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Sunday, April 28, 2013
HB622: A Sieve Law Not a Shield Law
By News Release @ 11:32 AM :: 3418 Views
The media would be better off arguing case law because that’s virtually all the bill allows....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Lack of Understanding of General Excise Tax Creates Confusion
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 5543 Views :: Taxes

...because of its broad base...it is applied to nearly every transaction that takes place in Hawaii....

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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 6624 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
Hanabusa, who was then the state Senate president, served as Clinton’s state spokeswoman....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
As CEO Pay Hits $5.8M, Hawaiian Electric Flunks Executive Compensation Scorecard
By Andrew Walden @ 12:51 AM :: 5180 Views :: Energy
... Do HEI execs have their own private "decoupling" scheme?
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 12:11 AM :: 5666 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12

... should be premised on the provision of fair compensation to the City and County of Honolulu ....

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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Army Completes EIS for Pōhakuloa Battle Course
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 6060 Views :: Environment, Military

Army announces the completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement to construct and operate a modern Infantry Platoon Battle Course and associated infrastructure at Pōhakuloa....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
VOG: Hawaii County Air Flunks
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 5187 Views :: Environment
Vog contributes to grade 'F' Big Island air quality and grade 'B' Oahu air quality....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Two Marijuana Bills Pass Conference Committee
By News Release @ 10:00 PM :: 4251 Views

"The negative changes to SB 642 fall squarely on Senator Green...."

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Caldwell Announces Town Hall Meeting Schedule
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 4551 Views :: Honolulu County

... six town hall meetings that will be held across Oahu during the month of May ....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
ALERT – Upcoming Votes on Exemption Bills
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 6575 Views :: Development, Land Use
SB 1207: Exempts the Department of Transportation from any permitting or site plan approval requirements established for lands in the Conservation District, for any work involving submerged lands....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Does Hawaii Constitution Prohibit Gut and Replace?
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 4908 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Hawaii Court decisions on the Constitutional mandate that the contents of a bill must contain only one subject, and the subject of the bill must be expressed in its title....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
(No) Shield Law Passes Conference – Will Limit Our News Sources
By News Release @ 11:55 AM :: 4605 Views :: First Amendment

The “Shield Law” bill passed out of Conference Committee yesterday (HB 622)....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Neighborhood Board Ballot Passcodes Sent to Voters
By News Release @ 11:26 AM :: 4674 Views :: Honolulu County
The Neighborhood Commission Office has mailed passcodes to 180,000 eligible voters who may cast ballots online for contested seats on the 2013-2015 Neighborhood Boards....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 8223 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Second Amendment

The bills await final, floor votes of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, April 30th....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
SB1093 Early Education Passes Conference Committee
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 4194 Views :: Education K-12

The bill appropriated $1.160M for administration costs for two years and $6M in FY15 for subsidies based on a sliding fee scale....

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Friday, April 26, 2013
Budget Report & Worksheets from Conference Committee
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 4708 Views :: Hawaii State Government

Lead Senate and House negotiators on the State Budget bill announced they closed negotiations three days ahead of an internal deadline. ..

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Friday, April 26, 2013
Bag Tax Goes National
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 5663 Views :: Environment, Taxes
... H.R. 1686, the Trash Reduction Act of 2013 -- Annualized Cost: $4.08 billion .... 
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 9738 Views :: Honolulu County
... The election is conducted entirely on-line and by telephone. Voting runs from April 26, 2013 through May 17, 2013 ....  
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Tourism: First Quarter 2013 Sets New Record
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 4689 Views :: Tourism
Every day, an average of $44 million was spent in the state from January through March....
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Friday, April 26, 2013
HB252: Video Mocks Sen Galuteria's Frankenstein Bill
By Video @ 1:59 PM :: 7838 Views :: Akaka Bill, Energy, OHA

"Now I know what it's like to be God."

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Friday, April 26, 2013
Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:11 AM :: 5060 Views :: Office of Elections

The GAO’s 2010 report concludes that the benefits supposedly derived from taxpayer financed campaigns do not occur...

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Friday, April 26, 2013
500 Petition Against School Lands Bills
By News Release @ 8:52 AM :: 7466 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Land Use
... The following petition was heard last night (Thursday April 25, 2013) in Senate Chambers ....
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Friday, April 26, 2013
The Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment
By NCPA @ 8:40 AM :: 5098 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

... African American college-enrollment increased by 24 percent ....

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Friday, April 26, 2013
Why My Family Came to America
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:25 AM :: 4969 Views :: National News
More than any other nation in history, the United States has made itself a new home for immigrants in search of a better life.... 
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
HGEA Announces Unit 8 Contract Settlement
By News Release @ 10:47 AM :: 6504 Views :: Labor

HGEA’s Unit 8 membership consists of approximately 2,350 administrative, professional and technical University of Hawaii employees....

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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Auditor: Less Than Half of Audit Recommendations Implemented
By News Release @ 10:13 AM :: 4742 Views :: Hawaii State Government
Requests by our office to meet with the SPO to conduct our follow-up were not granted....
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
American Families Cannot Afford the Cost of Amnesty
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:29 AM :: 4750 Views :: National News

... amnesty for some 11 million unlawful immigrants ....

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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Caldwell: Feds Reaffirm Commitment to Honolulu Rail
By News Release @ 8:42 AM :: 4769 Views :: Rail

Caldwell said he received further assurance that federal funding for Honolulu’s rail transit project remains firmly on track...

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
House Republican Legislative Update
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 3878 Views
The last day of session, also known as Sine Die, is next Thursday, May 2....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
HIRA: Democrats Want to Tax Your Online Purchases
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 4696 Views :: Taxes
proposed federal law will permit states to increase the price tag for virtually all of your online purchases....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Hawaii Prayer Breakfast – A Civic Space for the Religious and Non-Religious
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:40 PM :: 5534 Views :: Religion

 ... 2013 Hawaii Prayer Breakfast, held on April 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village ....

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
25th CAB Reaches out to Fallen Heroes' Families
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 PM :: 4738 Views :: Military
One of the ways SOS helps families through hard times is by introducing them to others who have gone through similar situations....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 5465 Views :: Education K-12, OHA
“OHA’s support literally keeps our doors open.”
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
WaPo: "Another race-tinted showdown in Hawaii"
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 6232 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
... The Hawaii Democratic Party has a long history of primaries split along racial lines ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
HSTA Cheers Defeat of 'Instructional Hours', Targets Preschool Vouchers
By News Release @ 12:10 PM :: 5508 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
...SB 1084 is a voucher that will allow public money to pay for private preschools....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Stanley Chang Running for CD1?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 AM :: 11814 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
Dan Inouye was barely in the grave when Honolulu Councilmember Stanley Chang signed Federal Election Commission documents....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Will the Number of Uninsured Rise Under ObamaCare?
By NCPA @ 10:42 AM :: 4088 Views :: Health Care

...the massive law that was enacted to solve the problem of the uninsured in America is more likely to worsen it....

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Don't Fall Into the Boston Immigration Trap
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:38 AM :: 4169 Views :: National News

As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals ....

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Reasons to Reject the Law of the Sea Treaty
By NCPA @ 10:35 AM :: 6367 Views :: National News, World News

LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Hawaii Ranks 41st for Business
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 5827 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
...The study examines 32 factors over which state governments have control relative to efforts to be pro-business....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Gallup: Hawaii Most Stress-Free State
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 4768 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
Hawaii residents remained the least likely in the U.S. to say they felt stressed on any given day in 2012, at 32.1%....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
US Attorney General to Honor Hawaii Victims Rights Advocate
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5958 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
...Holder will present Pamela Joyce Ferguson-Brey with an award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 24....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sources: Hanabusa to enter Senate race today, Dems Will Give no Money to Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 AM :: 9971 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
... a “really tough decision,” because she was angrier at Abercrombie ....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Top 5 Problems with the "Comprehensive" Immigration Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:36 AM :: 3876 Views :: National News
The good news is Congress cares about trying to fix our flawed immigration system and broken borders....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Public Invited to Comment on Complete Streets Projects
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 4093 Views :: Honolulu County
... pedestrian and bicycle safety advocates cheered the passage of Ordinance 12-15 ....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
OHA Publishes Budget Outline, Seeks Comments
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 3586 Views :: OHA
...public comment period runs from April 22, 2013 through May 3, 2013....
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Act 27: Abercrombie Orders Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pills
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 7412 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care

...provisions that require any hospital in Hawaii to provide information about, offer and, if accepted or requested, dispense emergency contraception....

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Monday, April 22, 2013
Nicole Velasco to Head Neighborhood Commission
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 4582 Views :: Honolulu County
...The office provides administrative and technical support services to the Neighborhood Commission and Oahu’s 33 neighborhood boards....
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Conference Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 69 Rescheduled
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4185 Views :: Second Amendment

... conference committee will reconvene tomorrow, April 23, at 10:30 am in Conference Room 312 ....

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Monday, April 22, 2013
Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 8306 Views :: Environment, Development, Land Use
...House Bill 70, Senate Bill 1207 and Senate Bill 1171 separately serve to keep PLDC objectives alive and operating....
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