Saturday, April 24
Legislature agrees on funding to end school furloughs
The Hawaii State Legislature has agreed on a bill that will provide funding to restore educational furlough days for the remainder of this school year and through next year, using $67,000,000 from the Hurricane Relief Fund... Read more
Monday, February 1
Senate Committees to twitter hearing updates
The Senate announced today that several committees will be participating in a pilot project using Twitter to provide real-time updates on the progress of committee hearings. The Senate Committees on Higher Education (HRE), Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN), and Health (HTH) will be sending messages to let followers know that the hearing has convened, the bill or measure being discussed, and when the hearing adjourns. View full article
Friday, January 29
Sustainability
Sustainability is on the minds of all
in the state. Senators participated in
a pilot paperless effort, reducing
their consumption by millions of
pages. As a result, all public
documents are now available online. Read more
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