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Senate Overrides Governor's Veto, but House Doesn't Take Up the Issue Gov. Neil Abercrombie vetoed a bill that involved the military’s Tricare program. The Senate had voted unanimously to support the bill, and in a surprise twist last Thursday, voted unanimously to override the governor’s veto. However, House Speaker Calvin Say never brought the bill [...]
May 8th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Roll Call Covers Story of Inouye's Plan to Obtain Federal Funding for the City's Rail Roll Call Magazine - in a piece entitled Working Around the Earmark Ban - brings up a press release issued recently by U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye and U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka touting $250 million they secured in funding for the city's planned $5.3 [...]
May 8th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Benefits of Island Windmills Being Oversold? Windmills - the use of this invention is controversial in Hawaii - particularly on the neighbor islands. Many residents on Molokai and Lanai oppose a plan to erect windmills on the islands, with the power going to the island of Oahu via an undersea cable. On the Big Island, [...]
April 19th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Rally Organizers Seek to Stop Additional Residential Development in Kakaako Several environmental groups - organized under Save Our Kaka‘ako Coalition - will rally against HB 2819, which lifts the residential construction restriction in Kakaako on two parcels transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as part of its recent land settlement with the state. The event, [...]
April 19th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Report: Hawaii Third Worst When It Comes to Taxing Poor Hawaii Democrat legislators give speeches and raid special funds to finance their the pet social programs. They have boosted the state's spending on the Department of Human Services to "help the poor." The total annual funding for DHS is now the highest of any state [...]
April 16th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Taxpayer Tea Party Rally Today Oahu taxpayers, frustrated with Hawaii’s high taxes, will hold the 4th annual taxpayer tea party at the Hawaii State Capitol today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 16. Speakers include Senator Sam Slom, Councilman Tom Berg, Representative Barbara Marumoto, Rep. Gene Ward, and former Senator Fred Hemming, [...]
April 16th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Senate Passes $11 Billion Supplemental Budget Hawaii Senators passed an $11.1 billion supplemental state budget proposal on Tuesday, which they maintain will boost jobs, help Hawaii’s poor and upgrade Hawaii’s technology services. Sen. Sam Slom, the lone Republican, was the only one to vote against the budget. He said the increase in spending and government [...]
April 14th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
House Republican: GSA Misusing Funds in Hawaii The Washington Times is reporting the General Services Administration is misusing taxpayers dollars - this time in Hawaii. Here is a portion of the April 12 report: A top House Republican said GSA officials flew to Hawaii on other taxpayer-funded junkets — in one instance spending a week or more on the islands [...]
April 14th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Go Rail Go Takes Campaign to People's Homes Go Rail Go supporters have launched an aggressive campaign to build support for the city’s planned $5.3 billion elevated steel on steel rail. Recent polls show public support is falling, and the group that helped get the rail approved on the ballot in 2008, has redoubled its [...]
April 5th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights | Read More »
Lingle: Women Voters Care About Finances, Jobs, Families – Not Just Contraception Lingle: Linda Lingle authored an exclusive report in Hawaii Reporter today. The former GOP governor turned U.S. Senate candidate details her position on abortion and contraception. Saying she has always been an ardent supporter of women’s rights, Lingle said it pains her deeply [...]
April 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii News Highlights,Today in Hawaii | Read More »
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