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A billionaire’s investment in the state’s biggest slaughterhouses and a shift to more grass-fed operations could help ranchers keep their cattle in the islands after years of sending them to the mainland.

UPDATED: Dean Hazama had served on the local volunteer rail oversight board for just over two years.

The city is also increasing availability of vaccines and booster shots to prevent severe illness.

It’s a significant shift. Just a few months ago, Sen. Mazie Hirono and Rep. Ed Case were not in favor of shutting down Red Hill.

Left-wing activists from across the world are supporting calls to close the Navy’s troubled fuel facility.

The DOH rejected arguments by the Navy that the state lacks the power to shut down Red Hill.

The mayor praised the head of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply but wouldn’t echo his calls to drain the Red Hill fuel tanks.

Costs for volatile items like food and gas are expected to level off or decrease, but not for a while, leaving many to struggle.

If lawmakers agree, the total sum committed to planning may be $35 million for a lockup the governor believes might eventually cost $1 billion.

The plaintiffs argue their landlords owed them clean water and a safe home and failed to deliver.