Showing posts with label salaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salaries. Show all posts
Monday, April 7, 2025

Changes to coastal permits in the works, interisland shipping costs could increase by 20% or more, huge raises coming to Maui officials, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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State considers changes to permit process for coastal single-family homes. Lawmakers are advancing a bill to amend the permitting process f...
Monday, March 31, 2025

$11B Ala Wai flood control project stalls, interim Kauai police chief named, Maui council tepid on vacation rental conversion plan, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Concerns raised over Ala Wai flood control project’s $11.1B price tag . A decades-old plan to protect Waikiki and neighboring communities ag...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Legislature unlikely to hold public hearings on big pay hikes, first $1.5M payment made to Maui victim's estate, suspect dead in Big Island police shooting, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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 Lawmakers Likely To Let Big Pay Raises Take Effect Without Public Hearings. There is still time for the Legislature to hold public hearing...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Gov. Green tries conciliatory approach with Trump, state officials to see 40% raises, Honolulu leaders get misdemeanor sentences in plea deal, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Green looks for common ground with Trump to help Hawaii. Gov. Josh Green said he has chosen a more conciliatory, collaborative approach wit...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Public opposes state lawmaker pay hikes, Honolulu police union approves Covid hazard pay, Trump targets agency administering $1.6B for Maui recovery, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Proposed pay hikes for state leaders spark outrage. State legislators meet once a year for 60 business days from mid-January to late April ...
Friday, June 7, 2024

COVID rising quickly, Honolulu salaries amendment set for ballot, government rests case in Miske trial, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Hospitalizations, ER visits quickly rising in Hawaii due to COVID . On Wednesday the state Department of Health reported that a weekly avera...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Legislative session good for tourism authority, vehicle insurance could rise, three-strikes bill advances, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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This legislative session has been good for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. For the first time in two years, the agency is not only getting fu...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Marcos describes Pacific tensions during Honolulu visit, Maui fire lawsuit defendant seeks change of venue, 22% raises mulled for Big Island officials, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Tensions in Pacific ‘more dire,’ Marcos says in Waikiki speech. Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.  arrived Saturday in H...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Lawsuit dropped after Green revises housing proclamation, Maui releases 2018 wildfire after-action report, Hawaii County officials in line for raises, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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Gov. Josh Green revamps housing proclamation. Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday issued a third emergency proclamation to stimulate development of ...