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									 A Backdoor Path to Amnesty?
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 2:09 PM :: 4890 Views  ::  National News
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			                                                 Members of Congress have debated various versions of the DREAM Act more than 30 times over the past dozen years. They’ll do so again today.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 SAFE Retirement Bill aims to save state and local pensions
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 6631 Views  ::  National News,  Congressional Delegation,  Health Care
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			                                                ...an alternative to rising costs and reduced benefits....
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					| Monday, July 22, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Why the White House Is Panicking about ObamaCare
									 
									By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 4347 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 The Obama administration is looking far and wide, leaving no stone unturned in a relentless search for help with getting people to enroll in health insurance plans this fall.... 
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					| Monday, July 22, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Passes House
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 1:35 PM :: 4152 Views  ::  Education K-12
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			                                                 the proposal would eliminate Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).... 
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					| Monday, July 22, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Rusty Humphries Speaks at HIRA Luncheon
									 
									By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 5488 Views  ::  Republican Party
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			                                                 More than 100 island conservatives from across Oahu came together to hear Humphries.... 
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					| Monday, July 22, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 22, 2013
									 
									By Congress.org @ 12:45 PM :: 4322 Views  ::  Congressional Delegation
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    - House: Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
 
    - House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
 
    - House: Education Law Overhaul  Passage
 
 
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					| Monday, July 22, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Detroit and the Bankruptcy of Liberalism
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 12:34 PM :: 4714 Views  ::  National News
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			                                                 More than 50 years of control by big-government liberals and union bosses have left a once-great American city crippled and deteriorating.... 
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					| Sunday, July 21, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Study: Cruise Ships Contribute $386M to Hawaii Economy
									 
									By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 8884 Views  ::  Economy,  Hawaii Statistics,  Jones Act,  Tourism
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			                                                 Hawaii, which had been among the top ten states in previous studies, fell from 8th in 2008, to 11th in 2009, and now to 13th in 2012.... 
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					| Sunday, July 21, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 University of Hawaii Pres gets Sweet Deal to Leave Early
									 
									By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:33 PM :: 4762 Views  ::  Higher Education
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			                                                 M.R.C. Greenwood will earn a little less than $25,000 a month after she resigns as University of Hawaii president... 
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					| Sunday, July 21, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 On-Going Need to Examine Who Pays for County Government
									 
									By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 4957 Views  ::  Taxes
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			                                                 A local reporter attempted to pin the Foundation down on whether or not it supported the handful of measures that had been thrown into the Honolulu City Council hopper .... 
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					| Sunday, July 21, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Solar Scam: DoE Overpays $612M for Athletic Supporter?
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 9088 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Energy
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			                                                “I don’t think you understand the gravity of the situation as it now stands.”
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					| Saturday, July 20, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
									 
									By Grassroot Institute @ 12:33 AM :: 5235 Views  ::  Education K-12
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			                                                 Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, will speak on "Let's Work Together: Building Coalitions to Expand School Choice".... 
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					| Saturday, July 20, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 State Spending $9.4M to Move Out of OHA-Owned Kakaako Building
									 
									By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 7203 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government,  OHA
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			                                                 The AAFES building was recently transferred to OHA, and DOH intends to transfer 325 employees from the Environmental Health Administration – 260 from AAFES.... 
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					| Saturday, July 20, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Asian Pacific Voters Republican Initiative
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 5806 Views  ::  Republican Party
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			                                                 the RNC is putting its time and money into California AP communities.... 
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					| Saturday, July 20, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 DLNR Names Interim SHPD Administrator
									 
									By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 4401 Views  ::  Hawaii State Government
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			                                                 Process begins to select new administrator.... 
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					| Friday, July 19, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Kamuela Hui to Put Telescope on Moon
									 
									By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 5006 Views  ::  Hawaii County 
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			                                                 ...the first private space telescope to operate from the lunar surface, available to researchers, educators and the general public through the internet.... 
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					| Friday, July 19, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Obamacare, Simplified
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 12:09 PM :: 4428 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Obama yesterday gave a speech on Obamacare, trying to justify the fact that premiums continue to rise, violating his 2008 campaign promise to lower them by $2,500 per family per year.... 
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					| Friday, July 19, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Fracking Reduces Prices and CO2 Emissions
									 
									By NCPA @ 12:02 PM :: 3688 Views  ::  Energy
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			                                                 Gas is not only cleaner than coal, but the United States has become the largest producer of natural gas.... 
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					| Friday, July 19, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 WaPo: Few Medicaid Docs Have Seen 2013 Pay Raise
									 
									By NCPA @ 11:55 AM :: 3701 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Most primary care doctors are still waiting for the Medicaid pay raise that was scheduled to begin in January under the Affordable Care Act... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Phony Checks: Hawaii Better Business Bureau Warns About Green Energy Scam
									 
									By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 6076 Views  ::  Energy
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			                                                 This company holds a BBB rating of “F” due in part to failing to answer 45 of 87 complaints against the business.... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Godzilla invades Waikiki, devours tax credits
									 
									By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:45 PM :: 5966 Views  ::  Tax Credits
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			                                                 As of July 1,  Hawaii has a new, expanded production tax credit, which grants motion pictures, digital media and film productions, an income tax credit of 20-25 percent.... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 CDC: Hawaii Seniors Have Longest Health Life Expectancy
									 
									By News Release @ 4:30 PM :: 6295 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care
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			                                                 HLE for males at age 65 years varied from a low of 10.1 years in Mississippi to a high of 15.0 years in Hawaii.... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 How to end the Jones Act’s protectionism
									 
									By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 5640 Views  ::  Jones Act
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			                                                What’s the best way to destroy the economy of an island or largely coastal region?  
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Accountable Care Organizations Struggle to Lower Costs
									 
									By NCPA @ 2:56 PM :: 4525 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Lowering health care costs is tougher than improving the quality of care, according to first-year results from a key pilot program .... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Civility, Bullying and Same-Sex Marriage
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 2:54 PM :: 5220 Views  ::  Family,  First Amendment
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			                                                 Fourteen months ago, President Barack Obama was a bigot. Now he is simply wrong. That's what you have to believe to agree with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's majority opinion .... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Serious New Questions on Obama Labor Nominee
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 5995 Views  ::  National News,  Labor
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			                                                 Perez has faced questions about his misleading congressional testimony about his involvement in a quid pro quo deal with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota.... 
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					| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Alm to Retire from HECO
									 
									By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 4964 Views  ::  Energy
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			                                                 ...we’ve set a course to provide even more low-cost clean energy to our customers.... 
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Tax Watch: Honolulu Property Taxes
									 
									By Rachelle Chang  @ 10:12 PM :: 7486 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Taxes
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			                                                 On July 10, 2013, Mayor Kirk Caldwell proposed ten property tax bills. All ten bills passed the first reading at the Honolulu City Council.... 
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Governor Releases $3.09 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
									 
									By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 5708 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Hawaii State Government
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			                                                 capital improvement grants to Maui and Hawaii Counties as well as two local nonprofit organizations.... 
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Wounded Warrior Canoe Regatta
									 
									By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 6114 Views  ::  Military
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 US News: No Nationally Ranked Specialties in Hawaii Hospitals
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 6138 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Health Care
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			                                                 No hospitals in Hawaii are nationally ranked. Three hospitals met standards for strong performance within the state.... 
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 The Left Also Wants to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
									 
									By NCPA @ 11:28 AM :: 3708 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Now that the odds that ObamaCare will crash and burn have ticked up a notch or two, the words “single payer” are being heard more frequently.... 
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					| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 The Administration’s Obamacare Denial
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 11:23 AM :: 3719 Views  ::  Health Care
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			                                                 Obamacare was supposed to go so well, we were told.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Auditor: DoE Rigged Billion Dollar Solar Contract to Favor Chevron
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 10694 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Energy,  Ethics
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			                                                Hawaii fired an auditor for pointing out that a Chevron Energy project bid would cost the state $284 million more than a competitor....
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 UH Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) Contract Extended
									 
									By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 6161 Views  ::  Higher Education,  Military
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			                                                 There were no other modifications to the existing $44.7-million contract except for its duration.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 DoE Bus ‘Reduction’ Starts by Adding Routes
									 
									By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 3929 Views  ::  Education K-12
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			                                                 The first phase ... includes route restoration to Aiea Heights, Halawa Heights and Waikele Elementary School attendance areas.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 CNBC: Hawaii Highest Cost of Living in USA
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 6:01 PM :: 6430 Views  ::  Hawaii Statistics,  Cost of Living
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			                                                 Businesses don't just look at their own costs when deciding where to set up shop. They also look at the costs for their employees.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Federal court says military can go unrepresented in HI reapportionment
									 
									By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:47 PM :: 6048 Views  ::  Military,  Office of Elections
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			                                                 ...removal of 108,000 non-permanent military and their families is “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory”.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Canada 10 Years Later: Few Gay Marriages, Lots of Political Correctness
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 5734 Views  ::  Family
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			                                                 The effects of same-sex civil marriage in Canada—restrictions on free speech rights, parental rights in education, and autonomy rights of religious institutions.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Businesses Should Fear States' Pension Debts
									 
									By NCPA @ 3:57 PM :: 5161 Views  ::  Small Business,  Taxes
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			                                                 Businesses should see this as a warning, as they are a convenient target for politicians .... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Gay Marriage: Censorship or Equal Rights for Lawmakers?
									 
									By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 4532 Views  ::  Family
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			                                                 Eleven state House and Senate Democrats face complaints before the Democratic Party of Hawaii for proposing a constitutional amendment on traditional marriage last session.... 
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Ikaika Anderson forms Congressional Campaign Committee
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 6765 Views  ::  Democratic Party,  Politicians
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			                                                Anderson is not obligated to resign his Council seat to run for Congress....
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					| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Hotel Workers, Teamsters, UFCW Turning Against Obamacare
									 
									By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 6249 Views  ::  Health Care,  Labor
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			                                                 "The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe...." 
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									 VIDEO: Why Hawaii Shippers are Screaming About the Jones Act
									 
									By Video @ 2:44 PM :: 4947 Views  ::  Jones Act
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			                                                 Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina interviews Hawaii Shippers Council President Michael Hansen.... 
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									 Council Res 13-158: Backup Ambulance Services for West Oahu
									 
									By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:28 PM :: 6523 Views  ::  Honolulu County,  Health Care
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			                                                 Public Safety and Economic Development Committee hearing at Honolulu Hale, July 16th at 9:00 a.m.... 
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									 Honolulu: 5th Smartest City in USA
									 
									By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 8426 Views  ::  Education K-12,  Hawaii Statistics,  Higher Education
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			                                                 For this list, we looked at six pieces of criteria.... 
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									 Lloyds’ List covers the Jones Act debate in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
									 
									By Michael Hansen @ 7:30 PM :: 5700 Views  ::  Jones Act
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			                                                 “Any action that weakens the protectionism of the Jones Act will ultimately be to the long-term benefit of U.S. shipping.” 
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									 Federal Court Strikes Down Kauai Vacation Rental Rules
									 
									By Robert Thomas @ 4:22 PM :: 6933 Views  ::  Kauai County,  Tourism
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			                                                 The court concluded that the Charter amendment adopted by the voters was, in reality, a prohibited zoning initiative.... 
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