The largely symbolic resolution lends the county’s support to the state Department of Health’s directive to suspend operations.

The event at Schofield Barracks was to feature mainland party activist Scott Presler, described in reports as anti-Muslim.

New legislative maps could be out as soon as next week, and public comment is sought.

The longtime Republican lawmaker will soon announce his future intentions.

A billionaire’s investment in the state’s biggest slaughterhouses and a shift to more grass-fed operations could help ranchers keep their cattle in the islands after years of sending them to the mainland.

At stake is a House seat that could move from Oahu to the Big Island.

As the focus on local food production continues, lawmakers and lobbyists want to make farming and ranching easier in Hawaii.

Hawaii’s redistricting process will move forward while a commission that redraws political boundaries awaits accurate data.

The latest proposed House maps have also been amended to avoid combining sitting Democratic lawmakers in the same districts.

The four sites under consideration are all above groundwater aquifers. But finding a new location could require repealing a law meant to protect communities and delaying the city’s already tight deadline.