Lawmakers are considering a bill to settle unresolved issues over exactly how much public land trust revenue the state must direct toward the betterment of Native Hawaiians. State law specifies 20% of that revenue goes to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, but what constitutes “revenue” has been a sticking point for years. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
Hawaiʻi lawmakers are considering a measure that would transfer to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs hundreds of millions of dollars in public land trust revenues – money long withheld from the agency. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.