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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Kauai Friends of the NRA to Meet
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 6527 Views :: Kauai County, Second Amendment
Kauai Friends of NRA Saturday, April 27, 4:00 PM, Kauai Beach Resort Ball Room 4331 Kauai Beach Dr....
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Lingle Joins US Energy Security Council
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5101 Views :: Energy

The Council is the highest level extra-governmental group ever convened to address the energy security challenge facing America....

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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Jim DeMint: My First Day as Heritage's President
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 PM :: 4409 Views :: National News

...Liberal policies have destroyed families and communities and created dependence on government. Putting our society back together will require work....

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Thursday, April 4, 2013
From Hawaii to Virginia, are College Accreditors Overstepping their Authority?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 7915 Views :: Higher Education
... a remarkably similar “wrongful intrusion of college accreditors in state governance matters” ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
UH: College of Education programs align with national findings
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 3901 Views
... The report showcases the quality of teacher preparation programs ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
15th Anniversary Aloha Pregnancy Center
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 5681 Views :: Life
... May 24, 2013 6:30-8:30pm Honolulu Community College Cafeteria - 874 Dillingham Blvd.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
DOE to request waiver for School Improvement Grant funds
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 4737 Views :: Education K-12
... to extend the period of availability of school fiscal year (FY) 2010 and FY 2011 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Full Text: Hawaii Senate Republican Budget Proposal
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:54 PM :: 7502 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
...Hawaii Senate Minority Budget for 2014-2015 reflects a decrease of $1.6 billion in total funding in comparison with the proposed Executive Budget...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Saving Paradise, an intelligent eco-thriller
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 3879 Views :: Environment
Featured Appearance at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival, Sunday, May 18, 2013, 3:00 p.m., Mauka Author's Pavilion...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
House Judiciary Kills Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
By Tom Berg @ 1:53 PM :: 6432 Views :: Drugs
SB472 SD1 HD1 was recommitted back to the Hawaii State House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee today by a unanimous vote....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Full Text: Mayor Caldwell's State of the City Speech
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 5757 Views :: Honolulu County

When I was building my cabinet, I knew that I did not want a team who would be satisfied with just keeping the lights on....

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Heritage: Farewell from Ed Feulner
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 4560 Views :: National News
The Heritage Foundation...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
CNHA Cheers Proposed Amendments to HHCA
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 3226 Views :: DHHL

The Obama Administration, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz and U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono introduced requests for the Congress to approve amendments made to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) by the Hawaii State Legislature over the past several years....

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Cradle to Grave: State Preschools and Legalized Marijuana
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 7624 Views :: Education K-12, Republican Party, Drugs
...why would anyone think this expensive, irresponsible, and deceptive program will work to improve the education of Hawaii’s children....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
House GOP: Notable Bills to be Heard this Week
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 5747 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
...the House votes on all remaining Senate bills next Tuesday, April 9....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Full Text: Hawaii Salary Commission Pushes Legislators’ Pay Hike
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:53 PM :: 4750 Views :: Hawaii State Government
...there are no hearings and no votes....
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Charter School Network 2nd Annual Awards Dinner
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 4421 Views :: Education K-12
Friday, May 3, 2013 6:00 pm Hawaii Prince Hotel.... 
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Want a Fine Electric Car? Not in Hawaii
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:50 PM :: 5060 Views :: Energy

...the true cost to own a base Tesla S in Hawaii is 17% more than California and 34% more than Colorado....

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Seven Reasons Loan Guarantees Are Bad Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:44 PM :: 2380 Views

...loan guarantees are among the most pernicious ways that governments distort markets and harm American families and businesses alike....

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
What Immigration Reform Must Do
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:38 AM :: 4319 Views :: National News
How do we encourage and improve lawful immigration, while deterring unlawful immigration?
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
China mobilizing troops, jets near Korea
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 8886 Views :: World News, Military
China has placed military forces on heightened alert in the northeastern part of the country as tensions mount on the Korean peninsula....
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Today's top headlines for Lanai: News or April Fools?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 6613 Views :: Energy, Environment
Neil Abercrombie made his second visit to Lana`i in 3 years to announce that he “...gets it...."
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Monday, April 1, 2013
15 Years Without Global Warming
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:47 PM :: 5905 Views :: Environment
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea
By Video @ 1:39 PM :: 7043 Views :: World News
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was "the best on the planet."....
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Hawaii Impact? Supreme Court Rejects Texas Reapportionment Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:32 PM :: 7548 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
This morning, the Supreme Court released the order with the results of last Friday's conference, revealing the Court has declined to review Lepak v. City of Irving....
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Hawaii: Worst State to Make a Living
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 7735 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
...the highest cost of living of any state, and a relatively high state tax burden....
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Monday, April 1, 2013
3 Reasons the U.N.'s Arms Treaty Is Useless
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:22 PM :: 5951 Views :: World News, Military
Many media reports have said that Iran, North Korea, and Syria were the reasons the treaty failed....
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Transsexual 'Marriage': Court Challenges Gender Change on Hawaii Birth Certificate
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 7244 Views :: Family
A transgender who gave birth to three children ... failed to establish that 'he' was "legally a man" ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
SJR12: Schatz, Hirono Tinker with Hawaiian Homelands Blood Quantum
By Andrew Walden @ 8:24 PM :: 10710 Views :: Democratic Party, DHHL, Congressional Delegation
...blood quantum disputes have been a feature of internal politics within the Department of Hawaiian Homelands....
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Anti-GMO Activist: Crazy Hawaiians Make us Look Bad
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 AM :: 6975 Views :: GMOs
Anti-GMO activists just can’t seem to decide who they hate.  Last week they were telling Sen Nishihara to “go back to Japan”.  This week they are blaming "Native Hawaiians" for “irrational shenanigans”....
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Key to Tax Relief Lies in Repeal of Tax “Loopholes”
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 5761 Views :: Tax Credits
...Here in Hawaii, local lawmakers seem to have no problem handing out tax breaks to the rich albeit in the form of tax credits....
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
DLNR Reopens Kealakekua Bay to Two Kayak Operators
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 6930 Views :: Environment, Small Business
The Division of State Parks is now the sole authority for permitting the launching at Napoopoo....
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Star-Advertiser Backs Jones Act Reform
By Michael Hansen @ 2:32 AM :: 6130 Views :: Jones Act
the Star Advertiser Thursday endorsed Jones Act reform resolutions introduced in the Hawaii State House ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Two former POWs visit wounded warriors, share stories of resilience, hope
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 AM :: 6407 Views :: Military
Coffee and Hickerson, who both served in the Vietnam War, were captured and held prisoner ....
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Hawaii Schools Win Big in TV Journalism Competition
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 5809 Views :: Education K-12
Led by five awards from Waianae High School, public schools captured 16 of 17 awards won by Hawaii schools this month at the 10th Annual Student Television Network (STN) Convention in Los Angeles....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
VIDEO: Kalaeloa Solar Illegal Heavy Equipment Crushes Hawaiian Caves
By Video @ 12:10 PM :: 7943 Views :: Energy, Hawaii History

Heavy Trucks In Violation Of Programmatic Agreement. Karst Caves And Sinkholes Get Flooded....

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Friday, March 29, 2013
Hawaii Medal of Honor: Honoring the Fallen
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 AM :: 7590 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military

...service members gathered with state officials and civilians to honor their fallen comrades during a Hawaii Medal of Honor ceremony, March 27....

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Friday, March 29, 2013
Report: Hawaii 47th in Freedom
By News Release @ 8:44 AM :: 5744 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
Freedom in the 50 States presents a completely revised and updated ranking of the American states....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Photos: N Korea Dictator Signs Missile Orders in Front of Map Targeting Hawaii, Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 8:18 AM :: 11361 Views :: World News, Military
Most analysts agree North Korea would not be able to hit any U.S. mainland targets.…
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Hirono Announces State Office Staff Appointments
By News Release @ 7:29 AM :: 7150 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Hirono today announced her state staff, including former Senator Inouye aide Alan Yamamoto as her State Director....

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Friday, March 29, 2013
Hawaii Construction Forecast: Construction Upswing Picks Up Speed
By Selected News Articles @ 7:07 AM :: 5777 Views :: Economy
We are now seeing impressive gains in percentage terms for private building permits....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Don't Stop Religious Debates
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:45 AM :: 5969 Views :: Family, Religion

There's a heated debate going on in this country about marriage—and at times, it's less than civil....

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Friday, March 29, 2013
After Waiving $18M, City Again Begins Collecting Solar Inspection Fees
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 6705 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
The City will begin collecting fees on building permits issued for photovoltaic (PV) solar electric power systems effective April 6....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Governor Announces Nominations to Land Board, Water Commission
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 5729 Views :: Hawaii State Government
James A. Gomes to the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) and Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ph.D. and Milton D. Pavao to the Commission of Water Resource Management (CWRM)....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Honolulu Rail and the Uniform Relocation Act
By Mark Murakami @ 12:54 AM :: 7511 Views :: Land Use, Rail
Because the HART rail project will involve federal funds, federal laws and regulations provide property owners (and their tenants) with additional statutory and regulatory protections....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
State Inspects 90% Fewer Scales, 78% Fewer Gas Pumps Since 2010
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:35 AM :: 6372 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

Currently, six of the branch’s 11 positions remain vacant, and we found that the branch’s two remaining inspectors can only perform eight of the branch’s 15 key regulatory functions....

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Thursday, March 28, 2013
House GOP: "Senate bills would increase taxes and fees"
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 7597 Views :: Republican Party, Taxes
After many House bills to raise taxes and fees failed in the House, more Senate bills that would do so are still alive....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Hawaii Republican Assembly: "You Can Stop Bad Ideas"
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 6318 Views :: Republican Party
You can help stop bad ideas from becoming law by taking action today....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
SHPD Pilot Project to Monitor Big Island Archaeological Sites
By News Release @ 1:51 PM :: 4583 Views
The time-consuming work of compiling a database of all accepted preservation plans and preserved non-burial sites was recently completed by UH-Hilo student Josephine Buck....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions is March 31
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 6185 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
Ethics Commission applicants will either fill a  four-year term or an unexpired term that ends on June 30, 2014.  The vacancy on the Campaign Spending Commission is for a full, four-year term....
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