Despite Budget Woes, This Legislative Session Held Bright Spots For Local Ag - Honolulu Civil Beat
Many legislators voted to create a more sustainable, resilient Hawaii.
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Micah Munekata is director of government affairs at Ulupono Initiative.
The role that local farmers and the agricultural industry play in Hawaii’s push toward greater sustainability and resilience cannot be overstated. If anything, the ongoing pandemic has shown just how critical their roles are to both individual families struggling to put food on the table and to the Islands as a whole.
During the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers faced tough decisions to balance the state’s crippled budget, which inevitably led to department and agency cuts. At the Department of Agriculture important resources were subsumed to fill the many budget shortfalls.
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HONOLULU The Hawaii House on Tuesday quashed a bill that would have eliminated no-knock warrants, a centerpiece of police reform legislation proposed in the wake of high-profile killings by police across the nation.
Hawaii lawmakers introduced the bill after learning about the death of Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky, emergency medical worker who was shot after detectives busted down her apartment door in the middle of the night.
The bill would have required law enforcement to declare who they are and what they are doing when they serve a warrant, and then to wait 30 seconds before they enter a house, store, or other building. The legislation would have required officers to wear uniforms and body cameras when serving warrants.
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