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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Willard Passes Pacific Command’s Reins to Locklear
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 AM :: 8131 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

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Friday, March 9, 2012
"Concerning Public Lands" Nine More Executive Orders Suddenly Appear on Abercrombie Website
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 PM :: 5762 Views :: Energy, Environment

This makes 25 executive orders "Concerning Public Lands"

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Friday, March 9, 2012
Abercrombie Signs Unemployment Insurance Bill into Law
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 6073 Views :: Energy, Environment

HB 2096 maintains the UI rate that employers will pay for calendar year 2012. Without this measure, a business would have had to pay an additional $550 per year for each employee....

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Friday, March 9, 2012
Public Invited to Review State Homelessness Strategic Plan
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 5755 Views :: Energy, Environment

The draft State Plan contains four overarching goals 11 objectives, and numerous strategies. It is closely aligned with the 2010 Federal homelessness plan, entitled, Opening Doors – Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.

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Friday, March 9, 2012
Campaigning in Hawaii: Liz Santorum, Ronnie Paul, Matt Romney
By Andrew Walden @ 8:28 PM :: 7045 Views :: Energy, Environment

Elizabeth Santorum will host a reception at Hawaii Republican Party HQ, 725 Kapiolani Blvd, Monday evening....

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Friday, March 9, 2012
Feel Safer? Abercrombie Blocks Seed-Laden 'Lorax' Markers
By News Release @ 6:52 PM :: 6510 Views :: Energy, Environment

Governor Neil Abercrombie: “The collaborative effort to discontinue the distribution of spruce seeds engages those who may not be aware of the importance of the ‘right plant in the right place.’"

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Friday, March 9, 2012
A Disappointing Recovery Leaves Americans Suffering
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:42 AM :: 4769 Views :: National News, Ethics

It's the slowest recovery America has seen in the post-war era ....

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Conscience: The Calls for Liberty Have Not Been Silenced
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 4791 Views :: National News, Ethics

Call it what you want -- a circus, a sideshow, or just plain old political rhetoric -- but for the past week America has watched the media elite and some in Washington bend over backward to turn attention away from an issue ....

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Week of March 13: Ron Paul Launches Hawaii TV Ad Campaign
By Video @ 7:44 AM :: 7352 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Ron Paul will begin advertising Thursday in Hawaii with a spot that promotes his plan to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget.  The Hawaii caucuses are next Tuesday, March 13 ....

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Djou goes from Washington to Afghanistan vetting suspected Taliban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 AM :: 6403 Views :: Energy, Environment

This article was printed in 158 publications across the United States including the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Maui News....

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Rothenberg: Lingle Faces Tough Fight for Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:10 AM :: 8052 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle deserves to be taken seriously in her Senatorial bid, but she faces a tough fight, Stuart Rothenberg writes.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Press Conference Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:05 AM :: 4582 Views :: National News, Ethics

The 100-ton elephant in the room that wasn't discussed? The economy.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Senate Passes 372 Bills
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 6078 Views :: Energy, Environment

the Hawaii State Senate passed 372 Senate Bills at its session today. The bills now head over to the House for consideration....

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Thursday, March 8, 2012
House Passes 286 Bills--Ward Hits 'High Risk Financial Decisions'
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 6217 Views :: Energy, Environment

286 measures passed third reading before crossing over to the Senate ....

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
HB2227 Allows Sex Change Without Surgery on Hawaii Birth Certificate
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 7129 Views :: Energy, Environment

HB 2227 removes significant barriers transgender citizens face when requesting a corrected birth certificate. The bill eliminates the mandate stating citizens only could obtain a new birth certificate if they had gone through a surgical transition.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Hawaii lawsuit shows civil unions help redefine marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 6311 Views :: Energy, Environment

A Hawaii lawsuit asking a federal court to instate “gay marriage” shows that the recognition of same-sex domestic partnerships and civil unions is just a stepping stone to redefining marriage, several critics say.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Trustees See Dollar Signs as Kakaako Settlement Passes Senate
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 5894 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Hawaii State Senate voted overwhelmingly today to approve a proposal to transfer an estimated $200 million worth of land in Kakaako Makai to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Emergency Repairs to Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei School Flooded
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 11238 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment

Hanalei School will be (remain) closed on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Hanalei staff and teachers will be cleaning and preparing the classrooms for opening of school tomorrow....

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Rep. Dennis Kucinich suffers Crushing Primary Defeat in Ohio
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 PM :: 4436 Views :: National News, Ethics

With about 90 percent of the vote in, Kaptur led 60 to 36 percent.… (B-bye)

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Super Tuesday: Romney Wins 6, Santorum 3, Gingrich 1
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 PM :: 6353 Views :: National News, Ethics

Meanwhile, with only token opposition, Obama lost the Democratic Primary in 15 Oklahoma Counties....

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Lingle Campaign: Hirono Rhetoric Embarrassing Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 7750 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Instead of showing a willingness to work with others to find real solutions to problems, she will simply contribute to the hyper-partisan bickering that has stifled our country in the last few years....

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sandra Fluke, Gender Reassignment, and Health Insurance
By Selected News Articles @ 4:12 PM :: 5217 Views :: National News, Ethics

Sandra Fluke she is, in reality, a 30 year old long time liberal activist who enrolled at Georgetown with the express purpose of fighting for the school to pay for students' birth control....She also, apparently, believes that it is discrimination deserving of legal action if "gender reassignment" surgeries are not covered by employer provided health insurance....

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Video: Pro-Rail Thugs Plan Disruption of Meeting
By Tom Berg @ 3:56 PM :: 11137 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Go-Rail-Go exhibited by their behavior at the rail town hall meetings was to not stay civil, but rather to just go into the meeting and give those respectable men that were here to help us and educate us- to just go and give them a hard time. See it here for yourself....

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Politics of Health Care Rationing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 4930 Views :: National News, Ethics

The Obama administration’s remake of the U.S. health care system stands on three legs. One, it makes the purchase of insurance compulsory. Two, it doles out new entitlements via expanded Medicaid, subsidies, and certain coverage requirements.  And three, it promises to control the growth of medical costs.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 5803 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Judicial Council is extending the deadline in its search to find qualified applicants to serve on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission and on the Campaign Spending Commission....

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
China's Military Rising
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 10234 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

China announced this week that its new defense budget would total approximately $106 billion -- an 11.2 percent increase over its previous budget....

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Monday, March 5, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 5
By Congress.org @ 3:44 PM :: 7414 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: Motion to Table Blunt Amendment
  • House: Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
  • House: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Defending Israel from the Iranian Threat
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:31 AM :: 6406 Views :: World News, Family

Less than 1,000 miles from Jerusalem, the Iranian government is operating in open violation of international law in a singular pursuit of developing nuclear weapons.

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Monday, March 5, 2012
Conference: Abercrombie Admin Renews Push to Impose Medical Homes
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 7312 Views :: Health Care

“Forty years ago, Hawai'i’s groundbreaking Prepaid Health Care Act gave us an enduring advantage in health insurance coverage,” said Dr. Tsang. “However .... "

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Monday, March 5, 2012
Obama: "I have a Policy to Prevent Iran from Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon"
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 7998 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

"And as I have made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests...."

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Race to The Bank: HSTA Gets 36.9% Raise, Threatens Suit to Block Accountability
By Selected News Articles @ 6:13 PM :: 12547 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Teachers who work for 12 months will receive a 36.9 percent differential....

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Hawaii Industrial Jobs Up 0.5%
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 6267 Views :: Energy, Environment

Industrial sectors that gained jobs included transportation equipment, up 13.9%; chemicals/allied products, up 13.4%; paper products, up 7.1%; stone/clay/glass, up 3.8%; primary metals, up 3.5%; and furniture/fixtures, up 3.4%....

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
HB2121: End State Solar Tax Credits for State-Funded Projects
By Video @ 5:41 PM :: 7139 Views :: Energy, Environment

HB 2121 would prohibit developers who install systems on government buildings from taking the tax credits.

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Hawaii Credit Unions: State Bank ‘Enormous Risk’ to General Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 8598 Views :: Energy, Environment

"Coupled with the notion of purchasing troubled mortgages, this could be an extremely dangerous concept, which would place taxpayer money at enormous risk."

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Yearning for a Way to Collect Tax on Out-of-State Vendors
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:35 AM :: 6366 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the project would require legislation at the federal level to be approved by Congress to address the issue of the infringement of the “Interstate Commerce Clause.”  

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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Romney Wins Washington Caucus
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 4251 Views :: Energy, Environment

Romney 36%, Paul 25%, Santorum 24.6% 

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Friday, March 2, 2012
VIDEO: PBS Insights Features Hawaii Republican Caucus
By Video @ 2:26 PM :: 7933 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Tune in to INSIGHTS as Dan Boylan and guests discuss the 2012 GOP presidential candidate race, ahead of Hawaii's Republican primary election on March 13 ....

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Friday, March 2, 2012
Pro-Family Lawyers Move to take Defense of Marriage out of Abercrombie's Hands
By News Release @ 12:50 PM :: 6090 Views :: Energy, Environment

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys representing Hawaii Family Forum asked a federal court Thursday for permission to intervene against a legal attack on Hawaii’s marriage laws....

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Friday, March 2, 2012
$2 Trillion Tax Hike Hidden in Obama Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:39 PM :: 5497 Views :: National News, Ethics

...Heritage has discovered that are even more tax hikes hidden in his budget, adding up to a total of $2 trillion in higher taxes....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Lingle Backs Bipartisan Medicaid Reform Plan
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 8248 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

... the Medicaid waiver process must allow states to test new strategies that could improve care and lower costs for taxpayers ....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Hawaii Christian Coalition Encourages Turnout for March 13 Caucuses
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 8441 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

When we come out to vote the whole country will see our support for the conservative and Christian candidate Rick Santorum....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Maui Friends of the NRA to Host Meeting
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 8079 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL

MAUI Friends of NRA-- SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 4:00 PM

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
John Carroll Endorses Ron Paul
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 6186 Views :: Energy, Environment

Carroll ... said he is in agreement with the libertarian-leaning Paul on the most important issues. He cited ... a more responsible foreign policy.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Kona Kampachi Successful Harvest in Federal Waters off Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 10541 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

These were the first farmed fish raised in U.S. federal waters and required a special research permit from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .... 

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Renewable Portfolio Standards Ignore Cost Inefficiencies
By NCPA @ 7:40 PM :: 4511 Views :: Energy, Environment

... wind and solar power, after decades of government support, are still not independently viable for broad commercialization ....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Berg: Anti-Rail Meeting Hits a Nerve
By Tom Berg @ 7:24 PM :: 10115 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Stay tuned for some youtubes from the meeting that clearly had some pro-railers, the one's out to make a buck off this project that does not provide traffic relief ....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Wallbuilders -- Hawaii: Exercise Your Right to Vote
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 6130 Views :: Energy, Environment

With the Presidential primaries in full swing, we want to encourage you to exercise your right - and duty - to vote March 7, 2012 (Democrat) or March 13, 2012 (Republican) at your Caucus

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Hawaii State Bank: The Hee-Haw Bill
By AtomicMonkey @ 3:36 PM :: 9398 Views :: Energy, Environment

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Man Who Brought Down ACORN: Andrew Breitbart dead at 43
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 5730 Views :: National News, Ethics

Breitbart was walking last night near his Los Angeles home when he collapsed, said his father-in-law, actor Orson Bean....

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Heritage: Two Centuries of Religious Freedom Rolled Back
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:08 PM :: 4969 Views :: National News, Ethics

...our first freedom -- religious liberty -- will be the first to fall now that the federal government has unfettered control over the country's health care system....

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