The term-limited mayor announced his run for the state’s second-highest office as Luke faces scrutiny in campaign finance ...

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

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

Civil Beat has been named the best overall news site in Hawaii for 14 years in a row by the Society of Professional ...

Bills primarily serving Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi counties often struggle to gain traction, but a major housing bill has ...

The disappearance from government websites of decades of data on health, education and criminal justice are among the many ...

The latest Kona low pummeled the state with record-breaking rainfall, and that was on top of other fierce storms in recent ...

DOE wants more support in keeping unwanted visitors off its campuses, but families say school playgrounds are an important ...

Since 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has imposed speed restrictions on ships 65 feet and ...

Not everyone living on agricultural land is a farmer. But state agencies have struggled to distinguish the genuine food ...

Farmers spent Saturday wading through their properties, trying to pick up the pieces from crops and livestock lost during ...