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Senators reevaluate income tax cut plan and renewable energy incentives

The Senate is attempting to recoup funds by reducing sweeping income tax cuts that went into effect last year and by ...
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Maui Food Bank buys land to expand storage capacity, strengthen resilience

A planned food storage and distribution facility for Maui Food Bank is one step closer to reality. HPR’s Catherine Cluett ...
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Former Hawaiʻi Senate President and U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa dies at 74

Hanabusa was first elected to the Hawaiʻi Senate in 1998 and served in the upper chamber through 2010, including a stint as the first woman Senate president. She went on to win one of Hawaiʻi's two ...
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State agriculture officials respond to concerns over invasive species

Hawaiʻi Agriculture and Biosecurity officials discuss the challenges the department faces and the criticisms it's received ...
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Bird flu vaccine trial for monk seals continues as CA responds to outbreak

California has detected its first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in marine mammals. Marine veterinarians in ...
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Bissen the Builder: Affordable housing dominates Maui County mayor's address

Adding housing for residents dominated County of Maui Mayor Richard Bissen’s latest State of the County address.
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Hawaiʻi Island executive chef sharpens her knives for Bravo's 'Top Chef'

Rhoda Magbitang, executive chef of CanoeHouse at Mauna Lani, will compete with 14 other professional chefs in high-pressure ...
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Four months later, updates on a Kauaʻi immigration raid

Kauaʻi Councilmember Fern Holland shares updates and information she gathered about an immigration raid she witnessed in her ...
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Share your thoughts about quality of life in Hawaiʻi with new survey

Residents now have the opportunity to share their thoughts about living in Hawaiʻi through the 2026 Quality of Life survey.
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With Japan visitor numbers nowhere near pre-pandemic, Waikīkī adapts

The number of visitors from Japan is still only about half of the 1.5 million that came before the COVID-19 pandemic. But numbers only tell part of the story.
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Lawmakers eye book program to boost keiki literacy

Hawaiʻi keiki could start building their own libraries at home through a new bill that would establish the “Imagination Library." ...
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Free student meals back on the table at the Legislature

A universal school meals program has been proposed at the Legislature before, and itʻs usually met with pushback from state Department of Education officials due to concerns about the logistics and ...