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23 Feb 2009, 6:07 pm
No. 40, a resolution "Urging the Governor and the Attorney General to withdraw the appeal to the United States Supreme Court of the Hawaii State Supreme Court decision, Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 10:50 am
The State has filed the final brief in the "ceded lands" case, Hawaii v. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 4:05 am
Last month, responding to a complaint by the ACLU, the Hawaii state Senate voted to end the practice of opening its sessions with prayer. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 11:33 am
According to this KHON story, the Hawaii Law Enforcement Coalition's "2009 legislative package" calls for a state constitutional amendment that would "better align" Hawaii search and seizure and/or evidence law with federal law.I want to see the proposal before saying much about it, but I can't imagine I would support a measure preventing the state from affording greater rights than whatever the U.S. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 1:01 am
Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 18, 1959 which allowed for Hawaiian statehood, and after a popular referendum in which over 93% voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on this day in history. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 9:00 am
Hawaii’s legislature joined six other states Wednesday, approving same- sex civil unions. [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 11:31 am
Abercrombie, challenging Article 1,Section 23 of the Hawaii Constitution, which provides that “[t]he legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite sex couples,” and Hawaii Revised Statutes § 572-1, which states that marriage “shall be only between a man and a woman,” on grounds that they violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States Constitution. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 5:11 pm
The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed the first case of rat lungworm disease in the state this year in an adult resident of West Hawaii on Hawaii Island. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 6:58 am
Nago without issuing an opinion, upholding the Hawaii state legislature's redistricting plan. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 9:26 am
At that time it looked like Hawaii's courts might decide that it was unconstitutional for the state to deny same-sex couples the ability to marry, so the voters approved an amendment that stripped the courts of the ability to decide the issue of marriage, giving the power instead to the legislature (not the governor) to decide what protections and recognition to provide same-sex couples. [read post]
7 Apr 2018, 5:20 am
Hawaii also limits MAID to those over 21 years old instead of 18 like other states. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 8:42 am
The state-level EITC passed in Hawaii is based on the federal credit, with the state credit awarding 20 percent of value of the federal credit the taxpayer receives. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 9:01 pm
If the State court in Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage, homosexual couples from other states around the country will fly to Hawaii and marry. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 11:17 pm
This results in a substantial loss of tax revenues for the State and provides an unfair advantage to out-of-state retailers at the expense of local businesses.SB 1355 statesThe purpose of this Act is to adopt changes to Hawaii's tax law that will allow Hawaii to participate in the national streamlined sales and use tax agreement. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 5:09 am
Should this bill pass, Hawaii will join several other states with similar laws, including Virginia. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 5:09 am
Should this bill pass, Hawaii will join several other states with similar laws, including Virginia. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 5:09 am
Should this bill pass, Hawaii will join several other states with similar laws, including Virginia. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 7:30 pm
Sierra Club argues that the reclassification violated Article XI, Section 3 of the Hawaii State Constitution, which provides that the “State shall conserve and protect agricultural lands,” and that “[t]he legislature shall provide standards and criteria,” to implement this provision. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 6:32 pm
So, just in case you were wondering what new and important cases were issued by the Hawaii courts this year, you are in luck if you are a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association's Real Property and Financial Services Section. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 7:08 am
Hawaii’s Senate Bill 1474 would raise the state’s sales tax from 4 percent to 4.5 percent, to provide $350 million in a dedicated education fund. [read post]
