The Hawaii State Legislature has just concluded its session for 2009. This year's work was marked by tax increases, spending cuts and the demise of civil unions.

Host Dan Boylan leads a Review of the 2009 Legislative Session with guests: Calvin Say, Speaker of the House; Colleen Hanabusa, President of the Senate; Gene Ward, House Minority Policy Leader; Barry Fukunaga, Chief of Staff for Governor Lingle; and Richard Borreca, Star-Bulletin Capitol Reporter. This conversation was recorded on May 14th, 2009 in the PBS Hawaii studio.

Insights on PBS Hawaii is presented on Thursdays at 7:30 PM on PBS Hawaii.