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Friday, September 28, 2012 |
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Ewa House Candidate Manabat Challenged on Residency
By News Release @ 2:01 AM :: 11735 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Google Image of 737 Kaipuu St, Honolulu -- Is this Chris Manabat's REAL residence?
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Friday, September 28, 2012 |
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Kauai Prosecutor Denies Perjury Plot: Says Mayor, County Attorneys Peddling Influence
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 13464 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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County Attorneys barred planning inspectors from enforcing the law against Councilmember Tim Bynum for alleged zoning violations in order to influence Bynum’s vote on Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr.’s TVR bill....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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PBS Debate: Council Berg vs Pine and House Au vs Saiki
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 7591 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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September 27, 2012 at 8:00 pm: Honolulu City Council District 1 and State House District 26
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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Duke Aiona Endorses Richard Fale for HD 47
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 7:48 PM :: 10308 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Richard Fale is another young leader that I am proud to support in the upcoming election. Vivian and I know the sacrifices that it takes to be a public servant and Richard Fale has been a servant leader throughout his young adult life....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Needs Your Help
By News Release @ 7:42 PM :: 7189 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...hopefully you, your family and friends, all are registered and geared up for the General Election. In about a week, we will be sending out the General Election Voter Guide....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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Hanabusa Campaign Exploits Forced ‘Volunteers’, Contributors
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:41 PM :: 9343 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Politicians
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Hanabusa said she doesn't condone the practice, but will gladly continue to accept all the money and political help that comes from it.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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FEMA Sends Tsunami of Cash to American Samoa
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 7793 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded nearly $100 Million dollars in Post-Tsunami improvements to American Samoa ....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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Student Loan Bubble Inflates College Costs
By NCPA @ 1:46 PM :: 6653 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The accumulation of student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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Western Association of Schools and Colleges ‘Impressed’ With Greenwood’s Careful Attention to Finances
By Selected News Articles @ 5:39 AM :: 7063 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Note to Greenwood: Hey MRC, this report is nice and all, but you’re in Hawaii now....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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VIDEO: PRP Renews Pay for Play Attack on Cayetano
By Video @ 3:48 AM :: 9895 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Politicians, Rail
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Pro-Rail Pacific Resources Partnership today released its first anti-Cayetano ad for the General Election season....
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Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
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RFP Posted for Hawaii LNG Study
By News Release @ 12:54 AM :: 7284 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Proposals are being solicited for a series of policy, economic and technical studies that will help energy stakeholders in Hawai‘i evaluate Liquefied Natural Gas ....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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HC&S: End to Cane Burning Tied to Acceptance of BioFuel
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 9369 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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"One of our primary missions is to explore every option for converting the plantation from a sugar farm, into a bio-energy farm...."
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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EPA Urged to Crack Down on Hawaii Over Air Pollution Rules
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 9946 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Though 10 states have shirked their duties under national air quality standards for lead, environmental regulators have not cracked down, activists claim in federal court.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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Personalized Medicine vs. ObamaCare
By John Goodman @ 3:16 PM :: 6011 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Personalized medicine is the future. It is where the science is going. It is where the technology is going. It is where doctors and patients will want to go.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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Let Wind Power Tax Credit Expire
By NCPA @ 1:47 PM :: 5241 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Wind producers can even sell power when demand is low and still collect a profit because the pretax subsidy is higher than the average price for electricity....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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After a Two-Year Slowdown, Health Care Spending Grows 4.6 Percent
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 5282 Views :: National News, Ethics
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First look at 2011 data finds rising prices drove spending growth for those with employer-sponsored insurance....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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To be Organic or not to be Organic, Why ask the question?
By NCPA @ 1:21 PM :: 6551 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... environmentalists want to use the label to imply that organic foods are safer ....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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Egypt's New President, a Theocrat Second only to Iran's
By IPT News @ 12:46 PM :: 7224 Views :: World News, Family
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The man being showered with attention as a respectable international leader may rank shy only of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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5 Ways Obama Disappointed at the United Nations
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:24 PM :: 7992 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In tripping over the YouTube video that was offensive to Muslims, the President seemed to validate other countries’ disregard for freedom of speech....
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
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Full Text: What the Muslim Brotherhood Means for US
By IPT News @ 10:04 AM :: 15453 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"And let's not hoist a large Islamic flag, and let's not be barbaric-talking. We will remain a front so that if the thing happens, we will benefit from the new happenings instead of having all of our organizations classified and exposed."
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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Wandering into the Wonder Blunder, Abercrombie Describes Pressure He Put on Greenwood
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 7351 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Note this is not a complete sentence: “I based this concern as the Governor as well as an alumnus and supporter of the University of Hawai'i.”
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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"60 Minutes" Contrast Between Romney, Obama on Entitlements
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:45 PM :: 5474 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The official, head-to-head debates begin next week, but Sunday’s “60 Minutes” appearances by President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) provided a contrast in the ideas offered on the nation’s entitlements and spending crisis....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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The Crisis of the Uninsured Is Far from Over
By NCPA @ 2:37 PM :: 5317 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Moreover, it is unlikely to be resolved by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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Akaka Bill: Let Hawaii do the Dirty Work?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 7772 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the five-member commission, in absence of any objective criteria, is given authority to decide who is not a “qualified” Hawaiian....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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ILWU Business Agent Elected to Board of Laupahoehoe Charter School
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 8312 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill
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Community member George Martin is a 1978 graduate of Lauapahoehoe School. A former mechanic for Yamada and Sons, Martin has been a business agent for the ILWU 142 for seven years....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
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Full Text: Over 1500 Pages of UH Documents on Wonder Blunder
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 7306 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Robert Katz, whose law firm got a $25,000 contract to redact UH documents, sanitizing them of information his firm felt needed to be protected from public view....
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Big Island Doctors Panel to Discuss Effect of Obamacare on Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 12387 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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OBAMACARE AND HEALTH ISSUES IN HAWAII a special 90-minute discussion
Tuesday, September 25, 7 – 9 pm, at Boston Basil’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 75-5707 Alii Drive (downtown Kailua-Kona)
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Lingle Hosting Campaign Rallies at Six Oahu Schools
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 8:39 PM :: 9538 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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43 days left until the November 6th General Election!
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Big Island 'Clean' Energy Plant Sued over Air Pollution
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 PM :: 10565 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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... the state Department of Health violated the federal Clean Air Act in granting a permit to operate to Hu Honua ....
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 24, 2012
By Congress.org @ 6:47 PM :: 8813 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Veterans Job Training Motion to Waive
- Senate: Foreign Aid Suspension
- Senate: Iran Nuclear Threat
- Senate: Continuing Resolution
- House: Student Loan Exemption for Deceased Veterans Suspension
- House: Public Funding for Political Conventions Suspension
- House: Welfare Work Requirements Disapproval Resolution
- House: STEM Visa Program - Suspension
- House: Manhattan Project National Park Suspension
- House: Energy Regulatory Rollback Passage
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Electric Vehicles Cost the Taxpayer More than $7 per Gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 6613 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... the tax credits have other, indirect effects: Increased sales of electric vehicles allow automakers to sell more low-fuel-economy vehicles ....
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Time for a True Opportunity Agenda
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:53 PM :: 5292 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Occupy Wall Street's pathetic first birthday last week confirmed that the longstanding reports of the movement's death have not, in fact, been exaggerated....
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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Senate Accountability for Everybody Except Rockne Freitas
By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 14825 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -- George Santayana
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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Debt is Focus of Djou's Third TV Spot
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:00 PM :: 5867 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We are on the same treacherous fiscal path as Greece, Italy and Spain....
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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Elusive Unfunded Liability Needs to be Addressed Without Tax Increases
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:32 AM :: 6448 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Apparently there are some, including some of the commissioners on the Tax Review Commission, who believe that those unfunded liabilities that combined is estimated to be more than $20 billion must be addressed with increases in taxes....
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 |
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NYT: Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 7735 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...the goal was not only to improve efficiency and patient safety, but also to reduce health care costs. But, in reality, the move to electronic health records may be contributing to billions of dollars in higher costs....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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'Last Ounce of Courage' Now Playing in Honolulu
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 7932 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The Washington Post said the film "plays squarely to folks who feel that Christians today are persecuted."
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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No to Tax Increases: Yes to Budget Cuts
By Sen Fred Hemmings @ 3:11 PM :: 6605 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The PFM Group’s recommendations on ways to raise taxes are insulting....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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Ewa Planning Commission Rejects Movie Studio and Hotel for Kalaeloa
By Tom Berg @ 1:52 AM :: 7720 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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...one of the proposed amendments would specifically allow a major film production studio in an industrial zoned area near Campbell Industrial Park, as proposed under resolution 08-93. The Planning Commission recommends denial....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 AM :: 20329 Views :: Obama
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...producer Dinesh D'Souza asks viewers whether we will pursue the American dream or Barack Obama's dream....
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 |
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20 years of Agriculture in Hawaii: Very Small and Shrinking
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 AM :: 6182 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Agriculture provides employment for a very small number of people and the people who work in agriculture earn less than workers in any other sector....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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Hirono Suggests Inouye not Effective
By Video @ 10:44 PM :: 6029 Views :: Energy, Environment
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For Hirono to build her entire campaign on the coattails of Senator Inouye and President Obama underscores her lack of depth as a candidate for a promotion to higher office....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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$1B Short: Obama 2013 Budget Cuts Hawaii Obamacare Funds
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:41 PM :: 9406 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If Obama;'s 2013 budget is implemented, Hawaii will be obligated to pay $1,096,300,000 more for Medicaid....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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Feds Take Over OSHA Inspection from DLIR
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 7375 Views :: Energy, Environment
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federal enforcement authority will be exercised in Hawaii effective September 21, 2012....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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Wanna Buy a House? Federal Funds Back $6400 Hawaii Giveaway
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 5824 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Upon completion of all program requirements, participants’ savings are matched with $6400....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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100 Days Until Taxmageddon
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 1:16 PM :: 6481 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sunday will mark the start of the 100-day countdown to “Taxmageddon” – the date the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect....
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Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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5 Ways Fast & Furious Tarnishes Eric Holder's Justice Department
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 4468 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The report singles out top Department of Justice officials for wrongdoing and contradicts sworn testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
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Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods Is a Losing Proposition
By NCPA @ 6:17 PM :: 6598 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The law does nothing more than deceive people into purchasing non-GE foods, which aren't different from GE foods....
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