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The Conversation: Maui Mayor on Raising Hotel Room Tax; National Fortune Cookie Day

By Catherine Cruz,

Russell Subiono, Lillian Tsang

Published July 20, 2021 at 1:32 PM HST

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Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino on managing visitors and raising the rates on hotel room tax | Full Article
Peter Oshiro, head of the State Health Department's Food Safety Branch, on the challenges of regulating restaurants as pandemic restrictions are relaxed | Full Article
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Nick Grube shares Katherine Kealoha's brother is being accused of running an illegal prescription drug ring | Full Article
Tracey Wiltgen, the Executive Director of the Mediation Center of the Pacific, on how Act 57 changes eviction procedures in our state and an upcoming virtual forum to help understand changes | Full Article
Ka'ohele Carlos, the owner of PIDGINMOJI, on his company expanding from local emojis to a lifestyle brand and celebrating National Fortune Cookie day | Full Segment

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Catherine Cruz

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Russell Subiono

Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of The Conversation and host of HPR's This Is Our Hawaiʻi podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Lillian Tsang

Lillian Tsang is the senior producer of The Conversation. She has been part of the talk show team since it first aired in 2011. Contact her at ltsang@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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