National News Touts Hawaii’s Single-Use Bag Bill While Hawaii Lawmakers Kill It

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://hawaii.land.blogs.civilbeat.com/post/18022977079/national-news-touts-hawaiis-single-use-bag-bill-while’>National News Touts Hawaii’s Single-Use Bag Bill While Hawaii Lawmakers Kill It

Sophie Cocke has been following the debate over use of single-use bags in Hawaii. More up-to-the minute coverage today in her blog and on Civil Beat’s home page. 

hawaiilandblog:

While Hawaii was making national news about lawmakers efforts to charge consumers for single-use bags at the check-out counter, House members were killing the measure.

Read Civil Beat’s story here.

The Huffington Post ran a story the morning of the Friday vote, saying: “If lawmakers pass…

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