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Under the Essential Air Service contract, Mokulele will provide Lānaʻi with 21 weekly round-trip flights to Kahului and 42 round trips to Honolulu on nine-seat Cessna Caravan aircraft. The airline will receive around $4 million annually through August 2026. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.

Hawai’i will receive $309 million from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for transportation projects to fix and improve roads, bridges and highways. The U.S. Department of Transportationʻs Federal Highway Administration announced the allocation for Fiscal Year 2024.

A federal fund that aims to support infrastructure projects across the country has awarded $50 million to two separate projects in Hawaiʻi. The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RISE) grant program is a $2.2 billion fund dedicated to aiding regions in persistent poverty or those that have been historically disadvantaged.

Here’s an unusual story: a positive development when it comes to relations between the United States and China. It’s not a major policy shift, but some analysts say it could lead to further steps. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

Travelers won't be allowed to carry lithium batteries as cargo on passenger airlines under an interim U.S. Department of Transportation rule. The…