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The Conversation: Hawaiʻi GOP Chair talks election strategy; Japanese visitors to Big Island increase

By Catherine Cruz

Published August 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM HST

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Hawaiʻi Republican Party Chair Lynn Finnegan at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol on March 1, 2022.

Hawaiʻi Republican Party Chair Lynn Finnegan looks back on the primary election and shares an update on the state of her party | Full Story
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Kirsten Downey discusses the higher than usual Republican voter turnout for the recent primary election in today's Reality Check | Full Story
Ross Birch, the Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau head, discusses the pandemic slump and recovery on the Big Island | Full Story
Contributing Editor Neal Milner dives deeper into a recent study about the power of the neighborhood you grew up in affecting economic opportunities | Full Story
HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi shares how Hawaiʻi's paddlers faired at the recent world championships of outrigger canoe racing in London | Full Story

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Catherine Cruz

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Originally from Guam, she spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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