Hawaii State Government

... A final vote is scheduled for Friday, April 19 at 11:30 a.m. on the House Floor during the Floor Session ....

... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....

... A final vote is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, and upon approval, the bills proceed to the governor's desk for his signature....

... and the State Ethics Commission says it's all good ....  

... the Senate passed 182 House Bills out on third reading this week ....

...a scam designed to shunt the least attentive investors -- those who do not 'opt out' -- into low return, high fee accounts run by whichever financial institution makes the most campaign contributions....

... The state is dismissed from a set of federal cases that aim to hold it liable for the deadly wildfires but may still face claims in state court ....

... Park will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024.  Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. ....

... only these insiders are qualified to bid ....

... Additionally, due to the August 2023 Maui Wildfires, Ways and Means unanimously approved other emergency appropriation bills, House Bill 679 Senate Draft 2 and House Bill 2610 Senate Draft 2 ....

... BLNR, BoE, UH Regents and more ...

... states with the Best & Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in 2024 ....

... Hawaii taxpayers are going to be paying more for state government projects under a directive issued in February by Gov. Josh Green ....

... a comprehensive outline of the Green Administration’s plans to confront key issues facing the state of Hawai‘i ....

"... will come at an extraordinary cost ...."

... As a state Representative from 2004 to 2023, Yamane chaired various committees including Health, Human Services, and Homelessness ....

... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

... to retire on November 5, 2024, at the end of his present term ....

"...The Fund Will Help Families of Deceased Avoid Lengthy, Uncertain Litigation...."

... it was only a year ago that state lawmakers had a healthy budget surplus to work with. But then they went on an ill-advised spending spree ....

... The DHS recruits them with offers of money ....

... first, Green's task force will seek out 'traumatized' State employees ....

... the process to separate the wheat from the proverbial chaff has begun ....

... contending that the EUTF had unconstitutionally diminished accrued retiree health benefits under Article XVI, Section 2 of the Hawai‘i Constitution ....

... Consisting of nine bills ....

... Will this be the year that we finally start to see positive big changes — or are we going to see more taxes, more spending, more regulations? ....

“A person who chooses not to participate in a digital currency system shall not be subject to additional surveillance, monitoring, or scrutiny by any government entity."

... Green addresses Legislature ....

... Representatives Mizuno and Evslin ....

"...a unique, uncensored and raw platform...."

... on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature will convene ....

... a Senate Majority Retreat to identify and discuss legislative priorities ....

... remedy the consequences of some other folks who dropped the ball ....

... 2023 featured “challenges galore,” but ....

... State departmental representatives will provide updates and requests on their budget proposals ....

... The Legislature will continue to accept GIA applications until Friday, January 19, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ....

... Senate Leadership and committee assignments of the 15 standing committees ....

... the 2024 Legislative Session which will convene on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 ....

... A successor for Mizuno who has served in the House (HD29) since 2006 and has been in public service for more than 32 years will be named within 60 days .... 

... The Executive Supplemental Budget request adds $326 million in general funds to the operating budget to continue essential operations and support statewide priorities, and $890 million in general obligation bond funds ....

... the Department of Education approached the Department of Budget and Finance with a list of about $900 million in projects that it didn’t think it could move before the funding for the project ran out of time ....

... from six bipartisan working groups, formed to evaluate topics related to the Lahaina wildfire ....

... Tyson Miyake--Construction boss and former Maui County Chief of Staff under Victorino, now Vice President of Corporate Affairs for lobbying firm, Karey Kapoi LLC ....

... Beginning Monday, December 18, the Hawai‘i State Capitol will join 37 other state capitols that have incorporated metal detection into their security measures ....

 ... The names of the two gorillas are ERS and EUTF ....

... the state had a huge surplus and many of our lawmakers were going hog-wild trying to spend it ....

... 10,800 housing units were approved.  800 were actually built ....

... there is now a vacancy in HD 10 ....

... On September 6, 2023, the House formed six bipartisan working groups to evaluate specific topics related to the Lāhainā wildfire ....