Posted on 10:52 pm, Thursday, April 9, 2015. Tags: budget, legislature 2015, sam slom
MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Sam Slom has released the Senate Minority Alternative Biennium Budget, slashing $1.59 billion from the Governor’s version of the budget for the fiscal years 2016 and 2017. The Alternative Budget builds on the $665 million spending cuts approved by the House of Representatives in their budget draft released in March, and has […]
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Posted on 10:59 am, Saturday, March 14, 2015. Tags: gene ward, hawaii open budget initiative, sam slom
MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Sam Slom and Rep. Gene Ward have announced the launch the Hawaii Open Budget Initiative, a nonpartisan effort to make the state budgeting process accessible to the public by putting state budget facts and figures online, in real time, on the Hawaii Open Budget Initiative website. Slom said, “State departments and agencies […]
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Posted on 2:45 am, Thursday, February 26, 2015. Tags: jones act, legislature 2015, sam slom
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Senate and House of Representatives Minority Caucuses have joined forces this year and introduced several pieces of companion legislation, in an effort to relieve the burdens on Hawaii citizens. A top priority for the Minority Caucus is reducing the rising cost of living in Hawaii, where expenses like rent, home prices, […]
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Posted on 7:52 pm, Thursday, February 5, 2015. Tags: international longshore and warehouse union, jim mckenna, pacific maritime association, sam slom, taft-hartley act
MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Sam Slom will express his concern about the West Coast shipping labor dispute Friday on the Senate floor, and will file a Senate resolution calling on President Obama to use his power under the Taft-Hartley Act to force the parties to return to normal work and negotiate. Negotiations between the Pacific Maritime […]
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Posted on 7:33 pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Tags: budget, legislature 2014, sam slom, sylvia luke
Includes $10 million for grant-in-aid, more than $2 billion for Capital Improvement Projects
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Posted on 5:03 pm, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Tags: government accountability office, hawaii health connector, sam slom
MEDIA RELEASE The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed it will investigate the Hawaii Health Connector’s use of $204 million of federal grant monies. In response to Hawaii State Sen. Sam Slom’s letter (dated March 27, 2014), David Lewis of the GAO, confirmed the GAO will include Hawaii in its investigations into the use […]
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Posted on 3:25 pm, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Tags: gao, grants, hawaii health connector, sam slom
Hawaii Senator Sam Slom to file a complaint with the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) calling for a federal investigation of how Hawaii’s Heath Connector grant money was spent.
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Posted on 11:38 pm, Friday, January 31, 2014. Tags: legislature 2014, sam slom
MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Sam Slom, the minority leader in state Senate, spoke at a news conference Friday to unveil his 2014 Legislative Package. Slom indicated the Senate Minority’s primary goal is to give more power to the people of Hawaii. At the press conference, he said, “The Senate Minority this year, with renewed vigor, has […]
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Posted on 8:54 pm, Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Tags: legislature 2014, neil abercrombie, sam slom, state of the state
Abercrombie: ‘We are now entering a new phase. The administration’s package and supplemental budget do not rely on any new taxes or fees’
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Posted on 9:29 pm, Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Tags: billy kenoi, joseph souki, legislature 2014, sam slom
Hawaii 24/7 Staff State lawmakers headed Wednesday to the Capitol to start their 4-month legislative session where the budget and preschool education likely will be among the top priorities. Senate Minority Opening Day Comments at the 28th State Legislature by State Senator Sam Slom Senate President Kim, Governor Abercrombie, distinguished former State Senators, guests and […]
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Posted on 11:35 pm, Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Tags: legislature 2013, sam slom, senate minority
MEDIA RELEASE State Senate Minority leader Sam Slom (R-9 Oahu) has released the agenda and platform of the Senate Minority for 2013: “So that there is no mistake, or confusion, and our position is clear and apart from both the Executive and Majority Legislative branches, I am addressing several special initiatives for this session,†Slom […]
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Posted on 3:05 am, Thursday, January 17, 2013. Tags: joe souki, sam slom, scott saiki, state legislature 2013
Hawaii 24/7 Staff Opening Day for the Twenty-Seventh Legislative session began at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. As the economy shows positive signs of recovery, this year’s Opening Day ceremony included remarks by presiding officers, local musicians and honored guests on the chamber floor. Local entertainers Brother Noland, Manoa DNA, the Gleemen Plus of […]
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Posted on 10:53 pm, Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Tags: sam slom, state legislature 2012
State lawmakers open second year of the Twenty-Sixth Legislative biennium in Honolulu
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