Hawaii State Government

...FY 19 amendments total $85.5 million – an increase of .6 percent over FY 19...FY 19 amendments total $1.497 billion, an increase of 215 percent over FY 19 CIP....

...high visibility current and upcoming highways projects statewide....

...The ACUF has reviewed each piece of legislation voted on in both the Senate and House of Representatives to produce average scores for each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member....

...Working caregivers who pay for services to support their kupuna may now be eligible for financial help of up to $70 per day....

...His appointment is effective January 1, 2018. He succeeds Thomas Matsuda who will retire on December 31, 2017....

...Deadline for GIA applications is January 19, 2018....

...The requirements outlined in the Decision and Order include....

...The seeming political power play is actually a sign of Perreira’s weakness.... 

...Takayama has served as the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) since April 2015. She will assume her new position on Monday, Dec. 11....

...The executive order establishes an Administrative Director in the Office of the Governor who will support companies seeking to test self-driving vehicle technology in Hawaiʻi....

...the State of Hawaii Dashboard and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Dashboard are only current up to 2013 for most of the categories presented....

...DLIR did not file statutorily required reports for non-general funds and for administratively created funds....

... How do Hawaii legislators get away with sexual harassment? ....

...the Legislature's Public Access Room (PAR) is offering "Your Voice," a free, one-hour workshop at several locations on Oahu....

...We are grateful for your partnership in striving for a Hawaii that leads the world in individual liberty and economic opportunity....

...The evidence suggests that dck worldwide directed how dck pacific handled payments to subcontractors....

...the former state employee could improperly benefit by trading on his or her “insider knowledge” to secure future employment or business opportunities....

...Most begin on January 3, 2018 and end on the last day of the legislative session.... 

...Hawaii’s county governments — and county taxpayers — are about to feel the pinch....

...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....

...a seawater jet powered by Hawaii tax credits is used to shoot pies up into the sky--electricity is generated by harnessing the energy of the pies as they fall back to Earth....

..."We disagree with DHRD. The statutory requirements that DHRD report to the Legislature are unambiguous and do not exempt these trust funds." -- Auditor....

“The Airports Division expects near-term traffic results will be better than projected due to Island Air expanding interisland traffic...." -- Fitch Ratings, October 26, 2017

...the state Legislature has discovered a new tactic for meeting its public pension financial obligations: passing the costs on to the counties....

Legacy Costs evaluates whether states provided adequate funding, as defined by retirement system actuaries, for pensions and other promised retirement benefits for public workers.....

...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....

...to enable new applicants or existing licensees to search for their application status....

...Featuring: Thom Williams, Executive director, Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii....

...New datasets include pavement conditions, traffic counts for state roads, and locations of fatal crashes between 2012-2016....

...Kelii Akina and Ray Tsuchiyama discuss applying the lessons of Google to the future of Hawaii....

...meanwhile Island Air planes are being repossessed....

Hawaii’s public pension system has an unfunded liability of $12 billion....

...Did DOTAX Turn the Corner on Customer Service?....

...Hawaii has enough in cash reserves to weather next recession, report says....

...The position of administrative director is actually one of the few positions created by the State Constitution....

...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....

...Fiscal Stability#41....

...$27,100 = Each taxpayer's share of Hawaii's debt....

...there is "supposed to be" opportunity for participation....

...The rule changes cover a spectrum of boating and ocean recreation uses, such as: commercial use and parking permits and fees; commercial marine operations and tours....

...In two and a half years we have successfully reduced the pipeline from nearly $750 million to $505 million....

...Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggests DACA is on shaky legal ground....

...a 1% increase in health care costs equals a $2 billion increase in unfunded liabilities....

...While all eyes are on rail....

 ...one State department that has funds with no exemption, and refuses to pay it: the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL).... 

....Since then, the price of bitcoin has catapulted to over $4,000 per bitcoin, up from $1,000....

...the Central Services Skim has redirected about $45 million a year from the special funds to the state general fund....

Grant applications for land acquisition....

...A Hawaii law dating back to 1955, which now can be found at HRS section 36-27, says that 5% of any special fund’s income will be paid to the state general fund to pay “central service expenses....”

...if you don’t work, you don’t eat....