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HONOLULU – On August 27, 2010, Attorney General Mark J. Bennett filed a Complaint in First Circuit Court for the State of Hawai`i for Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive, and Declaratory Relief against The Financial Group Legal Plan, Inc. (Financial Group) and its plan administrator, Daniel Yoshio Doi (Doi), alleging: (1) Financial Group was not authorized [...]
BY KERRI TOLOCZKO - “… distractions and mischaracterizations cloak substantive arguments surrounding the issue as the second engine is not “extra;” it’s an alternate, and the enormous difference between the two words means everything.” ----------------------------------------- Countless stimulus dollars have been used to study the effects of cocaine in monkeys and provide low-income DC residents with [...]
BY RALPH BENKO - President Obama’s recent formulation, “Freedom of Worship” has the religiously serious aghast. It telegraphs a subversion of faith — by defending a right not in question, the right to conduct religious feasts and fasts and ceremonies, and downgrading religion’s heart, values. The First Amendment interdicts the making of laws prohibiting the [...]
BY WILLIAM R. COLLIER JR. - The entire future of The Land of the Free well may hinge on whether a 40th vote against shutting down a filibuster is seated during the Lame Duck Session during which Reid and Pelosi appear to be planning to ram through the remainder of their most onerous legislative agenda [...]
BY MICHAEL R. FOX, PHD - Three decades ago, in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident, a leading utility executive warned the nuclear industry that another major accident would be ruinous, destroying its credibility with the public. Bill Lee, president and chief executive officer of Duke Power Company, in North Carolina, warned that [...]
BY JACK DINI - “Is the modern incandescent light bulb ready to retire from society and find its final resting place in the halls of the American History Museum? Politicians seem to think so, but consumer behavior indicates otherwise,” observes Kelsey Huber.” (1) As part of the Clean Emnergy bill passed in 2007, certain wattages [...]
1. Curriculum and Student Achievement: ARCH, the DOE’s research and accountability division, found that only 20 percent of Hawaii’s public school students in one of Hawaii’s high schools with a top graduation rate were eligible for a BOE Diploma vs. a regular diploma. Hawaii’s community colleges find that 79 percent of Hawaii’s public school graduates [...]
BY BOB HOGUE --Trying to determine the next best step in the conference alignment drama for the University of Hawaii athletic program is like trying to pick up a jellyfish -- no matter how you do it, you know it’s going to be a tricky proposition, and most likely quite painful. With Boise State, and [...]
ST. LOUIS, Aug 25, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $7 million by the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii to rehabilitate nearly 1,400 feet of a 69-inch diameter pipeline beneath Ala Moana Boulevard, one of the [...]
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- VSE Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!vsec/quotes/nls/vsec (VSEC 27.92, +0.46, +1.67%) announced today that the Engineering and Logistics Directorate of its Federal Group has been awarded a $3.2 million, five-year contract for Corrosion Repair Services for the U.S. Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay. This contract is [...]
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