Special session for Hawaii lawmakers may not be needed

Special session for Hawaii lawmakers may not be needed

The likelihood of Hawaii’s Legislature holding a special session later this year to compensate for federal spending cuts may be dimming after alarms over such a need were raised in May. State House Speaker Nadine Nakamura recently said dates remain reserved for a potential special session because federal funding decisions and their impact on Hawaii are still unclear. But Gov. Josh Green believes an immediate threat has passed, and that a special…