Entries for 'Sen. Sam Slom'

Recent headlines reporting a $1 Billion surplus in the state general fund tell only part of the story....

A Message from State Senator Sam Slom:  From time to time there is a candidate who is really worth supporting....

...assessing the financial health of the state general fund as a result of key decisions made by the legislative and executive branches during the 2016 legislative session....

...measures to raise taxes, mandate insurance coverage, increase funding for collective bargaining, establish a special fund, infringe on the constitutional right to bear arms, or further enlarge state government....

The Senator has elected to have surgery performed later this week....

...updated with Governor David Ige's 2017 Executive Supplemental Budget released in December 2015, and the Council on Revenues forecast from January 2016....

$104 million in omissions combine with mystery spending cuts to create unrealistic budget scenario....

This video is a condensed version of the Jones Act Business Forum held November 13th, 2015....

Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....

Hawaii celebrates 56 years of statehood with Admission Day this Friday, August 21, 2015....

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

"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....

...the ōpe‘ape‘a, or Hawaiian hoary bat, flew through the Senate, glided through the House of Representatives, and will land on Governor Ige's desk in the attic of the Capitol Building....

Senators Russell Ruderman, Glenn Wakai, Lee Ihara, Mike Gabbard and Gilbert Keith-Agaran voted in the affirmative but with reservations.  A no vote at this stage serves to exclude the person voting no from participating in the Conference Committee....

...legislators from Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico came together for a videoconference forum to discuss legislative developments on the Jones Act for their respective jurisdictions....

Senator Slom says, "We should have learned something from the Kamamalu Building."

"It is another example of our state failing to be transparent."

"It brings relief to our beleaguered taxpayers and small businesses, and balances our state finances in the long term."