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13 Jun 2010, 12:35 pm
AP reported yesterday that Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, who is Jewish and is a Republican, has recently met with two rabbis as she is considering whether to sign or veto HB 444, a bill passed by the Hawaii legislature that allows civil unions for same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 3:41 am
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.... [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 9:30 pm
Linda Lingle on Thursday selected Katherine Leonard to serve as Hawaii’s next chief justice.Leonard, currently an associate judge on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, would be the first woman to serve as chief justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.If confirmed by the state Senate, Leonard will succeed outgoing Chief Justice Ronald Moon, who will retire in September at age 70, as mandated by state law. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 9:03 pm
Neil Abercrombie, No. 30052, the second opinion arising from former Governor Linda Lingle's furlough of state employees three days per month by executive order in June 2009. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 6:19 pm
I’m sitting here looking at the seal of Hawaii, soon to be occluded by the Governor, Linda Lingle, who’s set to make her announcement. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 9:04 am
Linda Lingle and Mark Bennett - The comments made by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) in Saturday's newspaper, that the State's legal position regarding ceded lands has changed, is untrue. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 7:24 pm
(Dale Carpenter) The veto by Linda Lingle, a Republican, came after the bill had passed the state house, 31–20, and the state senate, 18–7. [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 7:57 pm
Today, on the same day that the Honolulu Advertiser reported that 1 in 6 Hawaii workers were either unemployed or underemployed in 2009, Governor Linda Lingle signed House Bill 2169, which will lower Hawaii employers’ unemployment insurance taxes for 2010 and 2011. [read post]
18 Jun 2010, 12:50 am
Quietly and despite Governor Linda Lingle's veto, the Hawaii legislature has brought back the Hawaii estate tax effective for deaths occurring between May 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:50 am
The complaint, filed on behalf of six same-sex couples, was in response to the veto of legislation [JURIST report] earlier this month by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) [official website] that would have created same-sex civil unions. [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 5:28 am
Russell Pang, Chief of Media Relations for the Office of the Governor, in Hawaii Reporter - Governor Linda Lingle today nominated Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Rom Alex Trader to serve as a judge of the First Circuit Court (O‘ahu). [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 7:12 am
[JURIST] Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) [official website] on Tuesday vetoed [statement of veto, PDF] a bill [HB 444 text, PDF] that would have allowed same-sex civil unions [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 3:38 pm
Governor Linda Lingle nominated Associate Justice Mark Recktenwald to be the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 10:53 am
I was not aware that the revisions to the bill being discussed between Senator Akaka’s office and President Obama’s administration were not shared with Governor Linda Lingle. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 7:20 pm
Linda Lingle’s appointment of Honolulu District Judge Faauuga To'oto'o to a 10-year term on the circuit court bench.The appointment now goes to the full Senate for a vote tomorrow.The Hawaii State Bar Association’s board of directors voted that To’oto’o was “unqualified” for the Circuit Court, but did not disclose the reasons. [read post]
7 Aug 2010, 6:25 pm
Linda Lingle blasted the state Senate's rejection of Katherine Leonard as chief justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court yesterday, calling the 14 lawmakers who voted against her nominee hypocritical. [read post]
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 insured. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 6:57 pm
Senate candidate) Linda Lingle's recent statement, quoted by Honolulu Civil Beat: "I want to be clear on this point and on the record. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 4:00 am
Last year, former governor Linda Lingle vetoed a similar bill. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 8:38 pm
Linda Lingle signed a new law on Tuesday that makes it illegal to electronically harass or stalk someone using text messages or social networking Web sites. [read post]
