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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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DoE: ACT Testing for 50,000 Students to 'Improve Effectiveness of Intervention'
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 2934 Views :: Education K-12
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“One of the Department’s strategies is to provide better data on students’ academic progress. This ACT test will help tremendously in that area.”
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 4514 Views :: Health Care
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In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 2829 Views
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Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Jihadist Magazines Recruit Young Terrorists
By IPT News @ 6:58 PM :: 5263 Views :: National News
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"A Step to (sic) Step Guide on How to Become a Successful Lone Mujahid"....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 4381 Views :: Health Care
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...two City Councilmembers will host a briefing with hospital officials and emergency responders, who will report the availability of emergency rooms in the Ewa region....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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The Obama Budget's Economic Message
By NCPA @ 2:23 PM :: 2194 Views
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The latest budget does not balance and was released far too late for it to matter....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Cost of Health Insurance Exchanges Shoots Up
By NCPA @ 2:22 PM :: 3027 Views :: Health Care
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As installation of the exchanges becomes more complicated, the cost of the exchanges has risen rapidly over the last year....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Where Did Your Tax Dollar Go?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:00 PM :: 3511 Views :: Taxes
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Americans are waking up today to the worst "case of the Mondays" they'll have all year: It's Tax Day....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents
By Video @ 6:20 PM :: 5859 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families...."
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Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 5608 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the illusion of greater revenues would be helpful in Abercrombie’s effort to create a state-funded ‘Early Education’ voucher system....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013 |
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Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 4219 Views :: Taxes
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...the madness of completing state tax returns is just around the corner....
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Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
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SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3582 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...give priority to achieving the goal of gender equity when appointing members to vacancies, at-large positions, and as alternates...."
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Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
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Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 6008 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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Seventeen states managed to reduce recidivism and improve public safety while cutting correction costs, a report from a federal and state partnership revealed Friday....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 6037 Views :: OHA
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"We will be able to rally people like we never have before."
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 4991 Views :: Education K-12
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...earn a spot at the FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis, Mo., April 25-27....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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House Republican Budget Update
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 5051 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 6791 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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"Can it be that the idiots who evidently run the Hawaii Business magazine have never heard about the principle that statutes have to be constitutional?"
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Andrew Walden @ 12:59 PM :: 10051 Views :: Rail
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“In its final report on the June 22, 2009, accident, the National Transportation Safety Board said a malfunction of the automatic train control system was the direct cause of the crash.”
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 5678 Views :: Jones Act
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“The Jones Act chokes off Savannah’s ability to take advantage of the cheapest gasoline in the world, which is produced domestically right here in our own Gulf Coast.”
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say
By Video @ 12:29 PM :: 5534 Views :: Hawaii History
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Olelo will be airing "An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say," a 6-part documentary ....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting
By News Release @ 10:26 AM :: 4535 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Obama's Fake Budget Marketing Exposed
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:01 AM :: 2556 Views
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President Obama is marketing his new budget by saying it has "more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue." Is this true?
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Legislature Repeals the PLDC
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 5937 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...the law's no-bid contract provisions, the slant towards developing public resources instead of conservation, and the creation of a semi-autonomous agency exempted from routine oversight....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 6727 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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Requires the assessment of impact fees prior to issuance of a water meter ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 6089 Views :: Military
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Next year, the proposed missile defense budget has actually been cut to $9.16 billion....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 5128 Views :: Military
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...a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report indicate that “North Korea now has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles.”....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 PM :: 5221 Views :: Taxes
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Tax Freedom Day is the day when the state as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Schatz Across Hanabusa’s Bow: Campaign Reports $1.1M Raised
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 3679 Views
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...Schatz raised over $1.1 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2013, with over $1 million cash-on-hand....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 4972 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the first conference committee meeting on the state budget -- Thursday, April 11, 9:30 a.m. in room 309...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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States Show Folly of Energy Mandates
By NCPA @ 1:21 PM :: 3259 Views :: Energy
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The increased energy costs produced by renewable mandates are passed along to consumers in the form of higher utility bills....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Countdown to Climate Change: It's Only 297 Years Away!
By NCPA @ 12:12 PM :: 4598 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Climatologists have suffered numerous blows to their reputation as evidence continues to emerge about data altering and a plethora of half-truths used as propaganda....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Hawaiians Give Vote of No Confidence to ‘Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:03 PM :: 8951 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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After nearly a year of efforts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission claim a mere 9,300 signatures....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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5 Things to Know About the Obama Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:01 AM :: 4198 Views :: National News
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President Obama finally released his budget yesterday—more than two months late....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Temporary insurance program foreshadows exploding costs for ObamaCare
By Selected News Articles @ 9:59 AM :: 3617 Views :: Health Care
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An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been operating for nearly three years is foreshadowing big problems to come....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s First Satellite to Launch from Barking Sands
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 4381 Views
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...When the Super Strypi missile takes flight from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i, it will be carrying a satellite designed by University of Hawai‘i faculty and students....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Got Ethics? Apply Here to Join the Commission
By News Release @ 12:42 AM :: 4430 Views :: Ethics
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The new application deadline is April 30, 2013....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Hawaii Ranks 13th in Access to Local Food
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 AM :: 4111 Views
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...the Index incorporates farmers markets, consumer-supported agriculture operations (CSAs) and food hubs in its per-capita comparison of consumers’ interest in eating locally-sourced foods....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5673 Views :: Second Amendment
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Senate Bill 69 passed in the state House of Representatives earlier this month, and will be considered for concurrence and final passage by the state Senate tomorrow....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Testimony: Passage of SB286 Will Lead to State Court Challenge
By Selected News Articles @ 1:13 PM :: 4258 Views :: Office of Elections
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"What incentive do the plaintiffs have to withdraw their challenge IF they think they have a chance of prevailing in Federal Court?"
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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College 2020: ‘Education Will Become Radically Cheaper’
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 PM :: 4147 Views :: Higher Education
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In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one person is confident that college will be far less expensive in just a few years....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Hydraulic Fracturing Could Jumpstart Economy
By NCPA @ 1:09 PM :: 3740 Views :: Energy
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...The reduction in natural gas prices has also led to decreasing electricity prices ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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North Korea on the Edge
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 3824 Views :: Military
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“North Korea can already hit Hawaii, parts of Alaska, and California. It can also hit U.S. forward-deployed troops in South Korea, Japan, and Guam…"
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Land Use: Making an Environment for Those With Means
By Robert Thomas @ 1:05 PM :: 11730 Views :: Environment, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Others can live in Hong Kong-style apartments so I can enjoy my place in the country....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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No ‘Constitutional Right’ to Leave Unattended Property on the Street
By Robert Thomas @ 1:03 PM :: 5427 Views :: Homelessness
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The Ninth Circuit’s Opinion jeopardizes local governments’ ability to act for the benefit of all their citizens....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Gut and Replace: Committee Chairs 2 - Committee Members 0
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 6171 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...without posting any proposed drafts for public notice, the Committees amended the bill to add over 40 pages on geothermal development....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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SB982 Changing the Way Votes Are Counted on Constitutional Amendments
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 AM :: 5733 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a constitutional amendment only passes if at least 50% of the total ballots cast include a “yes” vote....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Hearing Today: HCR189/HR150 Alternatives to Big Wind, Big Cable
By News Release @ 10:34 AM :: 4747 Views :: Energy
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This Resolution urges the Governor and Public Utilities Commission to seek alternatives to the windmills and undersea cable proposed for Molokai and Lanai....
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