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21 Feb 2:00 pm
"Lingle urged to drop appeal": Today's edition of The Honolulu Advertiser contains an article that begins, "Office of Hawaiian Affairs
officials yesterday made a last-ditch effort to persuade Gov. Linda Lingle to set aside a U.S.
Supreme Court challenge over ceded lands, warning that it could have grave consequences to Hawaiians-only policies if the state is successful."
30 Dec, 2008 8:09 am
Lenny Klompus in Hawaii Reporter - Gov. Linda Lingle announced today that she granted pardons to six
individuals in 2008, in accordance with the power vested in her by the Hawai'i State Constitution (Article V, Section 5).
14 Jul, 2008 2:53 pm
... mail. But what if that e-mail was intentionally deleted or routinely purged? In Hawaii, Gov. Linda Lingle's office allowed e-mails of her top aide to be purged. In ... two women served as escorts for Awana and a Hawaii businessman on an official state trip
by Lingle to the Philippines. Awana resigned after Patkar's arrest, saying nothing about the case, but Lingle has denied that he did anything wrong on a state time. The Associated Press requested calendars and e-mails from Awana's government e-mail ...
1 Apr, 2008 12:23 pm
... it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection March 20 _ caused Republican Gov. Linda Lingle to
question whether its finances were as dire as it said. "Nobody can tell at this point if it's too late," Lingle said. State attorneys asked the
court not to approve any shutdown of the airline until it shows ... confidence to invest in Aloha's assets. About 1,900 employees may be affected by the shutdown, Lingle said. A government labor team will evaluate their job skills and determine what type ...
24 Jun 5:38 pm
VIDEO REPORT! An Open Communication to Governor Linda Lingle, Hawaii There is no evidence or proof
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30 Jun, 2008 11:55 am
Earlier this month, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle signed into law the Life Settlement Model Act (the
"Act"), which prohibits STOLI transactions, which are transactions that benefit people who have no insurable interest in the ... over life settlement brokers and providers. The Act took
effect immediately and is scheduled to terminate on June 30, 2010. Governor Lingle noted that the Act does not go far enough in protecting the
most vulnerable residents and she indicated that her administration will ...
5 Dec, 2008 8:58 am
... for a writ of mandamus sought by State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa and Senator Norman Sakamoto,[...]ordered Governor Linda
Lingle to replace six University of Hawai'i Regents within thirty days. According to the Star-Bulletin - The governor nominated ... council's
list who were confirmed by the Senate last year. One nominee, Kitty Lagaretta, was rejected by the Senate. But Lingle "held over" Lagaretta and
five other regents past the expiration of their terms. The court went on to direct the ...
22 Jan 5:55 am
Advertiser - Governor Linda Lingle today released a list of six judicial nominees that was provided
to her by the Judicial Selection Commission to fill the vacancy on the Hawai'i State Supreme Court created by the retirement of Associate Justice Steven Levinson. ... Lingle has 30 days from receipt of the list (January 20, 2009) to make her selection. Click through to the article for the list and professional bios.
19 Feb 5:47 pm
... court nod; Senate must approve governor's nomination of appeals court judge": Today's edition of The Honolulu Advertiser contains an article that begins, "Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday nominated Mark Recktenwald, chief judge on the state Intermediate Court of Appeals, to fill a
vacancy on the state Supreme Court." And The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports today that "Recktenwald likely headed to the state's highest court; Gov. Lingle praises her former Cabinet member's integrity."
19 Mar 3:41 am
Derrick DePledge - Gov. Linda Lingle will ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that
led to the shutdown of Hawaii Superferry, because the ruling could threaten other laws aimed at assisting particular groups. ... "The decision, we feel, was too broad," Lingle said. "It basically concluded that the Legislature can never do anything that favors one group over another. But that's what they do every day." ...
2 Jul 3:24 pm
... A. SAMPLE,Associated Press Writer HONOLULU (AP) - A state judge has blocked Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle from forcing public employees to take three unpaid days off per month. First Circuit Court Judge Karl K. Sakamoto issued a preliminary injunction
Thursday. He ruled that ... of more than 15,000 employees by about 14 percent. Attorney General Mark Bennett told the court that Lingle has the
right to furlough employees to relieve the state's more than $730 million budget deficit over ...
17 Jul, 2007 4:08 am
... administration's strictly partisan appointment criteria. "Republican or Democrat," one of them said, "it's just a label." There was no such griping during the conference's opening
ceremony Monday, though. Indeed, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle got a standing ovation - one of many -
before she even began her speech. After presentations of awards to various lawyers within the circuit and a movie celebrating Mary Schroeder's past seven years as chief judge, ...
10 Oct, 2007 11:33 am
... Superferry commencing operations: Hawai'i has had a reputation as having a bad business environment, though the climate has improved slightly in recent years as Gov. Linda Lingle's administration tries to advance the state as one that welcomes new businesses and works on solutions
to perennial business complaints, such as high workers' compensation costs. A ranking by the Tax Foundation for 2007 found Hawai'i had the 24th- ...
10 Oct, 2007 11:33 am
... Superferry commencing operations: Hawai'i has had a reputation as having a bad business environment, though the climate has improved slightly in recent years as Gov. Linda Lingle's administration tries to advance the state as one that welcomes new businesses and works on solutions
to perennial business complaints, such as high workers' compensation costs. A ranking by the Tax Foundation for 2007 found Hawai'i had the 24th- ...
2 Nov, 2007 4:25 pm
From today's Honolulu Advertiser: "Hawaii school board favors locker searches" The board voted 11-1 to allow locker searches "with or without cause," . . . The policy would take effect
following public hearings and a final board vote and if approved by Gov. Linda Lingle. . . . The lone
"no" vote was cast by board member Kim Coco Iwamoto. Friends of Kim Coco Iwamoto
16 Nov, 2007 7:28 am
... K. Akaka (D) 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6361 Fax: (202) 224-2126 E-mail: senator@akaka.senate.gov Web: http://akaka.senate.gov Governor
Honorable Linda Lingle Executive Chambers State Capitol Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: (808) 586-0034
E-mail: gov@hawaii.gov Web: http://www.hawaii.gov State Agency for People with Disabilities Francine Wai, Executive Director Disability and Communication Access ...
12 Jun, 2008 2:59 am
... here. Also on the same topic, Advertiser columnist Jerry Burris writes "Nothing is simple in land case," which starts off: Pity the legal eagles working for the state of Hawai'i
these days. On one side, they defend Gov. Linda Lingle's position that Hawaiians are owed a fair
settlement for the use of ceded lands, those 1.2 million to 1.6 million acres of former crown and government lands ceded in trust to the state in 1959. On the ...
3 Sep, 2008 7:50 pm
... Diggs. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to make her vice presidential acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota Wednesday somewhere
around 10 pm Eastern after Rudy Giuliani and Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle speak. Pundits are
expecting more people to tune in than they did for Barack Obama's Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech last week. Image: Wigwam Jones
17 Oct, 2008 8:00 pm
... After 7 Mos.Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched."And why is that, you ask?Regular readers no
doubt already know:"Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available
health care options for eliminating funding for the program."Not exactly a surprise, given the nature of the beast. When care is available for free, why would folks ...
15 Oct, 2008 10:53 am
... Gov. John Waihee, would served out his term and give the next governor a chance to replace him. ... With Levinson's early departure, Republican Gov. Linda Lingle will name his replacement, subject to Senate approval, from a list of candidates from the Judicial
Selection Commission. I'm not yet terribly well versed in the 'who's who and what's their jurisprudence' of the state judiciary. Following and blogging about the news ...
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