Whoof. I have been spending so much time this session shepherding the Women’s Legislative Caucus and other bills that I have fallen down on my writing. With apologies for a belated post, here is the comparison of how you voted to how I voted. Also a short update on the current status of the five […]
2018 Legislative Survey Results Are Here!
Mahalo to everyone who submitted a survey. Over 700 people respond this year! I greatly appreciate your input, especially from the many people who took extra time to write comments. The survey results are below. But first, some highlights from the comments: Price of Paradise Many people had a hard time picking just one […]
Hawaii’s Economy
I’m working on my annual start-of-Session mailer, and was doing some research. I came across a comparison of Hawaii’s economy and the US as a whole. In 2016, the largest industry in Hawaii was finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing. The second largest industry was government. The largest contributor to real GDP growth in […]
How do you write a bill?
Bills that one group or another brings to the legislature often die. It’s time to try working together before the session to write legislation.
There’s Nothing Special About Calling a Session to Bail out Rail
We got an email from Senate President’s office asking for our availability for a Special Session in late July/August. The email stressed that there is no agreement on calling a Special Session or on a bill. Yet. But I doubt we’d be getting the email if there weren’t some level of agreement. In May, right […]
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