By Kauai Garden Isle Newspaper Writer Nathan Eagle
Local gasoline consumers may feel better protected from price gouging knowing the oil industry watchdog in Hawai‘i is now fully funded.
Senate President Colleen Hanabusa today announced that three state senators will voluntarily shift their committee assignments for the next legislative session, and a new committee will be created.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing advanced legislation on March 16th to help keep the Kukui Gardens housing complex affordable for its nearly 2,500 residents. Kukui Gardens’ owners agreed to provide local residents with affordable housing until 2011 as a condition for initial funding they received from HUD 36 years ago. The Committee recommended passage of SCR58, SR37 and HB2239.
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