The outcome could mean higher insurance premiums or a bankrupt utility. It could also upend the proposed settlement, delaying ...

The House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee voted unanimously to send House Bill 371 for a full vote in the House. The ...

Eight people are still being treated in burn units in Arizona and Honolulu, and the police investigation is ongoing.

Senate Bill 1542 would provide parents with tools to block unsuitable apps and obtain parental consent before minors can ...

The state has long since allowed for medical cannabis use and more recently its sale at dispensaries — and has decriminalized ...

Roughly 11% of older adults in Hawaiʻi reported excessive drinking in 2022, the highest rate of any state, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by the ...

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health doesn’t keep statistics on bedbugs because they don’t carry or spread disease. But the ...

Being a blue state in a GOP-dominated national power structure makes this the perfect time to become more autonomous.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...

Chantrelle Wai‘alae is a mother of three with children ages 15, 11 and 2. She enjoys paddling, traveling, and going to the beach with them. Wai‘alae is a family law attorney and community advocate.

AARP Hawaiʻi, which is lobbying hard for the legislation — there are several paid family leave bills pending — reports that ...

Let’s support swimming, sailing, surfing, volleyball and paddling. We live in an ocean, after all.