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‘They’re all thinking about it’

By DAN NAKASO Honolulu Star-Advertiser Democratic and nonpartisan elected officials across the state are quietly calculating the financial and political costs of challenging Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke by the June 2 filing deadline while suspicions swirl whether Luke is the target of an ongoing investigation byHawaii’s attorney general. “Believe me when I say they’re all thinking about it,” said one well-connected political insider who did not want to be identified. “It’s neighbor…Read more

Revamped HI-5 program proposed

A measure to boost redemption rate for beverage containers draws mixed testimony By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser A plan to restructure Hawaii’s highly criticized beverage container deposit and redemption program is being considered at the state Legislature. A committee in the House of Representatives advanced a bill Wednesday that proposes replacing the state Department of Health as the recycling program’s administrator with a nonprofit representing beverage container producers…Read more

Initial ‘Green Fee’ projects are caught in funding predicament

By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu star-Advertiser Gov. Josh Green is proposing to use debt instead of new special tax revenue to pay for an initial 18 “Green Fee” environmental improvement projects costing $42.2 million. The plan, which has aggravated some state lawmakers, would increase Green Fee project costs due to the interest on such debt while also freeing up a stream of cash specifically created for such projects to instead potentially fund other state needs. Using general obligation…Read more

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