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In a gubernatorial debate on Hawaii's Big Island, Gov. Neil Abercrombie ping-ponged between praising his opponent, state Sen. David Ige, for things they accomplished together and chastising him for having less experience with the issues.

The people of Tanohata Village, in the Iwate Prefecture, on Japan's northeast coast "are slowly, but surely walking on the path to recovery as a united body," according to Tanohata Village Mayor Hiroshi Ishihara.

Construction is booming in Honolulu. Unemployment is at 4.4 percent, the lowest since before the recession.

An affordable rental loft complex for artists in Kakaako and an affordable housing complex for seniors in Mililani Mauka are the recipients $4 million in federal and state low-income housing credits that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation awarded Thursday.

The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on Tuesday announced the award of six grants designed to strengthen local small businesses through training programs.

In this Nov. 11, 2011 file photo, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie welcomes President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they arrive at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The release of $500,000 by Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Tuesday and the anticipated release of another $1.75 million approved by the state Legislature will facilitate the new Lanai Community Health Center facility's groundbreaking, hopefully in September, with possible completion by the middle of 2015, said the executive director of the center.

AARP Hawaii is sponsoring a debate between Gov. Neil Abercrombie and state Sen. David Ige from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission says 73 out of 203 candidates for state elective office failed to file the required financial disclosure statement by the July 18 deadline.

By now, you've seen the TV commercial for Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie 's re-election campaign in which he plays a cab driver who is thrilled as his two passengers point out good things going on around Oahu.

The Hawaii State Department of Health will begin posting new color-coded placards at Oahu restaurants starting Monday as part of the state's new "Food Safety Code" signed into law by Gov. Neil Abercrombie earlier this year.

The Republican Governors Association says it plans to spend $100 million in the final 100 days before the November elections.

Among them were Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Senate President Donna Mercado Kim, Sen. David Ige, Reps.

The Hawai'i Herald today took a major step forward in its more than thirty year history with the launch of its online edition.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 19--Gov. Neil Abercrombie this week announced the interim appointments of three members to two state boards to fill recent vacancies prompted by a new law requiring public disclosure of financial interests for members of various state boards and commissions.

'This is still about getting people to recognize candidates who are really not that familiar in terms of the office that they're running for,' said KITV4 political analyst Neal Milner.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa argued over who has achieved a better record in Congress as the Democrats faced off in their final debate before the primary election.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Wednesday announced the nominations of Jonathan Scheuer to the Land Use Commission, as well as Rona Fukumoto and Edwin Taira to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, effective immediately.

The first image many Hawaii voters saw from Brian Schatz this election year was of his Chinese father-in-law, sitting at the kitchen table, helping the senator's half-Chinese daughter make dumplings.