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UPDATED  The Legislature called a special session to look at ways to amend a bill Ige vetoed that would benefit Maui union workers.

UPDATED: Gov. Ige has said he might veto a current aid bill, calling $40 million in severance or pension bonuses to public employees “too generous.”

It calls for a pilot program through the Hawaii Department of Agriculture.

The suit seeks to reunite an elderly couple, but officials have warned against widespread exceptions in the law.

Retailers of products made out of endangered species have one year to purge their inventory before the sales are banned.

Gov. Ige said he’ll veto a bill to stop employers from accessing employee’s personal accounts, leaving supporters wondering: What went wrong?

UPDATED: Ige plans to veto nine bills in all, but he has signed the Maui water-rights bill, and more than 100 others are now set to become law.

Gov. Ige signed legislation authorizing county police departments to enroll firearms applicants and individuals registering firearms in a federal service that monitors criminal records.

A state legislator worries if there is “a conspiracy to defraud taxpayers” by artificially inflating bids for the air conditioning of Hawaii classrooms.

Some nonprofits won and some lost out on state grants this year while lawmakers nixed legislation to reform the oft-criticized process.