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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

No town hall meetings, but federal seed money, cops do Vegas, tax amnesty brings millions, more news

Being surrounded by beautiful orchids just makes you feel good, and the Hilo Orchid Society did themselves proud at the 57th Annual Show and Sale at the Edith Kanaka'ole Multi-Purpose Stadium last week.

Hawai'i's congressional delegation isn't holding health care town hall meetings during the August recess.A Web search shows Hawai'i is the only state that hasn't had the public town hall forums this month.

What happened in Vegas this weekend won't stay in Vegas for two Honolulu police officers, and that worries some fellow officers.


The state Department of Taxation collected $14.4 million from 870 delinquent taxpayers in fiscal year 2009 through the Tax Fresh Start Program, more than double the amount officials originally projected.

Since the new Maui County ordinance intended to clarify and speed up the bed-and-breakfast permitting system went into effect in January, 33 percent of the applicants - so far - have received licenses to open their homes and ohanas to guests, Planning Director Jeff Hunt said

Public seed initiative gets federal funding to move forward with plan
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Nancy Cook Lauer has 30-plus years experience as a journalist, winning national and state awards for newspapers in Florida and Hawaii. She publishes a daily state government news aggregate and commentary blog, All Hawaii News. Vice President of the Hawaii SPJ chapter as well as Secretary of the Big Island Press Club, Lauer has a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, summa cum laude, from Old Dominion University. She earned her reporting chops covering the 2000 Bush v. Gore presidential election at Florida's ground zero and was recently honored with a Torch of Light award and a Hawaii state Senate commendation for uncovering questionable spending practices in local government.
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