1. On Mar. 17, business reporter Howard Dicus said on Hawaii Public Radio that one state legislator had taken the side of the Air Line Pilots Association in their ongoing dispute with Hawaiian Airlines, and had even issued a press release asserting that. Though Dicus didn’t name the legislator in his report, the legislator is from Maui. Who is the legislator?
A. Sen. Roz Baker
B. Sen. J. Kalani English
C. Rep. Kaniela Ing
D. Rep. Angus McKelvey
E. Rep. Lynn DeCoite
2. In the state budget that just passed the Hawaii House of Representatives, Maui County gets $484.4 million in Capital Improvement Project funding, according to a Mar. 17 House press release. Which of the following projects is NOT on the press release’s list of funded items?
A. $200.7 million for a new Maui Community Correctional Center
B. $13.5 million for Honoapiilani Highway widening from Maalaea and Lahainaluna Road to Launiupoko
C. $4.3 million for a new septic tank at the State Office Building in Wailuku
D. $2 million for work at Maui Raceway Park
E. $150,000 for a new portable bathroom complex at Kahului Harbor
3. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently held two open houses (in Lahaina and Kahului) about methods to “control and eradicate” which invasive species?
A. Axis Deer
B. Mongooses
C. Little Fire Ants
D. Coqui Frogs
E. Miconia
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ANSWERS
1: D–Rep. Angus McKelvey
2: C–$4.3 million for a new septic tank at the State Office Building in Wailuku
3: B–Mongooses
Photo: Dylan Ashe/Wikimedia Commons
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