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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Lerner’s out at IRS, but Hawaii tea parties still want answers
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:00 PM :: 7371 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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She was angered when she got an inquiry from the IRS in 2012 demanding she provide detailed information on Honolulu tea party activities, materials, pictures, videos, names of speakers and attendees, as well as copies and recordings of speeches made during events....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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$43,000 Per Household
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 4947 Views :: National News
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Congress has added $43,000 in debt for every American household in just the last four years....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Ratepayers Challenge Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 4551 Views :: Energy
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...ratepayers complaining of bills as high a $1600 and frequent power outages caused by termite-ridden overhead power poles are suing the State of Hawaii ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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ECrim: Hawaii Political Criminals Now Protected by $1000 Paywall
By Andrew Walden @ 12:40 AM :: 7448 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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Meanwhile—purely in the interest of saving time and money for fellow investigators--this writer will be obligated to search through the files and make a complete list of the criminal records of all Hawaii’s elected officials and post it online....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage: “Let the People Decide” Rally October 28
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 7238 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Monday October 28th from 4 PM to 7 PM at the State Capitol....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Par Petroleum Completes Acquisition of Tesoro Refinery
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 5338 Views :: Energy
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Barclays will provide crude oil and feed stocks to the refinery on a real time basis....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Economic Freedom: USA Drops to 17th
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 4190 Views :: Economy
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Since 2000, the United States has fallen from a rating of 8.65 to 7.74....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Sen. Ted Cruz: Standing Against Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:36 PM :: 4095 Views :: Health Care
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Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to use procedural tricks to strip the House-passed bill of the provision that would defund Obamacare....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Hawaii insurance firms launch campaign to counter misperceptions about Obamacare
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:10 PM :: 4377 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii’s small business owners with 50 or fewer employees with existing health insurance coverage don’t need to make any changes when the Hawaii Health Connector launches Tuesday....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Hawaii GOP Takes on Obamacare: "Make DC Listen"
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 4418 Views :: Health Care
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"...stand with patriots like Senator Ted Cruz, who stood today with Senators Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Marco Rubio, on the floor of the US Senate for every American who will be affected by ObamaCare...."
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Kido, Lau to Staff Positions
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4799 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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C. Mike Kido as legislative advisor, effective immediately, and Yvonne W.M. Lau as education policy analyst, effective Oct. 1....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Feds Indict “United Samoan Organization” Prison gang
By News Release @ 8:32 PM :: 7609 Views :: Law Enforcement
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The indictment alleges that the USO Family is the dominant prison gang in Hawaii and operates both inside and outside the State of Hawaii prison system....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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UH Med School Releases Hawaiian-Pacific Health Study
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 4884 Views :: Health Care
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“Assessment & Priorities for Health and Well-Being of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples.”
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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Kauai MMA Fighter Leading Protests Threatens to "grab" Seed Farmers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 9099 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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Barca says. "For me, I can’t sit here and do that. It’s like seeing someone beat up a chick in a parking lot or something. Me, I’m going to go and grab them and tell them, ‘Brah, you can’t do that over here.’ Basically these guys are committing murder on our natural resources. I’m not going to let someone do that to my home. I can’t sit around and let that happen. It’s so personal to me because it’s in my backyard. There’s just no way."
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
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This Fight Is for You
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 4536 Views :: Health Care
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The Heritage Foundation has been talking about defunding Obamacare for some time now, and people may be wondering why....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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GMOs: Abercrombie to Impose Pesticide Standards, Setbacks on Farmers
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 6484 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Abercrombie, together with members of the Kauai Legislative Delegation, today announced that the state would be putting forth standards and guidelines for seed/diversified agriculture companies....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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Study Looks at Mexican Immigrants to Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 4543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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the state’s growing population of residents of Mexican origin stood at approximately 38,700 based on analysis of 2009-2011 American Community Survey data....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Angered by Electric Bill, Hilo Man Chains Himself to HELCO Front Door
By Video @ 7:41 PM :: 7137 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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'Helco Prisoner’ says his electric bills were $1000 to $1600 per month.
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 23, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:41 PM :: 4455 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Recent Congressional Votes
- House: Mineral Development Bill
- House: Nutrition Assistance
- House: Continuing Resolution
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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6 Reasons Why the National Debt Keeps Rising
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 4488 Views :: National News
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... rather than risk Warren Buffett’s taxpayer-funded benefits decreasing, politicians pretend America’s national budget can handle all the extensive promises they’ve made ....
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Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
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First Amendment: 14 Gay Marriage Laws vs Abercrombie
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 9419 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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... the religious freedom clauses of Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage bill are substantially weaker than the language used by other states....
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Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
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Quoted Study, Missing Important Caveat, is Misleading
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 5196 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...unlike other states that have a retail sales tax structure, Hawaii’s general excise tax focuses on the gross income received by a business....
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Sex, drugs and Obamacare: Questions get personal, with no privacy guarantee
By Selected News Articles @ 9:50 PM :: 5051 Views :: Health Care
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patients will be asked to disclose more personal information to their doctors — including how often they have sex and how with how many sexual partners....
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Life, Liberty and Property: Robert Thomas Talks To Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:03 PM :: 5695 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Attorney Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation and Grassroot President Dr. Keli’i Akina discuss the nature of individual rights and the role of property....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's Energy Future
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 5223 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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UHERO's ongoing research is looking at ways to cost-effectively achieve GHG reduction and meet the state's clean energy goals....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Gentry Pacific Deal: Akana Sues, Alleges OHA Abuse of Executive Sessions
By Andrew Walden @ 10:34 PM :: 5769 Views :: OHA
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After months of criticism of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs purchase of the Gentry Pacific Design Center, Trustee Rowena Akana has filed suit....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Obamacare Plans: Four Things the Health Connector Isn’t Telling You
By Andrew Walden @ 10:07 PM :: 6647 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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- Deductibles
- Family rates
- Smokers' rates
- What's not covered
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Full Text: State DoT Warned of Molasses Leak in 2012
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 7885 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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"We received a letter from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT), dated July 31, 2012...."
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 'C' for Jail Diversion of Mentally Ill
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 9632 Views :: Health Care, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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The Obamacare Scams Are Already Starting
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 3771 Views :: Health Care
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there are already numerous reports of scam artists posing as Navigators and Assisters to take advantage of people’s confusion about ObamaCare....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Navy Yard Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 9368 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Study: Smart Growth Produces High Housing Costs
By NCPA @ 3:34 AM :: 6536 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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The cost of owned housing rose 75 percent more in areas of higher poverty....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Close Dem Primary? State Claims Hawaii Already has 'Vibrant Multi-Party System'
By Robert Thomas @ 2:01 AM :: 6276 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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These are among the gems to be gleaned from the State's counter-motion to the Democratic Party's motion for summary judgment, filed earlier this week in the federal lawsuit challenging the open primary process."
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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NCQA: Kaiser Hawaii Ranks 25th in Nation
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 5570 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...the number one health plan in the state and among the top 25 health plans in the nation, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Slom: Rally for Traditional Marriage Planned for Special Session
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 9:30 PM :: 5944 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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For Jan. to May 2013 — 8,790 marriages; 186 civil unions....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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US House: Bipartisan Marriage and Religious Freedom Act Introduced—60 Cosponsors
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 6721 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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...the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act would prohibit discrimination through the federal tax code against individuals or institutions that exercise religious conscience regarding marriage as the union of one man and one woman....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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HI makes progress on ACA, but one lawmaker isn’t celebrating
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:27 PM :: 4138 Views :: Health Care
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“As now confirmed by proponents, the ultimate goal is government, single payer health coverage...."
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Education: GEAR-UP Hawaii to be Focus of Briefing
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5313 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:30AM Waipahu High School Library
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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UHERO: School Furloughs = Less Crime
By UHERO @ 12:33 PM :: 6165 Views :: Education K-12
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...time off from school is associated with significantly fewer juvenile assault and drug-related arrests....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate Loses in Another Court
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 4653 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care
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This week, yet another district court halted the Obama Administration from forcing its anti-conscience mandate to provide coverage for abortifacients....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Mormon Church Letter focuses on Religious Exemption
By News Release @ 11:28 AM :: 7732 Views :: Family, Religion
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Protect religious organizations and officials from being required to support or perform same-sex marriages or from having to host same-sex marriages or celebrations in their facilities and protect individuals and small businesses from being required to assist in promoting or celebrating same-sex marriages ....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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What You Need to Know About the Debt Limit
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:43 AM :: 6879 Views :: National News, Economy, Taxes
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The Congressional Budget Office just dropped a budget update on Washington, and it’s not good. The U.S. government is spending recklessly—and Obamacare is adding fuel to the fire....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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UHERO: The Unintended Consequences of Affordable Housing Policy
By UHERO @ 3:15 AM :: 6598 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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Honolulu City Council member Ron Menor has introduced a resolution to amend city policy on household income thresholds for affordable for-sale and/or rental housing....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Barking Sands: Most Sophisticated Test Yet Knocks Missile out of Space
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 4826 Views :: Military
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The first guided missile successfully destroyed the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space....
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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NOAA Marine Sanctuary Business Advisory Council Forming
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:06 AM :: 5351 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Business leaders will be invited to join the council, which will consist of 15 volunteers representing industries such as travel and tourism, recreation, fishing, transportation, energy, and marketing. Members will be appointed by the national marine sanctuaries director and serve two- to three-year terms....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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Smart Business Hawaii Banquet Friday
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 11:33 PM :: 4323 Views :: Small Business
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Friday, September 20, SBH Business All Stars Awards Banquet at the Waialae Country Club from 5:00 to 8 p.m....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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Reports Raise Question of Waianae Sludge Permit Violation
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:42 PM :: 4886 Views :: Environment
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The Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association, the permittee of a dredging project, may face questions from the Army and Department of Land and Natural Resources....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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'Green' Financiers: Hawaii has most 'diverse' tax credit, subsidy opportunities
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 4465 Views :: Energy
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REFF-West is the largest renewable energy finance conference focused on West Coast energy issues. It is hosted by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events....
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