• Senate: Gender-based Violence Prevention - Substitute Amendment
• House: Budget Submission Requirement - Final Passage

...advocates could potentially use these new data from the Department of Education to support a civil rights complaint....

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...Recktenwald delivered his biennial State of the Judiciary address on the Judiciary’s new YouTube channel....

The bill, named after – indeed, written by – the Aerosmith frontman, could punish anyone who takes a photograph of a celebrity in public. That includes a tourist who takes out her iPhone to snap a pic of an aging rocker, or perhaps the Obama family....

...the United States has more than a century’s worth of natural gas beneath its soil....

...states that have enacted malpractice reforms experienced a mere 2 percent to 5 percent reduction in health care spending compared to states that have not....

Candidate filing is open through Friday, February 15, 2013 for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections. Candidates may register online at the NB election webpage....

How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam?  -- By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand Paul....

...everything is on the table from an increase in the general excise tax rate to fund education to new fees on cell phone use to the administration’s proposals to tax sugary drinks and single-use bags....

...Somebody is playing a joke on Sen Thielen, making her oppose her previous proposal....

Positions remaining to be filled are:

• Director of Budget and Fiscal Services
• Director of Information Technology
• Medical Examiner

"The most recent annual evaluation for certain employees date back to 1998...."

"Seeing it first hand myself was stunning. That even at the highest levels of enforcement, the Attorney General himself...."

...Five of his brothers and sisters opposed his appointment and not only communicated with the Mayor and county council to voice their thoughts, but filed a complaint with the attorney disciplinary board....

For the freedom to marry (undermine the nuclear family) to advance this year, a hearing on the marriage bill must be on the legislative calendar by Tuesday....

Just bluff an increase in TAT and they all line up in favor of extending the ‘temporary’ 9.25% rate....

"Given the magnitude of the contract, we want to make sure the vendor has the capacity to perform." -- HART Finance Committee Chairman Don Hor­ner

The tax credit for photovoltaic systems will be incrementally phased down from 30 percent of the actual cost to 15 percent over the next 5 years....

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