Galimba, Inaba, Villegas and Evans to represent West Hawaii on County Council
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/11/09/hawaii-news/galimba-inaba-villegas-and-evans-to-represent-west-hawaii-on-county-council/
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Voters approve three charter amendments
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/11/09/hawaii-news/voters-approve-three-charter-amendments/
Hawaii’s New Governor Will Have To Make Some Hard Decisions On Crime And Punishment 0 Something must be done about Hawaii’s overcrowded and run-down jails, or the courts may finally force the state to act.
Max Otani, the outgoing director of the state Department of Public Safety, has a wish list and a warning for...
A More Civil Legislature? Hawaii Lawmakers May Soon Be Asked To Bolster Citizen Rights 4 The Legislature’s special commission aimed at fighting corruption is continuing to fine tune proposals for the upcoming session.
State lawmakers may soon have to deal with demands from the public for greater transparency on the part of legislators...
Volunteers vouch for Hawaii’s election security
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/10/26/hawaii-news/volunteers-vouch-for-hawaiis-election-security/
VOTER SERVICE CENTERS OPEN
VOTER SERVICE CENTERS OPEN Pearl City, October 25, 2022 – Starting today through November 8, voter service centers are open for...
A Glitch In Hawaii’s New Ballot-Tracking System Catches Big Island Voters By Surprise 5 County officials fixed the problem within an hour but many voters were left wondering if they could trust the tracking system.
More than 2,000 voters on the Big Island were surprised to find a message from the county elections office Thursday...
The Tourism Industry Is Trying To Unseat Maui Council Members Who Want To Limit Hotels 0 In a heated election year, the county’s moratorium on visitor lodgings has become a rallying point for those across its political spectrum.
Earlier this year, the Maui County Council enacted one of the most controversial measures in recent history: A moratorium on building new...
Threats escalate against Hawaii’s election volunteers
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/10/21/hawaii-news/threats-escalate-against-hawaiis-election-volunteers/
Governor Candidates On The Environment: Sharp Contrasts And A Little Overlap 0 Republican Duke Aiona emphasizes lower energy costs, while Democrat Josh Green stresses renewable and sustainable sources.
Early into his tenure, Hawaii Gov. David Ige notably rejected liquefied natural gas, or LNG, as a so-called “bridge fuel” to rely...
Ready, set, vote!
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/10/15/hawaii-news/ready-set-vote/
This Is How The Candidates For Maui Mayor Want To Tackle The Housing Crisis 14 Both say the lack of housing for residents is the county’s top problem, but they’re proposing very different solutions.
The Maui mayoral race has been defined by candidates’ sweeping promises to boost the availability of housing that local residents...
Ballots to vote to be mailed out this Monday, 10/17/2022
Pearl City, October 10, 2022 – As the 2022 General Election ballots are prepared for mailing, election officials want to remind...
Whoever Wins, Hawaii’s Gubernatorial Candidates Offer A New Style Of Communication 0 Outgoing Gov. David Ige sometimes stumbled with his messaging, leading to criticism over his handling of the pandemic and the Legislature.
A Lawyer. A Doctor. An Engineer. Voters in Hawaii will soon choose between the first two to replace the third....
Kimball named chairwoman, Inaba vice chairman of incoming County Council
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/10/11/hawaii-news/kimball-named-chairwoman-inaba-vice-chairman-of-incoming-county-council/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Why Ethics Reform Hasn’t Been A Bigger Issue In The Hawaii Governor’s Race 0 Even after recent convictions of government officials, the Republican and the Democratic gubernatorial nominees have few specific reform proposals.
You might think the stunning parade of criminal wrongdoing in state, city and county government in recent years would inspire...
How Did Republican Linda Lingle Become Governor Of Hawaii? The historic election of 2002 seemed highly unlikely in the bluest of states. But it happened.
Twenty years ago next month Hawaii elected its first female governor, its first governor of Jewish ancestry, the first former...
Case co-founds House aquaculture caucus
U.S. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, is joining three House colleagues in forming a bipartisan aquaculture caucus to educate others about...
Aiona, Green spar over abortion, marijuana in first debate
They talked about plans and policy. They instigated and insinuated. They flickered and flared and fired off social-media-inspired salvos to...
Reluctant Standards Commission Proposes Term Limits For Hawaii Lawmakers 2 The panel also forwarded a bill on legislative meetings but will take more time to examine proposals on public records, meetings and a state voters guide.
A measure that would impose a 16-year term limit on service for state legislators narrowly cleared the Commission to Improve...
