Showing posts with label campaign finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign finance. Show all posts
Friday, April 11, 2025

Rep. Case angers fellow Dems with voter ID vote, cruise ship tax brings lawsuit threat, counties could lose affordable housing oversight, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Hawaiʻi Rep. Ed Case Angers Democrats Over ‘Proof Of Citizenship’ Vote. He was one of just four Democrats voting with all Republicans to pa...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Lawmakers tackle pay-to-play loophole, delivery surcharge for safe streets, year-round legislative session, fireworks regulations, plus more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Bill To Close Pay-To-Play Loophole In Hawaiʻi Moves To Full House. State legislators are seeking to close a 20-year-old loophole that has a...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Japanese tourism slow to recover, proposed constitutional amendment would limit campaign contributions, bills would speed development, oust homeless from bus stops, legalize recreational marijuana, ban flavored vapes, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Japanese visitors are still missing from Hawaiʻi's hospitality picture . Last year, the number of visitors who came to Hawaiʻi from Japa...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Tokuda out-raises Case for campaign funds, Cessna crash kills two near Honolulu airport, Kilauea activity increases, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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In Hawai‘i Congressional Fundraising, Tokuda Far Outraised Case . The first-term U.S. representative received most of her donations from ind...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Hawaii's homeless elders double, Maui Planning Commission approves short-term rental phaseout, government contractor influence persists in local politics, arson suspected in Kauai wildfire, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Along with Hawaii's general population getting older, there are more aging homeless residents. The number of Kupuna in shelters has mor...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Pay to Play persists at state Capitol, Gov. Green outlines path to renewable energy goal, Maui fire chief unveils wildfire after-action report, Navy nixes Oahu landfill site, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Inside the Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money.  For the better part of a decade, some of Hawaii’s most powerful peo...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Senators target Hawaii energy office for defunding, state mulls catastrophic insurance, litigation, investigations ramp up in Maui wildfire aftermath, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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State senators target Hawaii State Energy Office . A state agency directing Hawaii energy policy in areas including security, resiliency and...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Green links Lahaina fires to climate change at UN summit, super PAC uses Maui fires as fundraising tool, HART claims $580M surplus at rail's end, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Gov. Green links Lāhainā fires to climate change during UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit . Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green spoke Sunday at th...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Hawaii gets $115.5M to expand internet access, state website exposes Green's personal data, clean elections bill gutted, 2 Honolulu councilmen seek rejection of big raises, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Hawaii to expand internet access. The islands will embark on a furious new era of high-speed internet connectivity — free to low-income cust...