Ethics panel satisfied with effort to amend initial claim of $21,960
Hawaii Superferry substantially underreported its state lobbying expenses last year as it fought an environmental impact statement and then asked for special legislation that allowed it to resume interisland service.
Superferry executives at first reported $21,960 in lobbying expenses but, after being contacted by the state [...]

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Food industry officials say the Hawaii Superferry should resume its runs to Kauai. 
They say the shutdown of Aloha Airlines cargo services underscores the need for the ferry alternative to ship goods to and from the Garden Island. 
Love Bakery President Mike Walters says his shipment of bakery goods to Kauai had to go from Oahu via [...]

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Hawaii’s government caved to pressure from the operator of the new inter-island ferry when it allowed the company to bypass an environmental review, an audit to be released Thursday found.
The report said the state Department of Transportation exempted the Hawaii Superferry from an environmental study after the company threatened not to bring the ship to [...]

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Claiming that Hawaii Superferry profits do not trump federally mandated environmental requirements, attorneys filed an opening brief in the Intermediate Court of Appeals this week.
Attorneys argued in the brief that Kaua’i should enjoy the same constitutional protections afforded to everyone else in the state.
Dan Hempey and Greg Meyers, attorneys for 1,000 Friends of Kaua‘i, filed [...]

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The return of Superferry is still nearly a month away.
The service is now taking reservations for it’s back-and-forth Maui runs starting April 23.
The giant vessel is out of dry dock but spokeswoman Lori Abe says repairs and inspections are continuing.
The Alakai has been in dry dock since Feb. 13 for repairs that were supposed to [...]

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Informational public meetings on the Superferry’s Environmental Impact Statement conducted by the Hawai‘i State Department of Transportation for the Hawai‘i Superferry are under way.
“The meetings are intended to give the public an opportunity to give their input,” said Mike Formby, DOT Harbors Division chief. “It’s an opportunity to engage the community.”
Formby said there will be [...]

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