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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 8456 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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Iowa had the highest Embezzlement Propensity Factor followed by Hawaii– identifying these states as having the highest risk for loss to embezzlement in 2012....
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5942 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Serving Justice to Gosnell
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:46 PM :: 4195 Views :: Life
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abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive....
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After HMSA Starts Losing Customers
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 8247 Views :: Health Care
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a payment dispute between the Hawaii Medical Service Association and the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was causing HMSA to lose 1000s of customers....
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team
By David S Chang @ 11:14 PM :: 5925 Views :: Republican Party
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We've added several thousand new members to our party, with close to 1,000 new donors, as well as successfully holding the first-ever presidential caucus in the state of Hawaii, a model for many other states!
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4918 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Resolution 13-74 requesting the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to open the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations to firearm permitting and registration ....
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 7767 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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Attorney General Eric Holder presented the award to Ferguson-Brey during the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week awards ceremony....
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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ObamaCare’s Unfair Treatment of Middle Class Families
By NCPA @ 4:38 PM :: 5382 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay....
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Energy Independence Coming: US Foreign Oil Imports Down 40%
By NCPA @ 4:34 PM :: 3746 Views :: Energy
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The industry is expected to grow for many decades as the proven reserves of America's shale gas formations continue to grow....
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:00 PM :: 5111 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Internet Sales Tax Final Passage
- Senate: Water Infrastructure Projects Amendment Vote
- House: Private Sector Comp Time Final Passage
- House: Debt Payment Prioritization Final Passage
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Peace Frogs Join Chorus Against Internet Sales Tax
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:56 PM :: 3862 Views :: Taxes
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The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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The Sinking Ship of Cabotage
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:14 PM :: 6814 Views :: Jones Act
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...it makes it necessary for Jacksonville, Florida, to bring in coal from Colombia rather than from American mines; it requires Maryland and Virginia to bring in road salt from Chile rather than Ohio; and it makes it cheaper for livestock farmers to buy feed from grain farmers in Argentina and Canada....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 7091 Views :: Health Care
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... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 16803 Views :: Health Care
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Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Stock Transactions
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 5289 Views :: Taxes
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Financial experts say this means states tax “sales” such as stock trades in a mutual fund or brokerage account, or even contributions to pension plans such as 401(k)s that were designed to be tax-free until retirement....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Moving the Tax Burden to Others
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:58 AM :: 4879 Views :: Taxes
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“Don’t Tax You, Don’t Tax Me, Tax that Man Behind the Tree.”
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:11 AM :: 5708 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 12:58 AM :: 7938 Views :: Akaka Bill
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Since so few signed Kana’ioluwalu, they will just graft 108,000 Kau Inoa signers onto the Roll....
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| Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 9700 Views :: Energy
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...dismay that their current mayor, Billy Kenoi and lobbyists like Mililani Trask, claim to speak for them....
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| Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 4434 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session. The Legislature passed 293 bills....
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| Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Senate Democrats Tout Achievements
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 6379 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...a paradigm shift in the approach taken to complete the work of the legislative session....
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| Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 5984 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party
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...delegates will be electing a new county chair after a long tenure by former chairperson, Tony Gill....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 6150 Views :: DHHL
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...to address concerns raised in the Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Homestead Services Division and other related Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issues....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4848 Views :: Energy
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...urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the task force will review....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 6034 Views :: Life, Religion
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...her sainthood validated that their suffering and sacrifice have not been in vain....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic"
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 4725 Views :: Economy
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the current DBEDT forecast is slightly less optimistic than its February 2013 forecast for some of local economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, job growth, and visitor-related indicators...
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom?
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 6341 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...visitors to the state appear to be booking shorter trips and spending less at local shops, perhaps in response to higher hotel room rates....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 5129 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 9228 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Access, in this case is defined as, “the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time.”....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 4011 Views :: Military
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... on April 27, his MC-12 aircraft crashed near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and he was killed ....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 2887 Views
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The City Auditor's office will select two interns for the program....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 8065 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 6787 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“It’s not the easiest place in the world to do business,” one market source said of Hawaii.....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Ready for Another Debt Limit Fight?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:12 PM :: 5836 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Yes, it’s time to talk about the debt limit again....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program
By Michael Hansen @ 3:25 AM :: 9606 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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Hawaii Gas says they withdrew their LNG shipping container application with the PUC so that they can concentrate on another application with the PUC covering a new naphtha feedstock agreement with Tesoro....
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 4814 Views :: Homelessness
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The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:43 PM :: 4847 Views :: Honolulu County
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...transportation initiatives on the horizon that promise to reshape our travel time commute in the years to come....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act
By Video @ 4:58 PM :: 4891 Views :: Jones Act
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...this protectionist measure is crippling the Hawaiian economy and results in Hawaii's imports being among the most expensive in the world....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 4132 Views :: Health Care
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...block grants to community organizations and individuals who are established as trusted resources within their communities....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Obama Wanted to Gut Welfare Work Requirements in 2009
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:55 PM :: 4247 Views :: National News
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Under the guise of providing states greater “flexibility” in operating their welfare programs, the Obama Administration now claims the authority to weaken or waive the work requirements....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Defending Freedom in North Korea's Shadow
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:40 PM :: 5334 Views :: World News
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Park Geun-hye has been referred to as the "Iron Lady of Korea."
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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Ethics Should Hinder Lobbying and Crony Capitalism
By NCPA @ 12:38 PM :: 3608 Views :: Ethics
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...push for more separation between corporate interests and public governance....
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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White House struggles to respond to new Benghazi revelations
By Selected News Articles @ 11:52 AM :: 3901 Views :: Military
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White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the House hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attack....
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 5812 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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For the first time ever, this score empowers you to make informed decisions about the safety of your hospital care....
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections
By David S Chang @ 9:59 PM :: 6407 Views :: Honolulu County
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Neighborhood Board election voting runs from April 27 through Friday May 17....
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable”
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 6890 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...assessment of complaints about 1) child abuse and neglect, and 2) alleged misuse of child support....
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government
By News Release @ 4:23 PM :: 5843 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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“These Top 25 innovations in government offer real, tangible ways to protect our most disadvantaged citizens, educate the next-generation workforce, and utilize data analytics to enhance government performance.”
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 5493 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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...students requiring remedial classes dropped to 31 percent in English and remained at 36 percent for math....
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law
By Video @ 3:40 PM :: 4601 Views :: First Amendment
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Senator Sam Slom talks about the Journalism Shield Law and bill in the latest edition of “A Better Day”. Guests include Gerald Kato of the University of Hawaii School of Communication and Stirling Morita, President of the Society of Professional Journalists ....
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