Hawaii consumers and businesses could see a 100% spike in the cost to discard beverage containers via curbside recycling, the trash and other means outside…
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LIHUE — Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami will be the special guest at the next Lihue Business Association meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27, held upstairs at…
State lawmakers are advancing further this year down a path toward possibly using nuclear power to make electricity in Hawaii. Two Senate committees this month…
Fear and uncertainty loom large over how much smaller the federal workforce in Hawaii will become under an unfolding multipronged effort by President Donald Trump,…
Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard will be tested immediately on how she will handle threats to national security and U.S. troops as America’s new director of national…
Lawmakers for the third time have introduced a bill aimed at strengthening workplace safety for educational workers following concerns from advocates about the state Department…
A Senate bill remains alive that would require University of Hawaii medical school students to remain in Hawaii for two years after they complete their…
The University of Hawaii Cancer Center would receive a welcomed funding boost if the Legislature increases the state’s cigarette tax by another 2 cents, while…
A group of bipartisan lawmakers in Congress has reintroduced legislation aimed at expediting the visa process for the children of Filipino World War II veterans,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee to become director of national intelligence, is one step closer to confirmation after the Senate crossed a procedural…