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Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
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Uproar Over Bloated Sandy Aid Package
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:10 PM :: 3796 Views :: National News
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The real “selfishness and duplicity,” however, comes from those who insist that this bill is meant for Sandy’s victims—when in reality, it is a special-interest money fest....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Sabas: Boss Inouye 'Is Watching Us'
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 6052 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...step forward and demonstrate that we were listening and paying attention to his lessons on leadership and humanity (because you know he is watching us)....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Releases $45M CIP, $25M Barbers Point Land Buy
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 5290 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...this project will provide land acquisition for the last remaining, undeveloped parcel of land contiguous with existing harbor lands....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Bloomberg Editorial Blasts Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 4:53 PM :: 7468 Views :: National News, Jones Act
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Bloomberg calls for major Jones Act reform in two parts: elimination of the U.S. build requirement for ships engaged in domestic coastwise trades; and, a more controversial proposal to allow foreign ship owners to compete....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Fiscal Cliff: Who Won? Who Lost?
By John Goodman @ 2:42 PM :: 6472 Views :: National News, Taxes
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...real billionaires, like Warren Buffett, are going to be affected very little by the new higher rates (unrealized capital gains will still be taxed at a rate of zero), while entrepreneurs with pass-through income are going to get hosed....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Hospital Systems Branch Out as Insurers
By NCPA @ 2:38 PM :: 4602 Views :: National News, Health Care
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A growing number of hospital systems are moving to start their own insurance plans, aiming to broaden their roles and prepare for the changes coming under the federal health care overhaul, says the Wall Street Journal....
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 |
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Taxes to Rise on Most American Workers
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:07 PM :: 5935 Views :: National News, Taxes
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The Wall Street Journal calculates that the “typical U.S. family earning $50,000 a year” will lose “an annual income boost of $1,000.”
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends, Expands Wind Production Tax Credit
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 7482 Views :: Energy, National News
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The deal also greatly relaxes the standards for companies to qualify to grab that tax credit....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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Kauai Farmers to Boycott OHA Poi Mill
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 12831 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, OHA
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HEWA: we do NOT endorse this unexpected news that OHA is giving us, Makaweli Poi, away to a random group we never heard of before....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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House Passes Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes 257-167
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 6262 Views :: National News, Taxes
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When Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush increased taxes in return for spending cuts—cuts that never ultimately came—they did so at ratios of 1:3 and 1:2....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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Tax Hikes to Start the New Year
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:36 PM :: 4857 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Postpones sequestration’s automatic spending cuts (including those to defense) by two months....
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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OHA launches Anti-Obesity Marketing Campaign
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 5603 Views :: Health Care, OHA
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OHA is partnering with The Queen’s Medical Center, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center, the Hawaii Department of Health, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health and Hawaii Medical Service Association....
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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HawaiianTel Completes Acquisition of Wavecom Solutions
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 5629 Views :: Economy
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Wavecom Solutions provides voice, data and converged services to small and medium-sized business and carrier customers through a six-island subsea and terrestrial fiber network.
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Come Support the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 5502 Views :: Military
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Monday, January 7 at their introductory luncheon at the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m....
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Annelle Amaral to Hawaii Paroling Authority
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 9520 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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The interim appointment fills a new seat in compliance with Act 139 of the 2012 Legislature, which increased Hawaii Paroling Authority members from three to five.
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Senate Ways and Means Announces Budget Briefing Schedule
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 4901 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING SCHEDULE January 3-18, 2013
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Are We Helping Poor Americans?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:02 PM :: 4204 Views :: National News
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A half-century into the War on Poverty, liberals can hardly declare victory. But they can claim the dominant anti-poverty narrative: Fight poverty by spending more....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Report: State Office of Planning to Become Super-PLDC
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 8511 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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With protesters unleashing their fury on Abercrombie’s Public Lands Development Corporation, political insiders have been scheming. And on December 28, they quietly announced their plan....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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$1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 4:27 PM :: 6721 Views :: National News, Taxes
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On January 1, regardless of the outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans will be hit with a $1 trillion Obamacare tax hike....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Prosecutor: Illinois Ruling May Affect Concealed-Carry Laws in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 6615 Views :: Second Amendment
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...a right to keep and bear arms for personal self-defense in the eighteenth century could not rationally have been limited to the home....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Molokai Alt-Energy Festival
By Video @ 2:57 PM :: 5380 Views :: Energy
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On January 11 & 12, 2013, I Aloha Molokai is hosting our second annual Alternative Energy Festival....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Tom Berg: Farewell to Honolulu Hale
By Tom Berg @ 2:47 PM :: 7669 Views :: Honolulu County
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I will be filing additional resolutions today before my term officially ends on January 2nd, at noon....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Honolulu Rail Remedy - Phasers On Minimal
By Robert Thomas @ 2:40 PM :: 5611 Views :: Rail
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Next step the Ninth Circuit?
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Helping Hawaii to Help Itself
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:24 AM :: 5682 Views :: Economy
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As a result of being the beneficiary of such generous bounty from the federal government, Hawaii really has not had to face head on the fact that it is a poor place to do business....
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 |
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Mayor-elect Caldwell Announces Key Appointments
By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 5757 Views :: Honolulu County
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Jesse Broder Van Dyke – Director of Communications....
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 |
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Kealakekua Kayak Rentals: DLNR Bans Small Businesses From Water
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 7591 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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"The proliferation and use of unpermitted kayak rentals being conducted at Napoopoo have resulted in concerns .... "
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Lanai to Congress: End Wind Production Tax Credit
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5202 Views :: Energy
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Hawai`i residents join nearly 6,500 others nationwide in saying no to the wind PTC ....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Former Kauai Prosecutor Makes List of "America's Worst Bosses"
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 8762 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Law Enforcement
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The managers who made this year’s list of America’s Worst Bosses were named in workplace lawsuits filed by their employees ....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Judge Dean Ochiai to First Circuit Court
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5786 Views :: Judiciary
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Judge Ochiai, 57, will fill a vacancy left by Judge Richard Pollack, who became Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Hawaii DOE 2012 Year in Review
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 6163 Views :: Education K-12
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The U.S. Department of Education releases first-year progress reports for the 12 winners of the Race to the Top grant....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Full Text: "Leveraging State Agency Involvement in Transit-Oriented Development"
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 6902 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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The report’s recommendations come after a series of meetings between state government officials, private sector leaders and non-profit representatives....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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"Impeach Abercrombie"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:24 PM :: 10253 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Angry comments were plastered on Abercrombie's Facebook page following the announcement of his decision Wednesday, with some predicting he would be a one-term governor....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Senator Donna Mercado Kim Selected as Senate President
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6541 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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Senate Vice President Donna Mercado Kim (Sen. District 14) has been selected as the President of the Senate ....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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The 10 Worst Regulations of 2012
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:31 PM :: 4188 Views :: National News
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In the past year, regulators drafted rules that addressed everything from caloric intake to dishwasher efficiency....
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Rail: Tashima's final ruling — now the case is eligible for appeal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 5966 Views :: Rail
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Judge Tashima issued his final ruling yesterday and that allows us to at last appeal both this ruling and the others that he has made over the 19 months that this case has taken....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Shan Tsutsui Accepts Lt Governor Position, Not Moving to Oahu
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 8945 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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Plans are underway to establish an additional Office of the Lt. Governor on Maui....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Full Text: HART Wins Favorable Rail Ruling
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8457 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Rail
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...this matter is remanded to the Federal Transit Administration....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 7763 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, OHA
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The nine-member Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force today presented its findings and recommendations to the Hawaiʻi Legislature....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Souza Appointed Oahu District Family Court Judge
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 5924 Views :: Judiciary
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Kevin A. Souza to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu).
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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10 Facts on the Fiscal Cliff, Debt, and Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:02 PM :: 5322 Views :: National News, Taxes
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...just days left for President Obama and lawmakers in Congress to avert a major tax hike, sequestration, and other major policy changes....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Hubris Online: Abercrombie’s Head Scratcher Not Logical, Must be Personal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 9555 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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“This does not make any logical/political sense, so therefore it must be personal.” --Washington Post
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Obama Skips Inouye in Memoirs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 PM :: 7188 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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Obama spent most of the speech describing his own impressions of Inouye....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Matson Buying Reef Shipping
By News Release @ 11:09 AM :: 5930 Views :: Jones Act
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Matson will continue to provide service to Reef's historical core trade lanes from Auckland, New Zealand and Fiji to the island nations of Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Tarawa and Majuro ....
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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DoE Launching College, Career Readiness Assessments
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 6103 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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...it will administer college and career readiness assessments to all middle and high school students statewide in grades 8, 9, 10 and 11 beginning next spring....
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Inouye Staff Offer Dead Fish, Tell Schatz ‘Good Luck’
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 14357 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Inouye's chief of staff, Jennifer Sabas, says despite the disappointment, Inouye's office wishes Schatz "the best of luck."
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Schatz, Mazie to be Junior Senator
By News Release @ 7:04 PM :: 11538 Views :: Akaka Bill, Environment, National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Seniority? Hawaii is better off without it
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 8019 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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"The lesson for everybody is you don't want your town to turn into this."
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Obama's Cap-and-Trade Scheme for Cars
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:16 PM :: 4988 Views :: Energy, National News
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...will increase the average cost of a new car by $3,000 by 2025....
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012 |
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Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Maui, Honolulu: Freedomworks Tour Cancelled
By Selected News Articles @ 5:55 PM :: 8727 Views :: TEA Party
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Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks is speaking January 6-9 at events throughout Hawaii.
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