Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation - Honolulu Civil Beat
Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation
Two new reports reveal that the government agency has failed miserably in its critical mission to diversify ag.
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In 1992 Dole Food ended pineapple production on Lanai. Just two years later, Hilo Coast Processing shuttered its sugar operations for good, as did Hamakua Sugar, both on the Big Island.
Office of Mauna Kea Management
The University of Hawaii has responded to House Speaker Scott Saiki s call for it to end its management of state lands on Mauna Kea. Tuesday, Saiki said UH should ends its efforts to extend the current arrangement.
Yesterday, the university released a statement saying in part UH believes astronomy on Mauna Kea and in Hawaii will be put at significant risk if work on the new land authorization is stopped at this time with no clear alternative path forward.
The statement continued to say, similar ideas have been previously proposed in the legislature in past years with no result. This has created uncertainty and concern amongst the existing observatories and their national and international non-profit owners/sponsors regarding matters critical to their futures.
Saiki Wants To Take Mauna Kea Management Away From UH - Honolulu Civil Beat
Saiki Wants To Take Mauna Kea Management Away From UH
Details on a new governance committee proposed by the Hawaii House speaker that would investigate a new management structure have yet to be seen. Reading time: 6 minutes.
A top Hawaii lawmaker wants the University of Hawaii to step aside from managing Mauna Kea, the site of several prominent astronomy projects as well as Native Hawaiian-led protests that have halted construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
That conflict, House Speaker Scott Saiki said, is just one reason why governance of the mountain should be reorganized a feat that has eluded lawmakers but one he hopes to accomplish with a new, diverse working group.
Legislative Leaders: Pay Raises For State Workers May Be Tough This Year - Honolulu Civil Beat
Legislative Leaders: Pay Raises For State Workers May Be Tough This Year
The state’s agriculture development agency also is still a target of legislative scrutiny as is the state auditor. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Top Hawaii lawmakers have signaled that thousands of state workers shouldn’t expect pay increases anytime soon given the state’s historic budget shortfall.
The governor has introduced measures to fund pay increases for all public workers except police. Contract negotiations for those workers are likely to start this year, House Speaker Scott Saiki said.
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