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Saturday, July 18, 2020 |
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Ige COVID Solution: Just Stop Paying EUTF
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 3694 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...Waiving the entire “annual required contribution” or ARC payment to EUTF for this year would save the state about $840 million, according to one official….
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 |
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Highlights of 2020 Legislative Session
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 2583 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...a list of all bills passed during the 2020 session....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Legislative Session: The good, the bad and the ugly
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:42 PM :: 4001 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... donning rose-colored glasses and approaching the budget shortfall as a temporary setback ....
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 |
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Ige appoints Bennette Misalucha to State Senate until Special Election
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 2695 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections
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...to fill the late Sen. Breene Harimoto’s state Senate seat. State Senate District 16 includes Pearl City....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Legislature: "This will be a shell of a democracy"
By Rep Gene Ward @ 10:49 PM :: 3182 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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"...The people of Hawaii are facing a dead economy, and thousands are waiting in food lines to feed their families...."
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Economy: State Much More Susceptible than Counties
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 3829 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Tourism, COVID-19
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"...The revenue profiles of the state and the city and county are quite different. The state is much more exposed to volatile revenue sources such as general excise tax and transient accommodation tax (TAT)...."
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020 |
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Ige Vetoes $432M CARES Rainy Day Deposit
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3238 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...according to Senator Thielen CARES money was put in the Rainy Day fund so the governor couldn’t touch it....
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Thursday, July 2, 2020 |
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HB2502 Still Dangerous: Grassroot Institute warns again about granting wide powers to health director
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:09 AM :: 2953 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...the institute said it "continues to have grave concerns," since "the powers contemplated in this bill are so sweeping and broad as to raise significant questions about privacy, civil liberties and constitutionality."....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
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Gender neutral option available for state credentials beginning July 1, 2020
By News Release @ 11:15 PM :: 2823 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...Those seeking to apply, renew, or obtain a duplicate credential can now choose “X” or “Not Specified” in the gender category instead of the binary “M” (Male) or “F” (Female)....
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Saturday, June 27, 2020 |
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SB785 --$150M Raises for Public Employees-- How They Voted
By Selected News Articles @ 5:53 PM :: 4458 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...Laughing at your sacrifice: Senate votes 21-3, House votes 45-4....
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Saturday, June 27, 2020 |
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Video: "Lockdown, Testing and Tracking: Are They Really Legal?"
By Video @ 5:11 AM :: 2763 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Honolulu lawyers Robert Thomas and Jeff Portnoy address questions that have arisen during the coronavirus shut-down....
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Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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Note to Legislature: Focus!
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:28 PM :: 2680 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...With Hawaii facing its greatest financial crisis in generations, the state Legislature is finally taking action on balloon launches, a “climate innovation technology park” and red light cameras....
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 |
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The Separation of Powers Limitation on Hawaii’s Emergency Authority
By Robert Thomas @ 10:53 PM :: 3331 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, COVID-19
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...a hard look at the most important limitation on government power in an emergency, the statutory requirement that any emergency proclamation automatically terminates no later than sixty days after it is issued....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 |
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SB126: Legislative Conference Committee Passes Key Budget Bill
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2223 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...A legislative conference committee today approved a conference draft to Senate Bill 126 that amends the state budget and provides support to critical state services needed during the cononavirus pandemic....
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Monday, June 22, 2020 |
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HB2500 Legislators poised to exceed state debt limit to avoid making cuts
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 2630 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...HB2500 SD1 would allow the state to borrow billions of dollars at a time when revenues are falling and expenses are increasing....
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Sunday, June 21, 2020 |
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Legislators Outline Plan to use CARES Funds
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 2888 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...The plan provides discretion to the Ige Administration to spend the remaining CARES funds to pay for unanticipated and emerging needs....
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Saturday, June 20, 2020 |
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UHERO forecasts dire scenarios for local government budgets
By UHERO @ 4:28 AM :: 2970 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...A grim financial outlook is on the horizon for the state of Hawaiʻi due to the impact of COVID-19....
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Friday, June 19, 2020 |
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How to balance the budget in just a few clicks
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:56 PM :: 2374 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...just a few quick clicks and Hawaii went from a $1.4 billion deficit to a modest surplus....
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 |
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UHERO: Estimating the Need for Rental Assistance in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 3:02 PM :: 3214 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...the augmented unemployment payments have done a fairly good job preventing the worst from happening so far. But that program is set to expire August 1....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
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‘New normal’ requires long-term budget thinking
By Joe Kent @ 11:44 PM :: 3147 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...threw Gov. Ige’s multiyear budget off target by a total of $26 billion between fiscal years 2020 and 2025....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
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Legislature to Reconvene on June 22
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 2109 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...The Legislature will take up a limited number of bills, including budget matters and COVID-19-related legislation....
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Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii Spending Cap Too Easily Ignored by Lawmakers
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:03 PM :: 2937 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Start working now to adopt a meaningful spending cap....
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Saturday, June 6, 2020 |
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State Finally Launches Digital Time and Leave System
By News Release @ 9:23 PM :: 2816 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Timesheets and leave requests are now transmitted electronically to payroll offices, replacing paper-based manual labor-intensive tracking methods in employee pay calculation....
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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ERS Risks $75M of Your Retirement Fund on Hawaii High Tech Startups
By News Release @ 10:45 PM :: 3603 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tax Credits
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...how many times will Hawaii fall for phony High-Tech scamsters?....
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Sunday, May 31, 2020 |
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The Governor, The Legislature, and The Billion Dollar Mess
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3327 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...figuring out how to spend $1 billion of federal money that is being made available to Hawaii under the CARES Act....
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Friday, May 29, 2020 |
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Legislators Short $2B: "We are going to have to look for strategic cuts"
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 3716 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...no details until after the June 2 deadline to file for election....
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Monday, May 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii Proposes ‘Feminist Economic Recovery Plan’ Filled With Sex Discrimination
By Selected News Articles @ 7:29 PM :: 3499 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...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.”....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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Auditor Finds Another $483M
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:36 PM :: 2891 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...More than $483 million in excess moneys may be available to be transferred from 57 special and revolving fund accounts to the General Fund without adversely affecting programs....
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Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
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Money Laying Around?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3183 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the State Auditor has been busy at work trying to find options for legislators to consider for getting the state budget back on track....
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Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
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Nigerian Princes Apply for Hawaii Unemployment
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 16200 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...as of Sunday, May 17, Hawaii became Scattered Canary’s latest unemployment fraud victim....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Legislature Passes $1B Stop-gap Budget Cuts, Adjourns
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 2528 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Bills passed during the past two weeks include....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020 |
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House Passes Bills to Allocate CARES Funds--Keeps $635M for a 'Rainy Day'
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 2473 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...The House also passed SB 3139 SD1 HD1 to transfer the remaining $635 million of the CARES Act money into the State’s Emergency Budget Reserve or “rainy day” fund to hold until decision can be made in June how to best use the funds....
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 |
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Could Hawaii go bankrupt?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:39 PM :: 5913 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s economy has tanked and local tax revenues are plummeting, leaving the state and counties in danger of going bankrupt — starting with the state's public pension and health-benefits systems....
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Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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The Legislature’s Dangerous Illusion
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:12 PM :: 3750 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...state policymakers seem to believe that the answer to the worst economic crisis in decades is to borrow and spend — and very likely raise taxes....
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Friday, May 15, 2020 |
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HB117: Legislators Defer Raises for a Year
By News Release @ 5:34 AM :: 3365 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...The bill calls for no increases until July 1, 2021....
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 |
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COVID Borrow and Spend Plan will Burden Taxpayers for Years to Come
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:49 PM :: 3021 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Keli'i Akina Challenges Lawmakers' Plan to Increase Borrowing and Spending....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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Forcing United Public Workers to Enter New Era
By Selected News Articles @ 6:26 PM :: 4437 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...it isn’t the kind its leaders were counting on....
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 |
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Executive Pay Hikes on Senate WAM Agenda Wednesday
By News Release @ 5:20 AM :: 2270 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Politician's Trick: Put off future raises rather than cancelling them outright and/or giving back past raises....
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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We can’t turn back the clock, and for some policies we don’t want to
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:01 PM :: 2962 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the state deficit for fiscal year 2021 could grow to between $710 million and $1.8 billion....
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Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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Legislature must rein in state budget
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:25 PM :: 2970 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Grassroot testimony outlines the problem and suggests some reforms....
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Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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DoE and DHS: Auditor Finds Significant Deficiencies
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:00 AM :: 3344 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting....
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Sunday, May 10, 2020 |
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‘Multiplier effect’ is poor justification for increased government spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:56 AM :: 3999 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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...if Hawaii’s lawmakers wish to save our state economy from its current freefall, they must not be afraid to reduce state spending....
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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Looking for $1.5B? Auditor Provides Handy List of GE Tax Hikes and Special Funds to Raid
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:49 PM :: 3794 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... stopgap measures which could help prevent public employees from feeling the slightest suffering...for now....
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Friday, May 8, 2020 |
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Hawaii Women's Commission 'Could be Easily Dismissed' ... but
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 AM :: 3127 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... spending their time while social distancing daydreaming about how to restructure society into a progressive paradise ....
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 |
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Contact Tracing: Hawaii Falls Far Short Even After Expansion
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 3260 Views :: Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...Hawaii DoH is seeking 60 more contact tracers to total 90. 420 are needed ....
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 |
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Hawaii ERS headed for disaster if economy keeps heading south
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:57 PM :: 4670 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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... Major reforms could help the pension system honor its promises ....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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How Well-Funded Are Pension Plans in Your State?
By Tax Foundation @ 2:59 PM :: 3226 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Hawaii pension plan only 55% funded ranks 43rd among states....
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 |
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Rep Case, Legislators Challenge Ige on Union Pay Cuts
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 3369 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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...Representative Case says money from the CARES Act should be used for covering revenue losses....
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