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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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'Non-Partisan Hawaii Ohana' 2012 Candidate Endorsements
By News Release @ 11:40 PM :: 8406 Views
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The 2012 Legislative Session saw an unprecedented introduction of development "exemption" bills that would have eroded decades of environmental protections and curtailed public participation.
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Act 183: First Injunctions Filed under New Mortgage Rescue Fraud Prevention Law
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 12223 Views
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Act 183, signed into law by Governor Neil Abercrombie on June 28, 2012, now makes violations of the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Prevention Act a class C felony with a mandatory $10,000 fine.
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Gallup: Obama losing in 37 states, gets 63% Approval in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 11436 Views
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In 16 states, his approval rating averaged below 40%, with residents of Utah, Wyoming, and Alaska least approving.
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Ono Good! NOAA to Conduct Status Review of Green Turtles
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 7676 Views
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This decision was prompted by a recent petition from the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and is consistent with recommendations from NOAA’s most recent 5-year review of the species, completed in 2007....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Firefighter Fatality Report Examines Cardiac Death
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 8594 Views
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On January 18, 2012, a 50-year-old male career fire apparatus operator was working a 24-hour shift during which he responded to one emergency call ....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii-Based Task Force Stems Chemical Trafficking in Asia-Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 13501 Views
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A little-known organization with U.S. Pacific Command is bringing together military and law-enforcement capabilities to combat drug-related transnational crime in the Asia-Pacific region ....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii DoD Launches ‘Hawaii Civic Justice Corps’
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 8201 Views
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...the Hawaii Civic Justice Corps program provides a customized approach to reconnect juvenile offenders to their communities....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Plunge In Carbon Dioxide Output Due to Natural Gas Fracking
By NCPA @ 3:21 PM :: 5699 Views
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But don't worry. Environmentalists are working day and night to stop fracking and restore CO2 output to Gorewellian levels....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Heritage: Can Conservatives Be Environmentalists?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:49 PM :: 5170 Views
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Efforts to protect the environment in America have ignored the most powerful force for improving the environment: free people....
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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DCCA: Let your auto insurer spy on you and save money
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 8822 Views
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Under the program, DTRIC evaluates how a customer drives based on data accumulated by an 'Akamai Rater' device installed in the vehicle.
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Wind PTC Already Phasing Out—for Certain
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:38 AM :: 3675 Views
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Though the eligibility date has a sharp cutoff, the financial flows themselves do follow a phase-out pattern. Wind generation that is put in place by December 31 will receive the tax credit for next 10 years.
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Candidates on the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:52 AM :: 8985 Views
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The Star-Advertiser asked all 24 candidates running for three federal offices 6 questions including, “Should Hawaii be exempt from the Jones Act, the federal law that protects the domestic shipping industry from foreign competition?”
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| Thursday, August 2, 2012 |
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9th Annual Navy League Golf Tourney
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 11007 Views
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The 9th Annual Navy League Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, August 31, 2012 at the Mamala Bay Golf Course...
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Forbes: The Hawaii Marxist Who Mentored President Obama On General Motors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 11062 Views
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The problem was not Stalin’s Iron Curtain, scoffed Frank Marshall Davis in his usual incendiary language, but “G.M.’s iron curtain,” being raised by “General Motors’ Hitlers.”
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Life Expectancy: Stay in Hawaii if you want to live longer
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 PM :: 8931 Views
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Hawaii noted the lowest at 589.6 deaths per 100,000 of the population, a staggering 21 per cent lower than the average for the entire country - 765.2 ....
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Rail: Leading Environmentalists Push Back Against Sierra Club, Endorse Cayetano
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 9263 Views
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The Sierra Club is the only environmental group that has advocated for the controversial elevated steel on steel rail system.... Several other high profile environmental organizations have opposed the project....
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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New Name for The Gas Company
By News Release @ 9:16 PM :: 8793 Views
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This change better reflects the Company’s identity as an important part of Hawaii’s energy community: proudly local and fully committed to clean technology and innovation....
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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NYT: Doctor Shortage Likely to Worsen With Health Law
By NCPA @ 6:50 PM :: 5305 Views
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Across the country, fewer than half of primary care clinicians were accepting new Medicaid patients as of 2008....
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Lingle Urges Supporters to Vote in Republican Primary
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 6:38 PM :: 7466 Views
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"Remember, you don’t have to be a Republican to vote for me on the Republican ballot."
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2012 |
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Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division Declines to State Whether He Will Protect Speech Critical of Religion
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 5388 Views
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... they urged for a legal declaration that criticism of Islam in the U.S. be considered racial discrimination, potentially under the Title VI anti-discrimination laws ....
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