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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
$1536: Hawaii Average Mortgage Payments Second in Nation
By News Release @ 11:58 AM :: 11180 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

... rankings of the fifty U.S. states according to average monthly mortgage payment and provides the average monthly mortgage payment ....

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
4 Reasons Warren Buffett Is Wrong on Tax Hikes
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:19 AM :: 4852 Views :: National News, Ethics

"The ultrarich, including me, will forever pursue investment opportunities."

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Monday, November 26, 2012
Abercrombie: Nago's Incompetence Gives Me Excuse to Push for 100% Vote-by-Mail Elections
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 7149 Views :: Energy, Environment

“This January, I will be proposing as part of my legislative package a measure to move our state toward 100 percent mail-in voting."

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Monday, November 26, 2012
Animal Liberation Nuts: Aquarium Trade a 'Dark Hobby', Aila Must Go
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 6826 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii’s Director of Natural Resources should not be an aquarium collector. Nor should reef species be sacrificed to support any amusement industry, including sales of tanks, stands, lights, tickets, or decorative trinkets. 

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Monday, November 26, 2012
CNHA Pushes for Legislature, Feds to Dominate DHHL
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 10930 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

" ...we need to focus on how much funding is flowing.... "

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Monday, November 26, 2012
Egypt's President Moves Toward Dictatorship
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:33 PM :: 5861 Views :: World News, Family

Egypt remains in turmoil after its president decreed last Thursday that he was no longer subject to the laws of his country—giving himself power over the judiciary and other branches of government.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012
California Voters Reject GMO Labeling Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 6:06 PM :: 6873 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hounded by Luddites, the Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai County Councils have voted to demand GMO food labeling but in California the forces of ignorance and superstition were beaten back as Prop 37 GMO labeling was defeated 53-47% on the November ballot....

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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Going Over the Cliff Will Mean Tax Increases
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:28 AM :: 6498 Views :: Energy, Environment

Now that everyone is talking about the fiscal cliff that looms as the new year approaches, some are asking what sort of changes will occur on the tax landscape.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Sen Josh Green: Doctors Need Florida Pill Mill Company to Survive Financially
By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 12315 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

I am humbled to try and get everyone access to healthcare in a fair and timely way in Hawaii and that is all my letter to the city of Honolulu was about....

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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Ernie Martin: Cancel Nanakuli Park to Make Way for PVT Landfill
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 8516 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...Honolulu Council Committee on Legislative Matters hearing this Monday, November 26 at 10 a.m. at Honolulu Hale....

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Friday, November 23, 2012
PLDC: Abercrombie Capitulates to Protesters
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 6592 Views :: Energy, Environment

...defer action on pending rules while public concerns about the agency are fully considered....

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Friday, November 23, 2012
Oshiro: "My intention at this time is to stay in the House"
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 9238 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

I want to make it clear that while I fully support Mayor-Elect Caldwell, I won my own election as the State Representative for District 46 – Wahiawa, Whitmore Village, Launani Valley, and my intention at this time is to stay in the House....

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Friday, November 23, 2012
Success for Hawaii Family Advocates
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 7127 Views :: Energy, Environment

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Friday, November 23, 2012
Hawaii County Vote is Referendum on Eradication
By Tom Lodge @ 5:59 PM :: 9327 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment

It is the aerial slaughter of sheep, goats, and pigs that prompted the referendum....

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Friday, November 23, 2012
Reasons for Conservatives to Be Thankful
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:50 AM :: 5191 Views :: National News, Ethics

There are plenty of things to be thankful for this week, and this year as well....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
UH Community Colleges recognized for ‘Achieving the Dream’
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 6604 Views :: Energy, Environment

UHCC was recognized for demonstrating sustained improvement and accomplishments on key student achievement indicators, including student persistence and completion....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:47 PM :: 5192 Views :: National News, Ethics

Happy Thanksgiving from The Heritage Foundation! As we celebrate and give thanks today, we invite you to read President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation below....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Greenwood: I’ve Been too Busy to Read Senate Accountability Report
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 6228 Views :: Energy, Environment

...she has not read a Senate Special Committee on Accountability report that was released on Monday, because she has been traveling to the neighbor islands for community meetings....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Art: Profitable Nonprofits Generate $159M
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 6019 Views :: Energy, Environment

The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $159,605,567 in annual economic activity in the State of Hawaii – supporting 4,426 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $17,494,000 in local and state government revenues

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Calling all Cronies: OHA Announces December Cash Giveaways
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 6874 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has unveiled a new priority list for the $8.9 million in grant money that community organizations across the state can now apply for through January 2013....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Five Year Plan: Hawaii County Energy Sustainability Program
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 8116 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

...recommendations to strengthen the County’s energy program and realize more than $3.9 million in taxpayer saving....

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Thursday, November 22, 2012
NOAA announces rules to protect false killer whales off Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 8370 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...today NOAA Fisheries announced two actions to protect false killer whales in the Pacific Islands....

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Joe Souki teams up with Republicans, Will be New House Speaker
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 7694 Views :: Energy, Environment

Souki and Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson "have pledged to begin work immediately."

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Election Commission to Evaluate Performance of Scott Nago
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 6122 Views :: Energy, Environment

Consider and evaluate the role/performance of the Office of Elections and Chief ­ Elections Officer in preparing for, and conducting, the 2012 General Election and take action, if appropriate....

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
For Hawaii, Fiscal Cliff Means Automatic State Tax Hikes, Massive Defense Layoffs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 AM :: 8576 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...because Hawaii link its system to the federal revenue code by adopting various federal definitions of income or various federal deductions and credits....

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Should We Pay Government Employees More?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:25 AM :: 4384 Views :: National News, Ethics

Government unions know that Congress is looking for ways to nip and tuck the federal budget, and they’re counting on being left out of the deal.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Lingle: Not Done Fighting
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 7:04 PM :: 7319 Views :: Energy, Environment

We may not have been successful at the ballot box, but I’m not done fighting for common sense, bipartisan solutions. There’s too much at stake for Hawaii and America as a whole!

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hawaii Charter Schools Seek Board Nominees
By News Release @ 11:15 AM :: 6756 Views :: Energy, Environment

The state’s 32 charter campuses, which recently passed the 10,000 enrollment mark, all have independent governing boards....

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Can Hostess Save the Twinkies from the Union?
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:40 AM :: 4527 Views :: National News, Ethics

If unions are trying to be more popular with the American people, they’re doing it wrong.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hawaii Construction on the Rise?
By News Release @ 10:36 AM :: 6265 Views :: Energy, Environment

The UHERO report shows continued growth with private building permits in the state increasing for the third consecutive quarter—the last time this occurred was in 2006.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
DoE Receives School Bus Report, Keeps it Secret
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 5715 Views :: Energy, Environment

"It provides recommendations for the procurement, data and performance processes...."

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Bankers Pleased by Abercrombie's Tax Hikes, Buy $866M Bonds
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 5665 Views :: Energy, Environment

State of Hawaii successfully sold $866,990,000 of General Obligation Bonds on Nov.15, 2012....

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Kawailoa Windfarm Begins Operation
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 9447 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Kawailoa Wind project has been completed and commercial operations have begun. Located on Kamehameha Schools’ Kawailoa Plantation lands on Oahu’s North Shore....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Hawaii County Police earn accreditation from national agency
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 7167 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Chief Harry Kubojiri announced that the Hawaiʻi Police Department has been awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Lawyer: New DoTax Solar Tax Credit Rules are Retroactive
By Selected News Articles @ 11:20 PM :: 6229 Views :: Energy, Environment

Consumers, Contractors, And Tax Practitioners Should Be Familiar With Ramifications of Announcement 2012-14 On 2012-"Installed" Systems....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Feds Notify Congress of Intent to Sign Full Funding Agreement for Honolulu Rail
By News Release @ 6:11 PM :: 10785 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

HART will sign a full funding grant agreement with the FTA to provide $1,550,000,000 for the Oahu rail project, according to a Congressional notification sent to the Senate Committee on Appropriations....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Fitch: Corruption, Inability to Sell Ansaldo Produce Negative Outlook for Rail Contractor's Parent Company
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 12020 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, World News, Family

The Negative Outlook reflects Fitch's concerns about the timeliness of the closing of the sales of the non-core assets....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Kim Committee Demands Management, Financial Audit of UH System
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 PM :: 7196 Views :: Energy, Environment

FULL TEXT -- Senate Committee Documents Released Today

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Lahaina: Is Halloween a Land Use Issue?
By Robert Thomas @ 4:24 PM :: 6223 Views :: Energy, Environment

...County of Maui approved a coastal zone permit allowing a Halloween party to go forward in Lahaina, and someone was against it....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Joni’s Jones Act Plea
By Michael Hansen @ 3:40 PM :: 7108 Views :: Jones Act

Perhaps the most important upcoming development in respect of Jones Act reform will occur early in the first quarter of 2013. That is when the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) is expected to release a Jones Act study requested by the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, Representative Pedro Pierliusi (D).

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Monday, November 19, 2012
DataHouse Announces New President
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 7245 Views :: Energy, Environment

Kim will be replacing former president Clyde Shiigi at DataHouse, a sister company to local healthcare information technology company TeamPraxis....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
U.S. Redraws World Oil Map
By NCPA @ 3:08 PM :: 8295 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

The shale-oil boom can help the United States surpass Saudi Arabia as the largest oil supplier by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
The Emerging Market for Medical Care
By NCPA @ 2:58 PM :: 5264 Views :: National News, Ethics

Two relatively new services are facilitating a market for medical services — with price and quality competition, as well as transparency....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
The Escalating Conflict Between Hamas and Israel
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:49 PM :: 5322 Views :: World News, Family

...militants in Gaza have fired more than 840 rockets at Israel. Hamas rockets have reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for the first time, thanks to the smuggling of Iranian rockets into Gaza....

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Monday, November 19, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted November 19
By Congress.org @ 2:40 PM :: 7630 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: Cybersecurity – Cloture
  • Senate: Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land – Cloture
  • House: Russia Trade Relations, Human Rights Oversight – Passage
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Pierre Omidyar: The Secret Empire of a Resort Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:06 PM :: 40854 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Pierre Omidyar

“You may have noticed, I do like to fly under the radar.” -- Pierre Omidyar, 2009

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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Greenwood Threatened to Expose Abercrombie, Say, Tsutusi: ‘Serious Violation of Multiple Laws’
By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 8148 Views :: Energy, Environment

...The reasons why the House, the Senate, and the Governor have been so assiduous in protecting the position of this individual will be the subject of intensive discovery should this case not be resolved....

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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Gaza Video: BBC Catches Hamas Faking Casualties
By IPT News @ 5:43 PM :: 8787 Views

Palestinians were caught faking funerals with corpses who weren't dead

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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Growing Focus on Taxing Pension Income
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:15 AM :: 6800 Views :: Energy, Environment

Ever since the administration put forth the idea of taxing pension income a couple of years ago, the issue has drawn increased discussion especially as other taxes have been increased to make up for the shortfall in the state budget

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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Hawaii Guard soldiers ready to assist, advise Afghan forces
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 6669 Views :: Energy, Environment

...190 soldiers from the Hawaii Army Guard’s 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team....

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