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Friday, June 28, 2013
SB1087: GEMS for Solar Scammers
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 6096 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
The Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program is an innovative financing model....
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Abercrombie Signs 35 Bills
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 4086 Views :: Hawaii State Government
the Office of the Governor provides the below list of most recently signed bills....
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Full Text: DoD ‘Briefing Card’ on Same Sex Benefits
By News Release @ 12:17 AM :: 7096 Views :: Family, Military

The US Department of Defense has released the following ‘Briefing Card’ to military officers in the wake of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision....

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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Rep. Ward seeks assurance that public data will be protected under SB1003
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 4088 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Senate Bill 1003 allows for periodic security audits of all Executive Branch departments and agencies to ensure that the state’s computer infrastructure and sensitive data are protected from unauthorized use....

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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Voting Rights: Hawaii Moves to Top of Enforcement List?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:40 PM :: 6041 Views :: Office of Elections
Why? Hawaii's consistently low voter turnout....
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
The Supreme Court’s Marriage Decisions by the Numbers
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:11 PM :: 4496 Views :: Family

...50--The number of states whose marriage laws remain the same after the Court’s marriage decisions....

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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Animal Cruelty: Abercrombie Signs Six Bills
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 6021 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement
SB978 provides harsher penalties for those found guilty of animal cruelty by upgrading misdemeanor cruelty offenses involving 10 or more animals to a Class C felony....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
NRDC: Hawaii Ranked 4th in Beachwater Quality
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 5702 Views :: Environment, Tourism

3 beaches (1%) had more than 20% of their samples exceed state standard(s)....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Abercrombie Signs Seven Ag Bills
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4463 Views :: Agriculture

...Abercrombie today signed seven bills related to agriculture....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Abercrombie: Supreme Court Ruling Supports My Position in Hawaii Gay Marriage Lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 4941 Views :: Family

...language in the Windsor ruling supports my position in the Hawaii lawsuit, which is currently pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Jones Act: Horizon, USCG Agree to Use of Foreign Shipyards for LNG Conversion
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 4995 Views :: Jones Act
USCG ruled that the work as described can take place in a foreign shipyard....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
WSJ: An ObamaCare Board Answerable to No One
By NCPA @ 3:40 PM :: 3986 Views :: Health Care

The ObamaCare law also stipulates that there "shall be no administrative or judicial review" of the board's decisions....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Supreme Court declines to hear Appeal of Decision Overturning Calif. Prop. 8
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 3944 Views :: Family
Gov Jerry Brown Orders County Clerks to Resume Granting Gay Marriage Licenses ....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Things That Will Cost More Under Obama’s Climate Change Plan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:34 PM :: 3836 Views :: Environment

But let’s pretend we were able to stop emitting all carbon immediately...The Science and Public Policy Institute found that the global temperature would decrease by 0.17 degrees Celsius—by 2100.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Supreme Court to Congress on Voting Rights Act: “History Did Not End in 1965”
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 5943 Views :: National News, Office of Elections

... thankfully “Our country has changed” ....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Hawaii Family Forum: Gay Marriage Decision ‘Disappointing’
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 4795 Views :: Family

... there is no longer a national definition of marriage ....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Vogue: Tulsi Gabbard Urged to Run for Governor
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 AM :: 5713 Views :: Politicians

Gabbard steps from the dais, and audience members rush to hug her and urge her to run for governor....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Act 137: Abercrombie Creates New HGEA Bargaining Unit
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 5969 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement

Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tax fraud, obstruction of justice no obstacle to Honolulu cop’s pension
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:06 AM :: 5584 Views :: Law Enforcement

Nishimura was the highest-ranking Honolulu police officer charged with a federal felony offense....

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Hawaii: An Energy and Economic Analysis
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 6057 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

Electricity demand in Hawaii is among the lowest in the country....

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Obama Launches Campaign to Mock Global Warming Deniers into Submission
By AtomicMonkey @ 6:55 PM :: 4688 Views :: Environment
The earth has, in its past, been both a flaming inferno and a frozen blob. That's quite a range in climate even before humans were on the scene..
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Schatz “Mind Numbingly Stupid”
By Selected News Articles @ 5:37 PM :: 10372 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Obama Climate Policy: Poor Will be Hardest Hit
By NCPA @ 3:44 PM :: 4762 Views :: Energy, Environment

If President Obama’s proposed power plant emissions controls are enacted, it will destroy utilities burning coal, hike energy costs while making zero impact on earth’s climate...

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Heritage: The Kind of Immigration Reform We Could Support
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:11 PM :: 4104 Views :: National News

The Senate voted yesterday to advance the Gang of Eight’s “comprehensive” immigration bill....

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Honolulu Traffic: Most ‘Lane-Deficient’ City in USA
By Honolulu Traffic @ 12:10 AM :: 5988 Views :: Development, Rail

Adding more density will cause the central road network to seize.... 

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Abercrombie Sends Notice of ‘Intent to Veto’ 9 Bills, Line-Item 10th
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 4669 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Most of these bills are potentially objectionable because of concerns, raised by state departments or agencies, reflected in testimonies provided during the hearing process...

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Productivity and Innovation: Hawaii Tumbles from ‘A’ to ‘F’
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 7055 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

The 2013 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report shows how each state ranks....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Governor Signs School Readiness Bill, Early Learning Director Quits
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 5166 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Rail Forum: What Happens When Transit Consumes 19%?
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 6806 Views :: Rail

Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Washington Middle School, King St. at Punahou....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 25th in Children's Well-Being
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 5965 Views :: Education K-12, Family

The KIDS COUNT index includes child-level indicators across four domains....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
What if the Exchanges Aren’t Ready On Time?
By John Goodman @ 1:38 PM :: 3982 Views :: Health Care

[M]ost of the specs have been written, but the all wiring hasn't been laid, and what will happen when they flip the switch nobody really knows....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
DLNR Seeks Savings on Dead Whales
By News Release @ 1:28 PM :: 4107 Views :: Environment

Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....

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Monday, June 24, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 24, 2013
By Congress.org @ 1:17 PM :: 4459 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Froman Nomination – Confirmation
  • Senate: U.S. Immigration Policy – Motion to Table Cornyn Amendment
  • House: Abortion Ban – Passage
  • House: Farm Bill – Passage
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Monday, June 24, 2013
10 Problems with the Gang of Eight Immigration Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:12 PM :: 4265 Views :: National News

UNFAIR: More than 4 million people are waiting to come to the US legally....

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Sunday, June 23, 2013
LA Times: California ‘Non-Partisan’ Primary ‘Weakened Democracy’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:13 PM :: 6763 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections

In response to Hawaii Democrats' suit to close their primary, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, columnist David Shapiro and Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar’s Civil Beat have all editorialized in favor of Hawaii adopting California’s ‘Top Two’ primary system....

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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Needed Services Should be Paid by Users of the Service
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 5949 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes

The reaction to last week’s commentary could only be described as shrill....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Kailua HS Underwater Robotics Team Heads to International Meet
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 4957 Views :: Education K-12

The Kailua High School team currently is in Federal Way, Wash., where the competition is running from June 20 to 22....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Limbaugh: Hirono Creates Pathway to Welfare for Illegals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 7398 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
How many of you who have started small businesses planned on using welfare if it failed?....
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Schatz: Believe in Global Warming or "Be Run Out of Town"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 7565 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
"These people have to be ridiculed," said Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. "They have to be run out of town rhetorically."
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Was Honolulu Rail Designed by Global Warming Deniers?
By John Bond @ 4:19 AM :: 5791 Views :: Rail

This all could have been avoided by a rail route further inland, such as along H-1....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Abercrombie Signs SB1025 Loosening Home Loan Qualifications
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 4697 Views :: Hawaii State Government

adds down payment, closing cost and other assistance as a program feature....

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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Caldwell Takes a Stand for Vacant Positions, Double Dipping
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 AM :: 3773 Views :: Honolulu County

The Council dealt with the imbalance by “cutting approximately one-half of the funding that is required to fill vacant positions”.....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Molokai’s Larry Helm dies
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:31 PM :: 6570 Views :: Maui County, Military
Larry Helm.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Schatz Immigration Bill Amendment: Embrace Global Warming Hype to Enter USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 5753 Views :: Environment, National News

According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Maui County Sued over Sign-Waving Regs
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3787 Views :: First Amendment

...the suit, against the County of Maui seeks immediate changes to County laws that prohibit people from displaying signs on sidewalks and along roadways....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Farm Bill Defeat Signals Trouble for Immigration Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 5451 Views :: National News, Agriculture

Sixty-two Republicans bucked their own party to vote against the bloated bill....Coupled with a large bloc of Democrats (Including Hanabusa and Gabbard) who wanted more spending on food stamps....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Cash-Only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 3465 Views :: Health Care

A Medscape survey found 6 percent of physicians in the cash-only business in 2013, up from 4 percent in 2012. Most are primary care doctors....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Feds Release Economic Report on U.S. Shipyards
By Michael Hansen @ 4:16 AM :: 5334 Views :: Jones Act, Military

60% of all shipbuilding and repairing revenue is from U.S. military sources....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Rep McDermott: Dep't of Health Obstructing VA Loans
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 5656 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

the policy statement on the DOH Website is causing the VA to balk at home loans and re-fi’s for thousands of homes with catchment systems....

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Friday, June 21, 2013
Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 3820 Views :: Education K-12

Allotment of funds for the following priority projects has been approved by the Governor....

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