The state Office of Elections today will mail corrected ballots to 1,600 absentee voters in Portlock and Hawaii Kai after they were sent ballots that omitted the entire state Senate District 25 race.
Gov. Linda Lingle's appointment of Associate Justice Mark Recktenwald as chief justice sailed through Senate confirmation yesterday, but she won't get to name his replacement on the five-member Hawaii Supreme Court.
Though none envisions being a mere underling, the nine candidates hoping to be lieutenant governor all agree the job is likely to be defined more by the next governor's policies -- and his willingness to share the spotlight -- than their own plans to elevate a mostly ceremonial office.
There's $10 billion for schools in the state aid bill Congress passed last month. But some school systems have reason to wonder whether they are going to see the money.
