Posted on 10:06 pm, Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Tags: kostick v nago, reapportionment, supreme court
Hawaii 24/7 Staff In a ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state’s 2012 reapportionment plan that gave the Big Island a fourth Senate seat At issue was whether to count or omit some military personnel and students when calculating population and determining state legislative districts. Plaintiffs argued the reapportionment plan wrongfully excluded 108,767 […]
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Posted on 10:00 pm, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Tags: affordable care act, barack obama, neil abercrombie, supreme court
Hawaii 24/7 Staff The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which proponents say will improve the country’s current health care system by increasing access to healthcare coverage for Americans and introducing new protections for people who have health insurance. The ACA provides tools to increase the ability of most […]
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Posted on 11:20 pm, Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Tags: bob kim, reapportionment, stan roehrig, supreme court
Judges ruled 5-0 that maps are ‘constitutionally invalid’; Big Isle may gain state seats
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Posted on 3:22 am, Sunday, January 18, 2009. Tags: ceded lands, gov linda lingle, supreme court
MEDIA RELEASE During her January radio show, Gov. Linda Lingle reiterated her position on the pending lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the state Supreme Courts’ decision about ceded lands in Hawaii. The following is a transcript of the governor’s remarks: “I’d like to take a few minutes and explain the (ceded lands) issue […]
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