Mufi Hannemann
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Hawaii Tourism Authority board has a new leader. On Tuesday, the state senate voted to approve former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann as HTA’s board chair.
He’ll now lead the 12-member board as they oversee how the agency spends its budget.
The Senate also confirmed Blaine...
Mufi Hannemann is no stranger to Hawaii politics. He served as Honolulu mayor more than a decade ago, guiding the city through the last economic downturn.
Now, he wants to take on the crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hannemann says his political experience is what makes him the right...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The head of the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association spoke exclusively to KITV-4’s Annalisa Burgos on Sunday about why he’s entering the mayoral race, saying the state's economy is "broken" and Hawaii needs a "strong leader" to bring back jobs to recover from the fallout of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An ASG working group appointed by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to determine the financial impact of the next federally mandated minimum wage hike on American Samoa is finalizing its report.
In the meantime, the minimum wage is among the “negative federal policies” that has...