Hawaii State Government

"...From agencies like the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to organizations like HART that are entrusted with significant state funds, there is a need for greater accountability...."

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, from 6-7pm....

...an analysis of each new special or revolving fund proposed by legislative bills....

... hundreds of little (and in some cases, not so little) pots of money sprinkled throughout Hawaii's departments, agencies, and other governmental units ....

...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....

The House today passed over a hundred bills....

Hidano’s nomination is subject to Senate confirmation....

During floor session today (March 5th, 2015) after 1:00 PM, House Finance Chair stood up and requested a waiver of the 48-hour requirement to hear an agenda of bills with just one hour of notice....

...a nonpartisan effort to make the state budgeting process accessible to the public by putting state budget facts and figures online, in real time....

None of the appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate....

...Seventeenth Amendment issues matter. Its strange wording allows legislatures to game the system....

...If approved, non-profits directed by Grace, the Paradise Lua porta-potty magnate who beat the rap for the 1999 Aloha Stadium porta-potty fire bombings, would be eligible for millions of dollars to fund proposals such as the "Paradise Ohana Heart and Vascular Center, Inc."....

...Ige held a news conference to provide information about his participation in the National Governors Association Winter Meeting....

The state House investigation of a challenge to former speaker Calvin Say’s right to hold his seat in Hawaii’s House of Representatives has taken a new twist....

Wednesday March 11th at 10 AM in room 229....

...Joseph Kim has been nominated to be the Deputy Director at the Department of Taxation where he will redeploy his extensive experience in training and commanding U.S. Air Force....

...Grassroot Institute has been busy tracking legislation that threatens or promotes free market principles and individual liberty....

The state paid nearly $60 million in overtime pay last year....

Opposition parties are rightfully tattletales. They are critics and watchdogs. Without this tattling, many things go on that the public does not know about....

"...we faced the risk of a complete system failure that would have jeopardized essential functions..."

On August 22, Neil Abercrombie sent a letter to Washington, D.C., urging the Federal Communications Commission to approve Comcast’s controversial proposal to merge with Time Warner....

The final three names as identified by the nominating committee will then be forwarded to the Governor....

...Ige today announced his nominees to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA)....

Ige is nominating Leonard Hoshijo to be the Deputy Director in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations....

Ethics Commission exposes UH and HART in one report ....

And House Republican Caucus Legislative Package Bills....

Representative Fukumoto Chang on Mike Buck Jan 20, 2015 – Audio Only....

...With ambulance chasers in positions of power, both the House and Senate are poised to advance HB189 and SB137 in separate hearings on Friday....

...the measures proposed stop short of what is needed for long-term reform and robust development of the Hawaii economy....

Governor David Ige today delivered his first State of the State address....

...he worked for Westloch, Inc., Castle & Cooke Kunia, Molokai Ranch and SSFM International. Currently he is the Vice President, Community and Government Relations, for Castle & Cooke Hawaii....

Broad priorities take shape but details remain a mystery....

After a strong start, the lawmaker from the 9th senatorial district began to slow and slur his words ....

...ensure that Hawai‘i is well-prepared for any disaster, economic disruption, or other external factor by encouraging the production and consumption of locally grown and locally raised food....

Souki called for the House to draft enabling legislation to provide the state’s public hospital the option of looking at private-public partnerships...

...Complications from her previous cancer treatments have arisen in recent months....

Doug Chin is former managing director for the City and County of Honolulu.  Randy Iwase was Supervising Deputy Attorney General whose division provided legal counsel to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Public Utilities Commission....

She previously told PBN that she would like to continue as chair....

Hawaii receives 23.5 percent of its total state general revenues from the federal government....

From Opening Day to Sine Die....

In Hawaii, we have the right to transparency. We just don’t have actual transparency....

...the Senate Minority urges that adjustments be made to the Executive Biennium Budget for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, in order to avoid dangerously low cash reserves....

...Special funds accounted for almost a quarter of the state operating budget as of 2012....

...Ige today announced that Elizabeth Kim will serve as the Director for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Cindy McMillan as Director of Communications....