Rivzi began by speaking about ACLU Hawaiʻi ‘s top priorities. This interview has been edited for length and clarity and with ...

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New reform measures would prohibit high level state officials from holding fundraisers and stop state employees from doing ...

Hawaiʻi should consider establishing an independent entity to operate in the space between criminal prosecution and ...

The president insists he's brought down the price of groceries. The cash register receipt shows that's far from true.

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and ...

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The battle over who controls one of the island's major water sources — a foreign company or a county board — appears headed ...

A 92-year-old architect who tried to slip a Honolulu permit worker a $20 bill has been convicted of bribery of a public ...

An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will ...

Risk a lot to save a lot. But a newly uncovered federal investigation into a firefighter's death cautions fire departments ...

Two legislators strongly reject a proposal from the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission to return to same-day, in-person voting.