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Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Schatz Immigration Bill Amendment: Embrace Global Warming Hype to Enter USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 6087 Views :: Environment, National News
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According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change....
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Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Maui County Sued over Sign-Waving Regs
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3962 Views :: First Amendment
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...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 |
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Farm Bill Defeat Signals Trouble for Immigration Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 5760 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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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 |
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Cash-Only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 3713 Views :: Health Care
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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 |
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Feds Release Economic Report on U.S. Shipyards
By Michael Hansen @ 4:16 AM :: 5670 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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60% of all shipbuilding and repairing revenue is from U.S. military sources....
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Friday, June 21, 2013 |
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Rep McDermott: Dep't of Health Obstructing VA Loans
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 5978 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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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 |
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Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 4111 Views :: Education K-12
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Allotment of funds for the following priority projects has been approved by the Governor....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Narcissism as a Marketing Strategy: PepsiCo Says Honolulu 9th Most Susceptible
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 5188 Views :: Family
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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 |
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HI unfunded liabilities: Unpredictable tsunami or government-made disaster?
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:07 PM :: 4783 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...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 |
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House Defeats $940 billion food stamp bill 195 to 234
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:27 PM :: 5686 Views :: National News, Agriculture
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the food stamp program has doubled under the Obama Administration....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Ewa Development Plan
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 5829 Views :: Development, Rail
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7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 Kapolei High School Cafeteria....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 6496 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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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 |
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Rothenberg: Gabbard Could Challenge Abercrombie
By Selected News Articles @ 8:44 PM :: 6333 Views :: Politicians
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...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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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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HECO Plans to Give Away Millions to Wind Scammers, Lock in Ultra-High Rates
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 5171 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Combined, the projects have committed to sell electricity to Hawaiian Electric at an average price of 15.9 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is ... the current cost of generating electricity from oil....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Importing Boston’s Failures to Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 8:00 PM :: 4379 Views :: Rail
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What did Grabauskas do to merit this position?
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Stop Rail Appeal Hearing Set for August 15
By Honolulu Traffic @ 7:48 PM :: 5466 Views :: Rail
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set August 15, 2013 as the date for oral arguments in our appeal of Judge A. Wallace Tashima's rulings....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Insurance Agents Debate Obamacare
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 7:33 PM :: 5799 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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within 5 years, half or more of them will be out of business....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Three Biotechnology Scientists Awarded 2013 World Food Prize
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 4102 Views :: GMOs
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The recipients named today independently developed the science of modern plant biotechnology, opening doors to improved agricultural crops that can feed the world more effectively and sustainably...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Congress Is Trying to Fool You on Immigration
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:04 PM :: 4124 Views :: National News
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Here’s how they do business. A piece of legislation is going to cost trillions of dollars, but Members of Congress don’t want the public to see that....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Democrats' Lawsuit Demanding Closed Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 4:03 AM :: 8298 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections
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Here are the Complaint and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, filed yesterday....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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HART West Oahu Community Meetings to Discuss Rail Station Design
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 4833 Views :: Rail
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Tuesday, June 25 6pm at Waipahu Intermediate School, 94-455 Farrington Hwy....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Joe Trippi to Speak in Hawaii: "Better Schools Aren't a Partisan Issue"
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 5738 Views :: Education K-12
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Joe Trippi – heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” – is widely recognized as one of America’s leading and most influential political strategists....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Spying: Obama Loses 17% Among Youth
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:04 AM :: 4302 Views :: National News
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CNN/ORC poll showed a dramatic 17-point decline in the President’s approval rating among 18-34 year-olds....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Hu Honua Biomass Construction Halted as Pipefitters, Boilermakers Fight for Control
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 6304 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Rumors had been circulating for the last couple of weeks that the construction company had pulled its workers off the site as a result of failure to be paid...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst
By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 PM :: 7043 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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National Governors Assoc to Assist Hawaii Early Learning Program
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 4063 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations and educators....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Molokai vets wait a decade for center, services
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:29 PM :: 7796 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military
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As a part of the 2011 settlement, Maui County had to issue the permit, pay the veterans $200,000 and the mayor was required to issue an apology....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth
By NCPA @ 1:50 PM :: 3377 Views :: Energy
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U.S. crude oil production grew by more than 1 million barrels a day last year, the largest increase in the world and the largest in U.S. history....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 6222 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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Supreme Court to Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:43 AM :: 8306 Views :: Akaka Bill, Land Use, OHA
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What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 6406 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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“Many small beekeepers have been unable to successfully navigate current regulatory hurdles required to operate a certified food-processing establishment on their own premises for the extraction and bottling of honey, which has resulting in many giving up beekeeping entirely,” said Hawaii Board of Agriculture Chairperson Russell S. Kokubun.
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Tesoro Finds Buyer to Own, Operate Kapolei Refinery
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5766 Views :: Energy
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This is a defeat for Abercrombie who did everything he could to kill the refinery....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Costs 16% More than US Average
By UHERO @ 5:11 PM :: 4738 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Regional Price Parities (RPPs) measure differences in the price levels of goods and services across states....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii AG Joins 'Secure Our Smartphones' Initiative
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 4836 Views :: Law Enforcement
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encouraging the cell phone industry to adopt technologies that would deter theft by drying up the secondary market on which stolen devices are sold....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs 37 Bills into Law
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 4593 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie enacted the following bill on Friday, June 14, 2013....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Foreclosure Starts up 108%
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 5201 Views :: Economy
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RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report....
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Monday, June 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 17, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:19 PM :: 2881 Views
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- Senate: Farm Bill Passage
- House: FY 2014 Defense Authorization Passage
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Hawaii Schools Can’t Pass-the-Buck
By Selected News Articles @ 10:10 PM :: 8065 Views :: Education K-12
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“…an agency cannot eschew its affirmative duties under the IDEA by blaming the parents.”
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Call for Audit: 51,000 Water Dep't Customers May Have Been Overcharged
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 6282 Views :: Honolulu County
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daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Neither Age nor Disability is an Indication of Financial Need
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 5726 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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Nearly a year and a half ago, a commission appointed by the Honolulu City Council to study some of the inequities in the real property tax ordinance dropped its findings on the desks of Council members....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Gambling Machine Contract Guaranteed ‘No problem from Vice-Squad’
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 AM :: 9849 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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Despite this assurance, the record also reveals that the parties also made jokes about being “locked up” because of these games....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4835 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped three more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii County PD Community Satisfaction Survey Released
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 6979 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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608 members of the public participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Want Land? DLNR Will Buy it for You
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4810 Views :: Land Use
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State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Appeals Court Thwarts State's Massive Land Grab
By Robert Thomas @ 8:06 PM :: 8017 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Tea Party Maui leaders call for special prosecutor to investigate IRS
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:05 PM :: 6446 Views :: Taxes, TEA Party
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Sen. Sam Slom was the guest speaker at the Tea Party Maui meeting Thursday where Jim Wagoner was elected president of the organization....
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