Hawaii State Government

The Office of the Governor is looking for qualified and dedicated volunteers to fill vacancies on boards, commissions and committees across the state....

...at least 134 deceased persons received over-payments from the Employee Retirement System, with some over-payments in excess of $50,000....

An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....

The state lawsuit also claimed Ciber used lobbyists and “exercised inappropriate political influence” to persuade the state to continue making payments to the company....

...why and how states should better harness information technology to drive public-sector productivity and generate savings for governments, businesses, and citizens....

...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

States are not held to the same accounting standards as most businesses and publicly traded companies. Therefore, states do not use the proper tools to balance their budgets....

Hawaii had not met targets on some key items in the Notice of Non-Compliance corrective action plan....

...the IRS has added a new item to its “Dirty Dozen,” a list of tax scams....

The center of the system is located about 455 miles southeast of Hilo and continues to move slowly in a northwest direction....

...figures here are for bonded debt, and do not include other outstanding obligations—including pensions—which add substantially to governments’ future liabilities and are often considered in broader definitions of governmental debt....

Sutton will take the reins on legal research, legislative drafting and other support tasks for the Hawaii Senate Minority....

...thinning cash and investments and unrestricted monthly liquidity due to a long history of deficits, a high backlog of deferred maintenance, a need to carefully manage operations with continued expense pressure across the 10-campus system, and a high percentage of unionized staff....

“...Ciber finally abandoned the project and withdrew its staff without any notice after Abercrombie lost the primary election on Aug. 9, 2014....”

Ignacio and Jimena are both Category 4 as of Saturday midday....

The storm’s strength and track is highly uncertain at this time....

"Community-based nonprofit organizations are increasingly becoming key economic development drivers...."

Hilda expected to bring heavy rain, low chance of tropical storm force winds to the islands....

...foster care payment was just $529 per month, as the state had refused to increase it for nearly 25 years....

...ABOUT 600 MI ESE OF HILO MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH....

...ABOUT 870 MI ESE OF HILO HAWAII MOVING W AT 15MPH....

Coordination Efforts Begin for Hurricane Hilda....

... $9,318,772 for Aloha Stadium, more than $11M for Honolulu Airport ....

Tropical Storm Guillermo is located 370 miles east of Hilo as of 2:00 p.m. today....

...the State and counties aren’t clear on which roads they own....

Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....

Because the state government uses outdated accounting methods, a vast majority of liabilities are excluded from its financial reporting....

DCCA Cable Television Divison received an application from Charter Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Cable, Inc....

...Ige today vetoed eight bills and sent his statements of objections to the house and senate leadership....

...Senate Minority Budget Director Paul Harleman about the current economic status of Hawaii and his concerns for the state's future financial stability....

Ige has informed the Hawai‘i State Legislature of his intent to veto the following bills....

...Hawaii’s employees earn 9 percent more than those in the private sector—the 3rd highest wages and salaries ratio in the country....

...hiring and retaining qualified state government IT staff is a top priority, noting the challenge of an aging workforce and lack of millennials....

...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....

...the Governor’s projection of state expenditures–and the means by which this forecast is determined–are not transparent....

The Hawaii State Senate today announced a new line up of committees and committee chairs as part of its recent reorganization....

...The Senate says 'yes' to marijuana and 'no' to anti-GMO protesters....

...legislative priorities are out-of-touch with reality....

...once you tally up the separate appropriation bills the current spending plan is almost identical to the Governor's initial budget request....

...$20 million in capital improvement projects (CIP) funding and $8 million in operating funds....

"Whenever there is a new product, whether it be powdered alcohol or e-cigarettes, we want to jump on it, and ban it."

...will be updated daily, shortly after decisions are made in the Conference Committee budget meetings....

On February 27, 2013, the department conducted department-wide training for deputies whose clients administer non-general fund....

House and Senate conferees met today to begin negotiations on a final version of HB500, the state budget bill....