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Honolulu will have five new City Council members on Jan. 2.

It is one of four charter amendment questions on the general election ballot.

This will be the first time since 1988 that the beleaguered office was not held by either Peter Carlisle or Keith Kaneshiro.

With the majority of votes counted, the results show Oahu voters favored former Hawaii News Now general manager Rick Blangiardi. 

A Democratic victory for president and the U.S. Senate could mean real policy changes for issues that affect Hawaii like climate change and money needed for infrastructure and affordable housing.

Legislation to allow more states to permit medical or recreational marijuana is on a number of ballots.

The deal is part of a regional initiative that would move thousands of troops from Okinawa to Hawaii, Guam and Australia and beef up facilities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.

When it comes to races for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees, many voters leave their ballots blank.

Republican Diamond Garcia agreed to remove the ad after acknowledging the error.

Hawaii’s senators warned of a bleak future in which partisanship rules Washington after Republicans confirmed President Donald Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee in the midst of an election year.