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Hawaii Lawmakers Want Their Gifts Of Aloha Back - Honolulu Civil Beat Several bills this session attempt to shirk new rules from the state Ethics Commission. Reading time: 4 minutes. Some Hawaii lawmakers want to be able to accept small food gifts again, a practice that was banned recently by a state watchdog agency. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission approved rules that prevent lawmakers from accepting “gifts of aloha,” generally small food items, especially from lobbyists, who along with their clients have often gifted items of food like manapua and musubi to lawmakers and their staffs. The new rules were meant to clarify several laws dealing with ethics in state government, and also to prevent officials in positions of authority from accepting gifts that might appear improper. ....