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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:11 AM :: 4827 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 12:58 AM :: 6757 Views :: Akaka Bill
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Since so few signed Kana’ioluwalu, they will just graft 108,000 Kau Inoa signers onto the Roll....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 8236 Views :: Energy
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...dismay that their current mayor, Billy Kenoi and lobbyists like Mililani Trask, claim to speak for them....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 3846 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session. The Legislature passed 293 bills....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Senate Democrats Tout Achievements
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 5466 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...a paradigm shift in the approach taken to complete the work of the legislative session....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 5046 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party
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...delegates will be electing a new county chair after a long tenure by former chairperson, Tony Gill....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 5274 Views :: DHHL
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...to address concerns raised in the Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Homestead Services Division and other related Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issues....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4110 Views :: Energy
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...urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the task force will review....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5076 Views :: Life, Religion
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...her sainthood validated that their suffering and sacrifice have not been in vain....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic"
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 4141 Views :: Economy
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the current DBEDT forecast is slightly less optimistic than its February 2013 forecast for some of local economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, job growth, and visitor-related indicators...
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom?
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 5452 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...visitors to the state appear to be booking shorter trips and spending less at local shops, perhaps in response to higher hotel room rates....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 4433 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 6930 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Access, in this case is defined as, “the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time.”....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 3383 Views :: Military
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... on April 27, his MC-12 aircraft crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and he was killed ....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 2466 Views
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The City Auditor's office will select two interns for the program....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 6914 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 5882 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“It’s not the easiest place in the world to do business,” one market source said of Hawaii.....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Ready for Another Debt Limit Fight?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:12 PM :: 5105 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Yes, it’s time to talk about the debt limit again....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program
By Michael Hansen @ 3:25 AM :: 8553 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Hawaii Gas says they withdrew their LNG shipping container application with the PUC so that they can concentrate on another application with the PUC covering a new naphtha feedstock agreement with Tesoro....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 4084 Views :: Homelessness
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The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:43 PM :: 4113 Views :: Honolulu County
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...transportation initiatives on the horizon that promise to reshape our travel time commute in the years to come....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act
By Video @ 4:58 PM :: 4232 Views :: Jones Act
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...this protectionist measure is crippling the Hawaiian economy and results in Hawaii's imports being among the most expensive in the world....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 3396 Views :: Health Care
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...block grants to community organizations and individuals who are established as trusted resources within their communities....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Obama Wanted to Gut Welfare Work Requirements in 2009
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:55 PM :: 3648 Views :: National News
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Under the guise of providing states greater “flexibility” in operating their welfare programs, the Obama Administration now claims the authority to weaken or waive the work requirements....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Defending Freedom in North Korea's Shadow
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:40 PM :: 4782 Views :: World News
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Park Geun-hye has been referred to as the "Iron Lady of Korea."
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Ethics Should Hinder Lobbying and Crony Capitalism
By NCPA @ 12:38 PM :: 3133 Views :: Ethics
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...push for more separation between corporate interests and public governance....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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White House struggles to respond to new Benghazi revelations
By Selected News Articles @ 11:52 AM :: 3374 Views :: Military
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White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the House hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attack....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 4929 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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For the first time ever, this score empowers you to make informed decisions about the safety of your hospital care....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections
By David S Chang @ 9:59 PM :: 5614 Views :: Honolulu County
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Neighborhood Board election voting runs from April 27 through Friday May 17....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable”
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 6003 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...assessment of complaints about 1) child abuse and neglect, and 2) alleged misuse of child support....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 4860 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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“These Top 25 innovations in government offer real, tangible ways to protect our most disadvantaged citizens, educate the next-generation workforce, and utilize data analytics to enhance government performance.”
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 4692 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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...students requiring remedial classes dropped to 31 percent in English and remained at 36 percent for math....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law
By Video @ 3:40 PM :: 3921 Views :: First Amendment
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Senator Sam Slom talks about the Journalism Shield Law and bill in the latest edition of “A Better Day”. Guests include Gerald Kato of the University of Hawaii School of Communication and Stirling Morita, President of the Society of Professional Journalists ....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:40 PM :: 5353 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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“Manny can go back to Las Vegas and make $25 million, but how much of it will he end up with – $15 million?"
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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VA Electronic Health Records: What Federally Mandated Health Integration Really Looks Like
By NCPA @ 11:50 AM :: 3770 Views :: Health Care
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...Shinseki has vowed to use integrated electronic records and paperless IT solutions to make health care more efficient...there has been little progress.....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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University: Easy ‘A’ Courses and ‘The Party Pathway’
By NCPA @ 11:42 AM :: 4533 Views :: Higher Education
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...state flagship universities are a waste of time and resources for many students....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Ghosts of Benghazi
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:24 AM :: 6106 Views :: National News, Obama
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Gregory Hicks, a State Department official who was on the ground in Libya during the 9/11 attack when four Americans died, talks to a House panel today....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 3415 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie yesterday presented a $1.5 million check to Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Foreign-Built Jones Act Ship Launches New Domestic Puerto Rico Service
By Michael Hansen @ 2:07 AM :: 8353 Views :: Jones Act
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Built in Poland in 1988, the NATIONAL GLORY was seized and confiscated in a 2008 drug bust by the U.S. Government and later sold at auction to U.S. owners....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 5741 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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In final reading votes taken on April 30, I voted “no” on the following bills....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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Rather than Government, Private Philanthropy Should Expand Pre-K
By NCPA @ 11:36 AM :: 4275 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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During his last State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a new universal pre-kindergarten education program....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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Puerto Rico Senate adopts Jones Act reform resolution
By Michael Hansen @ 10:21 AM :: 4573 Views :: Jones Act
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...resolution was adopted by the Puerto Rico Senate on Monday, May 6, 2013....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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$6.3 Trillion
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:23 AM :: 3827 Views :: National News
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“Any immigration reform should improve the lives, the incomes, and the opportunities” of those who are lawfully in America....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program'
By News Release @ 6:07 AM :: 5078 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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The TIP Summer 2013 Session starts in June, with applications being accepted through June 8....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 8910 Views :: Higher Education
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Greenwood was Inouye’s pick for President. Abercrombie will now install his own operative. Oddly, some people think all this has to do with a Stevie Wonder concert....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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Study: No Difference Between Medicaid and Uninsured
By John Goodman @ 10:01 PM :: 3806 Views :: Health Care
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...as far as physical health is concerned there is no difference between being in Medicaid and being uninsured....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:16 AM :: 8722 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Rail
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the "private attorney general" doctrine...allows a prevailing party to recover fees and costs....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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Laie Hotel Developer Selected
By News Release @ 10:04 AM :: 4941 Views :: Development
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Laie Ventures LLC has been selected as the developer to replace what used to be the Laie Inn. Construction of the new hotel, which will be adjacent to the Polynesian Cultural Center, is expected to begin later this year....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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New Heritage Study on the Cost of Amnesty
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:59 AM :: 4017 Views :: National News
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...a new study due out today from The Heritage Foundation calculates the cost to taxpayers of granting amnesty to unlawful immigrants....
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