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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Animal Cruelty: Abercrombie Signs Six Bills
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 6427 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 :: 6061 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 :: 4822 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 :: 5209 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 :: 5299 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 :: 4234 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 :: 4126 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 :: 4025 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 :: 6340 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 :: 5104 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 :: 5964 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 :: 6341 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 :: 5999 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 :: 6564 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 :: 4940 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 :: 10851 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 :: 5105 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 :: 4315 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 :: 6442 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 :: 4939 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 :: 7503 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 :: 5474 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 :: 7229 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 :: 6369 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 :: 4226 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 :: 4471 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 :: 4700 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 :: 4482 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 :: 7186 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 :: 6318 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 :: 5379 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 :: 7817 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 :: 7931 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 :: 6057 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 :: 4923 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 :: 3996 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 :: 6902 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 :: 6076 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 :: 3957 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 :: 5744 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 :: 3700 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 :: 5661 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 :: 5971 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 :: 4104 Views :: Education K-12

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

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Narcissism as a Marketing Strategy: PepsiCo Says Honolulu 9th Most Susceptible
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 5180 Views :: Family
I am in charge. I dream large. I choreograph my personal story. The SELF brand provides the content, the tools and the community ....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
HI unfunded liabilities: Unpredictable tsunami or government-made disaster?
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:07 PM :: 4772 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...the state has a constitutionally mandated “balanced budget requirement,” but that’s based on “an outdated cash-based accounting model that recognizes expenses when they are paid instead of when they are incurred”....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
House Defeats $940 billion food stamp bill 195 to 234
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:27 PM :: 5675 Views :: National News, Agriculture

the food stamp program has doubled under the Obama Administration....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Ewa Development Plan
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 5817 Views :: Development, Rail

7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 Kapolei High School Cafeteria....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 6477 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement

There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Rothenberg: Gabbard Could Challenge Abercrombie
By Selected News Articles @ 8:44 PM :: 6323 Views :: Politicians

...it actually wouldn’t be as big of a political risk within her own party because of his first-term troubles....

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