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Why Aren’t More People Running For Office In Hawaii? Political polarization, the cost of running a successful race and hard-to-beat incumbents may all be discouraging candidates.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/06/why-arent-more-people-running-for-office-in-hawaii/
Fewer Candidates Filed For Election In Hawaii This Year Than In The Past 10 Years Dozens of incumbent lawmakers face no challenger and even three Honolulu City Council members have no opposition despite public uproar over recent huge pay raises.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/06/fewer-candidates-filed-for-election-in-hawaii-this-year-than-in-the-past-10-years/
Council advances gift ban bill for Honolulu city and county employees
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/06/03/hawaii-news/council-advances-gift-ban-bill-for-honolulu-city-and-county-employees/
Hilo Councilwoman Sue Lee Loy Is Hoping To Move Up To The Legislature Rep. Richard Onishi, who has represented that district for more than a decade, will retire this year.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/hilo-councilwoman-sue-lee-loy-is-hoping-to-move-up-to-the-legislature/
MAYOR MITCH ROTH OFFICIALLY FILES FOR REELECTION Pledges to Continue Fostering a Sustainable Hawaiʻi Island for Future Generations
MAYOR MITCH ROTH OFFICIALLY FILES FOR REELECTION Pledges to Continue Fostering a Sustainable Hawaiʻi Island for Future Generations Mayor...
Campaign Spending Commission Fines Kaniela Ing Another $18,000 3 The former state legislator complained he is being singled out by the commission and that his case has been mishandled.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/campaign-spending-commission-fines-kaniela-ing-another-18000/
Lessons For Hawaii: Other States Have Strong Pay-To-Play Laws 0 Experts say regulating contractor donations along with publicly financed elections could go a long way to taming corruption.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/lessons-for-hawaii-other-states-have-strong-pay-to-play-laws/
Hawaii Lawmakers Move To Cut Income Tax But HECO Bill Is In Limbo 0 House and Senate leaders are working through the weekend to see if there is a path to reviving a utility securitization bill.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/hawaii-lawmakers-move-to-cut-income-tax-but-heco-bill-is-in-limbo/
Inside the late-night parties where Hawaii politicians raked in money
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/04/18/hawaii-news/inside-the-late-night-parties-where-hawaii-politicians-raked-in-money/
Inside the Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money After the state passed a law barring government contractors from donating to politicians, fund-raising parties showed just how completely the reform effort failed.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/inside-the-late-night-parties-where-hawaii-politicians-raked-in-money/
Election cards have been mailed
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/04/15/hawaii-news/election-cards-have-been-mailed/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
1,100 Pieces Of Testimony Against A Bill Went Missing For Days. The Bill Passed And Then The Opponents’ Letters Showed Up 0 Hundreds of Lahaina fire victims came out strongly against a bill that could allow HECO to impose a new fee on customers to help prevent wildfires.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/1100-pieces-of-testimony-against-a-bill-went-missing-for-days-the-bill-passed-and-then-it-showed-up/
Longer council terms nixed: Proposal shelved following robust criticism
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/04/04/hawaii-news/longer-council-terms-nixed-proposal-shelved-following-robust-criticism/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Bill proposes charter amendment to extend council terms from 2 to 4 years
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/03/31/hawaii-news/bill-proposes-charter-amendment-to-extend-council-terms-from-2-to-4-years/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii Governor Appoints Dozens To Powerful Hawaii Boards And Commissions 0 They include the UH Board of Regents and authorities with jurisdiction over land use, public utilities, education, housing and community development.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/03/hawaii-governor-appoints-dozens-to-powerful-hawaii-boards-and-commissions/
Ben Lowenthal: The Surprising Persistence Of Conservatism In True Blue Hawaii A look at the state’s history shows that homegrown support for Donald Trump and extreme right-wing organizations didn’t materialize overnight.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/03/ben-lowenthal-the-surprising-persistence-of-conservatism-in-true-blue-hawaii/
AP Decision Note: What to expect in Hawaii’s Democratic presidential caucuses
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/05/hawaii-news/ap-decision-note-what-to-expect-in-hawaiis-democratic-presidential-caucuses/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii Lawmakers Take Campaign Money From Hawaiian Electric But Don’t Own Its Stock 0 The total of individual political donations by executives matches the spending by the utility’s political action committee.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/03/hawaii-lawmakers-take-campaign-money-from-hawaiian-electric-but-dont-own-its-stock/
We’re Still Waiting For These Simple Rule Changes To Improve The Legislature They seem like the low-hanging fruit of government reform proposals, but some legislative leaders aren’t so sure.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/03/were-still-waiting-for-these-simple-rule-changes-to-improve-the-legislature/
