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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Worldwide Headlines: Sledgehammer Wielding 'Vigilante' Rep Brower is 'Extreme, Scary, Potentially Dangerous'-- Should be 'Behind Bars'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 5884 Views :: Homelessness
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Think Progress: 'If Brower were found roaming middle-class neighborhoods and smashing items in people’s homes, he would find himself both out of office and behind bars.'
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Hickam POW/MIA lab, slow to ID human remains, has time to shoot Bradley Cooper movie
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 4655 Views :: Military
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...a Pentagon spokeswoman said that no human remains were shown on camera....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Health Insurers Express Worries over Obama Shift on Policy Cancellations
By NCPA @ 12:54 PM :: 3500 Views :: Health Care
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If old plans are restored, "fewer healthy people and younger people would be leaving their current plans" ....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Is Our Government Still "Of the People"?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:45 PM :: 4816 Views :: National News
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Seven score and 10 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered the greatest speech in American history....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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After Making World News, Kailua NB Tries to Clarify Stance on Tourism
By News Release @ 4:41 AM :: 6077 Views :: Tourism
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“Hawaii town to State: Stop sending tourists here” and “Kailua Residents Want Tourists to Stay Away”
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Honolulu: Window Open for Grants in Aid Proposals
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 4:02 AM :: 4573 Views :: Honolulu County
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The City issued a Request for Grant Proposals (RGP) for the Grants in Aid funds on Thursday, November 14, 2013....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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EEOC: Del Monte Hawaii Settles Thai Farm Workers Case
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 5908 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The EEOC named Del Monte Fresh Produce's Hawaii subsidiary, which contracted with Global for approximately three years ending in 2005 to tend pineapple fields the subsidiary leased on the island of Oahu....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Administration Solicits Plans for Seven New Prisons
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 7441 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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...designing, building, maintaining and financing for the new or expanded facilities described below....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Honolulu Council Update: Water Bills, Data, HSAC, and Helmets
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:35 AM :: 5060 Views :: Honolulu County
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Last week the City Council hosted a public hearing on legislative proposals. Legislation that was discussed includes....
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Monday, November 18, 2013 |
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Haseko Proposes Resort Zoning for Ewa Beach Development
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:41 PM :: 7008 Views :: Development
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Monday, November 18, 2013 |
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"If I vote no on SB1 Ewa Beach will be toast." - Rep. Rida Cabanilla
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 7441 Views :: Ethics, Family, First Amendment
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She cited certain loss of money for James Campbell High School, Ewa-Makai Middle School, the "new High School in Ewa Beach", the widening of Ft. Weaver Rd., and others...
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Monday, November 18, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 18, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:02 PM :: 4356 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Nomination of Cornelia Nina Pillard to US Court of Appeals Cloture
House: Health Care Reform Implementation Delay Passage
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Monday, November 18, 2013 |
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The American People Rose Up to Repeal a Health Care Law Once Before. They Can Do It Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:10 AM :: 4333 Views :: Health Care
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The law that promised health coverage for all has so far stripped 3.5 million Americans of their insurance....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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UHERO: Biofuel Scheme Enriches Landowners, Soaks Consumers
By UHERO @ 6:32 PM :: 7426 Views :: Energy, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...impacts to gross state product are negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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Open Letter: 80% of Hawaii Ag Reject Anti-GMO Bill 113
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 8975 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, GMOs
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...the undersigned farmers, ranchers and floral & nursery growers collectively produce more than 80% of the food and agricultural products grown in Hawaii....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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Fukumoto: 'Our Democracy needs Your Voice'
By Video @ 12:28 PM :: 6374 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...concerns raised about inadequate religious exemptions and unanswered questions now left up to the courts to decide will undoubtedly require continual fixes to the law in the future....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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Sometimes Aspects of Property Tax Can Be Confusing
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 4745 Views :: Taxes
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One of the idiosyncrasies of the real property tax is an action taken by a county or City council called compromises....
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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 :: 6988 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 :: 7575 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 :: 8939 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 :: 6015 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 :: 5571 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 :: 6624 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 :: 4849 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 :: 6455 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 :: 6665 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 :: 6448 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 :: 7535 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 :: 3852 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 :: 4151 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 :: 3861 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 :: 4876 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 :: 4820 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 :: 6352 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 :: 4836 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 :: 4352 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 :: 4455 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 :: 6271 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 :: 3461 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 :: 5236 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 :: 5107 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 :: 8262 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 :: 6582 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 :: 3631 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 :: 3852 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 :: 7143 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 :: 6433 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 :: 6485 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 :: 3268 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 :: 6043 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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