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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Special Session Update: All registered testifiers can still be heard, but should be ready
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 6260 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...every registered testifier will have an opportunity to speak by the hearing's end, even if they were not present at the time their number was initially called....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Obama Sticks Abercrombie on 'Climate Preparedness' Taskforce
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 6082 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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"Hawaii is unquestionably vulnerable to changes in climate such as rising temperatures, droughts, flooding, sea level rise, coastal erosion and ocean acidification.” -- Abercrombie
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least Tax-Friendly States
By Selected News Articles @ 7:10 PM :: 4642 Views :: Taxes
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...our picks for the 10 most tax-friendly and the 10 least tax-friendly states in the U.S....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals Drop 1% After 2 Years Growth
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 4489 Views :: Tourism
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Total arrivals, which have shown growth since September 2011, lowered by 1 percent to 594,181 visitors....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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The Conservative Alternative to Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:49 PM :: 3733 Views :: Health Care
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We’ve been very critical of Obamacare because it’s hurting Americans. But that has caused some to ask, “What’s your alternative?”
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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After Six Years Improvement, Hawaii Scores 'C' on Premature Birth
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 5351 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii’s preterm birth rate fell to 12.2 percent but the change was not enough to change its grade on the 2013 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Hearings Expose SB1 'Not Ready for Prime Time'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 6199 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Thank goodness for the cogent and thoughtful questions being asked, both pro and con, by members of the House Judiciary and Finance Committees....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Big Wind’s Dirty Secret: Radioactive Waste
By NCPA @ 3:00 PM :: 6367 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...between 4.9 million and 6.1 million pounds of radioactive waste were created to make these wind turbines....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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A Psychiatric Trick or Treat
By NCPA @ 2:56 PM :: 4230 Views :: Health Care
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Fifty years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy signed legislation creating a federally funded Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) program....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Marriage: ‘People’s Filibuster’ Continues into Second Day
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 6007 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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There must always be people present to continue the "People's Filibuster", otherwise they will close the hearing....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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FCC Announces $1M for Hawaiian Tel Rural Broadband on Big Island
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 5868 Views :: National News, Ethics
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And the money didn't go to Sandwich Isles Communications!
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Honolulu Planning Dep’t: “Making TOD Happen”
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 6310 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Neal Blaisdell Center....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Study detailing Hawaii’s hidden retirement liabilities should haunt taxpayers
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:25 PM :: 7054 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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This Halloween, the Chicago-based government watchdog group, Truth in Accounting, issued what its authors call a “haunting” report....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Anti-GMO Bill Vetoed, Kauai Mayor Wants County to Work With State on Pesticides
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 5304 Views :: GMOs
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FULL TEXT: Mayor's Veto Message and Legal Opinion from County Attorney ....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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House to Hear Gay Marriage Testimony Starting 10AM: How to Testify
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 5973 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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The hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at the State Capitol's Auditorium....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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1998 Admissions: ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Gays Didn't Want 'Marriage' -- Constitutional Amendment Language 'Misleading'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 PM :: 7488 Views :: Family, Hawaii History
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...at their moment of victory over the people they quietly admit to the key deceptions used to manufacture consent....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Obama and Sebelius: Obamacare Didn’t Cancel Your Plans
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:43 AM :: 3149 Views
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Obama called insurance plans that are getting canceled “substandard” and said people could actually keep those plans if insurers still offered them (which they can’t under the President’s health care law).....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Panos 2050: Solutions for a Sustainable Hawaii
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 10:22 AM :: 5138 Views :: Economy
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From developments in China to politicians' pay....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Ken Schoolland Talks to Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 6294 Views :: Economy, Higher Education
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Schoolland discusses the importance of economics education as a way to understand how the world works....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Schofield 65th Engineer Battalion assumes vital mission in Afghanistan
By Selected News Articles @ 2:28 AM :: 5337 Views :: Military
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Early on the morning of Oct. 21, more than 250 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion (CE), 130th Engineer Brigade and the 307th Engineer Battalion (C) (A), 20th Engineer Brigade gathered on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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NCTQ: Hawaii one of Five States to tie Teacher Compensation, Evaluations
By News Release @ 12:41 AM :: 4282 Views :: Education K-12
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This report provides a detailed and up-to-date lay of the land on teacher evaluation policies across the 50 states....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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DoE Admits Graduation Rates Exaggerated--Disabled Students Revised Down 13%
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 4653 Views :: Education K-12
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Students with disabilities: Originally reported 73.4% graduation rate, revised to 60.1%....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Constitution Forbids Legislature from Creating Gay Marriage
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 9:50 PM :: 12013 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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How They Voted: Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill 20-4
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 7081 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim, Kouchi, Slom....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Experts say Hawaii’s gay marriage bill worst at protecting religious freedom
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:25 PM :: 6954 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...people on both sides of the gay marriage debate say the current draft of Senate Bill 1, which would legalize same-sex ceremonies, infringes on religious liberty....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Gangsters Terrorize Union Members Forced to Fund Illegal Pro-Rail PAC Headed by Hawaiian Homes Commissioner
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 13577 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor, Rail
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...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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NYT: Obamacare 'Adverse Selection' Followed by 'Death Spiral'
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 4617 Views :: Health Care
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Economists call the process "adverse selection" and warn that in its worst iteration it could lead to a "death spiral" of falling enrollment and climbing prices....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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3 Trillion Reasons Not to Raise Taxes Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:30 PM :: 4281 Views :: Taxes
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... raised taxes 13 times in 2013 ....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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HB7 Gets State out of Solemnization Business, Protects Rights of Biological Parents
By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 AM :: 7074 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...under SB1 a child born to a woman will be legally taken from her if the biological father is married to another male....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Searching for the Searcher: UH Regents to Interview Presidential Search Firms
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 5003 Views :: Higher Education
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The three firms will be invited to make presentations to the committee within the next two weeks....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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DHHL Releases Draft Oahu Island Plan
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 5658 Views :: DHHL
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Beneficiaries and other interested parties and organizations are encouraged to review the Draft Plan and submit comments no later than November 18, 2013....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Six Marriage-Related Bills Proposed in House
By Andrew Walden @ 10:43 PM :: 6842 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...six different bills addressing religious freedom, parental rights, parentage assumptions tied to marriage, and whether the people will get a chance to vote on marriage via a constitutional amendment....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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House Republican Infighting: Move to Dump Thielen, Johanson Fails
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 11891 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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Rep. McDermott demanded the Minority Party give back their Vice Chair positions, calling them "polluted"....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Water bill problems affected 130,000
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:43 PM :: 8916 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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...of the nearly 130,000 customers who received an estimated bill, 79 percent received an underestimated bill ....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Clayton Hee Maneuver Excludes 1000s of Testifiers
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 10014 Views :: Ethics, Family, First Amendment
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At noon, Senator Hee announced that if anyone was not present in the next 15 minutes to sign up to testify, they would not be heard....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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HFA: 10,000 at Rally Against Gay Marriage
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 6716 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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We estimate that 10 thousand people were at the capitol yesterday to oppose Senate action. In addition, rallies were held on Maui, the Big Island, Hilo and Kona....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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State Releases 10-Year Report on Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 7372 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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“The extensive report summarizes rates of treatment services in Hawaii and reflects substance abuse trends and areas of concern"
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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House Cttes to Hear SB1 Thursday, Deadline for Testimony Approaching
By Tito Montes @ 2:56 PM :: 6351 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...same-sex marriage is still not a ‘done deal’ in the state house....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Has Your Health Insurance Plan Been Canceled?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:37 PM :: 5602 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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"If you like your health care, you can keep your health care plan." --Obama, 2009
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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Hawaii 3rd Best Place to Retire
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 5407 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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The 2013 MoneyRates.com Best States to Retire and Worst States to Retire features ranked each of the 50 U.S. states....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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HART to receive $63.7 million in GET surcharge revenue
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 4300 Views :: Rail
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The $63,791,074 collected for the project from July through September marks the highest quarterly total received by HART to date....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 28, 2013
By Congress.org @ 4:21 PM :: 4680 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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With the Senate out all week, the House held its final vote on Wednesday....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Expert Testimony at Gay Marriage Informational Briefing
By Video @ 4:15 PM :: 7081 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Hosted by Representatives Bob McDermott and Gene Ward October 23, 2013....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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In Search of Frankencorn in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 5307 Views :: GMOs
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Hawaii's dishonest anti-biotech activist campaign....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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Wealth Ranking Cannot Disguise Hawaii's Status as 2nd Worst Sinkhole State
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 5257 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Today, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and the Institute for Truth in Accounting warned Hawaii citizens about our serious sad state of financial affairs....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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Ethics Commission Gives Instant Response to Demand Hawaii Mormon Church ‘Register Every Paid Employee’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 7586 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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White guilt plus political correctness equals restricting free speech and religious liberty in the name of civil rights....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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Law Profs: SB1 Does Not Protect Religious Freedom
By News Release @ 2:33 PM :: 7036 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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We write in support of same-sex marriage and in support of religious liberty....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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From One Obamacare to Another
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:48 AM :: 5235 Views :: National News
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Obama is now back to beating the broken drum on amnesty....
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