The public school teachers in Hawaiʻi voted 92% in favor of ratifying a new 4-year agreement, which will begin July 1, 2023, according to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.
He settlement, which covers 13,500 teachers represented by the union, was announced on April 17 by Gov. Josh Green, Department of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association president Osa Tui, Jr.
Hawaii Will Collect More Taxes Than Expected, State Panel Says - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Will Collect More Taxes Than Expected, State Panel Says
The state Council on Revenues says Hawaii will collect $300 million more in taxes this year than previously projected. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Gov. David Ige and state lawmakers received some welcome news Thursday as a panel of experts that projects state tax collections revised one of its most gloomy predictions.
The state Council on Revenues now believes the state general treasury will receive about $300 million more in the next six months than the council had projected last year. That will help with the state budget crunch caused by the COVID-19 recession.