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Hawaii House announces names of Mauna Kea working group
AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press
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HONOLULU (AP) House Speaker Scott Saiki on Monday announced the members of a working group that s been asked in a House resolution to develop recommendations for how to manage Mauna Kea the Big Island mountain that s seen conflict over the construction and operation of some of the world’s most advanced telescopes.
Three of the 15 group members were leaders of 2019 protests that blocked construction crews from reaching the mountain s summit to build the Thirty Meter Telescope. Four members are lawmakers, including the chairperson, Rep. Mark Nakashima, a Democrat whose Hilo district includes Mauna Kea.
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HONOLULU House Speaker Scott Saiki on Monday announced the members of a working group that’s been asked in a House resolution to develop recommendations for how to manage Mauna Kea the Big Island mountain that’s seen conflict over the construction and operation of some of the world’s most advanced telescopes.
Three of the 15 group members were leaders of 2019 protests that blocked construction crews from reaching the mountain’s summit to build the Thirty Meter Telescope. Four members are lawmakers, including the chairperson, Rep. Mark Nakashima, a Democrat whose Hilo district includes Mauna Kea.
“My community is depending on this working group to fulfill our mission. The residents of Hawaii Island have been engaged in this discussion for several years now, and the feeling is that they would like to see the issue resolved and hopefully we can move past this,” Nakashima said at a news conference.
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The Hawaii State Building in Wailuku is shown in this image taken Wednesday afternoon. Gov. David Ige announced Wednesday that state employees will be furloughed two days a month starting Jan. 1 as the state faces a major budget shortfall. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Thousands of state employees will be furloughed two days a month starting Jan. 1 as the state grapples with a budget crisis spurred by COVID-19.
About 10,160 executive-branch employees will be subject to the furloughs, which could save the state about $300 million if they continue for a year, Gov. David Ige said.
“I have taken every action possible to avoid furloughs because I know how hard this will be for employees and their families,” Ige said during a news conference Wednesday. “To those who say we can wait to implement these furloughs, I say any new federal stimulus funding we may receive will not make up for the massive budget shortfall we are presented with.”
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