Legislature awards grant to group tied to lawmaker

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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers this week approved a $100,000 grant to a nonprofit organization controlled by state Rep. Rida Cabanilla, who didn’t publicly disclose her close ties to the Ewa Historical Society or ask House leaders whether she had a potential conflict before the vote.

Cabanilla’s son is listed as the nonprofit’s vice president in the grant application and two of her aides are listed among the four-member board of directors, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/1o7C1JS ).

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