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Disappearing Farmland: Hoopili Continues the Trend
While the city of Honolulu develops along its rail route, lawmakers get an eye-opening Oahu agriculture update.
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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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Senators Decide to Study Real Estate Tax Break Instead of Removing It
A legislative panel waters down a bill that would force real estate investment trusts to pay corporate income taxes in Hawaii.
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Farm to School Bills Aim to Teach Students to Produce Own Food
Similar proposals in the state Senate and House take steps forward Wednesday.
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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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City: Hawaii Sen. Galuteria Owes More Than $7,000 in Back Taxes
The Honolulu City Clerk says there is enough evidence that he lives in Kakaako to justify his right to vote there.
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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.