Plastic-foam container vote is tomorrow
• | Legislature 2008 |
Compiled by Derrick DePledge and Treena Shapiro
The other bill is aimed at minors found guilty of sexual assault or murder. If this bill becomes law, minors committed to a youth facility for heinous crimes would be held until they turn 18, when they will be moved to an adult prison until age 26.
The committee deferred until Wednesday a bill that would ban aspartame, the artificial sweetener commonly found in diet beverages and reduced-calorie foods. Lawmakers are unlikely to approve an outright ban of the sweetener, which some have linked to a variety of health problems but as recently as last year was deemed safe by national experts.
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"I just can't fathom the fact that the City Council would go for an alternative at that point. So, therefore, I say, if the City Council should choose to go with another selection, you should consider very seriously rescinding the general-excise tax (surcharge)."
� Mayor Mufi Hannemann, in testimony before the state Senate regarding an expert panel that will select mass-transit technology
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