A measure allowing video evidence from drones was part of a package of bills aimed at cracking down on illegal fireworks that became law Monday.

A new day treatment program has already graduated dozens of adolescents. A new treatment option for drug-dependent youth on Kauaʻi is breathing life into the island’s troubled $7 million adolescent ...

A vote comes Monday for the new budget, which some fear could undermine the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ mission. Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will vote today on a more than $120 million ...

Beth Fukumoto served three terms in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives. She was the youngest woman in the U.S. to lead a major party in a legislature, the first elected Republican to switch parties ...

Rob Perez retired in 2023 as an investigative reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica. He spent over 40 years in journalism and got his first reporting gig on Guam in the mid-1970s. A ...

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It includes a plan to revive a major pay-to-play bill snuffed out in the Hawaiʻi Legislature this year. Will it work?

“Regime change war” became her catchphrase, like J.J. Evans saying “Dy-no-mite!”, Gomer Pyle saying, “Goll-ly!”, or Gary ...

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Republicans under Trump are no longer supporting true conservative principles. It’s time for a third political movement.

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

The Board of Land and Natural Resources delivers a second blow to the Army as it attempts to continue using state land.