Rep. Adrian Tam (D, Waikiki), chair of the House Committee on Tourism, warned the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority during a Wednesday board meeting that the coming…
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Thousands of public school students from low-income families will get free school lunches over the next two school years, while new rules also will go…
New state legislation likely will upend the city’s plan to close its current solid-waste landfill in West Oahu and replace it with one near Wahiawa,…
A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within…
Kauai High School graduation of 274 graduates shared a lot in common with the two other public high schools that celebrated graduation on Friday night.…
What’s in a name? That question remains a powerful one, more than four centuries after William Shakespeare posed it. The Hawai‘i Board on Geographic Names…
City lawmakers are leading the push to return Sand Island’s name to its Native Hawaiian name Mauliola, which means “breath of life” or “power of…
When Amy Feeley-Austin of Kona was going through a tough time, Medicaid was a lifesaver that provided health care for her two young children. Twelve…
The City and County of Honolulu’s $500,000 Ernst &Young LLP study over a proposed empty-homes tax measure asserts the city could garner tens of millions…
Hawaii sued major oil companies in state court Thursday, accusing them of a “successful campaign of climate deception” that has led to devastating impacts in…