Hawaii State Government Deficit

Lawmakers closed a projected $1 billion gap for the 2012-2013 fiscal years through a combination of higher taxes and fees, raiding of special funds, labor savings and cuts to state departments.

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John Radcliffe — Prophet or Pariah? Hawaii Completes $1.3 Billion Bond Sale — Largest in State History At Least 3 Hawaii Lawmakers Give Back, Donate Pay Raises Analysis: Budgets Swell for All but Two Hawaii Depts. Hawaii Schools Face $16 Million Cut, Possibly More Hawaii Loses Substitute Teacher Class Action Suit, Could Owe $70 Million Pay Raises for Hawaii Lawmakers Still on Table Lawmakers Come up With Bare-Bones Budget Hawaii to Drain Hurricane Fund to Cover Shortfall Hawaii GET Exemptions on the Chopping Block Hawaii Lawmakers Will Hammer Out State Budget Over Next Week Hawaii House GOP Proposes Budget Fixes Hawaii's Budget Options: Raid Special Funds or Freeze Spending Hawaii Bucks National Trend: Tax Collections Up Hawaii's New Budget Deficit: $1.3 Billion Calvin Say Supporters Bring Home The Bacon Online Travel Companies Owe Hawaii $170 Million In Unpaid Taxes Council on Revenues: Rosy Growth Rate A Red Herring Senate Money Chairman: Hawaii House Budget 'No Longer Valid' Hawaii Lawmakers Expected to Raid Special Funds to Close Gap Bill Watch: Taxes and Fees at the Halfway Point Bad News: Hawaii's Budget Gap Nears $1 Billion Hawaii House Agrees On $10.9 Billion Budget Honolulu to State: There's No Rail Money for You Revised Pension Tax Would Affect Less Than 1 Percent of Taxpayers Let's Address Root Causes of Hawaii's Financial Woes Hawaii Could Cut Public Workers' Bargaining Rights Abercrombie Proposes Raising Spending On Operations, Construction Senate Slashes Gov's Plan to Tax Pensions Lawmakers Back Off Abercrombie's Call for Pension Reform Gov's 60-40 Healthcare Split Moves Forward Abercrombie Running Low on Cash, Seeks Extra $1M Bill Watch: Taxes and Fees How Much Will Gov. Abercrombie's Proposed Tax Hikes Cost You? Abercrombie Wants to Double Vehicle Weight Tax Money Woes Not a Priority For Health Fund Trustees Abercrombie Plan Raises Taxes, Cuts Services Human Services Doesn't Know Where It'll Cut Delaying Hawaii's Tax Refunds Seen as a One-Time Deal Abercrombie's New Day Runs into Budget Sinkhole Abercrombie Inherits Pile of Lawsuits Lingle Administration Won't Release Emergency Funds State Violates Balanced-Budget Requirement Government Official Spends 25 Minutes Talking About Why He Can't Talk UPDATE: Aiona Does The Right Thing UPDATE: Hot Off the Press: Official Report on State Revenues Projections The Ticker: Money Stories From Around The Web For Tuesday, June 1 UPDATE: Our Economy Is Up, Really? Another Look At Economic Projections Frozen Investments Could Have Helped Solve State Budget Crisis How The State Auditor Determined Frozen Investments Included General Funds UPDATE: State issued 3,500 tax refunds totaling about $21 million UH Professors Guaranteed Raises Despite Economy UPDATE: State Will Begin Issuing Delayed Tax Refunds UPDATE: Hundreds Of Hawaii Nonprofits Could Lose Tax Exemptions Today State Banking on Economic Recovery To Pay Its Bills No Strings on Tourism Tax, A "Double-Edge Sword" For Counties If Hawaii Doesn't Pay Now, Will It Have To Pay More Later? Feds: Union Wrong, Teachers Can Work Legally For Free UPDATE: How To Follow Unemployment Numbers in Hawaii UPDATE: Color By Numbers. Or Is It Numbers By Color? Nonprofits Can't Escape GET, Despite "Tax-Exempt" Status UPDATE: The House on the House Budget	FACT CHECK — Abercrombie: Hawaii Finances in the Black for First Time in 3 Years Abercrombie: Projection of Deficit Was 'Considerably Less' in October 2010 Abercrombie: "We Will Not Be Raising Any Taxes"	Undermining Economic Recovery Discussion: Money Why Hawaii Needs A State Bank Clawing for the Last Dime at the Hawaii Legislature Bringing Home The Bacon — The Raw Numbers Off The Beat: Abercrombie's Happy News Hawaii Ranks Near Top for Debt and Pension Liability Abercrombie Responds to Civil Beat Fact Check Hawaii's Unemployment Well Runs Dry Wasting away again at the Ala Wai

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