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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Free buses continue on Big Island, Lehua rats, Senate ponders special session on furloughs

Mayor Billy Kenoi is asking the Hawaii County Council to extend free countywide bus service for another year.

Lawmakers are considering a special session to end furlough Fridays

The state Senate is responding to the school furloughs by forming a committee.

The Honolulu City Council last night voted 5-3 to approve a bill designed to shield owner-occupants from larger property tax increases by creating a new category just for them.

Is it still “public access” if it goes through privately owned property?

New bed-and-breakfasts would be allowed up to a certain number, with other restrictions in place aimed at preventing communities from losing a residential feel, under a proposal advanced by the City Council.

Habitat-restoration biologists in August discovered more rats on Lehua, an uninhabited island near Ni‘ihau, and plans are to eradicate the feral animals within two to three weeks, a federal spokesperson said Tuesday.

A dentists convention, a string of Japanese holidays and deep discounts on hotel rooms helped propel Hawaii to its third consecutive month of growing visitor arrivals in September.

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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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