PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014
Bill to Establish Safe Havens for Young People Fails Again
It would have created a network of locations where teens or young adults could receive services.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
The Projector: Near Session’s End, Rallies and Dealmaking at the Capitol
Punchbowl Street has seen a lot of activity in recent days, both inside and outside the Hawaii Capitol building.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
New Year, New Governor, New Deal for Turtle Bay Preservation
UPDATED: Gov. David Ige pushes a plan to preserve 635.3 acres on the North Shore. The Hawaii Legislature would have to sign off on the financing before the session ends.
Sex Trafficking Bill Passes Committee, Heads for Floor Votes
The measure would replace the charge of “promoting prostitution” with the term “sex trafficking.”
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Galuteria Should Keep His Seat, Senate Special Committee Says
The senator has been under fire from critics who say he doesn’t live in his Kakaako district and wrongly claimed tax exemptions.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries: ‘Time Is Running Out’
The gap is wide between House and Senate versions of a bill to give patients a legal way to buy marijuana, and only two days left to compromise.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Efforts to Make Hawaii Less of the Cesspool Capital Mostly Fail
An attempt to ban construction of new cesspools has already died, but another bill would give homeowners up to $10,000 to upgrade to other sewage systems.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Hawaii Senator Offers Poetic Recap of 2015 Session
With the legislative session drawing to a close next week, Sen. Will Espero delivered a poem summing it all up.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Deal on Honolulu Rail Tax Remains Up in the Air
State lawmakers can’t agree on how best to help the city shore up a $910 million shortfall using General Excise Tax dollars, and they only have until Friday to figure it out.
Hawaii Senator Stands Firm on Limiting Payday Loan Interest Rate
Sen. Rosalyn Baker reinserted a 36 percent annual percentage rate cap in a bill to crack down on predatory lending.