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Hawaii daily news roundup

95 Hawaii schools given approval to increase instructional time



The state Board of Education last night approved 95 schools' requests to convert teacher training days into instructional days, an action that restores as many as six classroom days that would have been lost because of staff furloughs.
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Lawmakers still cool to session on schools



House leaders again resisted calls for a special legislative session to deal with public schools, asking instead for a reopening of the state teachers' contract to restore classroom time being lost to furloughs.
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Vaccine push


About 75,000 children and at least 10,000 staff and faculty members have been vaccinated in this year's seasonal flu school clinics, and state health officials hope to see the turnout repeated in H1N1 school clinics starting next Friday.   Read More
Fort Hood massacre shocks Hawaii troops


Hawaii soldiers reacted with a mixture of shock and sadness as news of the shooting spree at Fort Hood unfolded yesterday, and some thought that it could just as easily happen here.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.   Read More
Governor Photo

 

Gov. Linda Lingle (R)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: December 2010

 

State capital: Honolulu
State nickname: The Aloha State
Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona Jr. (R)
Hawaii has no secretary of state position
Attorney General Mark J. Bennett (R)
Senate President: Colleen Hanabusa (D)
House Speaker: Calvin Say (D)
 
   


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