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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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Governor Sees Council on Revenues Forecast as Sign of Strong Economy
By News Release @ 4:05 AM :: 4957 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government
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Council on Revenues revised forecast reaffirming its previous General Fund tax revenue projection for the current fiscal year and increasing its projections for the next three fiscal years....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Shawn Tsuha Nominated Deputy Director, Department of Public Safety
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 5744 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...Abercrombie today announced the nomination of Shawn H. Tsuha to deputy director of law enforcement for the state Department of Public Safety, effective June 1, 2013....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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House GOP Cites ‘Significant Progress for Hawaii’s People’
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 5476 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...recapitalizing the Rainy Day and Hurricane Relief Funds, addressing unfunded liabilities and eliminating many vacant department positions....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
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$139K per Unit: $48.3M for Public Housing CIP
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 3550 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Do the math: $5M/36 units = $139K per unit....
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
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Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 5713 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...those critics probably never held a real job or never ran their own business....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble?
By Robert Thomas @ 10:16 PM :: 5059 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 4797 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson to the position of interim director of the state Department of Health (DOH) Office of Environmental Quality Control, effective today....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:29 PM :: 4190 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Dependence on and accommodation of contractors subverts the public interest....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 3709 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session. The Legislature passed 293 bills....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 |
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Senate Democrats Tout Achievements
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 5277 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...a paradigm shift in the approach taken to complete the work of the legislative session....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 4283 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable”
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 5802 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government
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...assessment of complaints about 1) child abuse and neglect, and 2) alleged misuse of child support....
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 3304 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie yesterday presented a $1.5 million check to Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 5548 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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In final reading votes taken on April 30, I voted “no” on the following bills....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program'
By News Release @ 6:07 AM :: 4909 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education
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The TIP Summer 2013 Session starts in June, with applications being accepted through June 8....
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Friday, May 3, 2013 |
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House GOP: 'Legislature closes fiscally conservative session'
By News Release @ 7:29 AM :: 4805 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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The 2013 legislative session that came to a close today gives fiscal conservatives much to be encouraged by....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Senate Votes to Pass 174 Bills
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 3417 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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On April 30, 2013 the Hawaii State Senate voted to pass 174 measures, ahead of Thursday, the last day of the 2013 Legislative Session....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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Legislators Unanimously Approve Budget
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3776 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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HB200 CD1 appropriates funds for operating and capital improvement costs of the Executive Branch for the biennium fiscal years FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 |
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Does Hawaii Constitution Prohibit Gut and Replace?
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 4060 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Hawaii Court decisions on the Constitutional mandate that the contents of a bill must contain only one subject, and the subject of the bill must be expressed in its title....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 |
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Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 6917 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Second Amendment
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The bills await final, floor votes of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, April 30th....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Budget Report & Worksheets from Conference Committee
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 3989 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Lead Senate and House negotiators on the State Budget bill announced they closed negotiations three days ahead of an internal deadline. ..
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
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Auditor: Less Than Half of Audit Recommendations Implemented
By News Release @ 10:13 AM :: 3931 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Requests by our office to meet with the SPO to conduct our follow-up were not granted....
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Orders ‘Flexible Pay’ Hikes to Match Outside Job Offers
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 4744 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... the new, legal, and inexpensive way of bribing Cabinet members and their top lieutenants ....
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 |
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Petition Lists 7 Gut and Replace Bills, 11 Frankenstein Bills
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 6880 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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Due to maneuvers by various legislative committees resulting in major changes in bills without public notice, we are petitioning the legislative bodies to defeat the following bills....
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Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
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SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 3301 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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"...give priority to achieving the goal of gender equity when appointing members to vacancies, at-large positions, and as alternates...."
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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House Republican Budget Update
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 4606 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting
By News Release @ 10:26 AM :: 4122 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 4459 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the first conference committee meeting on the state budget -- Thursday, April 11, 9:30 a.m. in room 309...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Gut and Replace: Committee Chairs 2 - Committee Members 0
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 5659 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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...without posting any proposed drafts for public notice, the Committees amended the bill to add over 40 pages on geothermal development....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Crossover List: House Passes More Than 150 Bills, Senate 136
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 AM :: 4652 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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These will now proceed to Conference Committee ....
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Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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School Land Pillaged By Legislature – SB 237 and HB 865
By Selected News Articles @ 1:30 PM :: 7256 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Hawaii State Government
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two bills currently at the capitol would allow the Lt. Governor and the DOE to lease public school land to private developers....
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
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Bed Making Contest: Clayton Hee vs Jessica Wooley
By Video @ 1:41 PM :: 6582 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Must see video of Clayton Hee and Jessica Wooley making beds ....
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Senate Republican Budget Proposal
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:54 PM :: 6836 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Hawaii Senate Minority Budget for 2014-2015 reflects a decrease of $1.6 billion in total funding in comparison with the proposed Executive Budget...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013 |
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House GOP: Notable Bills to be Heard this Week
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 5270 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...the House votes on all remaining Senate bills next Tuesday, April 9....
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Friday, March 29, 2013 |
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Hawaii Medal of Honor: Honoring the Fallen
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 AM :: 6964 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...service members gathered with state officials and civilians to honor their fallen comrades during a Hawaii Medal of Honor ceremony, March 27....
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Friday, March 29, 2013 |
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Governor Announces Nominations to Land Board, Water Commission
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 5196 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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James A. Gomes to the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) and Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ph.D. and Milton D. Pavao to the Commission of Water Resource Management (CWRM)....
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Friday, March 29, 2013 |
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State Inspects 90% Fewer Scales, 78% Fewer Gas Pumps Since 2010
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 12:35 AM :: 5691 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Currently, six of the branch’s 11 positions remain vacant, and we found that the branch’s two remaining inspectors can only perform eight of the branch’s 15 key regulatory functions....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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Hawaii Senate Committee on Ways and Means Passes State Budget Bill
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 4693 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Senate’s version of the bill is approximately $141 M less in general funds than Governor Abercrombie’s budget proposal....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
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USPIRG Flunks Hawaii on Tax Credit Secrecy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 8935 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Tax Credits
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Not a single Failing State provides information on the public benefits of economic development subsidies broken down by recipient or makes its tax expenditure report available....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
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Scientology: Hawaii House Resolution Honors Group Tied to 'Torture', 'Concentration Camps'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 10240 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Religion, Drugs
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March 13 was the birthday of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard. One day later, Rep Rida Cabanilla presented Scientology with a gift in the form of Hawaii House Resolution 196....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
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19 families to receive Hawaii Medal of Honor Today
By News Release @ 1:01 PM :: 5720 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military
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...awarded on behalf of the people of the State of Hawaii to an individual who was killed in action while serving our country as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
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Budget: Is Neil Abercrombie Four Times the Man Jack Burns Was?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:46 PM :: 6127 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...our operating budget has increased more than 4 times since 1967 – even taking inflation into account....
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Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
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Company With Ties to Abercrombie, DelaCruz Seeks $200M from Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 8:26 PM :: 10958 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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According to his Senate website, Sen DelaCruz is “Director of Communications at WCIT.”
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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Legislative Maneuver Sends PLDC to Secret Conference Committee
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 6351 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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All we have to do is pass the bill unamended, and we can move the PLDC repeal along to the final step. And then Senator Solomon announces she want to amend the bill....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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Kelii Akina Named President of Grassroot Institute
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 6309 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii State Government
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“Pa`ina in the Country” celebration of Dr. Akina’s appointment as Grassroot Institute’s new president on April 6, 2013 from 12 PM to 2 PM at 45-114 Waikapoki Rd -- Kane`ohe Congregational Church
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
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Tsutsui to Meet Arne Duncan in DC
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 4223 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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“The meeting is an opportunity to work with international leaders to open doors of trade and commerce while working with federal leaders on issues that may impact the way Hawaii serves its people and families,” said Lt. Governor Tsutsui....
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