Hawaii Government News

Gov. Linda Lingle's senior policy adviser said yesterday that the governor's offer to reduce teacher furloughs stands, so if teachers want to preserve planning days instead of swapping them with furlough days, they would have to come in on their own time.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association said today it has "major concerns" about Gov.

The state teacher's union said its members are willing to work on furlough days, but only if they get paid.

Four years after a luxurious trip to Asia, the State Auditor says Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Director, Ted Liu, should be fired.

Leaders of Hawaii state House and Senate on Friday announced they have agreed to hold a special session on Gov.

Both legislative chambers plan to reduce costs by 14 percent of payroll. All permanent, full-time House personnel will suffer a 5 percent pay reduction.

Moving toward consensus, state House and Senate leaders told Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday that state lawmakers are willing to return in special session and tap the rainy day fund to reduce teacher furloughs.

Once again, the children of Hawaii are being short-changed. But this time it is potentially endangering them in their own homes.

It is good news that Gov. Linda Lingle will tap the rainy day fund to restore teacher furlough days.

Hawaii's Department of Transportation is setting out across the state to hold public hearings on proposed increases to harbor tariffs.

President Barack Obama's selection of Honolulu as the 2011 host of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation will be a major boost in the state's recovery from the present economic doldrums.

Linda Lingle. United Public Workers, which represents blue-collar state employees, had sued Lingle over her plans to fire 1,100 state workers.

If you eat fish to gain the heart-health benefits of its omega-3 fatty acids, baked or boiled fish is better than fried, salted or dried, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.

Hawaii's leaders are finally agreeing on a way to end the state's cut in school days to the lowest in the nation, but it probably won't happen before students lose several more instructional days.

The 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting in Honolulu will be the largest intergovernmental meeting of world leaders in the state's history, according to the president of the East-West Center, who played a key role in coordinating the bid.

Gov. Linda Lingle's plan to restore school classroom days may not provide enough cash to eliminate all 27 furlough days she wants, Hawaii Schools Superintendent Pat Hamamoto said.

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STOCKHOLM - Sweden is returning 22 skulls taken from a native Hawaiian community at a solemn ceremony at Stockholm's Museum of National Antiquities.

No one has responded to Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona's calls for meetings between the Hawaii teachers union and public school officials to halt the ongoing teacher furloughs.