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Senate Bill 3207 would allow DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi's salary to be set by the state Board of Education. Critics of Hayashi's current salary say the superintendent should not be making a higher wage than the governor.
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The embattled Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority has come out of this legislative session with strong financial support. The Conversation talked to HTA chair Mufi Hannemann about surviving the session and his outlook for the visitor industry.
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Gov. Josh Green approved a measure that allows counties to phase out short-term rentals of any classification — even those with non-conforming use permits. HPR's Ashley Mizuo has the story.
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A judge is forcing the Hawaiʻi attorney general’s office to turn over documents, interviews and data on last summer's Maui wildfires to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over the disaster.
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ConFest will return to Hawaiʻi's art scene after a four-year pause. The five-day event is officially called the National Asian American Theater Conference and will offer live performances and workshops.
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The University of Hawai‘i Maui College received what's believed to be the largest collection of "sugar art" from Maui resident Jo Rockwell. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on its significance.
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The National Science Foundation has until September to decide on advancing the Thirty Meter Telescope to the final design stage. The TMT is competing against a telescope project in Chile for limited NSF funding.
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May 6 is the last day for Hawaiʻi public school employees to sign up for free Hawaiian language courses this summer.
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A Hawaiʻi County Council committee has advanced plans to help preserve 27 acres of land on the south end of ʻAnaehoʻomalu Bay near the Waikoloa Beach Resort.
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The mystery of why current water sampling is showing levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the military's water system is still making some uneasy. Is it a case of false positives due to a reaction to chlorine and using the wrong kind of test, which is the military's theory?
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The Conversation talked to Pacific Shipyards International CEO Iain Wood and Vice President of Programs Troy Keipper about dry-docking the commercial vessel.
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Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo are the husband-and-wife creative team behind the popular new television series "Shōgun." You may not know they have Hawaiʻi ties. They spoke to The Conversation about what it took to bring the epic novel to the screen.