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MEDIA RELEASE The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor holds hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 1, Relating to Equal Rights, at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the State Capitol Auditorium. The hearing will follow the convening of the Second Special Session of 2013 called by Governor Neil Abercrombie. “Listening to public input, we’ve strived […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has asked the Hawaii State Legislature to expand the agenda for the upcoming special session to include measures relating to health services on Kauai and the funding of two recent collective bargaining agreements. Along with a revised Marriage Equity Bill, the governor has provided three additional measures addressing an emergency […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Senate Minority Alternative Biennium Budget for the fiscal years 2014-2015 reflects a decrease of $1.6 billion in total funding in comparison with the proposed Executive Budget and $1 billion in comparison with the proposed budget by the House of Representatives. The budget proposal provides a specific plan that will make Hawaii’s […]

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“This is my fifth message to the Senate Ways and Means and House Finance Committees, and we are encouraged by signs of a gradual economic recovery at the state level, including recent increases in visitor arrivals and visitor spending. Most importantly, we are relieved to see the recent declines in unemployment statewide. We all understand […]

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Gov. Neil Abercrombie today announced the appointment of Gilbert Samuel Coloma Keith-Agaran to state Senate to represent Hawaii’s 5th senatorial district, a seat recently left vacant by Lt. Gov. Shan S. Tsutsui. The appointment is effective immediately.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Public Access Room (PAR) will conduct a series of free neighborhood workshops entitled, “We the Powerful!” These meetings are designed to demystify the state lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that people can speak out at the legislature without ever having to leave home. All are welcome. No registration or prior experience […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Public Library System and the Hawaii State Capitol have formed a partnership to provide webcasting of legislative hearings, meetings and sessions at public libraries statewide. Now residents will have the opportunity to see how the Legislature conducts its business at the Hawaii State Capitol building via streaming video. “We have […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Previously we had sent out a notice that we would be performing our annual database maintenance, during which time some services on the web would be affected. We have completed the maintenance and everything should be back up and running OK. Please note that we have made a few additional changes to the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Beginning the morning of Thursday, Dec. 15, state staffers will begin the annual maintenance of the legislative database. They expect it to last a day, perhaps two at the most. During this time, certain portions of the website will not be functioning. Specifically, things like the member and committee pages, the legislative calendar, […]

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Governor Neil Abercrombie today notified the State Legislature of his intent to veto measures in which he finds either policy disagreement, issues with the details of the legislation, and/or unfunded mandates.

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MEDIA RELEASE Free workshops are scheduled on the Big Island next week. Prepared and presented by the Public Access Room, attendees will learn how to participate in the legislative process without having to fly to Honolulu. * Receive assistance in writing and delivering effective testimony on bills * Find out the best ways to find […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Join Rep. Denny Coffman at his end of session ‘Talk Story’ 4:30-8 p.m. Thursday, June 10 at Kealakehe High School Cafeteria. * Find out how this year’s legislation will affect you. * Sign up to for updates and newsletters by email. * Ask questions of the Representative. * Propose bills or ideas for […]

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The Hawaii State Legislature has agreed on a bill that will provide funding to restore educational furlough days for the remainder of this school year and through next year, using $67,000,000 from the Hurricane Relief Fund. House and Senate Conferees, meeting into the night on Friday, agreed to changes to Senate Bill 2124 that will […]

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