Hawaii State Government

My fellow members and guests, aloha and welcome to the 2014 Regular Session of the Hawaii State Legislature....

These include citizen participation in democracy and government, a high cost of living, educational opportunities, and the health of our people....

The Hawaii state legislature opens today at 10 a.m....

... state budget challenges have far outlasted the Great Recession ....

Abercrombie today commented on the state Council on Revenues’ revised forecast....

Annual Report of the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs....

...But fiscal sustainability is essential; to this we remain committed....

$4,742,845 – Department of Public Safety Facilities....

...a list of more than 300 mortgage loan originators (MLOs) and mortgage loan originator companies (MLOCs) that failed to renew their licenses....

$3,055,000 (in addition to $10,200,000 in federal funds) – Farrington Highway Intersection Improvements at Nanakuli Avenue and Haleakala Ave....

• DATE: Monday, January 06 - 14, 2014
• PLACE: Auditorium, State Capitol

...the Governor has until Feb. 9, 2014, to name a permanent director....

...we reviewed the system of quality control of the Hawaii Office of the Auditor in effect for a three-year compliance period from 2011 to 2013....

...$3.46 million in capital improvement project (CIP) funds for the Hawaii Film Studio, including a new production and multipurpose building....

...capital improvement projects (CIPs) that further invest in Hawaii’s airports....

My first transportation wish for 2014: Hawaii needs a motorcycle helmet law....

...to design, manage and install energy efficiency measures that will upgrade facilities, reduce energy usage by about 49 percent and with additional operational improvements save a total of $518 million at 12 state-operated airports....

The Abercrombie Administration on Monday submitted its Executive Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015 and updated Program and Financial Plan for 2013-2019 to the state Legislature....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $3.03 million for various capital improvement grants to Hawaii-based nonprofit organizations whose missions benefit ....

• DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 p.m.
• PLACE: Auditorium, State Capitol

Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....

These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature....

...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....

...violating federal law by failing to pay foster parents enough to adequately care for the foster children in their homes....

Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....

The DOT vendors that appear to have paid for John Doe’s golf are Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., TM Designers, Inc., Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., and R. M. Towill Corporation....

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

A bipartisan group of state and county leaders age 40 and under ....

• DATE: Monday, December 02, 2013
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

From 2007 to 2013, Allen was a senior manager for ASI Government, Inc. in Arlington, Va.....

The state Department of Taxation paid CGI Group more than $87 million over 12 years....

• DATE: Monday, November 25, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol

Twenty-five people in the state Department of Taxation were put on leave in December 2011 for unauthorized access to tax records....

This Halloween, the Chicago-based government watchdog group, Truth in Accounting, issued what its authors call a “haunting” report....

Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....

Amy Asselbaye and Patricia Halagao ....

Legislative Committee Hearings set Oct 29-31 ....

• TIME:     1:30 p.m.
• PLACE:  Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania St

CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., another subsidiary, had been responsible for overhauling the IT systems for the Hawaii tax department....

...Abercrombie has asked the Hawaii State Legislature to expand the agenda....

Gov. Neil Abercrombie is in Washington, D.C. just after returning from vacation in France....

In 2008, the Legislature amended H.R.S. §206E·3 to require Kakaako small business representation on HCDA. The cultural expert and Kakaako resident members were added last year by Act 323. At present, HCDA does not meet these membership requirements....

On Friday (Sept. 27), the governor and his wife Nancie Caraway will travel to France.  Originally scheduled to return Oct 11, the governor is now planning to be back in Hawaii Oct. 20....