or its elected leaders or employees." - Gov. Linda Lingle, March 24, 2010
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
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Abercrombie names BoE Nominees
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 5557 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced his appointments to the new Board of Education (BOE). The board consists of nine members – three from O'ahu, three at-large, and one each from Hawai'i Island, Maui and Kaua'i.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
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Hawaii Right to Life: Oppose HCR 71 on HPV vaccination
By News Release @ 2:04 PM :: 7506 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The bill language makes the false claim that HPV vaccination results in "few or no side effects" when, in fact, there have been documented serious adverse effects worldwide, including many deaths. HPV screening prior to vaccination is not routinely done.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
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Daily KOS Polls Hawaii Senate Race: Mufi 47–Lingle 40
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 AM :: 6706 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos/SEIU (3/24-27, Hawaii voters, no trendlines)
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
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CoR: Tsunami effect smallish, Weak February tax receipts major factor
By Selected News Articles @ 1:19 AM :: 7819 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Did they leave a bunch of checks in the box ‘til March 1? Anyone want to lay bets on March coming in as “surprisingly high" when CoR meets next time?
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House debates Retirement, Gambling, Insurance—and frozen Bread
By Video @ 6:12 PM :: 5974 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- Rep. Fontaine Address SB 1269 Retirement System
- Reps. Fontaine and Thielen Addresses SB755 Gambling
- Rep. Cynthia Thieln Address SB1274 Health Insurance
- Rep. Pine address SB1088 Baked Goods
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
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HTA addressing “short-term consolidation of flights” by JAL
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 10467 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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...right now, our main concern is for the Japanese people and helping them recover from this tragedy. We encourage others to join us in supporting the 'Aloha for Japan' fundraising efforts....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
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COFA Migrations: Field work complete, GAO Audit report due in September
By Andrew Walden @ 12:46 PM :: 10719 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In February, 2010, GAO was asked by eight members of Congress representing Hawaii, Arkansas, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to review issues related to the migration of citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands(RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau (ROP) to the U.S....
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