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HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaii Republican Party held its two-day State Convention over the weekend at Mililani High School. This year, the organization focused on updating “new rules which were proposed but not addressed at the May 2023 convention.” Reports said the introduction to these new rules sparked debate amongst members. On Sunday, officials resolved […]

Friends, family and legislative colleagues have planned the only public “celebration of life” for state Sen. Sam Slom, who died in May at the age of 81 after serving 20 years in the Senate.

My email inbox is usually overflowing with reader comments and questions. Sometimes they ask things I have never considered, such as when Punchbowl was first considered as a cemetery, or about proposed nuclear power plants on Oahu.

This action is taken to honor the late State Senator Sam Slom, longtime state legislator, who died Sunday following an illness.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii lawmakers are mourning the death of a friend and colleague after late State Sen. Sam Slom passed away on Sunday. On Monday, flags are flying at half-staff in honor of Slom. The former senator spent 20 years representing East Honolulu in the state legislature. In many of those years, he was […]

Slom, who served for more than 20 years in the state Senate, died Sunday at 81.

Gov. Josh Green has ordered that the U.S. flag and the Hawaii state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaii State Capitol and at all state offices and agencie

 Governor Josh Green, M.D. has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff in honor of the late State Senator Sam Slom, longtime state legislator, who died Sunday following an illness.

Conservative patriot, esteemed economist, defender of the Second Amendment, and former State Senator Sam Slom, passed away at the young age of 81.

Former Republican state Sen. Sam Slom, 81, who was sometimes the only GOP member in the state Senate during his 20-year tenure, died in an Oahu hospital Sunday at noon following an illness, according to fellow Republican Rep. Gene Ward.