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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Kaiser Study: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange to Pay Insurers $973/month
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 10961 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

This may explain why Hawaii’s insurers were so eager to grab seats on Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector Board....

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Saturday, July 14, 2012
New Website: The Real Hanabusa
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 9601 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Politicians

Meet The Real Hanabusa for yourself at TheRealHanabusa.com....

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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Same Day Registration Leads to 48,000 Fraudulent Voters, Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 8549 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In today’s Star-Advertiser readers discover the Editors toying with yet another shiny electoral object—same day voter registration....

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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Want Land? DLNR Will Buy You Some
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 6790 Views :: Energy, Environment

The 2012-2013 application cycle may provide approximately $2.5 million in grants....

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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Creditors Demand $160M from Hoku Corporation
By News Release @ 12:12 AM :: 9120 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits

Act 221's final act ....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Women Chased from Atheist Confab by Sexual Harassment
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 6665 Views :: National News, Ethics

“We are a small movement, so it might be very important for some men and women to find a partner who shares their beliefs,” said Maggie Ardiente, director of development for the American Humanist Association....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
90% of Faculty Sticks With HTA Charter School
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 7092 Views :: Energy, Environment

HTA, which serves students on all islands, is a model of “blended” instruction --face-to-face instruction within a centrally located Oahu Learning Center, combined with learning time spent individually or in small groups away from the center....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Berg: Restore Cancelled Bus Service
By Tom Berg @ 6:42 PM :: 8545 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Resolution 12-173 to request Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle reverse the course that cut but routes and refrain from further cuts being implemented....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Crippled Nation: Disability Ranks Outpace New Jobs
By NCPA @ 4:45 PM :: 4770 Views :: National News, Ethics

...disability ranks will likely continue to swell: in just the last month, almost 275,000 people put in applications for disability benefits....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Environment: Rail is Dirtier than Cars
By NCPA @ 4:28 PM :: 12771 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
According to the Department of Energy, the average passenger car uses about 3,500 BTUs per passenger mile--rail transit in Pittsburgh uses more than 11,000 BTUs.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Djou: "Rail is being transformed from a public works project into a private benefit club"
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:30 PM :: 9496 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

The City hired PB Americas to plan this rail system. The City’s Transportation Director is a former senior executive at PB Americas and his wife is still an employee of PB Americas. The consulting engineering firm the City hired to monitor PB Americas, Infraconsult, was founded by former executives at PB Americas....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Informational briefing held for Proposed Biosafety Lab
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 7558 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

A proposed biosafety lab to be located in West Oʻahu will allow UH researchers to develop diagnostic tests and vaccines for infectious diseases.

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Vacation Rentals, Homeowners’ Associations Face Increased Disclosure Requirements, Penalties Under New Law
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 7375 Views :: Energy, Environment

...Legislature enacted HB 2078, which became law on July 10, 2012 as Act 326....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Wavecom Solutions
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5366 Views :: Energy

Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. subsidiary has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wavecom Solutions Corporation's competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) business....

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Friday, July 13, 2012
Obama's Imperial Presidency Guts Welfare Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 PM :: 5677 Views :: National News, Ethics

The new policy guts the federal work requirements that were the foundation of the Clinton-era reform ....

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Cyber-Crime Bills Signed into Law
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 10072 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

The bills were the result of the cyber crime informational briefing co-chaired by Representatives Kym Pine and George Fontaine in July, 2011.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Rep Fontaine Thanks Gov Abercrombie for Signing “Move Over” Bill into Law
By News Release @ 10:45 PM :: 9604 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

The new law comes in the wake of the tragic deaths of Honolulu police officers Eric Fontes, killed last September during a Farrington Highway traffic stop, and Garret Davis, killed this January while assisting a stalled motorist on the H-1....

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Lingle Campaign Raises $1.1M in Two Months
By News Release @ 10:25 PM :: 5790 Views :: Energy, Environment

The campaign raised $1,134,588 between April 1 and June 30, 2012, bringing the total funds raised in this election to $4,252,839.37.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hawaii Restaurant Association Endorses Lingle
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 6085 Views :: Energy, Environment

"HRA members represent the small businesses our state depends on and I look forward to partnering with them to further strengthen Hawaii's economy."

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hawaii Dems and Mr Jones
By Michael Hansen @ 2:31 PM :: 11503 Views :: Democratic Party, Jones Act

“Dems and Mr. Jones, they got a thing going on. They both know it’s wrong. But it’s much too strong to let it cool down now.”

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
House Repeals Obamacare; What’s Next
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:23 PM :: 2544 Views

If Senators take a few simple actions, they can force a debate and recorded vote in the Senate this year....

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
End the DoD's green energy fuelishness
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 2605 Views

There's a war underway over the future of biofuels for the U.S. military....

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Which forms of energy get the biggest subsidies?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 PM :: 2760 Views

Advocates of wind energy are actively lobbying Congress for a multiyear extension of the 2.2 cent-per-kilowatt-hour production tax credit.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Obama Fails to See "Serious Impact" of Hugo Chavez
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 4709 Views :: World News

President Obama has been stumbling on the economy, and this week he added more proof of his weakness on foreign policy....

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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hawaii NRA Instructor Liability Bill Signed into Law
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 5691 Views :: Energy, Environment

The NRA is pleased to announce that Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) signed House Bill 679 into law on July 9....

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Poll: Lingle Takes Lead in Senate Race
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 7064 Views :: Energy, Environment

Lingle is ahead of Hirono by 5 percentage points...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Rep Pine Cheers Cyber Crime Bills Signed Into Law
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 6:26 PM :: 7003 Views :: Energy, Environment

...four 2012 Legislative session bills to curb Hawaii's growing cyber crime trend have become law....

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Hawaii, Exercise Your Right to Vote!
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 7043 Views :: Energy, Environment

Register to vote by Thursday July 12, 2012!

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Abercrombie Vetoes 14 Bills
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 6772 Views :: Energy, Environment

Abercrombie signed 323 measures into law and vetoed 14. Six measures became law without the Governor’s signature....

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Ways to Create Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 7980 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Akaka’s Committee will “examine the process of recognizing tribes through the Administrative and Congressional processes.”

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
HART Slashes Rail PR Budget—But Only After Primary
By John Bond @ 2:46 PM :: 8366 Views :: Ethics, Rail

Honolulu rail officials today canceled the contracts for eight of its public outreach specialists, in a move that will save $2.8 million ...

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Mazie-Come-Lately: Hirono's Touted Sustainability Plan is All Talk and No Action
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 5976 Views :: Energy, Environment

"Many have asked? What has Hirono been doing in Congress for the past six years?"

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Full Text: Lingle Speaks on Jones Act
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 1:48 PM :: 9308 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

As Hawaii’s next U.S. Senator, I commit to you that while the Jones Act issue is being fully studied, I will explore other ways to reduce the costs of living in the State of Hawaii.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
House Votes to Repeal Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 7042 Views :: National News, Ethics

...this is only the second time the House will have voted to fully repeal the law....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Hanabusa, Hirono Co-Sponsor Bill Threatening Closure of Catholic Charities
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 9577 Views :: Family, Congressional Delegation

HR1681 decertifies any adoption or foster care agency which does not assign children to same sex couples....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Mazie’s record is clear, because it’s empty
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 6150 Views :: Energy, Environment

Despite her long political life and her tenure in the most unpopular Congress in U.S. history, Mazie Hirono hasn’t gotten the job done for the people of Hawaii....
 

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
State Appeals Attorneys' Fees Award In JSC List Case
By Robert Thomas @ 6:49 PM :: 5948 Views :: Energy, Environment

Abandoning the practice of his two predecessors, the Governor refused to release the list of names of nominees transmitted to him by the Judicial Selection Commission....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
CNBC: Hawaii Ranks 49th in Business Climate
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 6081 Views :: Energy, Environment
  • Top corporate tax rate: 6.4 percent
  • Top individual tax rate: 11.0 percent
  • Gasoline taxes/fees: 49.6 cents
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Did HART Secretly Pay Off Advertiser Editor?
By Honolulu Traffic @ 4:30 PM :: 10146 Views :: Ethics, Rail

...five accounts in the listing are shown as, “Not reported.” Jeanne Mariani-Belding, former editorial page editor of the Advertiser is one....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Obamacare: 83% of MDs Consider Quitting
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 3297 Views

Seven out of 10 say “Pay-For-Performance will NOT reduce costs, and 2 out of 3 say it will NOT improve quality of care....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Obama Embraces Taxmageddon
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:49 PM :: 2724 Views

"The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, because that would just suck up—take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole." -- That was President Obama in 2009

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Debating the Local Food Movement
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 3605 Views

...we’ve learned to produce more food on less land, the price of it has fallen, the range of it available at your local store has increased, and the malnourished percentage of the world population has declined. The problem with locavores is that they want to undo all of this progress....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Shortage of Generic Sterile Injectable Drugs: Diagnosis and Solutions
By NCPA @ 10:55 AM :: 2707 Views

Medicare reimbursement for certain injectable drugs -- especially for cancer -- should be shifted from the Medicare Part B program to the Part D program....

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Why Does Hirono Want to Cut $500B From Medicare?
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 6562 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Whether she will admit it or not, Mazie Hirono is leading the charge for big cuts to Medicare....

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Monday, July 9, 2012
Health Contract with America
By John Goodman @ 10:53 PM :: 5890 Views :: National News, Ethics

This is a practical, realistic and workable form of universal coverage....

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Monday, July 9, 2012
The Inequality Fetish
By NCPA @ 10:42 PM :: 5146 Views :: National News, Ethics

According to liberals, either the 2008 financial crisis and its attendant recession, or the sluggish recovery -- and maybe both -- can be attributed in large part to the high level of economic inequality in the United States....

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Monday, July 9, 2012
Level 3 Bio Lab for Kalaeloa? Briefing Wednesday
By John Bond @ 9:03 PM :: 9197 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

An informational briefing for the public to learn about the proposed "Pacific Health Research Laboratory (PHRL)" at Kalaeloa will be held on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Kapolei High School ....

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Monday, July 9, 2012
After Losing Hospital, Ewa Beach Gets New Ambulance
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 8:42 PM :: 7433 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

“The closure of the Hawaii Medical Center had a substantial impact on the Leeward Coast,” said Rep. Pine. “This new ambulance unit provides the much needed crisis medical attention that our community needs.”

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Monday, July 9, 2012
Berg: Bus Cuts Could be Restored by Eliminating Rail Propaganda
By Tom Berg @ 8:37 PM :: 8238 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...we need to come up with $3 million. If we merely stop the rail propaganda efforts costing us over $4 million a year in staff salaries alone to specifically pitch rail, we could do it!

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Monday, July 9, 2012
Planning Commission to Vote on Ewa Development Plan
By Selected News Articles @ 8:24 PM :: 7206 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

On July 11, the City Planning Commission will pass or deny the ‘Ewa Development Plan (EDP), which directs the future for the whole Leeward area.

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