If our state wishes to increase civic engagement, we must end Hawai‘i’s one-party rule and enable candidates from different ...

In this ongoing series about Honolulu’s notoriously troubled permitting department, we seek to explain the failures, ...

House Education Committee Chair Justin Woodson said boosting student attendance will be a priority this session, pointing to ...

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Twenty years ago, lawmakers promised to curtail campaign donations from government contractors after those transactions had ...

Data for the latest American Community Survey was collected throughout 2023, which means it only reflects some of the ...

On top of this incredibly real threat of losing our coconut trees and the horrible feelings this brings with it, I’m ...

The only way the owners of Lahaina’s red-roofed “miracle house” have been able to process what happened — and cope with their ...

Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed on ...

But these six priorities seem like a good place to start. With the state sitting on a budget surplus, this is the time to ...

Christopher Dawson, a prominent Native Hawaiian defense contractor, was found dead Thursday on Oʻahu, according to the ...

When Evan Weber was elected to the Kailua Neighborhood Board last year, he knew the first thing he wanted to tackle was ...