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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Grassroot Institute: Obama Needs to Respect Constitution
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:54 PM :: 5733 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News

As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
New Rules to Deprive Seniors of Drugs, Doctors
By NCPA @ 4:12 PM :: 3549 Views :: Health Care

CMS plans to save $144 million a year with these measures between 2015 and 2019....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Three Bills Affect Future of Ag Land in Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 4286 Views :: Agriculture
The second bill says the best way to preserve lands for agriculture in perpetuity is for the State to own it....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
SOTU: 7 Things It's Not Too Late For
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 4103 Views :: National News
1. Save Americans from skyrocketing energy bills....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Maui Council: Please Protect Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers from Anti-GMO Hype Campaign
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:10 AM :: 4782 Views :: GMOs

This so-called protest movement is really a new kind of ad campaign....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monsanto Hawaii Announces Enhanced Community Engagement Effort
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 5706 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

While there has been a lot of discussion about Monsanto, there seems to be little understanding about our operations and what we do....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court approves military exclusion from reapportionment plan
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:15 AM :: 4947 Views :: Office of Elections

Minors, incarcerated criminals and illegal immigrants are represented in the 2012 Hawaii Reapportionment Plan. Military members and their “attached” spouses, as well as non-resident students, are not....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Supreme Court Moves Shoreline to "Historical Evidence of Upper Wash"
By Robert Thomas @ 11:48 PM :: 5038 Views :: Land Use

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an option in Diamond v. Dobbin....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Nominations Closing for State Water Commission
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 4042 Views :: Hawaii State Government

The nominating committee for the state Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) is still accepting applications for one (1) position on the commission....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Committee to Hear Multiple Pro-Hunting Bills This Week
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4188 Views :: Second Amendment

This Wednesday, January 29, the House Committee on Water and Land is scheduled to hear several important hunting bills....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
JSC Nominates Six for Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 5690 Views :: Judiciary

...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014.... 

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Community Meetings: Kapolei, Pearl City, Aiea Rail Stations
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 4201 Views :: Rail

The meeting to discuss the East Kapolei and UH-West Oahu rail stations is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Kapolei Middle School....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Meth Again: Feds Arrest Another Halawa Guard
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 5658 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs

Mr. Damas was arrested at the Halawa Correctional Facility where he was employed as an adult corrections officer....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Is Your Child in the Right School?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:42 AM :: 3955 Views :: Education K-12

...Lisa Stevens wasn’t satisfied with her child’s school. Then she heard about charter schools and discovered she could get a group of people together and start one....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Hawaii's $9,000 million Deficit, not $850 million Surplus
By Selected News Articles @ 11:34 PM :: 5570 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

The Governor's $850 million Surplus is imaginary, given his $9,000 million Retirement System Deficit....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Abercrombie: $28.3M for NELHA, DURF, FTZ, HCDA
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 4217 Views :: Hawaii State Government

$9,694,000 – Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA) Frontage Road and New Intersection Connections, Hawaii Island – Construction of a 0.8-mile frontage road....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Hundreds of Youth Rally for Life at Capitol
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 5221 Views :: Life

Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
National Republicans Build 'Campaign Mechanics' for Hawaii
By David S Chang @ 8:31 PM :: 4735 Views :: Republican Party

This past week I was in our nation's capital for our Republican National Committee Winter Meeting....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Col Martha McSally to Headline Lincoln Day Dinner
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 5332 Views :: Republican Party

...Along with our own State Representative Beth Fukumoto, the Daily Beast website named Colonel McSally as one of the "Nine Women Remaking the Right."...

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Kauai: 74% Vote to Make Anti-Smart Meter Protesters pay for their own Paranoia
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 5041 Views :: Energy

KIUC has charged $10.27 a month to customers who choose not to use a wireless smart meter....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Tax Foundation of Hawaii: We are Still Here, and Life Goes On
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4202 Views :: Taxes

There was only one Lowell Kalapa, and he is now in a place where there are no taxes....

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Hee, Ihara Introduce Competing Media Shield Bills
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 4308 Views :: First Amendment

Senator Hee introduced a bill to “generally” reenact Hawaii’s Shield Law.  So has Senator Ihara and a host of others....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Peoples Pulse: Economic Concerns Ease in Latest Survey
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 5093 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

Initial mentions of the economy, the recession, budget deficits and jobs have fallen from a high of 52% in 2010 to just 22% at the end of 2013....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
City Auditor: HART, BWS, Non-Profits and More on Tap for 2014
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 3986 Views :: Honolulu County

During this quarter, the status of the Office of the City Auditor projects is as follows....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Auditor: State Laws Sufficient to Protect Against Diploma Mills
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:25 PM :: 4951 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education

House Bill No. 1200, House Draft 2, is not needed to comply with the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other flaws in the bill do not warrant its enactment....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
School Choice Week in Hawaii to Feature 30 Events
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 4220 Views :: Education K-12

Students, parents, teachers and community leaders across Hawaii will rally this week in support of school choice at 30 “School Choice Week” events across the Aloha State....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Legislators Silencing Professional Counselors Free Speech?
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 4:08 AM :: 7053 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
This bill prohibits teachers and persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with a person under eighteen years of age.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative sale terminated
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 3969 Views :: Honolulu County

...the administration filed a proposed ordinance seeking approval for a new Request for Proposals....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Koko Head Shooting Complex to reopen 8AM Saturday
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 4038 Views :: Second Amendment

...the facility will reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, January 25....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire Files Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 6849 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits

Xtreme Power...announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
As Circuits Max Out, HECO Touts New Solar Installation Record
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 5481 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits

A total of 17,609 solar installations with more than 129 megawatts capacity were added....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Hawaii Union Membership Ranks 3rd in USA
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5401 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

Three states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2013: New York (24.4 percent), Alaska (23.1 percent),and Hawaii (22.1 percent)....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
SB2922: Lengthen School Year to 190 Days, Eliminate Minimum Hours of Instruction
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 4755 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

The bill also discontinues the requirements for the minimum number of student instructional hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Ige: SB2982 Amends Constitution to Shield Pension Income from Taxation
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 3565 Views :: Taxes

SB 2982 proposes a constitutional amendment to exclude certain retirement benefits from income taxation....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Taxpayers fund at least $350K in security costs for Obama Hawaiian vacations
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:18 PM :: 5436 Views :: Law Enforcement, Politicians

During her recent visit to Maui and the home of close family friend Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama was escorted by Maui police....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
2014 Legislative Session Underway, Pro-gun and Anti-gun Legislation Introduced
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 3980 Views :: Second Amendment

Please contact members of the House Committee on Water and Land and respectfully urge them to support House Bill 1907....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Marijuana export could pay off Hawaii’s debts, lawmaker says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:37 PM :: 168267 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Drugs

“This state would turn into a manufacturing state." -- Rep Rida Cabanilla

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 4765 Views :: Labor, Small Business

Would this actually help the entry-level workers it is supposed to help? ....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Report: Hawaii Highway Safety Among Best in Nation
By News Release @ 10:28 AM :: 4509 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Annual Economic Cost Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Hawaii: $655 Million....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Hawaii's Weak Congressional Delegation Unable to Protect Tsunami Center
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 6939 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Labor

...NOAA has quietly elevated its tsunami warning center in Alaska by relegating its Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii to secondary status....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
Senator Introduces Anti-Child Pornography Bill “Alicia’s Law”
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 5686 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

There are thousands of ICAC leads in the state of Hawaii trafficking in sadistic images and videos of children being raped and tortured....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Legislators Launch Aerospace Caucus
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 2403 Views

...how we can move the aerospace industry forward in Hawaii....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Tobacco Control? Hawaii Scores 'A' for Taxes and Regulation, 'D' for Prevention
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 5539 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes

Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the distribution of tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and control will return to 6.5 percent after being redirected into the general fund to offset budget deficits for the past several years....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Hawaii Pedestrian Plan Wins National Recognition
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 4594 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government

...the first in the nation to have a statewide, pedestrian-only focus....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Video: Homosexual Child Molester's Alleged Victims Describe Grooming Process at Maui Pineapple Camp
By Video @ 8:58 PM :: 8059 Views :: Family, Labor, Religion

...alleged victims of homosexual child molestation who give a very clear description of how homosexual child molesters single out and groom boys....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Michael Medved to Discuss 3 Point Plan for Conservative Victory at GOP HQ
By David S Chang @ 5:38 PM :: 4584 Views :: Republican Party

February 5 from 7:00-8:00 p.m....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Hawaii Supreme Court Eases Path to Challenge Subdivision Approvals
By Robert Thomas @ 4:35 PM :: 7184 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use

HAWSCT: Triggers To Administrative Appeals Must Be Clear And Noticed....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Minority leaders dispute governor’s claims that Hawaii is on solid financial ground
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:23 PM :: 5152 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

"the governor is not getting high marks for performance from real people.”

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Why They Marched, in Their Own Words
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 5941 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care

...even Americans who oppose abortion may be forced to support it—through Obamacare....

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Kuakini Hospital Refit to Cut Energy Bill by $1M/year
By News Release @ 5:25 AM :: 4786 Views :: Energy, Health Care

The Kuakini project is part of Metrus' $75 million commitment to the White House's Better Buildings Challenge....

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