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Just as the state has been trumpeting its opening 13 public preschool classrooms well in advance of its Ready Keiki plan to open 50 to 80 by August, a bill is advancing to repeal the relatively new state School Facilities Authority and move all school construction back again to the state Department of Education, and the authority’s founding executive director has abruptly resigned.

Just as the state has been trumpeting its opening 13 public preschool classrooms well in advance of its Ready Keiki plan to open 50 to 80 by August, a bill is advancing to repeal the relatively new state School Facilities Authority and move all school construction back again to the state Department of Education, and the authority’s founding executive director has abruptly resigned.

The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism floundered under the Ige administration.

A day after Japan's prime minister lifted all travel restrictions, UH economists issued a report saying the return of Japanese travelers could help spare Hawaii's economy.

Updated 2/9/21, 12 p.m. The pandemic has been difficult for many local restaurants, but one restaurateur keeps fighting in the same spirit as his father. The Aoki Group manages several restaurants on Oahu, including Doraku Sushi and Blue Tree Café. The company was also set to open 1938 Indochine and Qing Mu Noodles Company in Kakaako just as the pandemic hit last March. And while the restaurants have operated since then, the two Kakaako restaurants were burglarized in December. "This pandemic,...