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Entries for June 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 17, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:19 PM :: 2731 Views
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- Senate: Farm Bill Passage
- House: FY 2014 Defense Authorization Passage
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Hawaii Schools Can’t Pass-the-Buck
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 7674 Views :: Education K-12
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“…an agency cannot eschew its affirmative duties under the IDEA by blaming the parents.”
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Call for Audit: 51,000 Water Dep't Customers May Have Been Overcharged
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 6097 Views :: Honolulu County
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daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Neither Age nor Disability is an Indication of Financial Need
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 5384 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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Nearly a year and a half ago, a commission appointed by the Honolulu City Council to study some of the inequities in the real property tax ordinance dropped its findings on the desks of Council members....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Gambling Machine Contract Guaranteed ‘No problem from Vice-Squad’
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 AM :: 9404 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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Despite this assurance, the record also reveals that the parties also made jokes about being “locked up” because of these games....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4612 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped three more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii County PD Community Satisfaction Survey Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6681 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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608 members of the public participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Want Land? DLNR Will Buy it for You
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4561 Views :: Land Use
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State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Appeals Court Thwarts State's Massive Land Grab
By Robert Thomas @ 8:06 PM :: 7546 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Tea Party Maui leaders call for special prosecutor to investigate IRS
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:05 PM :: 6062 Views :: Taxes, TEA Party
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Sen. Sam Slom was the guest speaker at the Tea Party Maui meeting Thursday where Jim Wagoner was elected president of the organization....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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JSC Announces Nominees for 1st Circuit Court
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4321 Views :: Judiciary
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The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Act 163 Discriminates Against Disabled Students
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 PM :: 5765 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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The Hawaii Disability Rights Center went to the 9th Circuit this week to challenge a state law preventing disabled students from receiving special education services after turning 20....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Census: Asians Fastest Growing Group in US
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 4408 Views :: National News
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Asian American population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 3963 Views :: Health Care
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By 2017, Hawaii is facing Medicare Home Healthcare payment at least 11.7% below cost, and up to 27.8% below cost....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Morning Bell: The Government vs. YOU
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 4481 Views :: Environment, Law Enforcement
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In addition to groups targeted by the IRS, upstanding citizens going about their normal lives are suddenly targeted by law enforcement authorities and charged as criminals....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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If Obamacare Collapses: How States Can Protect Their Citizens
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:46 AM :: 4285 Views :: Health Care
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In preparation for the likely collapse of Obamacare, states should advance their own patient-centered, market-based solutions that stimulate more affordable coverage, better access, and superior quality and innovation....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Deadline to apply for City grants next week
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 2:05 AM :: 4303 Views :: Honolulu County
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the City will be awarding non profit Grants in Aid, totaling about $5.5 million for this upcoming fiscal year....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Slom All Alone: "Yippee!"
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 5478 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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“I got a lot of condolence calls and sympathy cards that said, ’Oh no, you poor thing, you’re going to be all alone, and I’m saying to myself, ’Yippee!’”
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Before Waikiki Shooting, Chris Deedy in Benghazi
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 PM :: 9066 Views :: Law Enforcement
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They soon settled into a formerly government-owned hotel where other foreign missions and international journalists were lodged, but had to move when a car bomb exploded in the hotel parking lot....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Farm Bill: Ask John Boehner Why
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4419 Views :: Agriculture
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...Boehner said yesterday that he will support the bloated farm bill....
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Email Chain Reveals Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Debating “Inevitable Failure”
By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 8396 Views :: Health Care
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... HHA continues to meet, without a budget, working on developing a universal, cost-effective health care system that will be ready for implementation when the Affordable Care Act inevitably fails....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii Rifle Assn. 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4754 Views :: Second Amendment
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SATURDAY, JUNE 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and SUNDAY, JUNE 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KOKO HEAD SHOOTING COMPLEX....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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What does a buck get you? A strange deal, ex-Hawaii regent says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:06 PM :: 6492 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education
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While $1 a month looks like a good deal for taxpayers...the campus construction has been subjected to 83 change orders that cost $19 million ....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s GE tax mark-up
By Rachelle Chang @ 7:58 PM :: 5497 Views :: Taxes
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Video: Debating Same-Sex Marriage on Island Insights
By Video @ 7:54 PM :: 4723 Views :: Family
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Glenn Stanton and James Hochberg vs Justice Steven Levinson and Renea Stewart....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Amnesty: Spread the Word About What the Senate Is Doing
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 4284 Views :: National News
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The Senate voted yesterday to move forward on the Gang of Eight’s immigration plan—which would grant amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Honolulu Revealed As Highest-Priced U.S. City This Summer
By News Release @ 4:15 AM :: 4520 Views :: Tourism
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Honolulu rings up the biggest tab as the most expensive U.S. destination with a TripIndex cost of $504.94, while Las Vegas offers the most affordable stay at $272.94...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
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Open Letter: Hawaii MDs Challenge “Severely Dysfunctional” Medicaid Program
By Dr Stephen Kemble MD @ 8:38 PM :: 7249 Views :: Health Care
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Department of Human Services (DHS) is now considering how to structure Medicaid for the 5-year period from 2014 through 2018....
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
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Medicaid: Don’t Take the Money and Run
By NCPA @ 2:34 PM :: 3313 Views :: Health Care
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As the federal government’s financial condition worsens, states will likely have to pick up even more of the cost....
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
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ObamaCare Causes Cuts for Hourly Workers
By NCPA @ 2:15 PM :: 3330 Views :: Health Care
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A study of Hawaii's requirement that firms provide insurance to those working at least 20 hours a week found a slight increase in the share of workers falling below that threshold after the requirement went into effect....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Thanks to Pensions, Hawaii Retiree Income Tops Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 6548 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...the prevalence of traditional pensions appears to be a major reason Hawaii leads our study in replacement income....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 10, 2013
By Congress.org @ 8:09 PM :: 4220 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Student Loan Rates Bill Cloture
- Senate: Student Loan Rates Bill Cloture
- House: FY2014 Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Appropriations Passage
- House: FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Amendment Vote
- House: FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Passage
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Feds Approve Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 3805 Views :: Health Care
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The Department of Human Services (DHS) is implementing a state-of-the-art eligibility system, integrated with The Connector....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Jones Act Adds 30% To Price of Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 6:33 PM :: 4738 Views :: Jones Act
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When asked about the high price of living in Hawaii, people often retort with the fatalistic, “That’s the price of living in paradise.” Dr. Keli’i Akina does not agree....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Biofuels Spike World Food Prices, Malnutrition Grows
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 4940 Views :: Energy, Agriculture
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The spike in food prices, coupled with the global economic crisis, halted and even reversed the long-time trend in reducing malnutrition....
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Do You Trust This Administration?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:18 PM :: 4527 Views :: National News
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The Obama Administration has a few problems....
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Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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Hawaii Based NSA Worker Exposes Obama Spying, Flees to Hong Kong
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 PM :: 5110 Views :: Military
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PHOTOS: For $555K You Can Own former Spy’s Home in Waipahu....
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Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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Bottled Water Battle: A Decade of OHA Harassment Continues
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 7751 Views :: OHA, Small Business
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OHA has served as the agent of an Oahu-based bottled water company seeking to destroy its tiny Kauai-only competitor, Kauai Springs....
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Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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Number of Special Funds Should be Curtailed
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 7359 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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Recently the Chair of the House Finance Committee announced that she will be reviewing the practice of setting up special funds....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Electronic Health Records: Monopoly 'Scare tactics' Driving Hawaii Doctors into Retirement
By Jose Reque Martinez @ 7:05 PM :: 9593 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...doctors who haven't converted to electronic medical and prescription records will face penalties....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Mayor Wright Housing: FACE Grabs for Seat at Redevelopment Table
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 4138 Views :: Development
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Mayor Wright Housing represents the first foray into redevelopment under Governor Abercrombie’s administration....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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HSTA’s ‘Multi-Front War’ Against ‘Rogue Teachers’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 5479 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s weekly briefing meeting had turned into a battle-planning session....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Hawaii Pastors Join Nationwide Challenge to IRS
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 6645 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Taxes
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Nearly 1,100 pastors nationwide registered to speak out on marriage as part of annual Alliance Defending Freedom event....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders Pay Hikes
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 AM :: 4352 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped two more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Friday, June 7, 2013 |
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Governor Signs Bill Establishing 'Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day'
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 3947 Views :: First Amendment
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Abercrombie today signed a bill establishing Jan. 30 each year as “Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day.”
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