Hawaii on Tuesday June 30, 2009

Furloughs cut into state services
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt.
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HI: Candidate faults Lingle's leadership
By Derrick DePledge, The Honolulu Advertiser
U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, in a dig at Gov. Linda Lingle, said last night that bashing public-sector labor unions and making unilateral decisions is not the kind of leadership that can move the state forward.
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HI: Last warning -- Cell phone ban kicks in tomorrow
By Dan Nakaso, The Honolulu Advertiser
Sixteen-year-old Mikhail Han represents a new generation of O'ahu drivers who — beginning tomorrow — will grow up on an island where holding a cell phone will no longer be allowed behind the wheel.
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HI: Governor signs budget bill for fiscal years 2010, 2011
By Staff Writers, The Honolulu Advertiser
Gov. Linda Lingle has signed into law a state spending plan for the next two fiscal years that begins this week.
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HI: University of Hawaii sports down $2.58M
By Ferd Lewis, The Honolulu Advertiser
Battered by what he termed "one of the toughest economies we've ever faced as an athletic department," University of Hawai'i athletic director Jim Donovan said he expects to report a $2.58 million deficit for the fiscal year that closes today.
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HI: Abercrombie draws 1,100 at start of run for governor
By Richard Borreca, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie launched his campaign for governor last night before 1,100 supporters, promising he would unite the state's quarreling factions and power groups.
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US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more.
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US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill.
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US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
By Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year.
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