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Friday, May 5, 2017 |
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Complete List of Bills Passed by the 2017 Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 AM :: 5755 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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229 Bills have been passed by the Legislature. 15 have been signed into law as of May 4. Another 214 are awaiting Gubernatorial action....
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
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Union salary hikes include hidden costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:09 AM :: 5232 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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That’s because when government salaries increase, so do pension promises....
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 |
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State not exempt from family budgeting principles
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:30 PM :: 4616 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Most families in Hawaii know that they shouldn’t spend more money than they have. But somehow, Hawaii legislators haven’t gotten the message....
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 |
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Conference Committee Agrees on State Budget
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 3887 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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House and Senate conferees met on Monday to approve a final version of HB100 HD1 SD1, the state budget bill covering fiscal years 2018 and 2019....
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Friday, April 21, 2017 |
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HB165: How Lawmakers can Deal with Annoying Citizens
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:34 PM :: 5127 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...HB165 (now headed to a Conference Committee) would modernize the existing Sunshine Law by requiring electronic posting of public agency meeting notices and minutes and making board packets available for public inspection....
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 |
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Punish Judiciary? House Censors Legislator
By Rep Gene Ward @ 3:07 AM :: 7173 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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Rep Gene Ward today sent Attorney General Doug Chin a letter asking for a first Amendment ruling regarding the potential misuse of censorship on the House Floor on April 11, 2017....
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 |
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Ciber: Company Behind 7-Year HDOT Software Failure Files Bankruptcy
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 5916 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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2015: State Sues Tech Firm for Buying Influence with Abercrombie Administration....
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
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House-Senate Conference Committee Begins Budget Negotiations
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3001 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Early agreements include funds for Medicaid increases, telehealth, housing....
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Friday, April 14, 2017 |
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House Approves Massive Rail Tax Hike and 37 Other Bills
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 6048 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Rail, Taxes
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...an additional $1.2 billion funding package for the City’s financially troubled rail project....
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 |
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UH 2017 legislative budget update
By News Release @ 1:01 AM :: 4969 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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Much of the university’s request is not included in either the House or Senate version of the budget....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Time for change at Hawaii’s airports
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:12 PM :: 74849 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tourism
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For Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the problems at Hawaii’s airports are just a matter of not enough kumbaya....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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HB1022: $10M for Latest Honolulu Airport Mess
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5448 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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“Settling these claims now spares all parties years of litigation and lets HDOT use existing project monies to pay subs for the work that was done,” said Doug Chin....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Good Citizen or "Vexatious Requester"?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:41 PM :: 6376 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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When first introduced, HB1518 put forth a very worrisome proposal....
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Thursday, April 6, 2017 |
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Hawaii Pensions Underfunded by 39%
By Selected News Articles @ 7:04 PM :: 4927 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Pension obligations must be fulfilled eventually....
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Friday, March 31, 2017 |
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Hawaii lawmakers barreling toward $1 billion spending increase
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 5314 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Hawaii lawmakers would like us to believe that they are cutting the state budget in the current legislative session, but it’s not true....
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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Senate WAM Budget -- $386M More Spending than House
By News Release @ 2:28 AM :: 4878 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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HB100 HD1 SD1 proposes reducing the Governor’s budget request by $114 million in general funds over the biennium -- The House version reduced the Governor's increase in spending by $500M....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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How to fix Hawaii’s pension problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:29 PM :: 5231 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii’s public pension system has been operating like a Ponzi scheme....
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 |
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Study: Ige's Budget Runs Out of Money in Two Years
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 AM :: 4089 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige’s current budget overspends by $292 million next year....
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
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Grassroot Institute Urges Caution in Light of New Revenue Projection
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:12 AM :: 4906 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Watchdog Group Says State Budget Must be Reevaluated....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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House Finance Committee Proposes Budget
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 4408 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The House Finance Committee March 9 passed out a proposed budget that reflects slower economic growth in Hawaii based on General Excise Tax collections and projections by the State Council on Revenues....
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
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Crossover--Complete List: Senate Sends 384 Bills to House
By News Release @ 4:26 AM :: 3902 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...State Senators today approved 318 bills on third reading. Sixty-six bills were approved earlier on third reading for a total of 384....
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 |
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Crossover--Complete List: House Sends 365 Bills to Senate
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 3591 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The House voted to pass on to the Senate today another 157 bills, bringing the total to 365...
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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Hawaii Legislature: A Guide to the Deadlines
By News Release @ 11:17 PM :: 4417 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...MAY 4 ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE....
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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Security: Hawaii Legislators are Sitting Ducks
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:10 PM :: 4037 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Representative Gene Ward (R – District 17, Hawaii Kai) today requested the Department of Accounting and General Services for more security protection at the State Capitol....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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New Study Details Driving Forces of Hawaii's Unfunded Liability Crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:54 PM :: 6788 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Unsustainable government salaries and pensions are worsening the crisis....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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Best States? Government Drags Hawaii Down to 27th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:56 PM :: 4308 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Note low scores in all government functions: Education, Crime, Infrastructure and ‘Government’ – High scores in non-government functions: Health Care, Opportunity, Economy....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Governor Ige’s ‘cuts’ still result in big spending increases
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:01 PM :: 4321 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Ige announced that he would cut $220 million from his current spending plan. However, the ‘cuts’ are only reductions in proposed spending increases....
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:44 AM :: 8186 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Life
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All legislative bills referred to more than one committee (i.e., those with multiple referrals) must have moved to their final committee in the originating chamber....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 |
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Shell Game: Short Form Bills on the Move
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4844 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...100 “Short Form” bills have been introduced to the Hawaii legislature....
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Monday, February 6, 2017 |
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Hawaii government growing faster than private sector
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 PM :: 5119 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Condo Justice - The Ball's Now In Your Court
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6391 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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HB381 is scheduled on Wednesday, February 8, 9:00 a. m. at the capitol's room 429....
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Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
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Unfunded Pensions – Tip of the Iceberg?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6203 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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Is a 7% return on investment sustainable into the future? Another organization that studied the issue said that a more realistic rate of return would be the “risk-free” rate, which they calculated at 2.344%....
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Saturday, February 4, 2017 |
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SB1056: Seawater Air Conditioning to Become New High Tech Tax Credit Scam?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 8124 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the sea water air conditioning business can use the funds to pay management highly inflated salaries, purchase other business opportunities, build sea water air conditioning plants outside of the State, or for any other purpose....
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Friday, February 3, 2017 |
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Basing decisions on evidence, not politics
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:42 PM :: 3559 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Considering how often we are promised "effective" policy or political plans that "work", there's surprisingly little effort spent measuring that effectiveness....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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DLNR Seeks Applicants: Commission on Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6641 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...for a new term that will begin July 1, 2017 and run for four (4) years....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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‘Challenging and exciting times’
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:07 PM :: 5161 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...challenging times include high shipping costs, high taxes, a high rate of public sector unionism, shaky government pension programs, inadequate housing supply and pervasive homelessness, excessive business and employment regulations, cronyism and corruption....
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Sunday, January 29, 2017 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Sues Trump to Keep Muslim ‘Refugees’ Flowing Into Country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 9464 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Military
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...We have lots of liberal federal judges here so we can get a favorable ruling without difficulty....
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Friday, January 27, 2017 |
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Governor says treat symptoms, not causes of our economic woes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:42 PM :: 5019 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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3,600 words full of spending proposals and sunny guarantees about the future....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 |
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Ige Speech “Unfocused, Disappointing, Lacking in Details”
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 10:10 AM :: 3920 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Okay, the same guys who brought us 42 air conditioners are going to solve the housing crisis....
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Monday, January 23, 2017 |
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Full Text: State of the State Address
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 3409 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...we march, not out of fear and anger, but out of confidence in the direction we must take...."
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Sunday, January 22, 2017 |
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Funding Nonexistent People
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6319 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...our state government paid half a million dollars in pension payments to people who were already dead. Well, then, what do you think of budgeting many times that amount for people who don’t even exist?....
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Saturday, January 21, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 1:28 AM :: 6581 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Life
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Here are some resources for you....
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Friday, January 20, 2017 |
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Competition Matters … In Sports and Government
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:14 PM :: 7115 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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And what was the most memorable part of his remarks? The introductions of Rep. Kouchi's campaign manager and of the highest paid lobbyist....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
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Full Text: House Speaker Opening Day Remarks
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3589 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...this July, we look forward to completing the privatization of Maui’s public hospitals and initiating a new era of health care delivery on the Valley Isle....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
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Senate Democrats 2017 Legislative Program
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5350 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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The 2017 Legislative Program for the Hawai‘i State Senate is as follows....
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 |
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Opening Day Remarks: House Minority Leader Beth Fukumoto
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 2:01 PM :: 5864 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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In my past opening day speeches, I didn’t talk much about policy....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii pension debt rises to $12 billion, but the real debt is more like $35 billion
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 5578 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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State lawmakers were in shock this week as Hawaii’s pension debt increased from $8 billion to $12 billion....
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