HONOLUU — Two bills initiated by a new coalition on increasing state water safety have been passed by the Legislature and are headed to the…
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HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i legislative session began Jan. 17 clouded in unknowns over how much money would be available overall, how much could be spent…
HONOLULU — As the legislative session winds down to a largely ceremonial finish on Friday, the full House and Senate on Wednesday sent nearly 200…
HONOLULU — House and Senate conference committees plan to forward a host of education-related bills this week to the full House and Senate for final…
HONOLULU — State lawmakers this year dialed back financial grants awarded to private projects and programs with public purposes, but kept the level of giving…
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding. Bissen, in letters dated April 18,…
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors delivered a raw recounting of Donald Trump’s seamy past Monday as they debuted their case against him to jurors, the…
HONOLULU — An effort to increase the state hotel tax by $25 to offset the impact of visitors on the environment and climate change has…
HILO, Hawai‘i — A controversial state measure that would crack down on people raising chickens for cockfighting is dead. While cockfighting already is illegal in…
LIHU‘E — Local resident Alice Parker was so overwhelmed by the nomination of La‘akea Chun to a seat on the Charter Commission on Wednesday, she…