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Governor Neil Abercrombie recently signed the following bills into law (report below from Governor's office): House Bill 383: Extends the life of the oversight commission on the federal economic stimulus program funds to ensure transparency. Deadline is extended from 6/30/11 to 12/31/11. House Bill 775: Transfers all the money from the photo enforcement revolving fund [...]
Senate Bill 1520, which formally recognizes Native Hawaiian people as “the only indigenous, aboriginal, maoli people of Hawai’i,” was approved today by a joint conference of the Hawai’i State Senate and House conferees. The bill will now move to both houses of the State legislature for a final vote. If passed, it will then go [...]
BY JIM DOOLEY - Like Frankenstein, the bill-with-a-new-brain only lived briefly. Senate Bill 1247 proposed creation of a gambling casino in Waikiki. It died today but one of its backers, lobbyist John Radcliffe, said it is sure to rise again in the future. The bill began life as a measure to change management of the [...]
The House Republican Caucus is demanding that a last minute "gut and replace" trick to legalize gambling in Hawaii be stopped. "We strongly object to a clumsy attempt to hi-jack a bill relating to the Aloha Tower Development Corporation (SB 1247) and turn it into a bill to establish a casino in Waikiki," Republican Policy [...]
Gifford Chang, 44, of Honolulu, was arrested today after being charged in a federal criminal complaint with smuggling goods into the United States; making false statements to illegally bring goods into the country; and importing explosive material without a license, all occurring in December 2009. The complaint was filed today. Florence T. Nakakuni, United States [...]
BY ALLAN SEIDEN - It was in 1967 that I flew from New York to Luxembourg on a $169 round trip on Icelandic Air. I picked up a Bug at the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, choosing a sunroof over a radio, despite the fact that it pushed the cost to $1,025, $25 over the [...]
Reapportionment Battles Because the 8-member Hawaii reapportionment commission, appointed by Democrat and Republican legislative leaders, was unable to reach an agreement on a ninth member and chairman for the group, by statute, the Hawaii State Supreme Court stepped in and today will announce the selection of the ninth member. There is no further legislative or [...]
NA'ALEHU, HAWAII – O Ka'u Kakou proudly announces the first annual Ka'u Family Fun Fest on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Na'alehu Park on Hawai'I Island. Online registration and event details are now available at race360.com/15811. Known as “The Southernmost Goodwill Games in the USA”, this unprecedented event features a Half Marathon, 10K and 5K [...]
HONOLULU, HAWAII - Late Thursday afternoon, Hawaii's House and Senate money committees passed a budget that grows the size of government, restores many cuts lawmakers made earlier this session to Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s budget proposal and includes funding for new state positions. How the state will pay for the almost $22 billion biennium budget – [...]
BY JIM DOOLEY - Hawaii's highly-praised HOPE probation program is stretching the state's criminal justice system in two directions as increasing numbers of HOPE violators occupy limited prison space and HOPE absconders add to law enforcement’s long list of unserved arrest warrants, a Hawaii Reporter investigation shows. Created by Circuit Judge Steven Alm in 2004, HOPE [...]
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