Waimea Valley to celebrate re-dedication 							
																												
					
								
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										Waimea Valley will celebrate its re-dedication in August.
									
																																				
							
								Monk seal habitat protection expansion hearings announced 							
																												
					
								
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										A proposal could designate 11,000 square miles as protected monk seal habitat.  Photo courtesy of NOAA
									
																																				
							
								Aquaculture bill: Abercrombie had it right the first time 							
																												
					
								
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										Moi raised on Hawaii aquaculture farms.  Photo by NOAA
									
																																				
							
								Hirono votes against bill to allow siphoning of education funds 							
																												
					
								
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										H.R. 2445 would allow for the diversion of funds from programs for poor impoverished students.
									
																																				
							
								Verbatim: Elevated rail is all about politics and money, we can’t afford it 							
																												
																
																	
					
										A computer simulated rendition of the preliminary Pearl Highlands Rail Transit Station plans.
									
																																				
							
								Gov. Abercrombie signs more bills into law, Monday, before today’s deadline 							
																												
					
								
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										Gov. Abercrombie signs House Bill 739, regarding child care requirements.
									
																									
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								Hawaii Arts Alliance, DBEDT to participate in national study 							
																												
					
								
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										The Hawaii State Art Museum.
									
																									
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								Big wind on the bargaining table 							
																												
					
								
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										Wind power has been on the table in Hawaii for decades.  Photo by Tom Woodward
									
																																				
							
								Hawaiian Way Fund to host tribal basketball tourney 							
																												
					
								
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										Tribal teams from Hawaii, Alaska, Indian Nations, and the Pacific will participate in the Hawaiian Way Fund tourney.  Courtesy Photo
									
																																				
							
								Bid to protect Hawaii’s endangered species moves forward 							
																												
					
								
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										The endangered I'iwi, or Scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper.
									
																									
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