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Wednesday | KPUA-AM Hilo

Hawaii governor orders state flags at half-staff

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff alongside the national flag in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

Tue May 14, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Abercrombie mulls bill to help local pharmacies

A bill sitting on Gov. Neil Abercrombie's desk could increase competition for Hawaii pharmacies and make it easier for some residents to receive their medications.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Government, Hawaii

Mon May 13, 2013

Maui News

Maui County students to appear on quiz program

Teams from King Kekaulike and Molokai high schools will be competing in the "It's Academic Hawaii" quiz program, which will be televised on KFVE, Channel 5, beginning this month.

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Related Topix: Maui County, HI, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

WBNS

Hawaii gov mulling bill to help local pharmacies

A bill sitting on Gov. Neil Abercrombie's desk could increase competition for Hawaii pharmacies and make it easier for some residents to receive their medications.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Hawaii Government, Hawaii, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

Sun May 12, 2013

Maui News

Souki says one time in '82, as freshman, he was ready to quit

"Back then as a freshman, you were meant to be seen and not heard, you know, you were put in the corner," the 80-year-old Maui native said in a recent interview with The Maui News.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Wailuku, HI

Tue May 07, 2013

Business Journal

State leaders react to University of Hawaii President Greenwood's retirement

Gov. Neil Abercrombie says he will work with the University of Hawaii's Board of Regents to "chart our next steps" to choose a new president for the 10-campus system following President M.R.C. Greenwood 's announcement that she will retire in September.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, Honolulu, HI

The Hill

EMILY's List endorses Hanabusa over Schatz in Hawaii primary

EMILY's List is endorsing Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in her bid to unseat Sen. Brian Schatz , giving her a potentially big boost in the race.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Democrat, US Senate, Daniel Inouye

Mon May 06, 2013

KPUA-AM Hilo

Governor begins campaigning on neighbor islands

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is in the midst of a three-island jaunt to start his campaign for re-election in 2014.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, Hilo, HI

Hawaii Business Magazine

Hawaii's Latinos Defy Stereotypes

Many people were surprised when the 2010 Census revealed that 120,000 people in Hawaii identified themselves as having Hispanic heritage, about 9 percent of the state's residents.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Hawaii Government, Hawaii, Chaminade University, New York

Airport Business

Hawaii: Honolulu International Airport Modernization Begins Construction

With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of Transportation today celebrated the start of approximately $750 million in improvement projects for the Honolulu International Airport, as part of the statewide Hawaii... With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of ... (more)

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

Sun May 05, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Hanabusa announces US Senate run in Hawaii

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Daniel Inouye, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

Sat May 04, 2013

Daily Kos

This week in the War on Workers: Art teachers, not security guards, turn troubled school around

This is a country in which the drive to make standardized testing more important and to assess teachers on the basis of those tests, no matter how flawed they are, is so strong that New York tried to make a boy take a standardized test while he was in the hospital getting ready for brain surgery and Florida law is requiring a boy born with only a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Roxbury, MA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, Jerry Brown, Liberal Political News

Fri May 03, 2013

Business Journal

Hawaii community colleges join with business leaders to prepare...

The subtropical urban tree care program at Windward Community College is part of the two-year-old C3T Hawaii program at the University of Hawaii community colleges.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Agriculture, Science, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Thu May 02, 2013

SanLuisObispo.com

Hanabusa announces US Senate run in Hawaii

Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Daniel Inouye, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

KITV-TV

State Senate passes seat belt restriction bill

The Hawaii Senate has approved a bill to require adults to always wear seat belts when riding in cars on public highways.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

KITV-TV

Hanabusa officially announces Senate run

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Democrat, US Senate, Daniel Inouye, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

Wed May 01, 2013

Honolulu Weekly

Ratified

On April 17, members of the Hawaii State Teacher's Association ratified the latest contract with the State after two years of negotiations.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

The Honolulu Advertiser

State, city want to raze Natatorium

The facade, or archway, of the 86-year-old memorial built as a monument to Hawaii's World War I veterans would be restored and moved about 50 feet mauka to make way for the beach.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Midweek.com

Mostly Politics // The Winners And Losers Of 2013

Herewith, "Mostly Politics'" first post-2012 winners and losers column - occasioned by last week's news that Colleen Hanabusa has decided to run against Brian Schatz next year to fill the two years remaining of the late Daniel K. Inouye's term in the United States Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Democrat, Ed Case, Hawaii Government, Hawaii, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie

West Hawaii Today

State breifs 5/1

The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill requiring background checks for people who are registering guns that they purchased in other states.

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Related Topix: Hawaii Government, Hawaii, Guns, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, Neil Abercrombie