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The conference draft of HB2557, the reporters’ shield bill, is still not available online but it got the full approval of conferees yesterday afternoon and now goes back for a final vote in both House and Senate. The bill would protect professional journalists from being forced to disclose confidential sources or unpublished materials in many [...]

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The Advertiser’s Derrick DePledge reports this morning that a compromise between media and law enforcement types has been reached in advance of today’s conference committee meeting on HB2557, the reporter’s shield bill. That conference draft is not yet available but, from his description, appears to be quite good.
Doug White (www.poinography.com) is quoted as worrying about [...]

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The Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, headed by former Star-Bulletin editor and publisher John Flanagan, rallied its members last week with a “Legislative call to action” aimed at killing Senate Bill 3171, which would require registration and disclosure by charitable organizations in Hawaii.
Although versions of the bill have passed both House and Senate, and conferees [...]

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If you got a “Forbidden” message here earlier this a.m., you weren’t alone, but my hosting service sorted it out quickly once I reported the problem. Whew.
Here’s one that caught my eye yesterday–a solicitation for six word memoirs. What a great writing exercise! If you can express your life history in six words, you’ll probably [...]

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5:35 a.m. and I just heard the morning’s first cry from our neighborhood peacock. It caught my attention because yesterday’s news that he now has a girlfriend, a pea hen who is now cohabiting with the big guy. Now I have to go in search of the hopefully happy couple for a few photos.
Congratulations to [...]

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Yesterday’s Star-Bulletin headline storypromised a lot:
Mayor’s backers get big rail jobs
Hannemann defends millions doled out so far to his campaign donors
The problem is that the story failed to deliver much substance beyond a useful list of subcontractors working on the city’s rail project. Most importantly, it doesn’t back up the strong political implication that there [...]

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I was at my desk yesterday afternoon when when I noticed the vague smell of cigarette smoke. At first I thought a smoker had walked in and left the aroma behind. But the smell continued. I decided the source was the air vent above my desk. With a little prompting, others said they smelled something [...]

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Public access advocates say a bill authorizing state cable regulators to designate the provider organizations for public, educational, and government programming without going through competitive bidding is on the verge of being killed despite garnering the approval of committeees in both Senate and House.
SB 1789 SD2 passed the Senate on March 4 and on March [...]

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