The permit requirement is designed to improve enforcement of the state tax on tobacco products by identifying tobacco retailers and providing a mechanism to verify the sources of such products. The new law also will help ensure full receipt of cigarette tax revenues by prohibiting retailers and vending machine operators from purchasing cigarette packs without tax stamps affixed to them.

Former state representative Paul Oshiro joins A&B

Former state representative Paul Oshiro has joined Alexander & Baldwin Inc. as manager for government relations.

Oshiro will be responsible for directing governmental affairs programs at the federal, state and county levels for A&B and its operating subsidiaries, including Matson Navigation Co., A&B Properties, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., and Kauai Coffee Co.

Before joining A&B, Oshiro was director of governmental affairs for Hawaiian Telcom. He spent 15 years in the State House of Representatives, serving as vice speaker, and chairman of the House Transportation and Judiciary/Hawaiian Affairs Committees.

Senior living center holds job fair for nurses June 25

The recently opened Hi'olani Care Center at Kahala Nui will host a job fair from 9 a.m. to 12 noon June 25 to hire full- and part-time registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, as well as a health care admissions coordinator.

Residents are continuing to move into the senior living center, which is scheduled to open its assisted living wing in August. When fully operational, the facility will be home to about 500 seniors and will employ roughly 255 staff.

"We are faced with Hawaii's tight job market and the shortage of healthcare professionals so we are offering attractive incentives for employed nurses," said Hi'olani administrator Cindy Meiers. For more information, call 218-7000 or visit www.kahalanui.com.