Bond Sale Barges into HSTA v. State’s Labor Hearing

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The conversation took a strange turn yesterday at the Hawaii Labor Relations Board, where the Hawaii State Teachers Association and the State are duking it out over the teachers labor contract. (We’ve been live blogging the hearings.)

HSTA attorney Herb Takahashi had State Budget Director Kalbert Young on the stand and peppered him with questions about the $1.3 billion bond sale that state officials announced earlier this month.

But what does that have to do with a teachers contract negotiated six months ago? Find out in our story today. 

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