Family

...The legislature reconvened on June 22, 2020 and will end on July 10, 2020. Here's a snapshot of some of the things that happened this week....

...attorney Scott Greenfield suggested proposals like these would raise “a great many curious issues” and “would appear to be outrageously unlawful sex discrimination with some serious likelihood of backfiring.”....

...Should the parties be accepted to the Appellate Pro Bono Program, plaintiff may renew his motion for retention of oral argument....

...it may be harder to social distance or self-isolate in multigenerational households....

... Probe finds Army lacked consistent process for evicting unlicensed day care providers at time of infant death last year ....

...the assisted suicide expansion bill (SB 2582) and the mandated reproductive "health" bill (SB 2539)....

...Legislative Crossing: Bills Start Over Again in the Opposite Chamber....

...some of the bills we have been tracking are dead....

... establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old ... with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030 ....

...1st Decking: One Week Away--Good and Bad Bills on the Move....

...Assisted Suicide: 3 modified safeguards now only 2....

...Assisted Suicide Expansion Bills - Safeguards: Going, Going, Gone....

...Safe Haven for Newborns Passes First Committee....

...January 23rd - Bill Introduction Cutoff Last day for a bill to be filed with the House or Senate Clerk....

...Hawaii Family Advocates intends to monitor the Hawaii Legislature and testify and otherwise weigh in on bills....

...Hawaii women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $797, or 82.6 percent of the $965 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts....

...Saturday, February 8, 2020, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center Ballroom....

...Agency leaders share the history and potential of research-driven policy change....

...Hawaii Attorney General Announces Results of Operation Keiki Shield....

...the annual Defend The Family sex-trafficking awareness conference....

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

... 2019 Shared Parenting Report Card ....

...Hawai‘i’s 2017 homeless point-in-time count reported 319 unaccompanied youth, with 82.0% of these youth living unsheltered....

...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....

...69 Communities in Hawaii Ranked for Middleclassness....

...Hawaii Child Care Costs More than College Tuition....

... the McDermotts were named Parents of the Year 2019 in the Civic Leadership category in a ceremony at The Washington Times newspaper in Washington, DC ....

...The state of mental healthcare for Hawai‘i’s medicaid-eligible youth....

...Today my kids learned a lesson about thinking logically the hard way....

...the project lost its funding at the City Council and is set to close in August....

...conditions have shown little to no improvements in more recent years, with the state’s rank for this domain slipping from 30 in 2018 to 34 in 2019....

...the Governor has indicated his discomfort with the bill....

...Hawaii 39.7% of free-lunch eligible students participate in free breakfast program – 2nd lowest in USA....

... This week Congress will vote on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the definition of sex throughout federal law .... 

...On Thursday, May 3, 2019, the 30th legislative session closed.... 

...Sine Die May 2--What happens next at the Governor's Office?....

...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....

...Upcoming Legislative Deadlines....

...Sex-Change 'Conversion Therapy' Ban Passes Full Senate....

...Trump Admin Awards $5.1 Million to Group of Pro-life Medical Clinics, Cuts Funding to Planned Parenthood....

...Suicide Prevention and Palliative Care bills still moving....

... We believe these bills are unconstitutional ....

...Since its creation in 2009, the TPP Program has provided nearly $1 billion....

... SB415 -- Abortion Expansion Bill Changes Focus ....

... Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times ....

...CROSSOVER: Bills alive move to the opposite chamber....

...Millions of dollars from the DoE budget are on the line if HB664 or SB674  “Relating to Gender Identity” becomes law.... 

...decriminalization of marijuana is not the same as marijuana legalization....

...Hawaii ranks among top half of all states for babies, according to a first-of-its kind report. The State of Babies Yearbook: 2019....