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Ige Appointments Sail Through Senate Committees
Budget chief, tax director, head of human resources advance with unanimous support.
Thousands Testify on Bills to Restrict Aquarium Fishing in Hawaii
Business and environmental interests collide in the Capitol during a marathon hearing.
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How a Handful of Hawaii Lawmakers Quietly Shapes an Entire Session
House and Senate leaders can give bills a ‘kiss of death’ or fast-track them toward passage by choosing what committees should hear the legislation.
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Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee
UPDATED. Full Senate expected to confirm Catherine Awakuni Colón soon.
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Should Hawaii Pay People Who Were Wrongfully Imprisoned?
State lawmakers are considering bills that would essentially provide a salary, health care and other compensation.
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Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online
Department of Health is ready to obey the posting law for one of the seven types of state-licensed care homes.
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Governor Taps Hoshijo as Deputy Director of Labor Department
Ige has yet to name the head of DLIR, but has found who he wants to be No. 2.
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Hawaii Ethics Commission Fines Lobbyist, Land Use Research Foundation
LURF Executive Director David Arakawa thought he fell under a special exemption.
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Ige Backpedals On Posting Care-Home Inspection Reports Online
UPDATED. Hawaii Department of Health asks Legislature to retroactively change the deadline for posting the reports, which was supposed to begin Jan. 1.
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Where Does Hawaii State Rep. Calvin Say Really Live?
A group of six House lawmakers are going to look into residency questions concerning the speaker emeritus.