LIHU‘E — Tuesday, Sen.Mazie K. Hirono squeezed out a short day trip to Kaua‘i with several stops, including the Wailua River Bridge Improvement project, a…
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WASHINGTON — In the first week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, Democrats and aligned groups raised…
LIHU‘E — Governor David Ige announced Monday that he planned on vetoing 30 bills this session, including a contentious measure that would have eliminated cash…
LIHU‘E — When wastewater executive Milton Choy was implicated in a bribery scandal involving two now-former state legislators this February, state Senate President Ron Kouchi…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D- Hawai‘i) announced that Hawai‘i will receive $14.092 million in funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National…
WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 committee’s remarkable decision to subpoena House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other congressional Republicans over the insurrection at the Capitol…
HONOLULU — House Speaker Scott Saiki announced that $1 billion in funds were approved in conference committees and will be voted on in the House…
WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a “positive” call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the…
PO‘IPU — Cesspool conversion, a perennial issue throughout the islands, becomes more pressing with each passing year. Many know the state Legislature’s Act 125, passed…
WARSAW, Poland — Twenty-five years ago, Joe Biden visited Warsaw, Poland, with a warning: Even though the Soviet Union had collapsed, some of NATO’s original…