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The state Senate is considering nominees, a majority of whom are Native Hawaiian, for the new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. For over 50 years, astronomy development on the island's highest peak grew to include 13 telescopes with little to no input from Native Hawaiians, according to two state audits. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Gov. David Ige has appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a new board charged with managing Maunakea summit lands underneath some of the world’s most advanced astronomical observatories.
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Taxpayers will be receiving constitutionally mandated tax rebates over the next several weeks after a rebound in tourism fueled a jump in state tax revenue. Gov. David Ige says the money will arrive either by bank account direct deposit or by paper check in the mail.
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Gov. David Ige and First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige joined Japanese officials in signing a Sister-Library Agreement with the Hiroshima Prefectural Library. The event was a part of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Sister State Agreement between Hawai‘i and Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Gov. David Ige is in Japan for sister-state missions in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefecture. Lt. Gov. Josh Green is acting governor until Ige returns to Hawaiʻi on Sept. 3.
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Gov. David Ige signed administrative rules to make Miloliʻi on the Big Island the state’s second Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.
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The state Legislature’s Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct was born out of a need for more transparency in government. HPR’s Sabrina Bodon reports on its latest discussion on open records laws.
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A bill recently signed into law allocated $1 million to restore immigrant resource centers. Advocates say these centers provide critical services to help immigrants settle into a new country. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.
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HPR reporter Sabrina Bodon discusses two bills Gov. David Ige vetoed on Tuesday; Hawaiʻi FoundHer talks about the upcoming mentorship opportunity for women-owned businesses; State DLNR shares more on their effort to use mosquito birth control to save endangered birds; The U.S. Forest Service and USGS discuss the recovery of an ʻōhiʻa forest on the Big Island
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Gov. David Ige has vetoed 28 bills this legislative session, citing legal, procedural or compliance issues. The state Legislature transmitted 343 bills this season, with Ige signing 311 of those.