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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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Conservatives Stand Their Ground
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:46 PM :: 6126 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Lacking votes from his own party, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off consideration of “Plan B” last night....
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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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Remembrance Ceremony for Senator Daniel K. Inouye
By News Release @ 12:02 AM :: 5380 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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On Saturday, Dec. 22, Senator Inouye will lie in state from 5 p.m. to midnight in the State Capitol Rotunda. A short program will commence with the arrival of the senator’s casket....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Auditor Identifies Eleven Improper Revolving Funds
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 5140 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Review of the Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Departments of Human Resources Development, Labor and Industrial Relations, Public Safety, and Taxation....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Auditor: Keep Postsecondary Authorization Board at UH
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 6640 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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...Such a framework is necessary to preserve the availability of federal student aid funding under Title IV of the HEA....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Sneak Attack? Akaka Bill Placed on Senate Calendar
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 8144 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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12/17/2012: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Akaka's Hatch Act Modernization Bill Passes Congress
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 5576 Views :: National News
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...this bill will allow eligible state, local, and D.C. government employees to run for elective office. The bill also provides greater flexibility in disciplining federal employees charged with minor violations of the Act....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Akaka Introduces Tribal Self-Governance Bill
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 8097 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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“This bill provides key improvements to the way self-governance works in the Department of the Interior...."
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Hawaii Scores Near Bottom
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 6344 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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10th annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, Hawaii scored 4 out of 10 ....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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With Hawaii Army Guard mentoring, Afghan forces take independent strides
By Selected News Articles @ 2:54 PM :: 6962 Views :: World News, Military
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Operation Southern Fist II near Shor Bak, Afghanistan....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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3 Simple Solutions for Fixing Social Security
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 3858 Views :: National News
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Later today the Republican-led House of Representatives will vote on “Plan B” ....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Update on the Federal Court Rail Project Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 4:21 AM :: 7159 Views :: Rail
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Litigation is nearing the "end game" regarding the adequacy of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) and record of decision (ROD)....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
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Sause Building New Barge to Service Hawaii
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 7301 Views :: Jones Act
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The new barge is being specially designed and built to service the Hawaii market and will be larger, more efficient than its predecessor....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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ATR: Boehner's Fiscal Cliff Plan OK
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 5:56 PM :: 5741 Views :: National News, Taxes
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...this tax bill contains no tax increases of any kind—in fact, it permanently prevents them....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Hanabusa will apply for Senate vacancy, Case Considers Special Election Run
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6766 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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“…we’re electing our next senator-for-life in this process….”
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Hawaii County: In Election Cases, Time Deadlines Matter
By Robert Thomas @ 2:30 PM :: 7184 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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The case involved a challenge to the charter's requirement that a candidate for public office be a resident of the district in which she intends to run for at least 90 days ....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Wonderblunder: Greenwood Thanks University for 'Patience as we Process all the Confusion'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5398 Views :: Higher Education
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...thank you for your support and patience as we continue to process all the confusion of the past few months....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Green Energy and Rail Get an 'F'
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 2:08 PM :: 7892 Views :: Energy, National News, Rail
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... cutting wasteful projects is productive and necessary to avoid a nosedive....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Democrats Pretend to Open Selection Process
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 6582 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... Coordinating committee will vet applicants for “good standing” qualification ....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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$1.55B -- Feds Sign Full Funding Agreement for Rail
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 5388 Views :: Rail
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...Ray LaHood today participated in a ceremony to sign an agreement to provide $1.55 billion to the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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What's at Stake in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 4161 Views :: World News
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...Heritage’s James Jay Carafano will explain why the Obama administration should rethink support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission there....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Feds set no-go zones for Obama vacation
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 7413 Views :: Honolulu County, Obama
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...Federal Aviation Administration issued several flight restrictions for Hawaii from 8 P.M. Friday through midnight on Sunday January 6....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Hawaii's Sudden Economic Tsunami
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 6:31 PM :: 7338 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy
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...the sudden loss of Senator Inouye would be similar to the sudden and complete loss of Hawaiian Airlines....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Inouye Successor Will Face Election in 2014
By Robert Thomas @ 6:19 PM :: 8771 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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Pending the election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy by selecting a person from a list of three prospective appointees submitted by the same political party as the prior incumbent....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Hawaii's Future: California Solar Power Adds $1.3B to Non-Users' Costs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 PM :: 7456 Views :: Energy, National News, Cost of Living
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Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's biggest utility, will pass on about $700 million in annual costs to people without solar systems ....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Is General Motors Breaking Iran Nuclear Sanctions?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 4694 Views :: World News
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...parts are still arriving there and automobiles still being produced....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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GOP Leaders Capitulate on Core Conservative Principles
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:53 PM :: 7061 Views :: National News, Republican Party, Taxes
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders have done it once again....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Anti-Mafia Police Seize More Property Tied to Hawaii Windfarm Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 11584 Views :: Energy, World News
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Why is this not news in Hawaii? Because First Wind’s local partner is Kamehameha Schools....
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Submits Biennium Budget to State Legislature
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 6272 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...general funds, approximately $6.1 billion for fiscal year 2014 and $6.3 billion for fiscal year 2015....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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The Jones Act Debate in Puerto Rico: Urban Legend or a Never-Ending Story?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 6405 Views :: Jones Act
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...the U.S. build section of the Act should be modified in certain trades of domestic shipping in order to support the U.S. Merchant Marine....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 8284 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy
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Hawaii had three major industries: tourism, the military, and Sen. Dan Inouye....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 8582 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Boylan said the letter is Abercrombie's to release. But he confirmed it was Inouye's "last wish" for Hanabusa to succeed him.
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 8162 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History
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Inouye died of respiratory complications at 5:01 p.m. EST (12:01 HST) Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his office said....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 17, 2012
By Congress.org @ 5:09 PM :: 5524 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: TAG Extension Motion to Waive
- House: Suspension Authority
- House: Epinephrine Inhalers Suspension
- House: Defense Authorization Motion to Instruct
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Federal Worker Happiness Drops
By NCPA @ 1:23 PM :: 5204 Views :: National News, Labor
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Rankings were determined by responses from about 700,000 federal workers from various agencies in the government....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Medicaid Incentives for Patients, Not Hospitals
By NCPA @ 1:16 PM :: 3579 Views :: Health Care
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Experiment with cash or cash-like incentives to encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors in the form conditional cash transfers....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Rebuilding Communities
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:12 PM :: 3480 Views :: National News
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Today, the Senate will begin debating a bill that was supposed to be disaster recovery funds for those devastated by the storm. But so many special-interest projects were added on that the $60.4 billion request has turned into a farce....
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Monday, December 17, 2012 |
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Jones Act union official calls islands “off-mainland threat”
By Michael Hansen @ 12:15 AM :: 6146 Views :: Jones Act
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“the remote states and territories.”
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Sunday, December 16, 2012 |
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Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized, ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 9249 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering a fainting spell before a vote in the U.S. Capitol....
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Sunday, December 16, 2012 |
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Republicans can win over Asian Voters, if they try
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 PM :: 6907 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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Asians are America's fastest-growing immigrant community, and Asian voters constitute 2 percent to 7 percent of registered voters in half of the traditional 10 swing states....
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Sunday, December 16, 2012 |
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Hold the Tax Increases and Cut the Spending
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:47 AM :: 6543 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... lawmakers will make a bid to increase taxes yet again ....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 13933 Views :: National News, Health Care, Homelessness, Second Amendment
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“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Court: Kawaiahao Subject to Burial Council
By Robert Thomas @ 12:59 AM :: 5894 Views :: Land Use
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...Kawaiahao Church in Honolulu is not exempt from historic preservation review....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Supreme Court Slaps Down Maui County Takings Claim
By Robert Thomas @ 12:41 AM :: 7483 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...the ICA held that property owners ... are not required to seek an amendment to the Community Plan in order to ripen their takings claims....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Guam: Mayor Seizes Neighbor's Land
By Robert Thomas @ 12:29 AM :: 7380 Views :: National News, Land Use
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...the government condemned the appraised area, paying for it with compensation supplied by the Ungactas, and transferred it to the Ungactas....
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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UHERO: Film Subsidies Illegal Giveaway to Corporations
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 7275 Views :: World News, Tax Credits
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...tax-payer-provided subsidies are beggar-thy-neighbor policies. At the end of the day, they just tend to cancel each other out and essentially transfer taxpayer money to corporations ....
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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Cyclone Evan Pounds Samoa, Heading for Tonga, Fiji
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 7271 Views :: National News, World News
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Tropical Cyclone Evan was stationary over Samoa for approximately 24 hours....
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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Still Hospitalized, Inouye Pressed to Give up Appropriations Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 5325 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senators, speaking anonymously, said the panel has lost power in recent years under Inouye, 88, who took over the chairmanship after Democrats pressured Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., to relinquish the post in 2008....
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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What Will the Fiscal Cliff Deal Look Like?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:03 PM :: 5064 Views :: National News, Taxes
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This week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have been trading secret offers on the fiscal cliff....
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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SunRun, SolarCity: Hawaii Solar Installers Subpoenaed
By News Release @ 12:56 PM :: 8668 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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While firms can install solar panels for roughly $5 per watt of energy and make a comfortable profit, some firms were charging as much as $7 and $8 per watt….
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Friday, December 14, 2012 |
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Green Schools That Aren’t Very Green
By NCPA @ 1:25 AM :: 5768 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, National News
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... Washington Middle School in Olympia, Wash., [was] projected to use 28% less energy. The school consumed 19% more energy ....
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