Hawaii State Government

... Financial State of the States 2021 ....

... Hawaii government bureaucracy often it serves itself instead of the public ....

... I have seen legislature after legislature consider many, many bills to increase taxes ....

... The Order takes effect Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 ....

... Foil a Spy: Laminate a photocopy of your CDC vax card.  Score it down the middle to fold to the size of a business card.  Then put it in your wallet ....

... “Yes,” Weinberg said. “You are going to mess up Hawaii’s finances.” ....

... Claimants May Request Slots to Speak with an Investigator ....

... you believe so we get billions ....

... Beginning Aug. 16, 2021, all State and county employees must provide their vaccination status to their department ....

... Hawaii’s finances are in worse shape than our state and county officials would have us believe ....

... many Hawaii residents were disappointed by the failure of the Legislature to approve HB103, which would have placed limits on the governor’s emergency powers ....

... Put together a coalition of voices behind one cause and you instantly become “strong,” worthy of attention ....

... The Governor has until Thursday, July 22 to act on HB1299 and SB589. ...

... Ige announced that he has vetoed 26 of the 28 bills on his Intent to Veto list ....

... Electric foot scooter bill signed into law (Act 174) ....

... Hopefully, the bad stuff will die and remain dead ....

... it would be appropriate if our legislators spent some of that time addressing the balance of powers and the emergency management statute that has ruled our lives for the past year ....

... According to the U.S. Travel Association, fourteen state tourism offices are funded either partly or entirely by a statewide lodging tax ....

... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CEO Keli'i Akina says the list reflects a commendable effort to avoid increasing Hawaii's taxpayer burden ....

... Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his intent to veto 28 out of 268 bills passed during the 2021 Hawai‘i legislative session .... 

... Admittance into the DCIL enables the companies to conduct business in Hawaii without first obtaining a state money transmitter license ....

... The Legislature’s decision to strip the county’s share of TAT revenues is certainly a stark change from just a few years ago ....

... eviction moratorium extended, procurement law restored ....

... Hawaii pension funds rank 42nd in USA ....

...  HGEA requires voter ID to cast ballot.  UPW has some fun Q&A about ballot handling issues ....

... currently, the designated Maui and O‘ahu land district seats are open ....

... data about Hawaii’s open records law collected by 284 state, county, and independent agencies on their UIPA Record Request Logs for FY 2020 ....

... Ciber was hired in 2008 to design and implement a financial accounting system, on an Oracle software platform ....

... The State Capitol has been closed since March of 2020 when the pandemic began, and unlike other State and government buildings across our State, the Capitol has remained closed to the public ....

"... The STIP is a four-year programming implementation document that identifies State and County transportation projects to be funded in part with federal funds ...."

... In a special Stadium Authority Board Meeting this morning (Thursday, May 6), the Board confirmed and voted for an early demolition of the existing stadium location ....

... appointment of Senator Dru Kanuha (District 3 – Kona and Kaʻū) as the new Senate Majority Leader ....

... The Governor has until June 21, 2021, to provide the Legislature with notification of his intent to veto ....

... This bill was so close to the finish line that the only question seemed to be whether Gov. Ige would agree to limit his power ....

... The payments aim for “workforce stabilization to retain teachers” and will be made to full- and half-time teachers. (Translation: Incumbent stabilization to retain HSTA endorsement for 2022.) ....

... HB526 and SB1329 ....

... Oahu residents now have an additional 19 months to get the REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state identification cards before they will need it to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....

... Chow believes there is “a good chance that the feasibility study will be funded in Federal fiscal year 2022 by the application of Congress’ Community Project Funding (CPF)” and asks for support from the harbors’ group “convincing Congress to fund the Honolulu Harbor feasibility study.”….

... a “potential catastrophe” enabling “abuse of discretion… (which) …will promote and enable favoritism and/or corruption in public procurement.” ....

... In accordance with State law, Democratic Party officers from the fifteen precincts in Senate District 7 will convene to identify three names that will be transmitted to Governor Ige for consideration. The Governor has sixty days to fill the vacancy ....

... and he pulls no punches ....

... HGEA BU13 and UPW BU10 rejected contract proposals ....

... the spotlight is moving toward Gov. David Ige .... 

... $31.17 billion through all methods of funding (MOF) for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023 ....

... the state released more than $278 million for Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) in the month of March ....

... the report spends lots of time reviewing the Auditor’s recent actions involving the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....

... the private Government Accounting Standards Board is considering rule changes that would make it easier for governments to ignore long-term liabilities when crafting short-term budgets .... 

... Many of the reductions are hopefully made up with federal stimulus funding ....

... The House voted for a suspension running through December 31, 2022 ....

... Scathing ‘audit’ of Hawaii state auditor Les Kondo is met with scathing rebuttal ....