Signing of Akaka Bill companion measure divides Hawaii’s people 							
																												
					
								
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										Protesters gathered outside of Washington Place to speak out against Senate Bill 1520.  Courtesy Photo
									
																																				
							
								Honolulu Surf Film Fest at Honolulu Academy of Arts celebrates Hawaii’s gift to the world 							
																												
					
								
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										Hawaii surfer and women's world rankings leader Carissa Moore.
									
																									
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								Hawaii lawmakers to consider indigenous geothermal proposals 							
																												
					
								
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										In the early 1990s, Puna Geothermal Venture, a partnership between two continental U.S. power companies, received a permit to produce renewable geothermal energy at a site in Puna in the East Rift Zone. The facility went online in 1993.  Courtesy Photo
									
																																				
							
								School garden conference at Makaha Elementary 							
																												
					
								
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										The Makaha conference aims to "plant hope."  Photo by State Department of Agriculture
									
																																				
							
								Hawaii’s path to renewable energy needs everyone’s input 							
																												
					
								
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										An oil tanker shipwreck at Shipwreck Beach on Lanai.  Photo by Steve L. Martin
									
																																				
							
								Waiahole water remains at issue 							
																												
					
								
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								City Council to meet on ag property tax, rail funding, zoning 							
																												
					
								
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										The City Council will consider a bill to sell $475 million in General Obligation Bonds to fund rail.
									
																									
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								Grassroots hui coordinates defense of the Mauna Kea conservation district 							
																												
					
								
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										A view from sacred Mauna Kea. Photo courtesy of KAHEA
									
																																				
							
								Verbatim: Hawaii ACLU applauds anti-shackling law 							
																												
					
								
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