Raises considered despite tough times
By Nancy Cook Lauer; West Hawaii Today; January 19, 2017 HILO — Top-to-bottom raises are being considered for county officials and employees, despite a hiring freeze as fixed costs for retirees [...]
Why Hasn’t Hawaii Hired A Chief Negotiator For Union Talks?
By Chad Blair; Civil Beat; January 5, 2017 Gov. David Ige has still not found a chief labor negotiator even though he is involved in sensitive talks with six public-sector unions. That is not [...]
Pension fund investment loss brings a call for heads to roll
By Kevin Dayton; Star Advertiser; January 6, 2017 House Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke says someone in the leadership of the public employees pension fund should resign after the fund posted what [...]
Lawmakers pummel Ige’s budget proposal
By Kevin Dayton; Star Advertiser; January 6, 2017 Gov. David Ige’s proposed budget came under attack Thursday during its first public vetting of the year, with House Finance Committee Chairwoman [...]
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii selected to run Maui state hospitals
PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS; LORNI ELENI GILL; SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 The Hawaii Health Systems Corp.’s Maui Regional System Board announced Wednesday that it has selected Kaiser Permanente to enter [...]