Gov. Josh Green cited uncertainty in federal funding along with reduced revenue projections in issuing line-item budget vetos ...

Staff and some trustees had been caught off guard by a dramatically different spending plan. Monday's decision came after a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Start your week with some pizzazz. The letter “z” will do that for you in this word challenge. Now more than ever, local news is a vital community resource: connecting neighbors, uplifting voices and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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