Congresswoman Hanabusa won't run for Senate

Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa (D) announced yesterday that she will seek re-election for her House seat in Congressional District 1, ending speculation that she would run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Akaka. This means she will again face Charles Djou in the election.

Read the article here.

Governor Abercrombie's "New Day" Statement

Click on the link to read the text of Governor Abercrombie's statement on the economy yesterday. Video of his speech is also available.

http://hawaii.gov/gov/newsroom/in-the-news/a-new-day-status-report-to-the-people-of-hawaii-1

Governor Abercrombie Press Conference Today

Governor Abercrombie will hold a news conference at 3:00 p.m. today, to address the state of the economy.

It will be streamed live at www.hawaii.gov/gov.

Reapportionment

New proposed district lines would pit 6 House incumbents against each other in 3 districts:

Jerry Chang vs. Mark Nakashima

Rida Cabanilla vs. Kymberly Pine

Barbara Marumoto vs. Mark Hashem

After acceptance of the proposed maps, they will be opened up to public hearings.