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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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Hawaii SAT Scores Remain Stagnant
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 5930 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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“While some might see stagnant scores as no news, we at the College Board consider it a call to action,” said College Board President David Coleman
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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DHHL: Implication that Leases are being Cancelled without Foreclosure Prevention Effort 'Simply not True'
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 5904 Views :: DHHL
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DHHL has recently received inquiries from beneficiaries as well as the media regarding its loss mitigation and foreclosure prevention programs....
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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Report: Anti-GMO Activists Cause Cancer on Kauai
By Andrew Walden @ 1:29 PM :: 5511 Views :: GMOs
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The only thing resembling a 'cancer cluster' consists of surfers in Hanalei who spend too much time in the sun....
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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DoE Buys 'Common Core' K-6 Reading Program for Statewide Use
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 4502 Views :: Education K-12
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Reading Wonders, the first K-6 reading program built on the Common Core State Standards....
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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5 Ways Obamacare Could Impact You in 5 Days
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 3590 Views :: Health Care
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Today, Senators face a choice on the fate of Obamacare....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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HPR: Grassroot Institute on the “Critical State of Hawaii’s Unfunded Liabilities”
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:14 PM :: 6010 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...listen to Dr. Akina further discuss the problem on HPR’s “The Conversation”....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Statewide Student Survey Will Grade Teachers
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4187 Views :: Education K-12
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A student survey being administered in Hawaii’s public schools through Oct. 18 will provide educators with critical classroom feedback aimed at improving teaching and learning....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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DCCA Report: Obamacare Will Add 50% to Cost of Hawaii Health Insurance by 2014
By Selected News Articles @ 9:31 PM :: 5852 Views :: Health Care
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The Oliver Wyman consultants expect individual premiums to average $346 in Hawaii in 2014, up from an average of $231 today....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Hawaii County council keeps anti-GMO bill alive
By Selected News Articles @ 8:27 PM :: 5089 Views :: Hawaii County , GMOs
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In an embarrassing move, Councilwoman Brenda Ford, whose Bill 109 would ban all GM crops outright, had former yoga instructor and anti-GMO crusader Jeffrey Smith Skyped in to the meeting to give his testimony....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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PHOTOS: Campbell HS Students Rally for AC
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 5794 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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...students from Campbell High School came in force today to the State Capitol to demand air conditioning for their oven-like classrooms....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Gill: "Lazy Democrats Might Support Other Parties" After we Close Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 3:32 PM :: 6613 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Using the power of the state to equalize political outcomes, in a district where most citizens think one way, is a dangerous idea....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Lerner’s out at IRS, but Hawaii tea parties still want answers
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:00 PM :: 6983 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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She was angered when she got an inquiry from the IRS in 2012 demanding she provide detailed information on Honolulu tea party activities, materials, pictures, videos, names of speakers and attendees, as well as copies and recordings of speeches made during events....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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$43,000 Per Household
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 4766 Views :: National News
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Congress has added $43,000 in debt for every American household in just the last four years....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Ratepayers Challenge Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 4354 Views :: Energy
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...ratepayers complaining of bills as high a $1600 and frequent power outages caused by termite-ridden overhead power poles are suing the State of Hawaii ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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ECrim: Hawaii Political Criminals Now Protected by $1000 Paywall
By Andrew Walden @ 12:40 AM :: 7220 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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Meanwhile—purely in the interest of saving time and money for fellow investigators--this writer will be obligated to search through the files and make a complete list of the criminal records of all Hawaii’s elected officials and post it online....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage: “Let the People Decide” Rally October 28
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 6935 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Monday October 28th from 4 PM to 7 PM at the State Capitol....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Par Petroleum Completes Acquisition of Tesoro Refinery
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 5092 Views :: Energy
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Barclays will provide crude oil and feed stocks to the refinery on a real time basis....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Economic Freedom: USA Drops to 17th
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 3982 Views :: Economy
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Since 2000, the United States has fallen from a rating of 8.65 to 7.74....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Sen. Ted Cruz: Standing Against Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:36 PM :: 3923 Views :: Health Care
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Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to use procedural tricks to strip the House-passed bill of the provision that would defund Obamacare....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Hawaii insurance firms launch campaign to counter misperceptions about Obamacare
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:10 PM :: 4222 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii’s small business owners with 50 or fewer employees with existing health insurance coverage don’t need to make any changes when the Hawaii Health Connector launches Tuesday....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Hawaii GOP Takes on Obamacare: "Make DC Listen"
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 4219 Views :: Health Care
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"...stand with patriots like Senator Ted Cruz, who stood today with Senators Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Marco Rubio, on the floor of the US Senate for every American who will be affected by ObamaCare...."
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Kido, Lau to Staff Positions
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4608 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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C. Mike Kido as legislative advisor, effective immediately, and Yvonne W.M. Lau as education policy analyst, effective Oct. 1....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Feds Indict “United Samoan Organization” Prison gang
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 7294 Views :: Law Enforcement
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The indictment alleges that the USO Family is the dominant prison gang in Hawaii and operates both inside and outside the State of Hawaii prison system....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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UH Med School Releases Hawaiian-Pacific Health Study
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4699 Views :: Health Care
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“Assessment & Priorities for Health and Well-Being of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples.”
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Kauai MMA Fighter Leading Protests Threatens to "grab" Seed Farmers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 8749 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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Barca says. "For me, I can’t sit here and do that. It’s like seeing someone beat up a chick in a parking lot or something. Me, I’m going to go and grab them and tell them, ‘Brah, you can’t do that over here.’ Basically these guys are committing murder on our natural resources. I’m not going to let someone do that to my home. I can’t sit around and let that happen. It’s so personal to me because it’s in my backyard. There’s just no way."
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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This Fight Is for You
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 4354 Views :: Health Care
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The Heritage Foundation has been talking about defunding Obamacare for some time now, and people may be wondering why....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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GMOs: Abercrombie to Impose Pesticide Standards, Setbacks on Farmers
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 6206 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Abercrombie, together with members of the Kauai Legislative Delegation, today announced that the state would be putting forth standards and guidelines for seed/diversified agriculture companies....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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Study Looks at Mexican Immigrants to Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 4363 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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the state’s growing population of residents of Mexican origin stood at approximately 38,700 based on analysis of 2009-2011 American Community Survey data....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Angered by Electric Bill, Hilo Man Chains Himself to HELCO Front Door
By Video @ 7:41 PM :: 6822 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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'Helco Prisoner’ says his electric bills were $1000 to $1600 per month.
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 23, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:41 PM :: 4277 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Recent Congressional Votes
- House: Mineral Development Bill
- House: Nutrition Assistance
- House: Continuing Resolution
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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6 Reasons Why the National Debt Keeps Rising
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 4328 Views :: National News
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... rather than risk Warren Buffett’s taxpayer-funded benefits decreasing, politicians pretend America’s national budget can handle all the extensive promises they’ve made ....
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Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
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First Amendment: 14 Gay Marriage Laws vs Abercrombie
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 9040 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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... the religious freedom clauses of Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage bill are substantially weaker than the language used by other states....
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Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
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Quoted Study, Missing Important Caveat, is Misleading
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4934 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...unlike other states that have a retail sales tax structure, Hawaii’s general excise tax focuses on the gross income received by a business....
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Sex, drugs and Obamacare: Questions get personal, with no privacy guarantee
By Selected News Articles @ 9:50 PM :: 4872 Views :: Health Care
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patients will be asked to disclose more personal information to their doctors — including how often they have sex and how with how many sexual partners....
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Life, Liberty and Property: Robert Thomas Talks To Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:03 PM :: 5447 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Attorney Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation and Grassroot President Dr. Keli’i Akina discuss the nature of individual rights and the role of property....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's Energy Future
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 4970 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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UHERO's ongoing research is looking at ways to cost-effectively achieve GHG reduction and meet the state's clean energy goals....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Gentry Pacific Deal: Akana Sues, Alleges OHA Abuse of Executive Sessions
By Andrew Walden @ 10:34 PM :: 5505 Views :: OHA
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After months of criticism of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs purchase of the Gentry Pacific Design Center, Trustee Rowena Akana has filed suit....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Obamacare Plans: Four Things the Health Connector Isn’t Telling You
By Andrew Walden @ 10:07 PM :: 6375 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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- Deductibles
- Family rates
- Smokers' rates
- What's not covered
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Full Text: State DoT Warned of Molasses Leak in 2012
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 7579 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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"We received a letter from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT), dated July 31, 2012...."
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 'C' for Jail Diversion of Mentally Ill
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 9254 Views :: Health Care, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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The Obamacare Scams Are Already Starting
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 3594 Views :: Health Care
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there are already numerous reports of scam artists posing as Navigators and Assisters to take advantage of people’s confusion about ObamaCare....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Navy Yard Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 8924 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Study: Smart Growth Produces High Housing Costs
By NCPA @ 3:34 AM :: 6233 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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The cost of owned housing rose 75 percent more in areas of higher poverty....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Close Dem Primary? State Claims Hawaii Already has 'Vibrant Multi-Party System'
By Robert Thomas @ 2:01 AM :: 6014 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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These are among the gems to be gleaned from the State's counter-motion to the Democratic Party's motion for summary judgment, filed earlier this week in the federal lawsuit challenging the open primary process."
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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NCQA: Kaiser Hawaii Ranks 25th in Nation
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 5268 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...the number one health plan in the state and among the top 25 health plans in the nation, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Slom: Rally for Traditional Marriage Planned for Special Session
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 9:30 PM :: 5673 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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For Jan. to May 2013 — 8,790 marriages; 186 civil unions....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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US House: Bipartisan Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Introduced—60 Cosponsors
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6384 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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...the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act would prohibit discrimination through the federal tax code against individuals or institutions that exercise religious conscience regarding marriage as the union of one man and one woman....
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