Hawaii State Government

Rep Thielen introduced House Bill 9 to repeal the controversial Public Lands Development Corporation....

Thousands of developed U.S. Forest Service recreation areas have utilized this PPP model successfully for more than 25 years....

"If the Legislature cannot achieve this outcome, the possibility of repeal will ensue."

Thank God, this body will once again have daily prayer, because if ever there was a time elected officials should call on a higher authority for guidance, it is now.

I hope, first and foremost, that there will be NO new tax burdens thrust upon our citizens … that we will not automatically open the taxpayers’ pocketbooks to every budget request, every new proposal, every capital improvement project....

Approximately four years ago, the Hawaii State Legislature commissioned Stroudwater Associates to evaluate our Hawaii Health System Safety Net Hospitals....

The Senate preceded the House in this action in 1981 ....

...reforming the local election process, addressing the PLDC , and encouraging greater public input in the legislative process....

"...we must enhance our revenue stream. We must put together a mix of strategies that will generate more state revenues...."

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that its January 17, 2013, public meeting in Washington, DC, will be available via webcast....

Here are the leadership assignments....

Join me and fellow Republicans tomorrow, Wednesday, January 16th, to kick off the 27th Hawaii State Legislature Session! 

He currently serves as vice present of The Gospel of the Alpha and Omega International and volunteers for the King’s Cathedral Maui Children’s Ministry....

After 50 years of federal funding, the US Department of Health and Human Services has determined in two separate studies that Head Start is completely ineffectual....

"The Senate Majority will draw upon the recommendations of the Senate Special Committee on Accountability for the improvement of the operational and financial management of the University of Hawai’i"

Eventually, the goal is a statewide early childhood education program for more 4-year-olds....

As part of the campaign, DCCA has launched www.HFIC.Hawaii.gov....

Previously appointed to the House in January 2009 to complete the unexpired term of the late Bob Nakasone.... 

...the Seventeenth Amendment prevents the Hawaii legislature from substantively constraining the Governor’s choices in making a temporary appointment....

As another legislative session is about to be convened, let’s look back at some of their follies over the past few years ....

January 3 - 15, 2013....

"With the support of a majority of the House of Representatives, Speaker-elect Joe Souki has established leading committees ...."

Applicants include Nicanor E. Casumpang, Jr., Loretta Giannotti, Robert George Hill III, Natalie A. Kama, Gilbert Samuel Coloma Keith-Agaran, Clifford R. Libed, and Mary D. Wagner.

...update on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare transformation in Hawaii....

HIC is to conduct a study on designating safe facilities located at camping areas .... 

The purpose of this briefing is to provide the legislature with an overview of the current projects, the priorities of the divisions; a report on whether the Department of Transportation is using renewable energy and its efficiency; and a departmental 5 year plan....

...this project will provide land acquisition for the last remaining, undeveloped parcel of land contiguous with existing harbor lands....

No public testimony will be accepted....

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING SCHEDULE January 3-18, 2013

Senate Vice President Donna Mercado Kim (Sen. District 14) has been selected as the President of the Senate ....

Plans are underway to establish an additional Office of the Lt. Governor on Maui....

...first joint enforcement action against a nationwide debt-relief services company that illegally charged advance fees for its services....

January 3 - 15, 2013

Friday January 11, 2013 at 1pm 

Review of the Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Departments of Human Resources Development, Labor and Industrial Relations, Public Safety, and Taxation....

...Such a framework is necessary to preserve the availability of federal student aid funding under Title IV of the HEA....

Pending the election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy by selecting a person from a list of three prospective appointees submitted by the same political party as the prior incumbent....

...general funds, approximately $6.1 billion for fiscal year 2014 and $6.3 billion for fiscal year 2015....

... lawmakers will make a bid to increase taxes yet again ....

“This isn’t the first time that a Democratic majority faction has organized with the Republicans; some people are just more honest and transparent about it. It is time to govern and stop politicking.”

· DATE: Tuesday, December 18, 2012

· TIME: 2:00 PM

... several deficiencies expose the Program to fraud, including the over-reliance on self-reporting by Program personnel and lack of systematic compliance inspections....

This informational briefing will cover the topic of food safety as it concerns and relates to farmers, wholesalers and retailers in Hawaii....

In his prior role at the Department of Attorney General, Wisch served as special assistant to the Attorney General....

Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process....

The elections are over and the governing is to come. Now is the time for citizens to step up and get involved. Here are the ways....

Some of these governors are schizophrenic on taxes: They jack up overall business tax rates, then give breaks to favored businesses....

Many have asked how come none of the regular environmental and public interest watch-dog groups sounded the alarm earlier? How did such a law get passed?

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...politicians of all colors and persuasions have used these one time or another....