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State lawmakers are considering bills that would essentially provide a salary, health care and other compensation.

Department of Health is ready to obey the posting law for one of the seven types of state-licensed care homes.

UPDATED Bill to establish Hawaii dispensaries supported by most who testify, but law enforcement continues to oppose the entire concept of medi-pot, which was legalized in 2000.

One bill would require at least 51 percent regional beans to use names like “Kona,” another would require 80 percent.

“A lockout would be devastating to Hawaii,” said Hawaii’s only Republican state senator.

It’s up to Hawaii senators to decide whether to advance a bill imposing a corporate income tax on investment trusts that own lucrative properties.

Dozens of students and faculty members speak against the measure to eliminate smaller degree programs, and hundreds submit written testimony.

LURF Executive Director David Arakawa thought he fell under a special exemption.

UPDATED. Hawaii Department of Health asks Legislature to retroactively change the deadline for posting the reports, which was supposed to begin Jan. 1.

A group of six House lawmakers are going to look into residency questions concerning the speaker emeritus.