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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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Kealakehe Selected as Site of Future Judiciary Complex in Kona
By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 7024 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has selected a site across the street from the West Hawai`i Civic Center for the new judiciary complex in Kona....
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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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Applicants Sought for Chair of the Elections Commission
By News Release @ 9:42 PM :: 6566 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawai`i Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald is seeking applicants for Chair of the Hawai`i State Elections Commission.
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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii NRA Instructor Liability Bill to be Heard in Senate Committee
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 6526 Views :: Energy, Environment
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NRA instructor liability protection legislation has been scheduled for a hearing in the state Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor this Monday, April 2, at 10:00 a.m., in conference room 16 of the State Capitol....
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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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Bailout: $60M Loss as Feds Sell Interest in Central Pacific Bank
By News Release @ 1:26 PM :: 10361 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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TARP, provided Central Pacific with a $135 million financial lifeline in the midst of the recession but will be collecting only about $74 million from selling its Central Pacific stock ....
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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals up 2.5% from Year Ago
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 6604 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...actual growth was up 2.5 percent over a year ago (207,298 visitors per day in February 2012); and an adjusted total visitor spending of $1.061† billion would still be 4.7 percent above February 2011 levels....
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Friday, March 30, 2012 |
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Barney Frank on Maui: Hirono Raises Funds with Man Who Caused Housing Collapse
By Nacia Blom @ 1:35 AM :: 9364 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Less than one year ago, Congress formally recognized that "the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped precipitate the deepest economic decline since World War II."
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
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NRA: Immediate Action Needed on Hawaii Instructor Liability Bill
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 6342 Views :: Energy, Environment
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House Bill 679, important NRA instructor liability protection legislation, MUST be heard in the state Senate Judiciary Committee next week or it will die....
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
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Rail Plaintiffs to FTA: We suspect that you are no longer shocked by the City’s deceptive practices
By Selected News Articles @ 3:23 PM :: 10845 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When the wheels start coming off this project, as they undoubtedly will, we predict that many fingers will be pointing at your agency....
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
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Fracking Cuts US CO2 Emissions 9% in Year
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 5534 Views :: Energy, Environment
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And yet enviros are doing everything they can to stop fracking ....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
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State, County Projects Exempt from Environmental Review? Thielen, Rivere Rip SB755
By Video @ 1:58 PM :: 6536 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The bill "grants the State broad powers over project planning while simultaneously reducing county and community input"
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
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Lingle Commends US Chamber for Tourism-Focused Senate Testimony
By News Release @ 1:24 PM :: 9152 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue today urged lawmakers to better promote the United States as a premier travel destination and to put the welcome mat back out for international visitors ....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
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Life of the Land Releases Hawaii Energy Report
By Henry Curtis @ 12:16 AM :: 6977 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We have just released a new report providing island-specific solutions utilizing only commercially proven and available renewable energy resources.....
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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 :: 7167 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 :: 6945 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 :: 8514 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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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 15612 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 :: 12104 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 :: 8733 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 :: 7541 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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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Robotics: Waialua, Baldwin and Island Pacific Academy Crowned Regional Champions
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 7212 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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Pentagon Budget Slashes Military Construction 29%
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 8716 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 :: 6539 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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Friday, March 23, 2012 |
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Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Awaits Hearing
By Ed Case @ 9:11 PM :: 6641 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 :: 6693 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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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Case: Hirono Fears Debate, Hides Behind Handlers
By Ed Case @ 10:40 PM :: 8957 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 :: 6418 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 :: 9324 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 :: 11380 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 :: 12106 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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Rebound Rumble: Robotics Meet to Bring 1000 Competitors to Honolulu
By News Release @ 12:56 PM :: 13545 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 :: 8114 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 :: 4555 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 :: 22953 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 :: 8826 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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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 :: 6989 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 :: 8801 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 :: 5534 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 :: 10773 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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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Honolulu Joins National Rally for Religious Freedom
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 13483 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 :: 51832 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 :: 7400 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 :: 7310 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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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Trans-Pacific Carriers Unlikely to Serve Hawaii and Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 13010 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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Feds Hit Rail over 'Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation'
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 12392 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Yoshioka’s statement in the Final EIS, “… traffic congestion will be worse in the future with rail than what it is today without rail …”
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Trickle-Down Regulation: Environmental Maze Becomes "Stumbling Block" For The Little Guys
By Robert Thomas @ 11:07 PM :: 6296 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Thus, even purportedly green activity could be "development" after all, even if it involves a native Hawaiian fishpond....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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March 22 Deadline: Will Keith-Agaran Hear Human Trafficking Bills?
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 6173 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB2123, SB2576, SB2579 are before the Senate Judiciary Committee ....
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