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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Hawaii Academics, Business Leaders Urge Congress to Repeal Jones Act
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 5795 Views :: Jones Act

The letter is being sent to all of Hawaii’s congressional delegation as well as all members of Congress....

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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Making the Tax System a Social Tool Creates Inefficiencies
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:01 AM :: 4978 Views :: Tax Credits

...lawmakers are beginning to shy away from adopting tax credits....

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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies
By Selected News Articles @ 12:23 AM :: 6551 Views :: Military

Statewide list of Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27....

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Census looks at 2012 Elections: Hawaii Worst Voter Registration, 2nd Worst Voter Participation
By Andrew Walden @ 9:51 PM :: 6269 Views :: Office of Elections
Hawaii will improve voter participation when Hawaii has a politically competitive two party system....
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Hawaii Family Advocates Reviews 2013 Legislative Action
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 7734 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Life

...bills that HFA submitted testimony on....

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Shawn Tsuha Nominated Deputy Director, Department of Public Safety
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 7066 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
...Abercrombie today announced the nomination of Shawn H. Tsuha to deputy director of law enforcement for the state Department of Public Safety, effective June 1, 2013....
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Friday, May 24, 2013
UHERO County Forecast: Growth Accelerates Statewide
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 4819 Views :: Economy

...2012 was another year of strong tourism gains for Hawaii’s counties....

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Friday, May 24, 2013
UHERO: Does Abortion Pill Reduce Surgical Abortion?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 7659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Life
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Friday, May 24, 2013
House GOP Cites ‘Significant Progress for Hawaii’s People’
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 6527 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

...recapitalizing the Rainy Day and Hurricane Relief Funds, addressing unfunded liabilities and eliminating many vacant department positions....

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Coming Soon: Two Tier Health Care System
By John Goodman @ 2:29 PM :: 4516 Views :: Health Care

Just as in Canada or Britain, we are going to experience rationing by waiting...

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Obama Is Tired of Fighting Terrorism
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:25 PM :: 4541 Views :: Military

In his speech, he promised to do even less and make the less more transparent....

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Hawaii Scout Leaders Endorse Vote Opening Scouts to All Children, Excluding Adult Homosexuals
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 6129 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment

Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), released a statement following the national vote ...

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Report: Espero Expects to Announce Congressional Candidacy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 AM :: 6259 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

“I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from people throughout the district, urging me to run for Congress" -- Sen Wil Espero

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Friday, May 24, 2013
Honolulu Muslim Leader Accuses Radical Muslim of Two Local Attacks
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 AM :: 15635 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement

Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Hawaii ranks 40th for Economic Outlook
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:37 PM :: 4542 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

ALEC-Laffer study measures the impact of state policies in 15 key areas....

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths
By NCPA @ 1:25 PM :: 4716 Views :: Energy, Environment

A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground...

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
$139K per Unit: $48.3M for Public Housing CIP
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 4247 Views :: Hawaii State Government
Do the math: $5M/36 units = $139K per unit....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Immigration Reform in One Infographic
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:49 PM :: 4932 Views :: National News

the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess....

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 AM :: 6197 Views :: Military
More military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
VIDEO: Honolulu Airman Trains Afghan National Police
By Video @ 12:03 AM :: 4681 Views :: Military
Task Force 455 trains Afghan National Police.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season
By Selected News Articles @ 11:18 PM :: 4482 Views :: Environment
...Global Cooling is to blame....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:14 PM :: 4204 Views :: Health Care
...Washington had a U.S.-leading rate of 43.6 per 100,000 population, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
GOP: Investigate Donna Mercado Kim
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 6326 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 6927 Views :: National News, Politicians

The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Senate Briefing on Hawaiian Homelands Audit
By News Release @ 12:19 PM :: 5136 Views :: DHHL
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 2:45 p.m. in the State Capitol’s Conference Room 229....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Fourth Scandal
By NCPA @ 11:35 AM :: 4070 Views :: Health Care
It is illegal for government officials to solicit money from companies they regulate, according to Sarah Kliff from The Washington Post....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
ObamaCare Mandates Dramatically Expand the Internal Revenue Service's Power
By NCPA @ 11:33 AM :: 5294 Views :: Health Care, Taxes

...many people are exempt from the mandate, and so the IRS has to know a lot about you in order to decide whether you are in compliance....

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Taxes: What Did Apple Do Wrong?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:27 AM :: 4298 Views :: Taxes

A Senate subcommittee accused the company of “shifting” profits from the U.S. to other countries and avoiding paying taxes....

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 7488 Views :: Honolulu County
Voting for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections ended Friday.  The Neighborhood Commission Office today released the results....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 7259 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary

Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Report: No Economic Recovery for Hawaii Youth
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 5351 Views :: Economy
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Maui TEA Party Leaders to Testify Before Congress
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 7253 Views :: First Amendment, TEA Party

...they are scheduled Wednesday in the Senate Committee and Thursday in the House Committee....

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Aloha for Oklahoma
By David S Chang @ 6:11 PM :: 5796 Views :: National News

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Abercrombie Defends Convention-goers Fired for Hawaii Pension Conference 'Boondoggle'
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 9542 Views :: Tourism
Detroit Free Press: Hawaii-bound pension trustees may face removal by emergency manager....

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:30 PM :: 2847 Views
Cartoon by Glenn Foden.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Navigating the ObamaCare Maze
By NCPA @ 1:28 PM :: 3944 Views :: Health Care

On October 1, millions of Americans are supposed to be able to go online and acquire health insurance on electronic exchanges in the states where they live....

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Consequences for Bad Government Behavior? Sen. Sam Slom to Address Maui TEA Party
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 6854 Views :: First Amendment, TEA Party

...Thursday, June 13th 6PM at Kalama Heights Senior Center, 101 Kanani Rd, in Kihei....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 6954 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...at the Conservative Forum for Hawaii, Sunday June 2nd, 2:00 pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 5897 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement

...average medical charges were nearly tripled among those who did not use seat belts ($11,043), compared to restrained passengers ($3,817)....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Abercrombie, Wife, and Murdered Legislator on Hawaii Democratic Socialist Membership List
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 10660 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 5458 Views :: Republican Party

... Hawaii Republicans from across the state gathered in convention on Saturday, May 18 ....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 5705 Views

 Amina and Sarah Said, murdered in Dallas, 2008.... 

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Monday, May 20, 2013
More Transparency Needed in Higher Education
By NCPA @ 5:11 PM :: 3633 Views :: Higher Education

...inflation-adjusted income for recent college graduates actually declined between 2000 and 2011....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid
By NCPA @ 5:04 PM :: 3634 Views :: Higher Education

the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-2012 to more than $440,000 a year....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013
By Congress.org @ 4:44 PM :: 4434 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Water Resources Development Act – Passage
  • Senate: CMS Nominee – Confirmation
  • Senate: Energy Department Nominee – Confirmation
  • House: Obamacare Repeal – Passage
  • House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis – Passage
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 7829 Views :: Labor, Obama

One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....

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Monday, May 20, 2013
Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 6972 Views :: Development, Rail
Be sure to check out their plan to reduce Halekauwila St to a single lane of auto traffic while adding 1000s of new condos and offices....
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Monday, May 20, 2013
OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 6079 Views :: Education K-12, OHA
...parents called on OHA to help push the state Department of Education to address the issue....
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Monday, May 20, 2013
After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 4468 Views :: Environment
The pending permit application is for the removal killing of up to 18 additional Galapagos sharks ....
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Monday, May 20, 2013
DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 6510 Views :: Education K-12
NCLB focused too much on "proficiency in reading and math" so they dropped it.
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