Hawaii State Government

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....

Fuchigami had been tapped by Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month to lead the city’s Department of Enterprise Services....

Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....

No Republican Vice-Chairs ....

The Hawaii State Senate is accepting applications for the 2015 legislative session....

There are currently three vacancies....

Those interested in joining the Ige-Tsutsui administration may click on the link provided below to begin the online application process....

McCartney is a former executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

"Hawaiʻi needs leadership that moves us forward collectively instead of favoring special interests."

Emphasis should be on creating opportunity, stronger economy....

...The only incumbent Democrat to get nothing is Brickwood Galuteria.....

When Election Day comes, voters never seem to get a chance to reduce government spending....

Other states don’t have anything like these exceptions....

Emergency protective measures undertaken by Hawaii County include the repair, restoration, and re-establishment of alternate routes in and out of affected communities....

Near Unanimous Support from Haena Community Results In Historic Decision....

...state tax revenues underperformed what the state's Council on Revenues had forecast for fiscal 2014 (although, in our view, not by as much as officially reported)....

Tropical Storm Warning in effect as Ana takes aim at South Shores of Kauai and Island of Niihau ....

“...a number of serious hard decisions need to be made financially for our state budget.”

Tropical Storm Ana is expected to strengthen over the next 12 hours, forcing the closure of all Hawaii Island public schools on Friday....

Billionaire 'Bond King,' Erotic Sneezing Enthusiast, Quits Job Just Ahead Of Firing....

...the state is “headed into a situation where there is anticipated fiscal year imbalance” because spending is outpacing revenue....

...the SURF program will integrate core, back office functions including human resources, finance, payroll, acquisition, and more, into a single system....

...Some of the Settling Employees appeared to have accepted free golf on numerous occasions over a period of years....

...a February 2011 class action lawsuit for failure to issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits within timeframes outlined by federal law....

...accusing the State of Hawai`i Department of Human Services of denying critically needed treatment for autistic children....

...Connecticut had the next highest administrative costs at $77,000 per mile. Meanwhile in Texas administration costs were less than $4,000 per mile....

...if the State continues to spend at the current rate Hawaii will use up its general fund carryover balances as early as 2016....

...Hawaii.gov was named “Best Government Website” today as part of the Web Marketing Association’s 2014 WebAwards....

...OSHA and HIOSH have shared regulatory responsibility for Hawaii per an Operational Status Agreement that went into effect in September 2012....

...B+ grade in e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government’s (CDG) biennial Digital States Survey. The grade is an improvement from a B- in 2012....

...find your state representative and determine how he or she voted every time the pension tax was up...

...The rejection of the disaster declaration shows the people of Hawaii that Schatz has no influence where it matters most....

The six top-scoring states are Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, and Utah....

...Insurance Division also outlined resources and advice for affected families and businesses dealing with their insurance companies....

...Department of Taxation employees were able to answer the phone only 59% of the time in 2013....

...the state’s $126 million hurricane relief fund has nearly run dry after the state Legislature snatched the funds to balance the budget in 2011....

...we have an opportunity to continue the course that we’ve charted. We can’t go back....

Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, Aug. 29, 2014....

“In 2013, we posted an ending balance of $844 million. We have now posted a positive ending balance of $664.8 million for 2014...."

...Can anything be in worse condition than unfunded government pensions? Unfortunately, yes – and it’s called OPEB....

...50,000 new units needed to be built between 2012 and 2016 to meet demands....

...we identified significant public and private infrastructure projects that are “on the books” over the next 20 years....

Abercrombie called it “a year of progress.” Read through the new laws and decide for yourselves....

...the CLEAR facility is located at UH West Oahu, and that campus testifies that it is okay with scrapping the CLEAR fund....

...Jonathan Scheuer to the Land Use Commission, as well as Rona Fukumoto and Edwin Taira to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation....