Immigrants around Hawaiʻi, like their counterparts nationwide, are bracing for whatever may come. Likewise, advocates for ...

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

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

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

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Steward’s mentor, Haunani Kane, was among the first to use the Hawaiian names for places in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ...

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 ...

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

The federally funded initiative run by Maui Economic Opportunity employed hundreds and was to last two years. The nonprofit’s CEO announced this month that it would end early. The future of a ...

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

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