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A proposal to remove the $250,000 salary cap for the state superintendent of Hawaii’s public schools and allow the amount to be set by the state Board of Education passed out of a divided state House Education Committee on Monday, despite opposition via dozens of pieces of testimony and “no” votes by two former teachers on the committee.
The governor has put 30 bills on his intent to veto list. He'll finalize the list by July 12.
A measure to let people accused of nonviolent misdemeanors go free without bail will be put to a final vote in the House and Senate next week.
Hawaii Asset Forfeiture Reform Appears Dead This Year - Honolulu Civil Beat But lawmakers have agreed to Honolulu shoulder the costs for emergency services. Reading time: 5 minutes. An effort to make it harder for law enforcement agencies to seize property used in alleged crimes has stalled this legislative session after House and Senate lawmakers failed to reach agreement on the reform measure. Hawaii has long been criticized for its asset forfeiture statutes, which allow police to seize and sell property if they believe it may have been used in a crime. In 2015, the State Auditor found tha...
Feeding Feral Chickens Could Result In $500 Penalty - Honolulu Civil Beat A bill before the Hawaii Legislature also calls for Health Department and county police enforcement. Reading time: 2 minutes. Residents and tourists in Kailua and Kauai, among other areas of the islands, have been complaining for years about the growing presence of flocks of wild fowl. “The feral birds are everywhere, eating garbage and cat food and being fed by tourists,” The New York Times reported a few years back. And here’s what Civil Beat contributor Kirsten Downey wrote in 2017: “Whole families of birds ...