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Saturday, November 16, 2013 |
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Obamacare Hawaii: 170,000 Policies Cancelled, 257 people sign up
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 6447 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Between 25,000 and 30,000 Hawaii residents with individual plans and 140,000 people covered by small business policies had been notified their medical plans will be canceled or altered on Jan. 1....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Who Can Afford Kakaako Workforce Housing?
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 7001 Views :: Development, Rail
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Another hearing on the 801 South Street project will be held on Tuesday November 19 at 5:30 pm and a final hearing and decision making follows on Tuesday December 4....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Forbes: Kaua’i goes rogue, anti-GMO bill passes, legal fight looms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:55 PM :: 8193 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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...a person hand selected by the fierce opponents of crop biotechnology cast the deciding vote....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii Christian Coalition: Give Thanks to the 23
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 5534 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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'Tis the season to give thanks to the Lord for those 23 good legislators who voted "no" on SB1 and "yes" for marriage....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii GOP: Obamacare Failure Driving Party Recruitment
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 5105 Views :: Health Care, Republican Party
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25,000-30,000 Hawaii residents’ medical plans are set to be canceled January 1st....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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HI lawmakers critical of developer that created health-care, tax websites
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:03 PM :: 6036 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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The state Department of Taxation paid CGI Group more than $87 million over 12 years....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Kona Comedy Festival to Benefit Wounded Warrior Project
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 4370 Views :: Military
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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: Humpy’s Big Island Alehouse & The Frisky Seal announced plans to host a 2-night, 2-show comedy festival featuring 5 stand-up comics from around the islands....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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For USA, Honolulu, LA, SF, Seattle Among World's 20 Worst Traffic Cities
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 5776 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Los Angeles continues to be the most congested urban area in the United States, with an excess travel time of 35 percent. San Francisco (32 percent), Seattle, and much smaller Honolulu (tied at 28 percent)....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates: This is not Over
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 6069 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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thoughts on the decision and what we need to do moving forward....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Judge Rejects Dems Closed Primary Suit: Door Remains Open to 'As Applied' Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 2:11 PM :: 5874 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Although it dismissed the lawsuit -- the Party raised only a facial claim -- the court left open the possibility of an as-applied challenge....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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HMSA: We Won't Cancel Policies Until After the Election
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 6883 Views :: Health Care
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"...members who don't choose a new ACA plan by Dec. 15 will be re-enrolled in their current plan in December for another year to ensure they don't lose...." -- Yadao
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Do You Believe Obama This Time? How About Now? …Now?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:28 PM :: 3536 Views :: Health Care
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Once upon a time, Obamacare was “settled” law that was “here to stay”....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Tsunami Center Evictions: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
By News Release @ 12:14 PM :: 3740 Views :: Labor
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The National Weather Service is facing allegations of "waste, fraud and abuse" over the eviction of Pacific Tsunami Warning Center employees from their government housing....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Government Programs Hurt the Environment
By NCPA @ 3:22 AM :: 3511 Views :: Environment
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Now, on a single day, I have been given the gift of multiple news reports each detailing new ways the government is hurting the environment while purporting to save it....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Can Puerto Rico Change the Jones Act?
By Video @ 3:19 AM :: 4476 Views :: Jones Act
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Can Puerto Rico Change the Jones Act? - Mike Hansen intervewed ....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii GOP: What's Next
By News Release @ 3:16 AM :: 4377 Views :: Republican Party
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Next Tuesday and Thursday, join us at the HRP headquarters from 10am to 4pm for an open house drop-in....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: Judge Upholds Hawaii Open Primary, Rules Against Democrats
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 5748 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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The court upholds Hawaii’s open primary election against this facial constitutional challenge....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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CAC Presents Nominees for Board of Regents
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 4359 Views :: Higher Education
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- Peter S. Adler
- Jeffrey S. Portnoy
- Stanford B. C. Yuen
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Smart Meters: KIUC Members to Vote on Proposal to Tax Conspiracy Theorists
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 3990 Views :: Energy
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About 10 percent of KIUC’s 30,000 customers have opted out of the smart meter program....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Government IT Transformation: What to Expect from 2014 Legislature
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 4092 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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OIMT may be presenting policy/administrative legislation to better organize the structure within which the transformation is occurring....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Making TOD Happen: City Launches 'I Wish' Photo Campaign
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 5733 Views :: Development, Rail
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Some of the photos will be on display at the “Making TOD Happen” symposium set for 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Center....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Obama concedes, announces changes to health care law
By Selected News Articles @ 7:41 PM :: 3141 Views :: Health Care
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President Obama said Thursday he will let Americans renew for one year any health plans that do not meet Obamacare's coverage standards....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Health Dept: 60% of Hawaii Teens' Drinking is Less Sugary
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 4667 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...Education works: Who needs a Beverage Tax?....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Feds Propose Plan to Kill Hawaii Owls, Egrets
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 4656 Views :: Environment
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Electronic comments must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 3, 2014....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Diamond Sangha's Secret: From Zen Buddhism to Preying on Vulnerable Women
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 7498 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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Aitken never went public with what he knew about Shimano, not in 1964, and not for the next half century until his death....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Signing Ceremony: "Imagine There's No Religion"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 AM :: 6034 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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"...SB1, is the epitome of the 1st Amendment in action." - Abercrombie at Signing of SB1 HD1
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Fracking Reverses Decline in U.S. Energy Production
By NCPA @ 11:13 AM :: 3330 Views :: Energy
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A few short years ago, many analysts argued that oil was nearly tapped out and America needed to plan for a post-petroleum future. What's changed? In a word: fracking....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Obama Becoming a Punchline, but Obamacare Is No Joke
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:08 AM :: 3560 Views :: Health Care
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“The Tonight Show” is a cultural bellwether, so when its studio audience roars its approval at Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) quip that Obamacare is “the biggest job killer in this country,” you know something’s happening across our land....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii legalizes gay marriage, but opponents promise challenge to law
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:58 AM :: 6479 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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“Churches remain at risk of being required to recognize these marriages and treat them as valid, even for internal church purposes. Those cases will now have to be litigated under the state and federal constitutions instead of being clearly answered in the bill,” Laylock said.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs Bill Creating New Type of Family Unit
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 5873 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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In 2011, the first bill he signed into law as Governor legalized civil unions....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Pesticides: State Launches 'Agricultural Good Neighbor Program' for Kauai
By News Release @ 1:33 AM :: 5918 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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One day before Kauai County Council set to consider override of Mayor's Veto ....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Health Connector Still Refuses to Say How Many Bought Insurance
By News Release @ 1:22 AM :: 2953 Views
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To date, 94 small business employers have completed....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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State Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Geothermal Rights Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:37 PM :: 5494 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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declined to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in In re Campbell, the case involving Land Court registration (Torrens title) and mineral and metallic mining rights....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to Meet
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5689 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Thursday, November 14, 2013
- TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- PLACE: Conference Room 229 State Capitol
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Informational Briefings to Review Audits Critical of DHHL, OHA
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 5400 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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- DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2013
- TIME: 9:30am to 11:30am
- PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Hanabusa Camp Hits Schatz 'Divisive appeal to Single Ideological Group'
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 5408 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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...our race is virtually tied, 38-36, with a little more than eight months to go before the start of early voting....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Informational Hearing to Consider Foster Care, Adult Residential Care
By News Release @ 7:18 PM :: 3763 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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- DATE: Monday, November 25, 2013
- TIME: 1:30 pm
- PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Honolulu Muslim Eye-Gouge Attacker Tied to Staten Island Jihadi
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 PM :: 9037 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military, Religion
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...he was subpoenaed to testify in New York in a terrorism case against a friend he met in a Honolulu mosque....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Tattering the Safety Net
By NCPA @ 11:52 AM :: 4650 Views :: Health Care
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One of the ways that the health reform is being funded is through cuts in disproportionate share funding for hospitals....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Congress Should Do These 3 Things in the Next 31 Days
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 AM :: 3820 Views :: National News
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In the next 31 days—starting today—the budget conference committee will try to accomplish something Congress has failed to do for the past four years....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Lim on Health Connector: Wrong Managers Hired Wrong Vendor
By Video @ 2:14 AM :: 4560 Views :: Health Care
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The interview contains a valuable introduction to what the Affordable Care Act is and clearly explains the “Hawaii Healthcare Connector,” which Lim initiated as its start-up executive director....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Free Tickets: Ethics Commission Rebukes UH Regents
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 4787 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...anonymous 'Informal Advisory Opinions' which clearly refer to questions raised over the practice of giving UH Regents free athletic tickets....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: Homeless Service Utilization Report Hawai‘i 2013
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 5589 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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The total number of homeless clients served by the Shelter and Outreach Programs has dropped for the third consecutive year....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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How They Voted: Senate Passes Gay Marriage 19-4
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 6760 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Abercrombie has scheduled a signing ceremony Wednesday November 13 at 10AM at the Hawaii Convention Center....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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TIME: Universal Pre-K: No Substitute for a Healthy, Stable Childhood
By NCPA @ 12:04 PM :: 4850 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...parents, not formal education, that make the difference for young children's readiness for school and success once they get there....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Obama’s Promise of “Competition” in Obamacare: Also False
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 3248 Views :: Health Care
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In more than half of the counties in the U.S., people have only one or two insurance carriers offering coverage on their exchanges....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Analysis: Hawaii Health Connector Signs up only 2% of Projections
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 4706 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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By comparison, when Medicare Part D began, two-thirds of people who voluntarily enrolled in a plan did so after coverage began....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Study: When it Comes to Climate Change, Hawaii Talks More than Most
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 3920 Views :: Environment
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placed in a category based on the overall quality of the discussion of climate change impacts ....
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