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.

The words and actions of the former Hawaii congresswoman show her to be leaning ever more rightward.

Residents have drafted proposed reapportionment plans ahead of a public comment period set to start Tuesday.

Lynn Finnegan is a former state House representative and Lt. Gov. candidate.

Hawaii Congressman Ed Case and other moderates were apprehensive about the legislation.

The former Honolulu City Council chair is seeking to fill the seat held by Sylvia Luke.

His absence leaves Hawaii Attorney General Clare Connors to fill in as acting governor while Gov. David Ige is in Scotland.