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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Three Republican Bills Cross Over in Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 3:30 PM :: 5042 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...bills introduced by members of the House Republican Caucus that crossed over to the Senate....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 128 More Bills to Senate
By News Release @ 3:00 AM :: 4083 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... these 128 are in addition to bills passed earlier ....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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Senate Sends 420 Bills to House
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3353 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The following are a few of the measures to pass on third reading....
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Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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Effort to Digitize Records Stopped Cold by Outdated State Computers--But Still Cuts Wait Time for Workers’ Comp Hearings in Half
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 5586 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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...Thousands of files have been digitized at the state’s disability compensation program. However, they need hardware with capacity for more storage to continue progress....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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Auditor: Legislators 100% 'Fail to Meet Criteria' for New Special Funds
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:43 PM :: 6950 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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...We reviewed 85 house and senate bills proposing 64 special and revolving funds during the 2018 legislative session of which none met criteria....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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By the Way, Could We Have $50 Million More?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5699 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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...In the middle of this process, sometimes a letter from the Governor arrives saying, “We need to make some adjustments...."
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Third Reading: House Sends 131 Bills to Senate (and counting)
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 4496 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The bills include housing, homelessness, education, health, the environment, public safety, governmental affairs, the environment, and other important issues....
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Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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If Game Makers Don’t Address Loot Crates, Lawmakers Will
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 5189 Views :: Gambling, Hawaii State Government
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...The ESRB’s decision to label video games with paid add-ons essentially does nothing to address the complaint that loot boxes are akin to gambling....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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Auditor: Hawaii PUC Another Tech Disaster in the Making
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:17 AM :: 5797 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...the PUC’s $2.8 million Document Management System (DMS) is almost universally considered by management and staff to be difficult to use, unreliable, slow, and obsolete, with staff developing elaborate workarounds to accommodate for the system’s shortcomings. Yet the PUC has no firm plans to fix or replace this problematic system....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
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Suicide: Committee members identified loopholes in the bill
By Brett Kulbis @ 11:57 AM :: 6233 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Life
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...Committee members asked some very telling questions that identified loopholes that still remain in the bill. The Attorney General's representative couldn't definitively state that all their concerns from the 2017 version were resolved in this current version that is supposed to have more robust protections....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 4:44 PM :: 4863 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...All House bills are in their final committees, they have until March 8th to pass out of their last committee and pass third reading to cross over to the Senate....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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State should speed up responses to information requests
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:30 PM :: 4625 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Hawaii takes the longest in the nation to make decisions about transparency disputes....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Hawaii Bill Banning Plastic Straws Based on Research by a 9-Year-Old
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 AM :: 8390 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...the oft-cited, debate-driving statistic that Americans use 500 million plastic straws a day is the product of a 9-year-old's guesstimations....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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First Lateral: 2,834 Bills Still Alive in Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 3742 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...complete list of bills remaining alive after First Lateral deadline....
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Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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Trump Tax In Hawaii?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5461 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...how to adapt the new federal tax law changes to Hawaii....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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HDoT Tech Disaster Leads to $11M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 3646 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the Office of the Attorney General are pleased....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii Legislators Grasping at Straws
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:36 PM :: 5624 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes
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...A bill proposed in the Hawaii Legislature would ban the use of plastic straws. But the problem runs much deeper than the straw bill....
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Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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ERS Fires Investment Officer After Losses on VIX Puts
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 7166 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Chattergy told WSJ Hawaii will continue to sell these put contracts, convinced the income will offset market turbulence....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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$1.1B for New Airport Concourse
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 5041 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...Construction is scheduled to begin in five years....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Seven Republican Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 12:43 AM :: 4859 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Here are some bills introduced by members of our Republican Caucus that are moving through the legislature....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Report: Delays at OIP Are Staggering
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 5924 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...in recent years, OIP’s average time for review quadrupled, it is deciding fewer matters per year on average, and its backlog is trending upward despite a downward trend in new filings....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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‘Net neutrality’ could keep Hawaii in slow lane
By Joe Kent @ 2:19 AM :: 6549 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Ige this week signed an executive order that most likely will discourage competition and innovation among internet service providers ....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii Highways Rank 47th in Cost-Effectiveness
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 4263 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates....
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Leonard Hoshijo to Head DLIR
By News Release @ 1:30 AM :: 4320 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Hoshijo served as education and political director with the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters. He also worked for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union for 26 years....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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Ige Asks Legislators to 'Governmentize' Services
By Joe Kent @ 4:11 AM :: 5792 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...HB 2368 and SB 2795 would begin replacing private contractors with civil service employees....
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Sunday, February 4, 2018 |
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How Much Does a Crosswalk Cost?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 3633 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Senate Bill 2004, tells the story of just one signalized crosswalk yet to be built....
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Saturday, February 3, 2018 |
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SB2136: Ige Administration Opposes OHA's $119M Cash Grab
By Andrew Walden @ 2:11 AM :: 9029 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education, OHA
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...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians....
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Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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Chin to Take Lt Gov Sinecure While Running for Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 10:45 AM :: 10780 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...First Deputy Attorney General Russell Suzuki has been appointed to serve as acting attorney general....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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FCC: Hawaii false missile alert sent by worker believing attack was real
By News Release @ 11:28 AM :: 6420 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military
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...Federal Communications Commission conducts open meeting to hear investigator's report on false missile alert....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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Olelo TV Moving to Siberia?
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5508 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...Spectrum is channel slamming ‘Ōlelo – displacing channels 49, 53, 54, and 55, including Video On Demand channels 50 and 52....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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Rep Cynthia Thielen for House Speaker
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 7:29 PM :: 6013 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...To stop the factional fighting and stalemate-causing dysfunction in the Hawaii House of Representatives, Representative Cynthia Thielen has placed her name for consideration as Speaker....
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 |
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What is the state of our state?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:26 PM :: 4241 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...the 2017 Economic Freedom of North America report, ranks Hawaii a low 46th in the nation in terms of economic freedom, due to its high taxation, high regulation and high cost of living....
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 |
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TOTE Places Hawaii Plans on Hold, Cancels Ship Purchases
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 5154 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act
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...Updates required at Hawai’i Terminals would prevent TOTE from entering Hawai’i trade in 2020/2021....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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HB2253: Driverless Cars for Hawaii
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:38 AM :: 4985 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...jump-start the testing and operation of "driverless" cars in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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10 Bills: House Republicans Introduce Caucus Package
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 3:27 PM :: 5173 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Our bill package strives to make our government and our state more accountable, affordable, and accessible....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018 |
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Ige Couldn't Remember Twitter Password as False Missile Alert Wreaked Havoc on State
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 PM :: 5765 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military, Politicians
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...Ige said Monday that one of the reasons it took so long to inform the public that a ballistic missile alert in the state was in fact a false alarm was because he couldn’t remember his Twitter password....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018 |
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Hanabusa Response to State of the State address—Ige has no specifics and neither do I
By News Release @ 7:44 AM :: 4261 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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"...Hanabusa looks forward to sharing a clear vision for our state’s future in the months ahead....” (or whenever)
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Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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Republicans: 5 Issues Ige Left out of State of the State
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 4814 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...The Minority Caucus identifies 5 issues that Ige fails to discuss....
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Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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Full Text: State of the State Address 2018
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 3567 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...We often need to be reminded of what makes us so special. ..."
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Saturday, January 20, 2018 |
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Why is HS Student More Efficient Than State Government?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:39 PM :: 4865 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Within five minutes of the erroneous missile alert, Iolani School student William Heyler had tweeted to the world that it was a mistake....
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Saturday, January 20, 2018 |
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False Alarm: 'Hearing' Leaves More Unanswered Questions
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:08 AM :: 5443 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Military
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"...the only thing accomplished today was more unanswered questions and the announcement that we must wait and see what the Governor's study-report by General Hara turns up...."
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Friday, January 19, 2018 |
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Stacks of rules for renters
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:40 PM :: 4707 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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...award-winning cartoonist and illustrator David Swann....
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
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Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid? -- Hawaii 48th
By Tax Foundation @ 11:29 PM :: 4685 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii Federal Aid equals 22.8 percent of State revenues....
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
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Full Text: House Republican Opening Day Remarks
By Rep Andria Tupola @ 1:17 PM :: 5083 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Rep Andria Tupola address Opening Day....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Opening Day: Kouchi Claims Senators will work for Public Good
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 5584 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...Kouchi also assured the Governor that all 25 State Senators are committed to working on legislation that provide the best results for the people of Hawai‘i....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Bizarre News: Honolulu selected to join national What Works Cities initiative
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 5587 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Joins 99 cities that are committed to making city government more effective using data and evidence....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Maui Recycling Center Shut Down Due to State Non-Payment
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 6246 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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...This closure is due to a delay in payments from the Department of Health. Once the back payments have been received, operations will resume as normal....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Full Text: Speaker Saiki Opening Day Remarks
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 4142 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Supporting Hanabusa, Speaker Saiki said "Unfortunately, one need only look to the past weekend to see a glaring instance of the inability of government at various levels to manage major issues facing out state."....
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