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Continue reading "Consumer bill updates offer few clues"
When a bill that would dramatically reform the nation's consumer safety system passed the Senate in March, it was hailed as benchmark legislation that would make toys safer for children.
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CWA Blog Claims Credit for FCC Data Order, But Ignores Local Company Data
Over at the Communications Workers of America's blog, Speed Matters , the union claims credit for the Federal Communications Commission's recent order requiring broadband companies to provide the FCC with more ...
U.S. Senate committee tags nearly $140 million for Hawaii-related initiatives
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee today approved nearly $139.2 million for Hawaii-related labor, health, and education initiatives, U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced in a news release issued by his ...
New Hampshire diversity group honors Inouye
WASHINGTON -- A New Hampshire diversity group is honoring a Hawaii senator and Japanese American veterans of World War II.
Kauai county mulling succession after mayor death
Baptiste died on Sunday after apparently going into cardiac arrest while resting at home.
HILO Two Big Island airports will receive a total of $1.9 million in federal funding to improve runways and taxiways, U.S. Rep.
US senators meet with Japanese counterparts
WASHINGTON - A delegation of U.S. Senators led by Hawaii's Daniel K. Inouye this morning began day-long, private discussions with their counterparts from both houses of Japan's national legislature on a ...
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
New Shriners hospital ahead of schedule
Shriners Hospitals for Children still aims to raise about $5 million in Hawaii as construction of a new state-of-the-art medical facility on its Punahou campus nears completion.
Continue the pork, but with better restrictions
Sen. Daniel Inouye ranks fourth in the Senate in earmarking federal projects for his home state.
Editorial: Lungren's poolside ploy: An ethical belly-flop
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, June 8, 2008 Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E6 ABC News recently ran a story that featured U.S. Rep.
Inouye defends use of earmarks
Hawaii projects receiving big federal dollars include the USS Arizona renovation, the PanSTARRS telescope array and the Maui supercomputer.
Forward Observer: Our Pricey Military
Skyrocketing health and weapons costs are eating up so much of the defense budget that the next president will find himself or herself commanding a military that cannot do much in the world outside of Iraq and ...
TheBuzz: Ceasing analog broadcasting
Television transitions and radio promotions No mass panic ensued when KGMB-TV shut off its analog signal last month, but some handholding did result.
Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/defense_shipcred_060208/ news/2008/06/defense_shipcred_060208 Not making their case Leaders ...
Hawaii snags $8 million in federal grants
Hawaii will receive nearly $8 million in federal transportation and Native Hawaiian education grants, U.S. Sen.
Baker receives Japan's highest honor for a foreigner
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker has received Japan's highest civilian honor for foreigners.
Planting seeds in Senator Inouye's office. The challenge of making hunger and poverty history requires the use of our voices, and there is no better way to use them, than to sit down with your local ...
Hawaii Democrats Converge for Convention
With about a week until Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clash in Puerto Rico's primary, it remains a heated tango to the top of the democratic ticket.