Hawaii Legislature
PAR will be on Hawaii Island, October 29-November 1st
Our Neighbor Island Outreach starts today on Maui! We’ll be on Maui this week (Oct 15-18), on Kaua’i next week (Oct. 23-25), and on Hawaii Island two weeks from today (Oct 29-Nov 1). We’re bringing two new presentations with us this year. Hope to see you at one of our events.
Maui workshops
With session just over 3 months away, PAR is starting its outreach workshops. Know someone on Maui who wants to know more about adding their voice to the State legislative process? Let them know we’ll be there October 15-18.
Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Applications
While we don’t know exactly when the application for Grant-in-Aid (GIA) funds will be available, we do know the deadline to complete and submit them — 4:30 p.m. on January 22, 2016.
The GIA application and instructions will be posted on the Legislature’s website (capitol.hawaii.gov) sometime the week of December 21st. To find them, just click on the “Legislative Information” bar on the right, and…
Read more… Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Applications
First Lateral — 58% Survive
Last Friday, February 15th, was the First Lateral deadline — now all bills must be in the last committee to which they’ve been referred in their originating chamber. Otherwise, barring extraordinary measures, they’re dead. (Or, more accurately, “zombified” until next year’s session.)
You can take a look at which’ve survived — and how they’ve morphed — by going to the “Reports and Lists”…
Read more… First Lateral — 58% Survive