Legislature Overrides Ige's Objections, Defunds Tourism Authority - Honolulu Civil Beat
Legislature Overrides Ige’s Objections, Defunds Tourism Authority
Lawmakers overrode five of the governor’s vetoes on Tuesday, including a bill that will require disclosure of COVID-19 cases in public schools.
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In a rare rebuke of a Democratic governor, lawmakers on Tuesday overrode five measures that Gov. David Ige vetoed, among them a bill that would yank dedicated funding for the state’s tourism marketing agency and change the formula for how counties get tourism tax dollars.
The Legislature also overrode the governor’s decision to veto bills that would exempt candidates from certain political advertising disclosures and require the state education department to report cases of COVID-19 in schools.