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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
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Hawaii governor still has long list of bills to sign
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 1397 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... House Bill 954 would increase the personal exemption from $1,444 to $2,288 beginning with the 2023 tax year and increase the standard deduction ....
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Saturday, May 27, 2023 |
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HDoT Reopens HNL Runway--sort of
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 1469 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... Nightly closures of runway 8L from 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. will be needed for a 140-day period to complete the improvements to the runway ....
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Friday, May 26, 2023 |
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Line Item Veto of Slush Fund ‘the responsible thing to do'
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:10 PM :: 1337 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii’s taxpayers have paid about $1.5 billion in just the past two years for housing, but “Where’s all the affordable housing?” ....
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Monday, May 22, 2023 |
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Green Touts 'Progress' in First Six Months
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 1182 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The main areas where progress was cited were affordable housing, homelessness, the high cost of living, healthcare, education, and the environment ....
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Sunday, May 21, 2023 |
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Another Rainy Day Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1523 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The HHRF shut down in 2002. It's fund still has $186.7M today ....
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Friday, May 19, 2023 |
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VIDEO: What went well — and wrong — at the 2023 Hawaii Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:51 AM :: 1416 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... an inside look at the 2023 Hawaii legislative session ....
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
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‘Defense wins championships’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:03 AM :: 1598 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Since bad bills tend to outnumber good ones, that means we played a lot of defense ....
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 |
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‘One step forward, one step back’ was Legislature’s MO
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 1603 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Small Business
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... the Legislature approved a bill authorizing the state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which will help alleviate the state’s doctor shortage, but shelved other licensure compact bills that would have applied to nurses and other healthcare professionals. It also failed to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Saturday, May 13, 2023 |
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Biggest Budget Increase Ever: The good, bad and ‘mostly ugly’ at 2023 Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:41 PM :: 1658 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... “The budget is increasing by 30% this year,” Kent said, far exceeding last year’s record increase of 17% and breaking the state’s constitutionally mandated spending limit as well, which can be bypassed by a two-thirds vote ....
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Hawaii DoE Legislative Wrap-up
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 1613 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government
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... The Department had a successful legislative session, with five out of the seven administrative bills we advocated for being passed ....
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 |
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Projected state surplus vanishes in face of planned higher spending
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:29 PM :: 1692 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Legislature's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2024 could result in a state budget deficit of $45 million by fiscal 2028, if OK'd by the governor ....
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Monday, May 8, 2023 |
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DoI to End 'Compact Impact' Payments
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 1821 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government
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... More than half of these populations now reside in the continental United States and an estimated 43% are U.S. citizens ....
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Sunday, May 7, 2023 |
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Join us for our annual overview of what went down at the Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:36 PM :: 1692 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... On Maui, Hawaii Island and Oahu, Grassroot Institute staffers will take a look at the ups and downs of this year's legislative session ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Legislature on track to violate state's legal spending limit
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:56 PM :: 2035 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The proposed budget is $668 million more than the governor requested and doesn't even include almost 30 other measures that require funding ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Dela Cruz News: Conference Committee Sneaks $200M Slush Fund into Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 AM :: 2152 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Apparently the Governor is becoming the appropriator--constitutionally a function of the Legislature ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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HTA Funding? $30M Magically Appears After Legislature Zeroes out Budget
By News Release @ 6:20 AM :: 1912 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“HTA is thankful that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature agreed on a funding approach that will allow HTA to continue...."
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Sine Die: Green Calls Session Success
By News Release @ 6:10 AM :: 1656 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...Green would like to thank the legislature for its collaboration...."
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Green Names Tokioka head of DBEDT
By News Release @ 5:31 AM :: 2090 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... how will this help Dela Cruz make money on Aloha Stadium? ....
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 |
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Mana Moriarty to head Office of Consumer Protection
By News Release @ 5:03 AM :: 2288 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The Executive Director of OCP is the consumer counsel for the State of Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, May 5, 2023 |
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HB600: Safe Routes to School
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 1656 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government
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... empower the State, county, schools, and community members to directly collaborate on efforts to make streets safer ....
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Friday, May 5, 2023 |
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Sine Die: House Leaders Tout Budget
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 1635 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... On closing day, the House passed the final version of the state budget and priority fiscal bills ....
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
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Chair of State Council on Developmental Disabilities Indicted for International Financial Fraud
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 2554 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts ....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
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He'eia: DOBOR Spews Filth into Harbor for Eight Years--Now DoH Grabs Control of Budget
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 1729 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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... After eight years of inaction, DoH forced DOBOR's hand by grabbing control of their budget ....
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute Week in Review
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:40 PM :: 1888 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Jones Act, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute in the news ....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
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2023 Hawaii legislative wrap-up: the highlights and the lowlights
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:11 PM :: 1764 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is hosting events across the state in May to discuss how key measures fared at the Legislature this year ....
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
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Conference Committee Approves Budget Bill
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 1785 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... A final version of the State Budget Bill (HB300 CD1) was approved last night by Senate and House conferees ....
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 1781 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... testimony submitted during the past week includes ....
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
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Are you ready to hear the real facts about OIP?
By News Release @ 6:26 AM :: 2067 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... people often make inaccurate assumptions about what OIP is and what it does ....
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
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TANF Hoarding, Continued
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1800 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Hawaii was called out by the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica in 2022 for letting TANF money gather dust in some dark corner instead of putting it to use helping families and children ....
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
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Conference Committee: Fraud, fictitious claims, and campaign funds
By News Release @ 10:25 PM :: 1859 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... House and Senate conferees began negotiations today on judiciary measures relating to fraud, fictitious claims, and campaign funds ....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |
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Secret Conference Committee Tracking System
By Andrew Walden @ 12:11 AM :: 1845 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... this is not easy to find ....
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Friday, April 14, 2023 |
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HB300: Senate Sends Draft of State Budget Back to House
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 1764 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The Senate's version of HB300 for the biennium budget covering fiscal years 2024 (FY24) and 2025 (FY25) includes appropriations of $11,652,494,699 and $9,942,927,794 in general funds, respectively. Additionally, the bill allocates $19,840,434,756 in FY24 and $18,151,811,832 in FY25 for all means of financing. ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
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Second Crossover: House Approves 77 More Senate Bills
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 1593 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... These bills now head back to the Senate for their consideration ....
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
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Bribery: Rep Ty Cullen gets 24 Months Prison
By News Release @ 5:49 AM :: 2002 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Cullen accepted bribery payments on eight (8) separate occasions over the course of several years ....
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Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
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Legislative Madness
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1579 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... “It’s just four months of chaos" ....
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Friday, March 31, 2023 |
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Creating Positions: Senate WAM Budget Burns Your Tax Cut Money
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 1432 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... can you count how many times the word 'adding' is used? ....
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
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Bra and Panty Birthday Parties: Lawsuit Details Work Life at Hawaii DOBOR
By Andrew Walden @ 1:52 AM :: 7356 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"...You must promise me that if things ever get really ugly between the both of us, you will not say a word about this...."
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:44 PM :: 1567 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii State Legislature is off and running again after a brief pause during which the House and Senate exchanged the bills they each had approved ....
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Saturday, March 25, 2023 |
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Dela Cruz Manipulation? Senate Rejects Green's Pick for DBEDT
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 3400 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Green's pick for #2 at DBEDT is Dane Wicker, a current business partner and former chief of staff to Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz. If Sadayasu is rejected, Wicker could advance to #1 ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Rookie House Democrats Tout Bills
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 1644 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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... 55 bills introduced by the House Majority Freshmen have passed third reading in the House and crossed over to the Senate ....
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Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
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Green Signs First Bills into Law
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 1654 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Life
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... SB36 amends state law to allow county prosecutors to initiate felony cases by complaints following preliminary hearings and prohibits multiple attempts to initiate a felony prosecution for an offense, except in certain circumstances ....
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Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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Republican Bills On The Move
By News Release @ 10:25 PM :: 1600 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... The following measures have PASSED the first crossover and are moving to the Senate ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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House passes state budget for third reading
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 1484 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... update on the state budget and the Majority Caucus' legislative priorities ....
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
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Green Marks First 100 Days as Governor
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 1268 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Gov. Green became Hawaiʻi’s ninth governor on December 5, 2022 and has since managed to fully staff his office ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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California’s Surplus to Deficit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1517 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... the revenue that did materialize was spent in a flash ....
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Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
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Good news, bad news at Legislature’s halfway mark
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:39 AM :: 1547 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... The Hawaii Legislature is halfway through its 2023 session ....
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Saturday, March 11, 2023 |
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First Crossover: Republican Legislative Report
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1475 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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... four House Republican Bills Cross Over to Senate ....
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Saturday, March 11, 2023 |
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Kouchi Thanks Green for Releasing Capital Improvement Project Funds for Kauai
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 1518 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The Princeville Public Library will receive $2 million ... Kaua‘i High School will receive $1.5 million ....
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Thursday, March 9, 2023 |
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House Finance Committee Approves $18.9 Billion Budget
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 1229 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The intention is not to immediately spend the money ....
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Monday, March 6, 2023 |
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Time running out at Legislature for bills hoping to make it to the governor's desk
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:20 PM :: 1299 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... 'Crossover' is March 9, but any bill not out of committee by today likely will be dead ....
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