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🌱 How a Kailua-area senator exposed decades of illegal pest inspections

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  • How a Kailua-area senator exposed decades of illegal pest inspections

Also on today's calendar: Con-GRAD-u-LEI-tions Event - Enchanted Lakes and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A few showers, with a high of 82 and low of 74 degrees.
  • Saturday: A morning shower; cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 74.
  • Sunday: Cloudy with afternoon showers, with a high of 82 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pest inspection policies at ports questioned at briefing (staradvertiser.com) — A state Senate hearing sharply criticized Hawaii’s agriculture and biosecurity department for decades of allowing “light” pest infestations into the islands, a policy a Kailua-area senator highlighted as conflicting with state law. Lawmakers questioned whether the agency can be trusted with biosecurity after issues ranging from invasive beetles to a bovine tuberculosis outbreak, while officials pledged to tighten rules and clarify which pests must be refused entry.
   

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  • Local artist JOBY! drops debut project 'Head in the Clouds,' performs in Honolulu this weekend (khon2.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kailua

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