Dan Nakaso

6 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Dan Nakaso

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday overturning an Obama-era ban on commercial fishing in the nearly 500,000-square-mile Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, fulfilling a years-long goal of fishing advocates from Hawaii and American Samoa in an Oval Office ceremony. “We are very grateful in Hawaii for this,” Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, told Trump.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Dan Nakaso

The city will lose more than $11 million in federal funding for seven programs and projects that provide special-needs housing, small-business assistance and address environmental and climate efforts. The biggest losses will mean a $4.8 million cut for planning for a potential rapid transit bus program for the Waianae Coast, followed by a $3 million loss in federal funding for special needs housing improvements.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dan Nakaso

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM / MARCH 20 It was a full house at the state Capitol during the recent spring break : Rep. Luke Evslin, left, with his children, Levi, 6, and Finley, 8, on the chair with Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa’s daughter, Kawai, 6, as Rep. Trish La Chica tended to daughter Ricki, 5, while son Foggy, 8, kept himself busy, right. 1 /2 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM / MARCH 20 It was a full house at the state Capitol during the recent spring break : Rep.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Dan Nakaso

Political candidates would be allowed to use campaign funds to take care of their dependents, such as child care expenses, in what several supporters hope will attract more diverse, family-oriented candidates to run for political office. They would not be allowed to pay family members to take care of their children or parents living in their homes if Senate Bill 1202 gets signed into law by Gov. Josh Green.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dan Nakaso

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Mason Stibbard, standing outside his Alewa Heights home, lives on Aulii Drive where one homeowner on the block owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly being run as an illegal short term rental. Tibbard said it’s not a good situation when short-term rental occupants are fighting in the street.