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Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
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Kapolei Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Hospital Closure
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 9565 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...Thursday, February 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Kapolei Middle School Dining Room/Cultural Center at 91-5335 Kapolei Parkway....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Releases $15.6 Million for CIP Projects
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 5801 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the release of more than $15.6 million for various projects that invest in the state’s public safety, wastewater, civil defense and communications infrastructure....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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NRA: Gun Bills to Watch Out For as Hawaii Legislature Picks up Steam
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 7147 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Of the measures listed below, the most onerous are House Bill 441, House Bill 834, House Bill 2028 and Senate Bill 2975.
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 5167 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Judicial Council is seeking interested and qualified applicants to serve on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission and on the Campaign Spending Commission....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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Hawaii Oily Bilge Water: Horizon Lines forks over $1.5M to Enviros
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 6095 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Under the agreement, which is subject to court approval, the company will pay a fine of $1.0 million and donate an additional $500,000 to the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation for environmental community service programs....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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Progressive Dems Petition Emily's List to Dump Gabbard
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 8008 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Tulsi Gabbard’s sudden election-season conversion from pro-life to pro-abortion and from pro-family to pro-gay marriage is more than some Hawaii Progressive Democrats can swallow....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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A Slashed and Burned Military
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:03 PM :: 4579 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave America a glimpse of the half-trillion dollars in defense spending cuts requested by the Obama Administration ....
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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Task Force Promotes LGBT Agenda on Capitol Hill
By Selected News Articles @ 12:55 PM :: 6258 Views :: National News, Ethics
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- Radical Queer Parenting
- Princess Boys, Two Mommies, and You’re So Gay: Current Issues and LGBT Advocacy in Elementary Schools
- The Artifice of the Nuclear Family
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Bias: NOAA Admits Overestimating Fish Catch, Adopts New System
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 7363 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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MRFSS information has been the basis for the regulations that govern recreational catch limits, sizes and seasons....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Rosanne Barr to Run for President
By Selected News Articles @ 10:48 PM :: 6632 Views :: National News, Ethics
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She filed with the Federal Election Commission on January 25, and she has fulfilled the requirements of the Green Party to seek the nomination....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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US-Build requirement for ships: Dilemma for Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and Puerto Rico
By Selected News Articles @ 7:24 PM :: 14795 Views :: Jones Act
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... labor rates are not the main reason why U.S. shipyards are uncompetitive ....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Mitt Romney's Taxes and True Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:17 PM :: 4901 Views :: National News, Ethics
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How many times should your money be taxed? One time? Two times? Three times? Four? Sounds like a ridiculous proposition, but that's the true story of capital gains taxes in America....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Hawaii Safe Routes to School Challenge
By Natalie Iwasa @ 7:03 PM :: 5993 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The state has received over $7 million in SRTS funding since 2005. Unfortunately, most of this funding has not yet been awarded, and Hawaii remains dead last out of all states in the amount obligated....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Hawaii's 2012 Business Tax Climate Ranks 35th
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 5754 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Index compares the states in five areas of taxation that impact business: corporate taxes; individual income taxes; sales taxes; unemployment insurance taxes; and taxes on property, including residential and commercial property....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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HOPE for the Criminal Justice System
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 AM :: 6646 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Just about everyone who has spent time around the American criminal justice system will tell you that it is broken....
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Update: HB2288 Deferred -- Bill Would Track the Websites You Visit
By Selected News Articles @ 10:31 AM :: 10317 Views :: Energy, Environment
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John Mizuno, a Democratic state legislator in Hawaii, wants to require virtual dossiers to be compiled on state residents: two years' worth of their Internet browsing.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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Report: Hawaii Scores D- on Teacher Quality
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 5825 Views :: Energy, Environment
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NCTQ tracks and analyzes states' teacher policies, including key areas such as teacher preparation, evaluation, alternative certification and compensation ....
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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HB2288: Cybercrime Bill to be Heard Jan 26
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:57 PM :: 6762 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- HB 2288 Relating to Recordkeeping
- Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Time: 8:30 a.m.
- Place: Conference Room 312, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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New Name: Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 6281 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Collaboration between Native Hawaiians and the American Protestant missionaries resulted in the introduction of Christianity, the creation of the Hawaiian written language, widespread literacy, the promulgation of the concept of constitutional government....
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Lingle Raises $1.7M for Senate Run
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 6107 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Former Governor Linda Lingle's U.S. Senate campaign is continuing to gain momentum with today's release of her 2011 fourth quarter fundraising numbers, which topped her personal expectations and goal.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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DoE: Legislature Could Impose Teacher Evaluation Rejected by HSTA
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 7157 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"Our goal is to have clear and compelling evidence for the U.S. DOE that shows we have the legal authority to implement these reforms" -- Stephen Schatz
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Hawaii College Debt Lowest in Nation
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 7693 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii students have an average of $15,500 in college debts, ranking 49th in the nation. Hawaii has the lowest proportion of college students with any debt at 38%.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Obama's State of Omission
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:55 AM :: 5160 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The President says the state of the Union is getting stronger, but he is doing very little to ensure that happens.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Ted Liu Elected to Republican National Committee
By David S Chang @ 3:53 AM :: 8939 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On Saturday, January 21, 2012, the Hawaii Republican Party's State Committee elected Ted Liu as our new National Committeeman.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Abercrombie to Tesoro: Drop Dead
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 12315 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...the Administration is doing what it can to promote closure—or discourage a buyer who does not meet the proper political criterion. Politically incorrect buyers can expect nothing but obstruction from the State....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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Sea Level Projections to Determine Oceanfront Setbacks
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 5487 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The purpose of the legislation is to ... take into account a predicted sea level rise of one foot by 2050 when reviewing present applications for development and future county plans.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: Mitt Romney Response to State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 5449 Views :: National News, Ethics
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You know that this President has run out of ideas. He’s run out of excuses. And, with your help, 2012 will be the year he runs out of time.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: Republican Response to State of the Union
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 3790 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“In word and deed, the President and his allies tell us that we just cannot handle ourselves in this complex, perilous world without their benevolent protection. Left to ourselves, we might pick the wrong health insurance, the wrong mortgage, the wrong school for our kids; why, unless they stop us, we might pick the wrong light bulb!"
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 4632 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Technology made businesses more efficient, but also made some jobs obsolete....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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Nietzsche on Eggshells
By Selected News Articles @ 7:23 PM :: 7478 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Read all the way down to the last paragraph where you will discover that this book review is really about ... Hawaii.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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Okabe Apologizes after Teachers Reject Contract by 2-1 Margin
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 6364 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This means that Race to the Top—and the hope for any type of education reform coming through the DoE--is finished in Hawaii.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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Maine PUC Rejects Giant Wind Farm Because of “Risk to Ratepayers”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 6321 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...“substantial concerns regarding the possible exercise of preferential treatment by a utility to its competitive affiliates.” That, in turn, could produce higher transmission rates and higher electricity prices ....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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LIUNA Quits Climate Coalition: "Sierra Club destroying Lives of Working Men and Women"
By NCPA @ 1:05 PM :: 4088 Views :: National News, Ethics
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O’Sullivan said. “We’re repulsed by some of our supposed brothers and sisters lining up with job killers like the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council to destroy the lives of working men and women.”
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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State of Dysfunction
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:15 PM :: 4189 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Tonight, Americans who tune in to the State of the Union will watch the work of a rhetorical master with a flair for illusion....
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Scripps blockbuster: Ocean acidification happens all the time — naturally
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 7722 Views :: World News, Family
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Typical estuarine environments have an inflow from rivers (with a lower pH) that fluctuates wildly, so do areas with upwelling, and even the pH in kelp forests varies dynamically.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
By Selected News Articles @ 8:52 PM :: 4017 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... an ugly little secret that has always lurked beneath the surface of environmentalism. Its basic appeal is to the affluent ....
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa Vote for $1.2 Trillion More Federal Debt
By Congress.org @ 8:45 PM :: 6202 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The House voted to block a $1.2 trillion increase in the $15.2 trillion debt ceiling. With the Senate unlikely to approve a similar measure, the increase will automatically take effect January 27, 2012.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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House GOP: Abercrombie Leads us into Deficit Next Year
By News Release @ 8:34 PM :: 5151 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Without including the next set of projections from the Council on Revenues, Abercrombie's plan still leads us into a deficit next year....
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Gun Owners: Help Tom Berg Repeal the Koko Shooting Complex Fees
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 6455 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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In response to the $15 per hour fee now being charged at Koko Head Shooting Complex, he has introduced two new bills, Bills 1 and 60 to be heard January 25.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: State of the State Speech
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6371 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie says, "no more drama" ....
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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Celebrating School Choice Week
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:30 PM :: 4380 Views :: National News, Ethics
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What singular cause could bring together the likes of Democratic campaign strategist James Carville, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal (LA), actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and 2,000 families, all under one roof? The answer: school choice
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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Lingle: Officer Davis Put his Life in Jeopardy to Save Others
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 11:45 PM :: 5896 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"It is not the first time Officer Davis has put his own life in jeopardy to save someone else, and all Hawaii residents are indebted for his brave, unselfish service."
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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HB127: Will Legislature Vote to Keep HMC Hospitals Closed?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 PM :: 10430 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Will the Legislature bow to pro-abortion extremists and prevent the reopening of Hawaii’s now-shuttered St Francis-HMC hospitals, loss of medical personnel, and possible statewide loss of millions of dollars of federal health funds?
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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Molokai Video: 160 Officers Outnumber 80 Protesters, Cruise Ship Enters Harbor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 10817 Views :: Maui County, Greenmail
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Tragically, the opportunity to liberate Molokai from Ritte's roving gang of welfare bums has been lost, no arrests were made....
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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Using the Tax System to Hide Spending and Shift Burden
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:01 AM :: 7678 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...tax paying constituents are paying more than they have to as they are paying for not only the county services they enjoy but for those same services used by those who do not pay for those services....
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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IAM Video: Molokai Proposes Alternatives to Big Wind
By Video @ 9:58 PM :: 8640 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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IAM January 13 and 14 Alternative Energy Fair Panel Discussions, you can now watch both thanks to PF Bentley.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Video: Sen Sam Slom First News Conference of Session
By Video @ 9:43 PM :: 7616 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Senator Slom covered fiscal, budgetary, and educational issues among other topics.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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21 Gambling Bills Before Legislature
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 8236 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A complete list of all pro and anti-gambling bills before the current legislative session.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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Gingrich Sweeps South Carolina
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 6443 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina GOP Primary with 40.8% of the vote after 77% of precincts reported. He wins 17 delegates.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012 |
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