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Friday, December 30, 2022 |
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Green Announces Seven New Appointees--Pulls Tokioka and Yamane from House
By News Release @ 1:52 AM :: 3370 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Reps. James Tokioka of Kauai and Ryan Yamane of Mililani will resign their seats in the Legislature and start in their new positions next week ....
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022 |
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New Hawaii Laws taking effect January 1, 2023
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 2674 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... fireworks auditing, cigarette tax stamps, ranked choice voting ....
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022 |
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022 |
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Legislature will be awarding Grants-in-Aid for 2023
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 2211 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2023 ....
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Reforming Hawaii Professional Licensing Laws
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:06 PM :: 2213 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Hawaii is the fourth-worst state in the country when it comes to requiring occupational licenses ....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Among Nine States Running Long-Term Structural Deficits
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 1919 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... revenue will continue to fall short of spending absent policy changes ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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Gov Green and First Lady Host Traditional Christmas Open House at Washington Place
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 2050 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Religion
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Green and the Washington Place Foundation will carry on a 164-year tradition by hosting a Christmas Open House at Washington Place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 |
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Green Names 17 More Appointees
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 2417 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... With these selections, Gov. Green has now identified a Director for every state department ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii House and Senate Release Committee Assignments for 2023
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 2834 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... finalized committee assignments ahead of the 32nd Legislature ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Green: My Inauguration Unites State as One
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 2404 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii State Government, Homelessness
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... Governor Green recently announced the appointments of key cabinet and executive staff leadership roles, signaling the most expeditious assembling of a gubernatorial administration in the state’s history (behind a Carpenters Union chief of Staff) ....
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Ige Announces Completion of over 600,000 Refunds to Hawaii Taxpayers
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 1765 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... A total of 606,674 Act 115 refunds were issued, totaling $307.9 million. That includes 288,590 direct deposits and 318,084 paper checks ....
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Saturday, December 3, 2022 |
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How Secure Are Hawaii Public Pensions?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 2298 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii, pension liabilities totaled an estimated $32.7 billion in 2020. Meanwhile, the state's pension assets totaled $17.4 billion. Considering both assets and liabilities, Hawaii's pension funding ratio is 53.2%, the seventh lowest in the country ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Green Names 14 Cabinet Picks
By News Release @ 3:54 AM :: 2677 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Green today announced nominees to serve as Director and/or Deputy Director for fourteen state departments in his cabinet ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Licensing Regs Burden Low-Income Occupations
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 1855 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii has the highest average burdens across the occupations it licenses ....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022 |
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Hawaii Statewide Transportation Plan Virtual Public Meetings
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 1320 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii Department of Transportation will be holding virtual public meetings on the update of the Hawaii Statewide Transportation Plan on Dec. 5, 6, 14, & 15 ....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 |
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Carpenters Union Director Heads List of Green Appointees
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 3426 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... chief of staff, Brooke Wilson, (former political and education director for the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters) who had served in the same position when he was Hawaiʻi’s lieutenant governor ....
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Monday, November 21, 2022 |
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Report: Hawaii Started 95 Transportation Projects in Year-One of Infrastructure Law
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1635 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii leveraged $290.0 million in federal highway and bridge formula funds in FY 2022 to help jumpstart 95 new improvement projects ....
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Friday, November 18, 2022 |
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It’s our kuleana to ensure campaign promises are kept
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:13 PM :: 1580 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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... If we don’t demand action, followup on our demands and show the consequences at the ballot box, then we have failed in our civic duty ....
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Thursday, November 17, 2022 |
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Hawaii State Senate Announces Leadership, Committee Chairs for 2023
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 2190 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Senate announces new Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs for 2023 ....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022 |
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Fitch: Public Employee Pay Hikes, Higher Interest Rates Will Push Hawaii Liabilities Higher
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 1851 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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"...higher inflation will pressure pension liabilities via rising employee wages, which raise projected benefits, and automatic cost of living adjustment mechanisms...."
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 |
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
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Unemployment Trust Fund Grows to $205M
By News Release @ 3:58 AM :: 2239 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii COVID Spending: $1M for Sea Urchins
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 2128 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Hawaii spent $1 million on a sea urchin hatchery and $300,000 for an engineering assessment of the now-condemned Aloha Stadium. …
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Sunday, October 30, 2022 |
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“Dedicated Funding Source”? Nah
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1690 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the “dedication” of the funding source is often porous ....
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 |
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Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
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Office of Language Access--15 Years of Doing Nothing
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:06 PM :: 1459 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... We found that OLA has done little of consequence ....
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Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
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State Financial Condition Still Dismal
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1836 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... $37,000 of shortfall per taxpayer ....
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Saturday, October 15, 2022 |
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Ige Scores 'C' on Fiscal Policy Report Card
By Cato Foundation @ 4:50 AM :: 1835 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... The report examines the tax and spending choices made by the governors and discusses recent policy trends ....
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Friday, October 14, 2022 |
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Moody's revises Hawaii's outlook downward
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 1785 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... the state's sound financial position and strong governance, offset by economic concentration in tourism, elevated leverage (combined debt, pension, OPEB and other liabilities) and associated fixed costs ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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Legislature is Hiring for 2023 Session
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 1485 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The positions are temporary (4-6 month) jobs with start dates in December 2022 or January 2023 ....
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Abortion Secrecy Executive Order
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 1923 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Life
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“...Effective immediately, departments and agencies under my authority shall not provide any information, including medical records, data, or billing, to another state seeking to impose penalties upon a person or entity related to reproductive health services in Hawaiʻi....”
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
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Russian Hackers Attack Hawaii Airport Websites
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 1608 Views :: World News, Hawaii State Government
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“...This attack was focused only on the public-facing website for the airports and had no impact on internal systems, operations, or traveler safety....”
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Love-Hate Relationship with P3
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1961 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The most recent and visible example is our iconic Aloha Stadium ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Exemptions to open-records law should favor disclosure, not secrecy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:45 PM :: 1891 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Hawaii 5th-Worst State Finances
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 PM :: 1729 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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... For 2021, Hawaii had $6.5 billion to pay its bills of $24.5 billion ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Russian Hackers Target Hawaii State Computers
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 2189 Views :: World News, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... In a Telegram post Wednesday, Killnet, a notorious "hacktivist" group posted a list of several governmental websites it would be targeting in the coming days ....
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Thursday, September 29, 2022 |
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State, Counties seek candidates to serve on boards and commissions
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 2967 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... City boards, commissions and committees which currently have vacant positions, including openings on the Honolulu Ethics Commission and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Auditor: No Need for Regulation of Community Health Workers
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 8:45 PM :: 1877 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Life
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... The Hawai‘i Regulatory Licensing Reform Act requires that professions should be regulated only when reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of consumers of their services ....
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Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
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Should sacrifices go just one way?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:15 PM :: 1530 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Does the state have a responsibility to “go without,” if that would be better for the people? ....
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Monday, August 29, 2022 |
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Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:46 AM :: 1529 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....
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Monday, August 8, 2022 |
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How to Ensure Better Budgeting for a Better Economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 1569 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Tired of runaway government taxes, spending and debt? Learn what we can do about it from budget expert Daniel Mitchell ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii’s NASED -- Another sports venue that fails to generate promised revenue
By Selected News Articles @ 10:51 PM :: 2423 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Decades of studies have shown that publicly financed stadiums, even those that include housing and retail projects, do not bring in enough money to offset public investments ....
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Friday, July 15, 2022 |
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Governor comes through on ‘gut and replace’ but disappoints on emergency powers reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:18 AM :: 1735 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Gov. Ige vetoed HB1147, which the Legislature approved via an illegal practice, but also vetoed SB3089, which was a setback for liberty ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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State Tax Receipts up 34.8%
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 2113 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... FY2022 corporate income tax collections up 60.1% from the previous year, IIT collections up 22.3% from the previous year, and General Fund tax collections up 34.8% ....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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Ige Vetoes 28 of 30 Bills on 'Intent to Veto' List
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 1484 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... In addition, there are six bills that are becoming law without the governor’s signature. ...
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Saturday, July 9, 2022 |
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Ige Signs HB2171 Establishing State Department of Law Enforcement
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 2693 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... “Hawaiʻi is the only state in the country that doesn’t have a centralized, independent state law enforcement agency. The new department will allow more efficient and effective emergency response, criminal law enforcement, investigations and homeland security operations” ....
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Thursday, July 7, 2022 |
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Ige Announces Line-Item Vetoes--First Responder Tech Campus Slashed
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 1734 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Police
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... The total estimated cost of all six phases is $315M to $470M ....
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