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Entries for December 2008
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
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Marc Miranda appointed Governor's E. Hawaii liaison
By News Release @ 10:48 AM :: 4650 Views
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Governor Linda Lingle has appointed Honoka‘a native Marc Miranda to serve as her liaison to the East Hawai‘i community. Miranda will start his new duties on Jan. 12.
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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Lingle: Six pardons in 2008
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 3805 Views
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Governor Linda Lingle announced today that she granted pardons to six individuals in 2008...
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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Nine new laws for 2009
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 3621 Views
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“Among the new laws are measures designed to protect children from Internet predators, compel parents to pay child support, and prohibit alcohol consumption in common areas of public housing projects,” said Governor Lingle.
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| Monday, December 29, 2008 |
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Pro Bowl leaving Hawai`i in 2010
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 4554 Views
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“The senior leadership of the NFL told me explicitly that their decision had nothing to do with anything the State did or did not do, but was an opportunity to try something they had been talking about for years. I am optimistic that the Pro Bowl will return to Hawai‘i in 2011."
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| Monday, December 22, 2008 |
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Governor releases proposed 2-year budget
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 8:02 PM :: 4240 Views
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HONOLULU—Governor Linda Lingle submitted today to the State Legislature a biennium operating budget for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY10 and FY11) of ...
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| Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
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Gov Lingle proposes salary freeze for Legislature, Judges and Executive
By News Release @ 11:41 AM :: 4535 Views
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Two-Year salary freeze would save state over $4.1 million.
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| Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
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Ed Case: Governor or Congress 2010?
By Ed Case @ 11:36 AM :: 4057 Views
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Although there's no clear preference between "Washington, D.C. and Washington Place," these results are most encouraging and helpful.
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
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State dedicates last homeless transitional facilities
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 9:50 PM :: 10196 Views :: Homelessness
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...the final homeless transitional shelters to be developed under an emergency proclamation issued by Governor Lingle in 2006....
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| Monday, December 15, 2008 |
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Gov. Lingle announces 1,521 Hawai`i Capital Improvement Projects to Stimulate Economy, Create Jobs
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 1:23 AM :: 4613 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... a sweeping plan to implement $1,865,522,037 in public infrastructure improvement projects statewide ....
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| Friday, December 12, 2008 |
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Wai`akea, Honoka`a, Kohala: Preparing for High-Tech jobs of the future
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 12:51 PM :: 3599 Views
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The robotics team at Wai`akea High School turned in an eye-popping performance recently at the Hawai`i Convention Center in Honolulu. The tech-savvy students on the team outperformed many of their international peers at the three-day inaugural VEX Robotics Pan-Pacific Championship.
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| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
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“From Hack to Flack”: the Big Island newspaper-Democrat revolving door
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 9936 Views
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Reporters are eyeing a job in government. Since almost all elected positions are held by Democrats, this creates an unspoken alliance between journalists and Democratic Party candidates and officeholders.
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| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
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Obama’s Democrat Governor Blagojevich arrested, cuffed by FBI
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 3652 Views
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FBI: Was trying to sell Obama’s Senate Seat
Contradictory statements from Obama camp about Obama discussing his replacement with Blagojevich
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Our last print edition
By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 4821 Views
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After four years of publication, the December 7 edition will be the last print edition of Hawai`i Free Press.
Due to the high c...
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Letters to the Editor December 7, 2008
By Letters to the Editor @ 3:30 PM :: 4568 Views
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One Ton of Kona Coffee for our Troops, Cut bureaucracy, not schools, Telescopes continue Polynesian tradition, Listening to Obama?
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Board of Education: the Transsexual-Libertarian Connection
By Andrew Walden @ 12:04 PM :: 15812 Views :: Education K-12
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If voters are going to have a chance at school reform, they will have to know who their allies are.
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Stephens Media and stolen newsracks
By Andrew Walden @ 11:31 AM :: 3803 Views
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The Stephens Media purchase of 808 Classifieds has gone completely unnoticed—and the acquisition raises questions about the tactics Stephens will use against competing newspapers....
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Statement on Ceded Lands Issue
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 12601 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, OHA
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News Release from Governor's office responds to December 6, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser article. The Advertiser quotes Bill Meheula, a key player in Dan Akaka's 2006 reelection campaign and Lilian Kame'eleihiwa, of the UH Hawaiian Studies Dep't who ague that OHA has a claim to ceded lands and seem to imply that the State has taken a new position in its appeal to the US Supreme Court requesting the Court overturn the Hawaii Supreme Court ruling blocking the state from selling ceded lands.
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| Friday, December 5, 2008 |
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Kona mosque-builder threatens lawsuit
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 AM :: 15990 Views
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Muslims planning a mosque and other Islamic facilities for North Kona have threatened to sue HawaiiReporter.com. At issue: At issue: A September 3, 2007 article by this writer reporting allegations of “fraud” in mosque-related fundraising efforts by the Masjid al-Baqi Project of Hawaii, Inc.
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| Friday, December 5, 2008 |
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Kona Mosque Plan Questioned
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 AM :: 17140 Views
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by Andrew Walden, (originally published 9/3/2007)
A Muslim group appears to be raising money to build what would be the Big Island’s first mosque.
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| Friday, December 5, 2008 |
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Governor releases nomination list for 1st Circuit Court
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 3253 Views
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HONOLULU, December 4 – Governor Linda Lingle today released a list of judicial nominees that was provided to her by the Judicial Selection Commission ...
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