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Entries from October 6th, 2009

Judicial Selection Commission extends deadline for Chief Justice nominations following legal challenge

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

The Judicial Selection Commission yesterday announced that it has extended the deadline for nominations for the position of Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. The announcement came in a brief press release. The position is expected to open up next year following the retirement of Ronald Moon. The extended deadline follows the lawsuit filed [...]

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Lingle administration continues to create new positions while demanding concessions from current employees

October 6th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Politics

Here’s an interesting message in the form of a letter to the leadership of the HGEA. It was copied to me, as well as to legislative leaders, by someone within the State Department of Health. It sheds light on how the Lingle administration is, one the one hand, telling the world the financial sky is [...]

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Does a notice received on Monday for a Thursday meeting constitute 6-day notice?

October 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics, Sunshine

There’s an interesting story by Diana Leone in today’s Honolulu Advertiser describing ongoing efforts to make more Kauai County documents available online. Meanwhile, although Honolulu has had a robust online delivery system for some time, there are still issues to be dealt with in the transition from paper to online access, since the law was [...]

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