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MEDIA RELEASE Mazie Hirono voted last week to keep in place $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts that will hurt Hawaii’s economy and severely impact America’s national security. The cuts include $11 billion in cuts to Medicare providers, including doctors; a $4 billion cut in federal funding for education and a $55 billion cut in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona County Farm Bureau is hosting a candidate forum 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Christ Church Episcopal Meeting Hall, in Kealakekua. The topic will be “All About Agriculture.” Candidates seeking legislative office, both state and county, to represent West Hawaii will be asked to respond to questions ranging from economic […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Senate candidate Mazie Hirono earlier this year voted against funding the Tsunami Warning Network that provides Hawaii with early tsunami detection and warnings, the Linda Lingle campaign has revealed. The high-tech buoy network faced $4.5 million in cuts in February, and Hirono opposed bipartisan House legislation to fully fund the critical system […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mazie Hirono is refusing to debate Linda Lingle on the Big Island or any of the other neighbor islands, depriving Hawaii Island voters of the chance to evaluate the U.S. Senate candidates side-by-side on the issues important to their communities. “Hirono’s disrespect for the people of the Island of Hawaii is a sign […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Linda Lingle 2012 campaign has posted the full, uncut video from the U.S Senate Candidates Forum on Thursday, Sept. 6 hosted by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Hawaii Restaurant Association, Hawaii Society of Business Professionals, Hawaii Independent Insurance Agents Association, and the Land Use Research Foundation of […]

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Two staffers file lawsuits alleging defamation, negligence; county also named

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MEDIA RELEASE HAMPAC, the Political Action Committee of the Hawaii Medical Association (HMA), has endorsed Linda Lingle for Hawaii’s open U.S. Senate seat. “The board of the HAMPAC is delighted today to endorse Governor Lingle for the United States Senate. She is clearly committed to advancing affordable, quality health care for all the people of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On Aug. 24, the Hawaii County Clerk met with the Attorney General’s Office to discuss Hawaii County’s Aug. 11 Primary Election precinct record books. Following the meeting, Jamae Kawauchi and the Chief Elections Officer, Scott Nago, spoke by telephone and agreed the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections would keep the original Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii’s open U.S. Senate seat, called on the Republican National Committee to consider the diverse opinions of Party members related to a woman’s right to choose before adopting a proposed platform plank calling for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. Her statements were delivered in the form of a letter […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Together with the three broadcast television station general managers, the candidates for U.S. Senate, Democrat Congresswoman Mazie Hirono and Republican former Governor Linda Lingle, have agreed to five debates during the General Election season. The debates are as follows: * Sept. 6: Japanese Chamber of Commerce * Oct. 8: KHON and AARP Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE State House candidate Kalei Akaka (District 6, Kailua-Kona) personally filed a complaint Tuesday in the Hawaii Supreme Court questioning the results of the Democratic Party primary election for her district. “I am bringing this lawsuit because I feel that due to the numerous voting procedure irregularities which have been extensively covered by the […]

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Kawauchi criticizes state Office of Elections for not taking responsibility

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi presented a report Monday to the County Council, detailing the problems encountered during the Aug. 11 Primary Election. Full text of Kawauchi’s report: In the weeks leading up to the Primary Election, as your County Clerk and Chief Election Officer of the County of Hawaii, I stated publicly […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi wrote a letter Monday, Aug. 20 to Gov. Neil Abercrombie, urging him to conduct an independent review of the state Office of Elections and remove oversight of the Nov. 6 General Election from that office. Below are the complete texts of Kawauchi’s letter to the governor and the […]

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