Several bills over the years have been pared back to studies and advocates are impatient. But the state says it must get it ...

Quickly building more housing of all kinds, extending the city’s Skyline rail system into and beyond the city’s core, ...

A look at how a Kona low shows up in real life on the east side of the state — small failures, stretched systems, and the ...

A stack of bills under consideration by lawmakers would increase taxes or impose new levies on cars, liquor, real estate, capital gains and more.

The budget now passes to the Senate which will continue fine-tuning the state's spending priorities for the coming fiscal ...

While there is little data on the exact number of COFA citizens with commercial driver’s licenses, FMCSA data points to around 7,600 Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian CDL drivers in the U.S. in ...

Within this urgent context, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature is considering House Bill 2208, the Farm to Families bill. This ...

Pending lawsuit says supervisor sent young Maui firefighter into a raging flood without safety gear, leading him to be sucked ...

A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...

A family is suing a Maui landowner and the state for not protecting Native Hawaiian remains as required by law.

That is why a growing coalition of businesses and nonprofit organizations support the Hawaiʻi Tax Fairness Coalition and its ...