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The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is preparing to host its first out-of-state Western Regional Native Hawaiian Convention from June 19 to 22 in the city commonly known as “The Ninth Island.”

The Maui News A state House of Representatives working group will meet today to discuss how the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is using $600 million

The House’s ACT 279 Working Group will convene on Thursday to discuss the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ execution of $600 million in appropriated funds to address the urgent needs of its beneficiary waiting list.

Besides the Senate override, lawmakers in both chambers worked through numerous bills Tuesday, including some dealing with taxes and guns.

But the "green fee" to slap extra charges on tourists failed, and bills to change the state tax code turned out to be more modest than the governor proposed in January.

Hawaii taxpayers can expect less generous tax relief than proposed earlier this year, under legislation positioned for final votes next week at the Legislature.

State lawmakers approved $64 million for the state-owned Hawai‘i Convention Center to fix its leaky roof, but left operational funding for the center and for the Hawaii Tourism Authority out of the final version of the state budget measure House Bill 300 CD1, which was approved Tuesday by conferees, and will head to both chambers for a final vote before it is sent to Gov. Josh Green for consideration.

House Speaker Scott K. Saiki (D-25, Ala Moana, Kaka‘ako, Downtown) said momentum was made on priority legislation that supports Hawaiʻi’s families and paves a path forward to a sustainable future.

Twenty-six people have been jailed for a combined total of more than 130 years following an investigation into drug dealing

Lancashire Police officers from the West Targeted Crime Unit took down 26 gang members in the major supply operation over the course of nine months, between October 2020 and June 2021.