The proposed commercial center on donated West Oʻahu land has run into significant opposition this year. But the proposal has evolved and a vote Tuesday will decide its fate.
State lawmakers distributed more than $49 million to alleviate federal funding cuts. About a third of the nonprofits selected were not directly impacted by those cuts, but served people who were.
OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a "tired tactic colonizers have used for generations."