Hawaii Governor Vetoes Anti-Reform Bill

Hawaii's workers' compensation tug-of-war is back in action. Republican Gov. Linda Lingle on Tuesday vetoed a bill that stripped her Labor Department of its authority to broadly regulate the system, and the Democrat-controlled Legislature promised a special session to override the veto. Lingle and legislative leaders held dueling media events on Tuesday to get their messages out to the public. Lingle symbolically penned her veto message for Senate Bill 1808 during a presentation at a Small Business Hawaii Forum. In the meantime, the House Labor Committee held a hearing on the sweeping r...