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The Hawaii Tourism Authority has weathered a few stormy years confronting state lawmakers who, frustrated by its managerial lapses, stood on the brink of largely dismantling the agency.
The Hawaii Legislature’s session begins Wednesday, with an agenda packed full of pressing issues, led by recovery from the Maui fires and devastation of Lahaina.
The embattled Hawai‘i Tourism Authority said state lawmakers could cost the state millions of dollars in federal funding, halt destination management efforts and put community programs at risk if they continue down a path of repealing the agency or funding it through a budget bill that cuts the agency’s funding request by more than half.
Central Pacific Bank has promoted Alan Pak to vice president and senior business banking officer.
Isaac Choy, is a former Hawai‘i State Tax Director and lawmaker in the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives