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How Much Care Home Information Should Be on State Website?
Hawaii House committees pass bills to include care home vacancies on state website and let certain facilities accept married couples paying privately.
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Senate Committee Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana
Hawaii law enforcement strongly opposed the legislation while others contended police priorities should lie elsewhere.
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Former Hawaii State Rep. Mele Carroll Dies
The representative of Molokai, Lanai and parts of Maui had recently stepped down for health reasons.
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Should Hawaii Ban Circuses? Zoos? Aquariums?
House committee is set to vote Wednesday on a bill to make it illegal to display wild animals for commercial purposes.
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Marijuana Dispensary Bill Moves on to Finance Committee
UPDATE: Fifteen years after Hawaii legalized medical cannabis, lawmakers may allow patients legal access to their prescriptions without having to grow their own.
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Next Head of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Deemed ‘Fearless’
Randy Iwase tells Senate confirmation panel he’d hold public hearings on NextEra-Hawaiian Electric deal.
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Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws
The perfect poster child was paraded around the Capitol to pressure legislators to change state regulations.
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Challenge Over Rep. Say’s Residency Forces House to Make ‘Judgment Call’
The speaker emeritus faced his colleagues in a quasi-judicial hearing, the first of its kind in Hawaii.
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Hawaii House Bill Restricting Aquarium Trade Advances
An outright ban was scrapped but a measure tightening regulations has cleared a key committee.
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Is It Finally Time to Define Dancing in Hawaii?
Lawmakers are trying again this session to address “Footloose” concerns in the islands.