Hawaii State Government

The 2013 legislative session that came to a close today gives fiscal conservatives much to be encouraged by....

Rep. Johanson, Minority Leader – Closing Remarks – May 2013....

On April 30, 2013 the Hawaii State Senate voted to pass 174 measures, ahead of Thursday, the last day of the 2013 Legislative Session....

Hawaii Court decisions on the Constitutional mandate that the contents of a bill must contain only one subject, and the subject of the bill must be expressed in its title....

The bills await final, floor votes of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, April 30th....

Lead Senate and House negotiators on the State Budget bill announced they closed negotiations three days ahead of an internal deadline. ..

Due to maneuvers by various legislative committees resulting in major changes in bills without public notice, we are petitioning the legislative bodies to defeat the following bills....

Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....

The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....

Must see video of Clayton Hee and Jessica Wooley making beds ....

...service members gathered with state officials and civilians to honor their fallen comrades during a Hawaii Medal of Honor ceremony, March 27....

Currently, six of the branch’s 11 positions remain vacant, and we found that the branch’s two remaining inspectors can only perform eight of the branch’s 15 key regulatory functions....

All we have to do is pass the bill unamended, and we can move the PLDC repeal along to the final step. And then Senator Solomon announces she want to amend the bill....

“Pa`ina in the Country” celebration of Dr. Akina’s appointment as Grassroot Institute’s new president on April 6, 2013 from 12 PM to 2 PM at 45-114 Waikapoki Rd -- Kane`ohe Congregational Church

“The meeting is an opportunity to work with international leaders to open doors of trade and commerce while working with federal leaders on issues that may impact the way Hawaii serves its people and families,” said Lt. Governor Tsutsui....

From Hawaii House Republican Legislative Update ....

... as quickly as demands for repeal of Act 55 were heard, legislators introduced a bill establishing bills to establish a Public Private Partnership Authority ....

Some raise, some redistribute. Others give credit where credit may not be due....

Hawaii is the only state government in the nation to be recognized as part of the 2013 Federal 100 Awards by Federal Computer Week magazine....

UPDATE: SB286 Approved with Amendments Thursday March 14, House Committee on Judiciary...

This is a promising time in your Hawaii House of Representatives....

HB200 HD1 appropriates funds for operating and capital improvement costs of the Executive Branch for the next biennium fiscal years FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015

an increase to its previous projection for 2013 General Fund tax revenues from 5.1 to 6.7 percent growth....

"This is a clear sign that the House is moving in the right direction," said Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Finance.

...six criteria on which each state could be evaluated, based on six of the Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information....

...10 issues, large and small, in which government is intruding more into our lives and our businesses....

“Many of these priority projects require matching state funds to access federal dollars, secured before sequestration...."

Ahead of the First Crossover deadline, the Hawaii State Senate passed 348 bills during Tuesday’s session.  The bills now head over to the House for consideration....

We have presented our technology to and proposed a strategic relationship with various state agencies in the State of Hawaii, which closely aligns itself with Governor Neil Abercrombie’s “New Day in Hawaii” initiative....

See the full list of bills crossed over to the Senate ....