Gov. Linda Lingle has ordered that state flags be flown at half-staff at state and county buildings today in honor of former state Rep. Ted Mina. He died March 8 at the age of 74.

Mina was elected to the state House in 1976, representing the Kalihi area for two terms.

He is to be buried today at the Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery, following an 11 a.m. Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu.