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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
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Banks to Pay only 20% of Mortgage Settlement
By NCPA @ 2:25 PM :: 6311 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the incentive structure suggests that banks would prefer to write down more than double the amount of investor principal for the same credits while strengthening their own balance sheets and avoiding increased losses....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
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Hawaii GOP Appoints New Executive Director
By David S Chang @ 3:09 AM :: 6477 Views :: Energy, Environment
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I would like to introduce you to the newest member of the HRP ohana, Nacia Lee Blom....
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Monday, March 26, 2012 |
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Report: HSTA not to Blame for All Delays in Race to the Top
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 6287 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The labor dispute is not to blame for all delays, however. The state has the ability to connect student achievement data to graduates of teacher-preparation programs, but it has not....
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Monday, March 26, 2012 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against Tort Reform
By Congress.org @ 3:09 PM :: 7671 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
- House: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
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Monday, March 26, 2012 |
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Obamacare Comes before the Supreme Court
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:31 PM :: 4696 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Rare is the occasion when the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather to hear three days of arguments....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 14326 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Ormat is Hawaii’s leading geothermal developer.... But a US House committee report shows that Ormat benefitted from its close ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and profited from a potentially illegal $98.5M bailout of an Ormat geothermal project in Nevada.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign: BoE ordered Furloughs, Not Governor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 11469 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...no Hawaii governor can unilaterally furlough teachers or any Department of Education (DOE) employee since they are under the Board of Education’s (BOE) jurisdiction....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign: Superferry Decision Was Major Departure from Precedent
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 7875 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Determined to provide Hawaii residents and businesses with an alternative means of travel between the islands, Governor Lingle worked with Democrat House Speaker Calvin Say and then-Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, to convene a special session of the Legislature....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Yellow Light: Caution when you file your State Taxes
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:45 AM :: 6768 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A funny thing happened on the way to doing state income taxes this year....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Report: Hirono Campaign Funds Enrich Husband's Lawfirm
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 16331 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...$20,291 to husband's lawfirm, and an additional $10,310 paid to Hirono: Grand Total: $30,601....
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Robotics: Waialua, Baldwin and Island Pacific Academy Crowned Regional Champions
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 6449 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"These teams were tough, but we came together and pulled through," Jandie Sabo, a member of Waialua's Robotics team.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Lawsuits, Workers Comp Claims Detail Violence, Retaliation at State DoT
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 9309 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...a total of seven employment-based lawsuits against HDOT presently filed in state or federal court, at various stages of litigation, some involving workplace violence in one form or another. Also, there are Workers’ Compensation claims filed as a result of workplace violence at different stages of that process....
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Pentagon Budget Slashes Military Construction 29%
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 7875 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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$8.5 billion for military construction, down 29 percent ...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Day One: 1,000 high school students battle robots in annual competition
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 5938 Views :: Energy, Environment
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After an intense day of qualifying rounds, the pits are closed and teams are preparing themselves for the final day of competition tomorrow....
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Rail Transit Jobs - Myths and Facts
By Video @ 3:37 AM :: 9270 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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in 2009, UHERO provided some rail jobs estimates that said employment will start with 300 jobs, and at the peak of construction, there may be 2,000 jobs, but at that time UHERO did not know that a $1.4 billion contract to build the rail cars would go to Ansaldo Breda in Italy....
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Friday, March 23, 2012 |
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Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Awaits Hearing
By Ed Case @ 9:11 PM :: 6039 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On March 6, House Bill 679, an NRA instructor liability protection bill, was amended and passed in the state House by a 47 to 4 vote. This bill is now pending in the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Friday, March 23, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign Launches Fact Check Site
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 6088 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Fact v. Myth articulates the facts, with sources and references available through the campaign website, putting to rest six misconceptions and politically-crafted falsehoods about Governor Lingle
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Friday, March 23, 2012 |
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Obamacare's Dreadful Anniversary
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:16 PM :: 4902 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Two years ago today, President Barack Obama signed into law Obamacare, a 2,700-page bill that will radically alter America's health care system and wreak havoc on medical costs, quality of care, and fundamental rights ....
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Friday, March 23, 2012 |
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Accountability: DoE Prepares to Fake It as Feds Arrive on Inspection Tour
By News Release @ 1:10 PM :: 6000 Views :: Education K-12
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The state Department of Education is preparing for an on-site visit March 27-30 from the U.S. Department of Education. During the visit, federal officials will examine the State’s Race to the Top progress ....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Hanabusa: I am not a Loan Shark
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 11072 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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“Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii) collected more than $31,000 in interest on a $125,000 loan….”
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Organic Food Production, Biofuels Waste Valuable Farmland
By NCPA @ 11:05 PM :: 6361 Views :: World News, Family
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land devoted to organic farming produces 50 percent less wheat, 55 percent less asparagus and lettuce, and 23 percent less corn than conventionally farmed land....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Study: Medicaid Patients Go to Emergency Room More Often
By NCPA @ 11:02 PM :: 5536 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Medicaid beneficiaries have more difficulty getting primary care and they visit hospital emergency departments more often than those with private insurance....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Firm Sells Solar Panels to Itself, Taxpayers Pay
By NCPA @ 10:58 PM :: 5022 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A heavily subsidized solar company received a U.S. taxpayer loan guarantee to sell solar panels to itself....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Case: Hirono Fears Debate, Hides Behind Handlers
By Ed Case @ 10:40 PM :: 7993 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mazie has accepted none because she fears any public exchange of views or comparison of our candidacies and has been instructed to remain behind a carefully scripted campaign front. That is conduct unbecoming a U. S. Senator."
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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SB2492: Hearing Looms on Hawaii Dog Ownership Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 5820 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB2492 regulating ownership of intact dogs is set to go before a Hawaii House committee today.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Van Jones at Abercrombie State Bank Rally: Obama Opponents ‘Hate Everybody In America’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 8328 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Disgraced former Obama “green jobs czar” Van Jones made an appearance in Hawaii last night in which he ripped on the “American fantasy” and called for socialistic approaches to wealth redistribution, while castigating Obama opponents as America-haters ....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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International visitor spending in US hits all-time record of $153 billion
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 10135 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The U.S. Department of Commerce today released tourism data revealing that international and domestic tourism spending increased 8.1 percent in 2011....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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FOCUS Act May Save Fishing Crews from Prison
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 11026 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Schoenwetter was sentenced to eight years in a federal prison—a term longer than what some violent criminals could spend in lockup—for domestic regulatory offenses that did not even violate foreign law.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Obama Mocks Critics As Gas Prices Go Up
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 3976 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...gas prices keep going up, with no end in sight. But instead of taking action to bring relief to the American people, the Obama Administration is patting itself on the back for a job well done ....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Rebound Rumble: Robotics Meet to Bring 1000 Competitors to Honolulu
By News Release @ 12:56 PM :: 12155 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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More than 1,000 high-school students from around the world will have the opportunity to showcase their hard work after an intense six weeks of designing and building an original robot....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Socialists Cheer 'Potential Champion' Hirono--Single out her Support for Windfarm Scammers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 7233 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"A potential new champion of progressivism is Mazie Hirono...." -- In These Times
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Victory: Religious Speech Granted Equal Access in Hawaii Public School
By News Release @ 2:20 PM :: 4105 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We were contacted in early March by the parents of a fourth grade student in Hawaii regarding a local school’s policy that discriminated against religious speech....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Abercrombie's nervous communist Czar: Cap and Trade, and the cost to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 AM :: 19940 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Abercrombie in 2009 asked Hawaii to gamble its entire public-sector and private-sector economy on a promise of “Green Jobs” from a "former" communist Czar whose nervous breakdown was healed by a tree-sitter named “Butterfly.” Now they're teaming up to launch a State-owned Bank backed by your tax dollars.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Banks, Brokerages to Reap Profits from Kawailoa Wind Project
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 7902 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Union Bank served as Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arranger. Other Joint Lead Arrangers include Bayern LB, Rabobank and Siemens Financial Services. CIBC and CoBank also participated in the financing.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Bringing the Light of Freedom to Cuba
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:20 AM :: 5635 Views :: World News, Family
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The once proud and comparatively wealthy Cubans are now among the poorest in the hemisphere, definitely the least informed and, consequently, the least free.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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SB755: Poker Bill Gutted and Replaced with Language from 'Dirty Dozen'
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 6424 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB755 SD2 HD1 exempts all state projects from Chapter 343 requirements and environmental oversight ....
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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GOP's Lingle May Keep Senate Pro-Choice Next Year
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 8052 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Olympia Snowe showed her importance to the Senate's pro-choice firewall when she voted against the Blunt Amendment. After she retires her most likely GOP successor on this issue is Hawaii's former governor, Linda Lingle.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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Enviros ‘Unequivocally’ Protest Gutting of Environmental Laws, Open Government Laws
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 4936 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Numerous evolving bills, including SB 2927 SD 2, SB2873, SB2012 and HB2154 HD2, will exempt state and county government actions and development from Hawaii’s laws ....
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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Faking it for the Feds, Abercrombie Prepares to Impose Another ‘Last, Best, and Final Offer’ on HSTA
By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 9640 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The HSTA and the Abercrombie administration have fallen into name calling and finger pointing....This is a sure sign that a deal is in the works and they are both in on it.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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Get on the Path to a Balanced Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:16 AM :: 4266 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, will release his budget blueprint today ....
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Honolulu Joins National Rally for Religious Freedom
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 12122 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom is being held Friday, March 23 at noon, outside the Prince Kuhio Federal Building 300 Ala Moana Bl, Honolulu.
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Broken promises: The rusting wind turbines of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 46634 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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The UK Daily Mail asks: Does Kamaoa point to the future of Britain's Wind Farms?
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Study: Hawaii Scores 'C' for Corruption
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 6700 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In the Aloha State, when big feeds and free drinks are involved, controversy is close behind....
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 19
By Congress.org @ 3:14 PM :: 6525 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act - Vote Passed (74-22, 4 Not Voting)
The Senate passed this $109 billion bill that would fund transportation programs and projects for the next two years. It is unclear at this time whether the House will pass a two or five year bill.
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Obamacare Arguments Next Week
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:37 PM :: 4160 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on its constitutionality, bringing this intolerable act to the forefront of the American mind once again and reminding the country that the issue of Obamacare is by no means settled....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Trans-Pacific Carriers Unlikely to Serve Hawaii and Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 11691 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Holy Grail for many cargo interests shipping by ocean in the domestic Hawaii and Guam trades is an unrequited generational quest to find a way to take advantage of the existing mainline Trans-Pacific container carriers passing regularly Westbound by the islands ....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Honolulu Loses 600 jobs as Road Construction Lags
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 8827 Views :: Labor, Rail
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Another 600 construction jobs were lost in the Honolulu area between January 2011 and January 2012, a 3 percent decline, according to an analysis released by the Associated General Contractors of America ....
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