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April 22, 2009
Governor Lingle will sign SB190 SD1 HD2, which would allow private-pay individuals to live in the same care home. Mrs. Terry Kaide, who will benefit from this bill by being allowed to reside in the same care home as her husband of 63 years, will be present for the bill signing.
April 8, 2009
Governor Lingle and Carl Caliboso, chair of the Public Utilities Commission, announce a new administrator for the Hawai`i Energy Efficiency Program. The program encourages the aggressive implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency programs.
March 31, 2009
Attorney General Mark Bennett Watch remarks from Attorney General Mark Bennett regarding the United States Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that Hawai`i is entitled to sell or transfer ceded lands that were conveyed to the state by the federal government upon statehood in 1959.
March 31, 2009
Governor Lingle testifies before the Senate Ways and Means Committee on the Administration's proposed budget plan to close the latest $255 million revenue shortfall projected by the Council on Revenues for the remainder of the current fiscal year (FY09) and the biennium fiscal years 2010 through 2011.
March 27, 2009
Governor Lingle delivers her opening remarks at the FIRST in Hawai`i Robotics Competition.
March 25, 2009
Governor Lingle outlines her latest financial plan to close the revenue shortfall for fiscal years 2009 – 2011 projected by the Council on Revenues in its March 12, 2009 forecast.
March 17, 2009
Governor Lingle, legislators and energy industry officials provide an update on the progress of the Hawai`i Clean Energy Initiative, an unprecedented partnership formed one year ago between the State of Hawai`i and the U.S. Department of Energy to work toward having 70 percent of Hawai`i's energy come from clean sources by the year 2030.
