Hawaii’s Top 5 Statehouse Issues?
No surprise with homelessness,聽housing, transportation and the economy. But the future of Native Hawaiians, too?
Criminal Justice Reform Fails To Get Much Legislative Love
Neighbor island facilities received some significant financial help, but the state’s main facilities on Oahu will remain overcrowded and crumbling.
Chun Oakland To Leave Senate
The Hawaii lawmaker will not run for re-election this year after serving聽in the state House聽and Senate聽for 26 years.
2016 Session: AC For Schools, Help For Housing And Homeless
The House and Senate also killed bills to let psychologists prescribe drugs and fund a new jail聽on Oahu, but did hand聽water permits to A&B on Maui.
School AC Bill Now Law
It calls for $100 million to pay for聽equipment and installation costs for air conditioning, heat-abatement measures and energy-efficiency measures.
Joe Souki, A&B And Coffee
The House speaker insists that a bill聽allowing Alexander & Baldwin to continue to divert East Maui streams is not special legislation.
Governor Ige Grades Hawaii Lawmakers’ Work This Session
Pleased by funding for his priorities, indifferent to failed police reform, Ige gives his former colleagues in the Legislature a “B.”
Sports Authority Bill Misses Cut
The legislation called for setting up an agency to attract sports and entertainment聽events to Hawaii.
Legislature Passes Airbnb Bill, Others As Session Wanes
Hawaii lawmakers killed, among others, a measure to let psychologists on the neighbor islands prescribe drugs.
Hawaii Nurses May Soon Be Able To Certify Medical Marijuana Patients
The Hawaii Legislature updated its medical cannabis law, but advocates say there’s more work to be done.