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Saturday, July 27, 2013
VIDEO: Rep. Ward discusses the Jones Act
By Video @ 4:27 AM :: 6818 Views :: Jones Act
Mike Hansen and Rep Ward.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Paradise lost: Honolulu taxpayers drowning in crystal clear sea of debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:17 AM :: 6974 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
Honolulu, fiscal watchdogs warn, must curb spending, focus on its debt and address critical multi-billion dollar infrastructure problems ....
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 AM :: 6977 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....

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Saturday, July 27, 2013
HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 5072 Views :: Tourism

Visitors who came to Hawai‘i in June 2013 spent a total of $1.3 billion, an increase of 7 percent from June 2012....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
‘Sue and Settle’: Secret backroom deals by bureaucrats and enviros hurt economy
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 6106 Views :: Energy, Environment

Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
$217M: Fake Bribe Offered to Hawaii for Fake ‘Marriage’
By UHERO @ 3:16 PM :: 7791 Views :: Family

The same author in 2011 made the same type of claims in the run-up to Civil Unions....

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Friday, July 26, 2013
Can Obamacare Get the Young Blood It Needs to Live?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 4250 Views :: Health Care
of the projected 7 million exchange enrollees next year, 2.7 million need to be young adults to make the premiums work....
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Friday, July 26, 2013
ObamaCare Glitch Number One: Verifying Eligibility
By NCPA @ 2:37 PM :: 4210 Views :: Health Care

...a delayed and untested verification process is an open-invitation to cheat....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Abercrombie Signs Ocean Resources Management Plan
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 6542 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government

Tracking the success of the plan will be coordinated with the state Office of Information Management and Technology....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Caldwell's TOD Pick Connects Smart Growth, Active Aging
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 8537 Views :: Health Care, Life, Rail

Caldwell announced today the selection of veteran transportation planner Harrison Rue as the Administrator of the City’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Pierluisi introduces Puerto Rico Jones Act exemption legislation
By Michael Hansen @ 6:35 PM :: 5394 Views :: Jones Act

...create a limited exemption from the U.S. build requirement of the Jones Act allowing foreign-built ships to transport bulk cargoes the domestic Puerto Rico trade...

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Full Text: Stop Rail Files Comments on Rail DSEIS
By Honolulu Traffic @ 4:19 PM :: 4992 Views :: Rail
Comments were required to be filed by July 22 ....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Hawaii, Guam, Am Samoa, NMI Question Proposed Listing of 66 Coral Species
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 5652 Views :: Environment
The Steering Committee for the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Partnership (PROP) met last week in Honolulu....
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
3 Whoppers from Obama’s Big Economic Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 11370 Views :: National News, Economy, Health Care, Obama
  1. Obamacare is going great.
  2. I cut the deficit in half.
  3. Middle-class income is stuck in the ’70s.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
KSBE, ML&P, Grove Farm Plan to Chop Down Thousands of Trees
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 6803 Views :: Energy, Agriculture

The feedstock for the biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Soaring Renewable Fuel Costs Spark New Fight over Ethanol Mandate
By NCPA @ 1:08 PM :: 6046 Views :: Energy, Agriculture

Renewable fuel credit prices rose to record highs recently, reigniting the debate over repealing the federal government's ethanol mandate....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Jonesing for Relief from Port Protectionism
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 AM :: 5862 Views :: Jones Act

Jacksonville, Florida, brings in coal from Colombia rather than West Virginia.....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
CNBC: Slash Fuel Prices, Repeal Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 5644 Views :: Jones Act

The airline industry, whose largest expense is fuel, is also behind the structural change in the legislation that would allow foreign-made vessels to transport on U.S. waters....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
PETA Attacks Hawaii Man Nearly Killed by Ahi
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 8805 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

As Native Hawaiians and residents of Hawai‘i, we take serious offense at your public attack upon a local fisherman for catching ahi....

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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Abercrombie: Obama Speech Gives Me Excuse to Double Down on Pre-K Scheme
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 4315 Views :: Education K-12

"...make the investment ... now...."

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Hawaii Ranks #3 in Solar Installations Per Capita
By News Release @ 1:24 PM :: 5819 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

States with more homeowners and businesses “going solar” share these policies....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Hawaiian Airlines: Strengthening Dollar Undermines Results
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 4656 Views :: Tourism

On our international routes we are seeing the strengthening of the dollar undermine some of the excellent results we have had in the last couple of years but this portion of our business remains the core focus of our expansion plans....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
How Much of Food Activism Is Nonsense?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:36 PM :: 6984 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

There are plenty of people out there telling us what we should eat—and worse, trying to use public policy to make us live by their opinions....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Organic food – What is an ‘organic’ label really worth?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:12 PM :: 7226 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs

fraud has flown under the radar. And as sales have boomed and the stakes have risen, the scale of deception has broadened....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
3 “Kitchen Table” Topics for Obama’s Speech Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:34 AM :: 4878 Views :: Economy

Obama says he’s ready to get back to the “kitchen table” issues after months of focusing on gun control, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and other tangents....

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Lanai: OHA Wants a Cut of Ellison's Action
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 7859 Views :: Maui County, OHA

As billionaire Larry Ellison makes gestures....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Interim UH President Scores 'F', Responsible for Data Breaches
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 7337 Views :: Higher Education

Board of Regents has identified Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer David Lassner as Interim President of the university and will vote on the appointment at a special board meeting July 30....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Hawaiian Homes Commission Votes to Reform Revocable Permit Program
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 7126 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL

With a vote of 7-0, the Hawaiian Homes Commission voted to amend its long-standing revocable permit (RP) program....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
University of Hawaii regent calls for investigation into tuition hikes
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:01 PM :: 4823 Views :: Higher Education
Regent Jan Sullivan wants an investigation into whether the record tuition increases can be rolled back or halted altogether....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Malpractice: Trial Attorneys Take on Negligent Abortionists
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 7565 Views :: Family, Health Care, Judiciary

“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
What do the Supreme Court marriage decisions mean for churches?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:21 PM :: 5848 Views :: Family, First Amendment

Here are some short key points regarding the impact of the decisions....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
For the Sake of the Keiki
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:08 PM :: 5269 Views :: Family

...the institution of marriage is morphing into a whole new thing....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
S&P Pleased by Tax Hikes, Concerned About Abercrombie's Spending
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 8297 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes

"...the budget includes new spending on program enhancements that could eventually result in fiscal pressure...."

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
KOS: Hanabusa ‘Sockpuppet’ Hits Schatz for ‘Homophobic Hubris’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 7912 Views :: Democratic Party, Family, Politicians
Apparently the two candidates are fighting over who deserves more love from gays....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Life of the Land? OHA Trustee Seeks to Change State Motto
By Video @ 2:52 PM :: 8006 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
Apo’s newspeak version would read: “The Sovereignty of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness” – a slogan which just happens to dovetail with the latest push for the Akaka Tribe.  How convenient....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Survey: Hawaii Most Honest State, DC Least Honest
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5116 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

July 8-18, 61 total locations throughout the country were tested, with data collected on how many people paid for the beverages....

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
A Backdoor Path to Amnesty?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:09 PM :: 4955 Views :: National News

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
SAFE Retirement Bill aims to save state and local pensions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 6734 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Health Care
...an alternative to rising costs and reduced benefits....
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Why the White House Is Panicking about ObamaCare
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 4428 Views :: Health Care

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
Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Passes House
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:35 PM :: 4217 Views :: Education K-12

the proposal would eliminate Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)....

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Rusty Humphries Speaks at HIRA Luncheon
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 5554 Views :: Republican Party

More than 100 island conservatives from across Oahu came together to hear Humphries....

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Monday, July 22, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 22, 2013
By Congress.org @ 12:45 PM :: 4371 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • 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
Detroit and the Bankruptcy of Liberalism
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:34 PM :: 4782 Views :: National News

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
Study: Cruise Ships Contribute $386M to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 9017 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Jones Act, Tourism

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
University of Hawaii Pres gets Sweet Deal to Leave Early
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:33 PM :: 4824 Views :: Higher Education

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
On-Going Need to Examine Who Pays for County Government
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 5035 Views :: Taxes

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
Solar Scam: DoE Overpays $612M for Athletic Supporter?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 9187 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
“I don’t think you understand the gravity of the situation as it now stands.”
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:33 AM :: 5298 Views :: Education K-12

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
State Spending $9.4M to Move Out of OHA-Owned Kakaako Building
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 7315 Views :: Hawaii State Government, OHA

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
Asian Pacific Voters Republican Initiative
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 5864 Views :: Republican Party

the RNC is putting its time and money into California AP communities....

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