"Producing a license plate is actually a pretty complicated process, and we are also disappointed by the unforeseen delay in ...

Question: How did we run out of the new license plates so fast? Didn’t they just start adding the okina this year?

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii is known as the Aloha State and officials are hoping to show their love for the Hawaiian language with a new requirement to include the ʻokina on new license plates.

Hawaii has seen the addition of the ʻokina and other Hawaiian diacritical marks added to street signs in recent years, they are even required in official State and County letterheads and websites ...