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Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii Economic Outlook Ranks 46th
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 8075 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This new study explains how states can most effectively drive economic growth, create jobs, and improve the standard of living for their citizens.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Ethics Violation? NASA Chief allegedly paid off by Global Warmers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 4698 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his "profound contribution to humanity."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Life Without Subsidies: Vanpool Hawaii Announces New Group Rate
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 7615 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Vanpool Hawaii has announced a new monthly rate of $985 per vanpool group, effective Aug. 1. For a vanpool group of 6 or 7 passengers, that equals a per-person cost of approximately $164 or $141 per month, respectively, or less if shared between more participants.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Broadband to be Trojan Horse for Big Wind Cable?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 13982 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Why the sudden addition of broadband to the Big Wind cable?
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Rationing by Waiting: Medicaid eligibility hiked to $64,000/year for early retirees
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 5122 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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The Truth About Tax Cuts
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:16 AM :: 5120 Views :: National News, Ethics
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All you are likely to hear about low tax rates from liberals and their echo chamber in the media is that they don't work—that they fail to gin up economic or job growth. Exhibit A for this preposterous proposition is the Bush tax cuts. The left wants you to accept it as conventional wisdom that the policy was a bust. Don't believe it....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Pictures of America's Fiscal Nightmare
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:13 AM :: 4153 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There's urgency in Washington to fix a problem that's been a long time coming: America's fast track to fiscal implosion. In The Heritage Foundation's just-released, expanded 2011 Budget Chart Book, you can see just how bad the country's spending problem is and how America racked up so much debt.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Did HSTA boycott Race To The Top Meetings?
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 7150 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In the below Abercrombie Administration news release—which we have annotated for clarity--there is no mention of any union officials meeting with the US DoE representatives here to evaluate Hawaii’s alleged progress towards RTTT benchmarks.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Governor signs bill to exempt Broadband Cables from Permitting Requirements
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 7521 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The key provisions of this act exempt broadband infrastructure improvements from state or county permitting requirements for five years.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Meet your new Defense Secretary: Leon Panetta's War on Reagan's Defense Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 9420 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Senate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Former Utah Governor Huntsman Announces Presidential Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 4050 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"I respect the President of the United States. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help a country we both love."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Hirono, Akaka: Pension’s Perks for Members With a Past
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 7856 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) ... received $45,000 from her state's pension program in 2010.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Developer sues LUC for downzoning affordable homes already built
By Robert Thomas @ 2:25 AM :: 11354 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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...the Land Use Commission changed the land use boundaries from "urban use to agricultural use while affordable housing was being constructed on the property."
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs 15 bills into law
By News Release @ 11:47 PM :: 6002 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Starting with HB953, a big fat raise for DoE bureaucrats.
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Consumer Advocate: Public Hearings Required on HECO Biofuels Rate Increase
By Henry Curtis @ 9:08 PM :: 10268 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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the HECO Companies' proposed Biofuel Surcharge Provision clearly results in an increase in rates that triggers the contested case and public hearing provisions of HRS §269-16(b).
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 20
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 7187 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Ethanol subsidies amendment
- House: Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations, FY2012
- House: Agriculture Appropriations, FY2012
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to Republican Leaders
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 4838 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Here is complete video of Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaking today at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. When he finished, the crowd was on their feet chanting, "Run, Rick, Run!"
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Voice Recorder confiscated during Closed Meeting of Reapportionment Commission
By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 8283 Views :: Energy, Environment
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When Hawaii Reapportionment Commission members went into closed executive session during their June 15th meeting at the State Capitol, they discovered something rather disconcerting. A small recording device had been left on a chair and it was turned on, recording their every word.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Big Projects in Hawaii - Why Are They Stuck?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:06 PM :: 8496 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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There are 10 basic dimensions that account for the reasons that big projects succeed or fail....
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Fathers Matter: Involved Dads Impact Children’s Lives and Civil Society
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:25 AM :: 6320 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Given the tremendous personal, social, and economic costs of broken families, national leaders should seek ways to promote the importance of marriage so that more children can grow up in a stable household and experience the unique benefits of a married mother and father.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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One-Step-Up Housing: Berg to hold Makaha Town Meeting July 12
By Tom Berg @ 12:38 PM :: 6988 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Our next town hall meeting will be July 12, 2011 at Makaha Elementary School from 6-9pm. We will discuss the one-step-up housing feature as is contained in my resolution 11-54 CD1. The Nanakuli Neighborhood Board will also discuss this resolution at their meeting next week.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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June 23 Washington Middle School: Abercrombie to hear from public on Pro Bowl
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 8989 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Please be sure to join us for a public forum on June 23, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Washington Middle School. In addition to words from and Q&A with the Governor and Lt. Gov., there will be brief presentations from Bruce Coppa on our efforts to improve the economy ....
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 11479 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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what happens when sea level in the real world does not rise nearly as much as alarmists predict? If you are a NASA-funded gatekeeper of sea level data, you merely doctor the data....
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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Feds: U.S. travel and tourism industry on pace for record-setting year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 8093 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced international visitors spent an estimated $12.3 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during April. This represents a 19 percent increase from April 2010. Travel and tourism-related exports have increased, on average, nearly $1.4 billion a month in 2011.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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A Summer of Robots: Fueling innovation for the New Economy
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 12222 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Maui County, Energy, Environment
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The Robotics Organizing Committee (ROC) will host the events in coordination with robotics supporters and community partners throughout the state, beginning on June 21 and running through August 28, 2011.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Hawaii Government Impact: The High Cost of Land Use and Housing
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 10763 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Sunday 26 June, 2:00pm at the Naniloa Hotel's Polynesian Room in Hilo. Featured speakers are UH School of Law Prof. David Callies, author of the definitive book “Regulating Paradise” and Big Island real estate broker David Turner.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Greek Crisis: Moody’s warns of possible First Hawaiian Bank downgrade
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 12730 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Moody's Investors Service placed the stand-alone bank financial strength rating of First Hawaiian Bank on review for possible downgrade....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Hot Water Restored At Mayor Wright Housing
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 8563 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The hot water backup system installation is a first step towards ensuring a permanent solution. The state budget for fiscal year 2012 includes $5.6 million in capital improvement funds for a long-term solution to the water heating system at Mayor Wright Homes.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Free Trade Agreements Deliver More Trade
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 AM :: 8950 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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the agreements appear to boost manufacturing exports above the overall trend while having no discernable impact on manufacturing imports....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Do Film Tax Credits Live Up to Their Promises?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:53 AM :: 5234 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Film tax credits fail to live up to their promises to encourage economic growth overall and to raise tax revenue....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Health Insurance Doesn't Mean Access to Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 AM :: 5361 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Expansions of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are designed to extend access to high-quality medical care to all U.S. children. However, evidence suggests that the 37 million children covered by Medicaid-CHIP are less likely to receive specialty care than children covered by commercial insurance....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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PUC Approves New Maui Windfarm
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 10200 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a 20-year contract for Maui Electric Company to purchase 21 megawatts (MW) of wind power from Sempra Generation's Auwahi Wind project on the Ulupalakua Ranch in southeastern Maui.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Final statement of Geert Wilders in his free speech trial
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 5586 Views :: World News, Family
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Freedom of expression is the life source of our Western civilisation. Do not let that source go dry just to cosy up to a totalitarian regime.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Al-Qaeda hit list names US writers, generals
By IPT News @ 7:53 PM :: 12874 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Columns and articles by several of the writers and researchers named by al-Qaeda have been and will continue to be posted on HawaiiFreePress.com.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Money released for school construction projects
By News Release @ 11:36 AM :: 11860 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"$36,000 for improvements of reconfiguration to the cafeteria stage at Mililani Uka Elementary School"
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Heritage: Victory in Wisconsin
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4477 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the state's new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major movement toward fiscal reform. And at three this morning, following a nearly 13-hour floor debate, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a budget aimed at wiping out the state's $3 billion structural deficit.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Fire from the Heartland: The awakening of the Conservative Woman
By Video @ 10:35 AM :: 3895 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The first-ever film to tell the entire story of the conservative woman in her own words, "Fire from the Heartland" is a powerful statement about America at a crossroads and the women who have awakened to the crisis.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Are Electric Cars Really Green?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 AM :: 7794 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Electric cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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A Showdown over the War in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:25 PM :: 9481 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...President Obama failed to consult Congress in an appropriately deliberate manner. The President has ill-served Congress, and there is no reason Congress should stand for it. As it responds, Congress should be mindful of its obligations: to uphold the Constitution, act in America’s interests, and not unduly put the lives of American allies at risk....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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Honolulu Alliance forms to block Federal Control of Hawaii Capitol Area
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 9440 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The ahupua'a of Honolulu and Kapalama have been proposed as a future National Heritage Area (NHA) site, a permanent federal designation which was introduced in Congress as S. 359 and H. 1297.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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After stock craters 64%, Feds to dump 5.6M shares of Inouye’s Central Pacific Bank
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 10000 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Treasury acquired the shares this year as part of the Hawaii-based bank holding company's recapitalization. The stock was trading around $29 a share at the time of the Treasury's investment...and closed Tuesday at $14.13.... The stock is down 64% in the past year.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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Fitch downgrades Hawaii, Cites Tourism Dependence
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 6502 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The downgrade reflects the state's minimal financial cushion against risks inherent in an economy dominated by the volatile tourism sector following the depletion of previously large balances as well as the state's significant and growing long-term liabilities.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs bill hiking GE Tax $400M, Matson raises rates in response
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 7333 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the state of Hawaii has temporarily suspended many general excise tax exemptions. The suspended exemptions include certain transportation and maritime support services such as stevedoring. This means that the state will tax carriers for a portion of the cargo costs that had previously been exempted, and the cost to carriers serving the state will increase. Effective July 10, 2011, Matson will implement a General Excise Tax Arbitrary to recover these extra costs.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Everything you've heard about fossil fuels may be wrong
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 4582 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As everyone who follows news about energy knows by now, in the last decade the technique of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," long used in the oil industry, has evolved to permit energy companies to access reserves of previously-unrecoverable “shale gas” or unconventional natural gas.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Boehner on Libya: Obama will be in Violation of War Powers Act in 5 days
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 7011 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Five days from now, our country will reach the 90-day mark from the notification to Congress regarding the commencement of the military operation in Libya, which began on March 18, 2011.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Google to fund Kuhio Park Terrace rehab project
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 11326 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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According to Christoph Gabler, Senior Vice-President for AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, the Towers at KPT are the first phase of a 1,025 community being redeveloped by the Michaels Development Company in partnership with Vitus Group and the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Unemployment Is No Laughing Matter
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:16 AM :: 4371 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As President Barack Obama swung through North Carolina yesterday, he did all he could to show that he cares about the U.S. economy, its 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and the 13.9 million Americans who remain out of work. Well, that is, until he let a bit of honesty slip off his tongue....
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