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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
A new round of bills have been introduced — or are pending introduction — at the newly convened state Legislature, with the goal of continuing to crack down on government corruption ever since the federal guilty pleas of the former Senate majority leader and the then-vice chair of the House Finance Committee on bribery charges in the early weeks of the 2022 legislative session.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
State lawmakers already have announced their intentions to introduce nearly 500 bills ahead of today’s start of the legislative session, but only one so far addresses the high-profile issue of how to respond to the deaths of five people during New Year’s celebrations, including a 3-year-old boy.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
State House Democratic and Republican leaders have announced that they are in lock-step when it comes to “shared values” on the eve of Wednesday’s opening of the 2025 legislative session, while Senate Democrats say they are committed to collaborating with their Republican colleagues.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
Clamping down on illegal fireworks and changing outlaw pyrotechnic behavior will be the early focus of the legislative session that begins Wednesday following the deaths of five people — including a 3-year-old boy — and injuries to dozens more that marred New Year’s Eve celebrations.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
Gov. Josh Green plans to ask the upcoming Legislature for the power to divert $60 million in each of the next two fiscal years from interest earned on the state’s “rainy day fund” to help Hawaii fight back against climate change and reduce the risk of future wildfires. Gov.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
westhawaiitoday.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
Alaska Air Group today plans to tell investors in New York that Hawaiian Airlines will take over West Coast routes from Alaska Airlines to Hawaii and fly new nonstop routes from Seattle to Japan and South Korea, and announce more Hawaiian Air planes, and flight and ground crews. The additional planes and routes add up to more union jobs and work for Hawaiian Airlines, CEO Joe Sprague told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ahead of today’s Alaska Air Group Investor Day in New York.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
Hawaii’s economy performed slightly better than expected in 2024 and — with a red hot construction industry, in particular — should show even more gains for 2% growth in 2025, according to the latest economic data from the state Department of Economic Business and Development.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
Japanese travel to Hawaii will now be easier as Gov. Josh Green and the visitor industry continue to work to encourage more Japanese travel despite the weakness of the yen. Japanese travel to Hawaii will now be easier as Gov. Josh Green and the visitor industry continue to work to encourage more Japanese travel despite the weakness of the yen. Eligible visitors from Japan can now apply for expedited entry to fly into Daniel K.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
State legislators expect to take another run at legalizing adult recreational marijuana use and impose new, unspecified fees on tourists — all while figuring out how to pay for historic tax cuts passed earlier this year. State legislators expect to take another run at legalizing adult recreational marijuana use and impose new, unspecified fees on tourists — all while figuring out how to pay for historic tax cuts passed earlier this year. With just over a month before the Jan.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thegardenisland.com | Dan Nakaso Star-Advertiser
As Hawaii’s hurricane season comes to a close, the Central Pacific saw only two tropical cyclones develop, including the more damaging one, which walloped Hawaii island in August, along with damage to parts of Maui and Oahu. As Hawaii’s hurricane season comes to a close, the Central Pacific saw only two tropical cyclones develop, including the more damaging one, which walloped Hawaii island in August, along with damage to parts of Maui and Oahu.
