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More than 100,000 Hawaii residents will be affected by the new mandate, officials said Thursday.

Steven Merrill was working at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., before being tapped to lead the agency’s operations in the Aloha State.

Hawaii’s high cost of living means many families need the money, but it won’t go as far here as in many other states, advocates say.

Epidemiologists say including the unconfirmed cases will provide a better picture of how the coronavirus is spreading in the islands.

There are vacancies for the Maui and Oahu district positions.

Forecasters didn’t predict whether the storms, which can range in force from a tropical depression to a hurricane, will actually make landfall in the Hawaiian islands.

Federal pandemic relief funding is slated to help pay for badly needed connectivity improvements, especially in rural areas of the state.

The Legislature passed a resolution last month that specifically called for detailed race data from county police departments and certain state agencies.

The state has already won $11 million through litigation over the botched transportation project by Ciber Inc.

Martin Kao already faces criminal charges for defrauding a coronavirus relief aid program of millions of dollars.