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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Transgender Insurance Mandate Among 12 Bills Ige Signing Today
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 3941 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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State Capitol, 5th floor, Governor’s Ceremonial Room....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 4955 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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On July 12, any measure that has not been signed or vetoed by Gov. Ige will become law with or without his signature....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Captive Insurance Shunts $1.26B to Local Bankers
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 5839 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 12175 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
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Ige to Sign Six Bills
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 3881 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...at ceremonies on Oahu and Maui....
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Thursday, June 2, 2016 |
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Financial Solvency: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 4:16 AM :: 4865 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...liabilities are equal to 73 percent of total state personal income....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Duke Aiona Legislative Wrapup
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 4:00 PM :: 7885 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Life
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...in a recent Star-Advertiser online poll, 50% of respondents gave the 2016 Legislative Session a “D” or “F” grade....
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Friday, May 20, 2016 |
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Auditor: Ag Department Still Not Checking Weights, Measures
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:22 PM :: 5542 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...despite having secured state funding since 2012, the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture has neither re-established nor filled the branch’s program manager and inspector positions....
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Friday, May 13, 2016 |
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State of Hawaii Files First Lawsuit Relating to Faulty Takata Airbags
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 3424 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Hawai’i is the first state to file a lawsuit against these companies for their roles in causing millions of cars to be sold with airbags that could explode, posing grave, sometimes fatal, dangers to the cars’ occupants....
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Friday, May 13, 2016 |
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UHERO: How State Shares Transient Accommodation Tax With Counties
By UHERO @ 9:49 PM :: 4323 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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This paper examines Hawaii’s recent effort at developing a model to allocate the state’s transient accommodation tax....
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Sunday, May 8, 2016 |
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Complete List: All Bills that Passed the Legislature in 2016
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 10:40 PM :: 6030 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Nearly 300 bills passed the legislature this session....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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Moody’s: Hawaii #3 in State Debt
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 5415 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Thirty-five states experienced a decrease in absolute debt levels....
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 |
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Ige: Hawaii has a Grade B Legislature
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 4742 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Disagreements are inevitable ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Taxpayers Bear the Burden of the State's Promises
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 3526 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...new accounting rules require the state to report pension debt in its balance sheet....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 |
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CQ Roll Call: Top 5 Issues in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 6936 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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Native Hawaiians continue to disagree on the future of the sovereignty movement, or even whether there should be one....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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Status of Bills in Conference
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 5:02 PM :: 4513 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Tuesday (5/3) will be the second to last floor session where many of the bills will be heard for final passage. The 2016 Legislative session officially ends Thursday (5/5)....
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Friday, April 29, 2016 |
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How a Bill Becomes a Law Part 3
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 4:55 PM :: 5004 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...three different scenarios a bill can go through after passing Second Crossover....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Hawaii Taxpayers Still Not Getting Truthful Financial Reports
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4312 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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A new accounting standard is requiring Hawaii to come clean about its pension debt, but the state is still hiding billions of pension and health care debt from its financial reports....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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House Passes More than 100 Senate Bills on Final Crossover
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 3271 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Bills include heat abatement for schools, crime victims’ rights, body cameras for police, senior care facility inspections, affordable housing, and the Judiciary budget....
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Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
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Senate Passes more than 250 Bills on Second Crossover
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 3290 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Measures include teacher travel exception, water rights, assistance for displaced Maui sugar workers....
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Saturday, April 16, 2016 |
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Second Crossover—Bills Head for Conference Committee
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 10:36 PM :: 4257 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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On April 14th, the Legislature hit the second crossover deadline of the 2016 legislative session....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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States Employ Temporary Workers, But Often Know Little About Them
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 4609 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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The investigative division at the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office relies heavily on retired law enforcement officers hired as temps....
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
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Auditor: Kahoolawe Trust Fund Gone After 20 years Without a Plan
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:29 PM :: 5928 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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...the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund will be depleted by FY2018....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Slom hits Bad Bills—Reckless, Wasteful Legislation
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 3:15 PM :: 4213 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...measures to raise taxes, mandate insurance coverage, increase funding for collective bargaining, establish a special fund, infringe on the constitutional right to bear arms, or further enlarge state government....
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Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
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Legislative Deadlines: Second Decking, Third Reading
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 8:56 PM :: 4176 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...April 8 makes the Second Decking deadline for the 2016 Legislative Session....
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
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GAO: Hawaii’s COFA migrant cost math inaccurate
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 5951 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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...the Department of the Interior provided approximately $409 million to affected jurisdictions .... In contrast, affected jurisdictions estimated costs of $2.1 billion....
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Monday, April 4, 2016 |
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Auditor: Every Special Fund Proposed in 2016 Legislature out of Compliance
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:16 PM :: 4098 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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None of the 47 new special and revolving funds proposed during the 2016 legislative session met amended statutory criteria....
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Sunday, April 3, 2016 |
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State Saves $32M by refinancing general obligation bonds
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 3696 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...State’s improved financial outlook leads to lower interest rates on refunding general obligation bonds....
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Saturday, April 2, 2016 |
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Republican Appointments to Hawaii State Boards and Commissions
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 4:16 PM :: 6770 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Currently, there is an appointment open with the Elections Commission for Hawaii County....
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Saturday, March 19, 2016 |
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Triple Referral Lateral
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 5:00 PM :: 4532 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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All bills referred to three or more committees had to be passed through their first committee....
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
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State Hands IT Systems to New UH Tech Center
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 4959 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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Lassner noted that “The state has had IT facilities challenges for years...."
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Monday, March 14, 2016 |
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Complete List: Bills that Passed First Crossover
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 11:14 PM :: 4253 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The House and Senate debated nearly 200 third reading bills each on Tuesday....
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Sunday, March 13, 2016 |
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AP: Only Senator Sam Slom Responded Fully to Our Open Records Request
By Selected News Articles @ 4:38 PM :: 4357 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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Of the lawmakers, only the state’s lone Republican Senator, Sam Slom, divulged the requested information....
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Sunday, March 13, 2016 |
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SB 2840–Kill Zombie Pensions
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:00 PM :: 3858 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the state of Hawaii paid $538,519.25 of public pension money to people who were deceased....
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Sunday, March 13, 2016 |
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Auditor: Incompetence Prevents Management of State IT Resources
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:37 AM :: 4018 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Office of Enterprise Technology Services agreed....
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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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AM940 -- Grassroot Institute on the Air
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:57 PM :: 3342 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Tune in every Monday morning at 7:00 am to KKNE AM 940 on Oahu, broadcasting island-wide! ....
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii’s Deficit Disaster: Learning from Illinois
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:37 PM :: 3922 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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“Spending by the state is growing faster than the revenues are growing”
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 |
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2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government
By Rachelle Chang @ 10:17 AM :: 4133 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...bills in the 2016 Legislative Session that test the balance between government’s power and the power of the people....
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 |
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Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 4483 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii's debt levels are high for a U.S. state government, and Fitch expects them to remain so....
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Sunday, March 6, 2016 |
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First Decking: Complete List of Crossover Bills
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 7:57 PM :: 4611 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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All bills under consideration for crossing over to the other chamber must be in their final form 48 hours prior to Third Reading....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 |
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HB1473: Help Legislators Buy Influence, Spread Campaign Cash
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 AM :: 5835 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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This culture of “vote buying” creates a false majority....
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Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
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Last Week of Hearings—What’s on the Move?
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 4274 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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We are down to the final week for hearings before bills cross into the other chamber....
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Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
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List of Bills Still Alive After First Lateral
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 4109 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...all bills must have moved to a final committee in the originating Chamber by the end of the day Feb 18 in order to continue through the Legislative process....
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |
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ADP Anyone? State RFP Seeks Proposals to Modernize Payroll, Attendance Systems
By News Release @ 3:27 AM :: 4291 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...serving more than 75,000 full- and part-time employees statewide....
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints Kai Kahele to Senate
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 6715 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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Kahele will take office once the state senate qualifies him and administers the oath of office....
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Saturday, February 13, 2016 |
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February 11: First Triple Referral Deadline of the Legislative Session
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 3471 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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All bills with three or more committee referrals must have passed through their first committee....
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Friday, February 12, 2016 |
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Shenanigans continue—House Waives 48 hour notice for Hearings
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 AM :: 5100 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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The purpose of the 48-hour notice rule is so that the public may participate meaningfully in the legislative process....
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Saturday, February 6, 2016 |
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Legislative Update: Death, Taxes, and Extracurricular Activities
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:43 PM :: 3487 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Grassroot Institute Legislative Update....
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