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Hawai‘i lawmakers reduce financial grants

HONOLULU — State lawmakers this year dialed back financial grants awarded to private projects and programs with public purposes, but kept the level of giving…

Trial opens with two visions of Trump

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors delivered a raw recounting of Donald Trump’s seamy past Monday as they debuted their case against him to jurors, the…

Proposed tourism impact fee dies for now

HONOLULU — An effort to increase the state hotel tax by $25 to offset the impact of visitors on the environment and climate change has…

Cockfighting bill dies in Senate

HILO, Hawai‘i — A controversial state measure that would crack down on people raising chickens for cockfighting is dead. While cockfighting already is illegal in…

La‘akea Chun nominated to Charter Commission

LIHU‘E — Local resident Alice Parker was so overwhelmed by the nomination of La‘akea Chun to a seat on the Charter Commission on Wednesday, she…