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"That no law shall be enacted which is at variance with the word of the Lord Jehovah, or at variance with the general spirit of His word. All laws of the Islands shall be in consistency with the general spirit of God’s law."

The word "REDACTED" appears 17 times, but its still very revealing....

Hawaii reversed course on "responsible person" liability for unpaid general excise tax liabilities for "responsible persons" affiliated with non-profit entities, via Act 219 of 2012....

Congressman Scalise is strongly opposed to a Federal Takeover of … (Drumroll please) … Local Building Codes....so Hanabusa says he must be shunned and anyone who meets with him should be disqualified in the eyes of voters....

The U.S. Navy has spent $26 a gallon for 900,000 gallons of biofuels mixed with petroleum for use in a training exercise, and Republicans in Washington aren't too happy about it

Prices have plummeted so much over the past two years that the solar panels and associated supplies cost about $8,000 for a typical 4,000-watt residential system. A qualified solar specialist or electrician should be able to install these panels for about $2,000 ....

Alan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind is still an important work after 25 years, despite some unforeseen events....

European Data Protection Supervisor warns 'massive collection of personal data' could be accessed without safeguards ....

This Executive Order was quietly posted on the www.Hawaii.gov/gov website with no public announcement....

... a Government Accountability Office report, requested by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on states' implementation of the teacher quality portions of Race to the Top....

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The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....

Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.

... Many gathered again in the parking lot as more police arrived and flaring tempers were separated by additional HPD officers ....

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision sets the stage for an historically unprecedented confrontation between Roman Catholics and the federal government over whether Catholics remain free to exercise their religion ....

... It creates a debilitated, inoperable version of health-care regulation ... a jumble of now senseless provisions ....

In Hawaii 84,130 will be added to Medicaid. Many will first lose their existing private health insurance.

"But having read more of the opinions, I'm much relieved about individual rights and the states' rights within the constitutional structure."

flames of ignition light up the black night and shake the grounds of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) as a medium-range missile accelerates out of its launch pad ....

By a 5-4 vote, the court held the mandate valid under Congress' constitutional authority "to lay and collect Taxes".... Conservatives wanted to see the Supreme Court put a limit on the commerce power, and Thursday it did.

At the bottom of the scale were two states where fewer than half of all adults went to the polls four years ago: Hawaii (46.8 percent) and Texas (48.8 percent)....

...pent up demand has been filled by black-market opportunism. About 450 multi-room country inns, including one with 41 beds the City cannot seem to shut down, have established themselves in residences outside the commercial districts....

...strange results with RCV such as "Raising a candidate's rank on one's ballot does not always increase that candidate's chance of winning and in fact may decrease a candidate's chance to win"

The nation’s 52nd-largest urban area has only about 950,000 people, yet it is spending $5.3 billion, or more than $5,500 per resident, to build a single 20-mile rail line. That’s probably a greater cost per person than any rail system ever built....

Last week, Katie Thomas of the New York Times ran a breathless expose of the devious actions that many colleges have taken to escape the mandate of gender equality under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act....

Hawaii’s retirement plans had a liability of $32.5 billion and the state has fallen $21 billion short in setting aside money to pay for it....

Department of Taxation may begin to use the subpoena power beyond criminal investigations into examination and collection functions....

"...a source of opinions and authority that is ultimately answerable to the Chinese Communist Party and which is not subject to scholarly review...."

NYT: Ms. Lingle deserves credit for creativity in trying to get noticed by voters in Hawaii, a state with abysmal voter turnout and deep election inertia....

FSM is commanding the attention and money of both China and the US....

Union members who have been led to believe rail would put them back to work can now see that it simply isn’t happening....

“We have to be proactive in trying to line up debt or lease financing for the 2013 aircraft deliveries. The funding for three of those five [planes] is already taken care of. Staying ahead of this is the biggest risk....

The glorious Jones Act at work ....

Says visa process is now smoother....

In Honolulu, the Planned Parenthood counselor “Rogue” tells the woman it is okay to have multiple abortions of girl pregnancies so long as the abortions are spaced far enough apart....

Last week Mazie Hirono skipped a key vote on Rail funding to campaign in Rhode Island at the Netroots nation liberal bloggers conference. Now her work is beginning to bear fruit....

In the late 1950s he became the first Hawaii-born organizer for the United Public Workers of Hawaii....

...the state Department of Health is expected to increase the deposit container handling fee by 50% on September 1 – to 1 ½ cent per container....

Does solar energy—specifically photovoltaic (PV) panels—ever produce as much energy as the energy that was initially invested in their manufacture?

In some cases, producing electricity by solar panels releases more greenhouse gases than producing electricity by gas or even coal....

Tuesday June 12 from 5pm to 6pm on business talk radio KGU--AM760....

...the rail project would reduce daily car trips by 48,000, but it would be in the face of a 520,000 increase in daily car trips because of population growth....

Hirono also maintained that "there really is a war on women in Congress."

Circuit Court Judge Karen Ahn in July will consider defense motion for dismissal of state charges against Federal Agent Christopher Deedy in the Waikiki APEC shooting of Kailua resident Kolin Elderts....

Defective parts caused a devastating fire in a 2-month-old Hawaii wind farm that cost millions to repair, the energy company that ran the farm says in a Texas court.

(Ray) was a long-haired haole hippie who worked at the Mama Mia Pizza Parlor not far from Punahou and lived in a dilapidated bus ....

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the court’s ruling may contain a "poison pill" as a result of one part of the Defendants’ pleadings....

... even as professional protestors peddle scientific ignorance to frighten the public ....