The presence of recently listed endangered species means a new environmental review is required under state law.

Hawaiʻi has one of the nation's biggest shortages of licensed childcare programs, according to a national study.

Kakaʻako resident Ashley Severson remembers the anxiety she felt last July as she attempted to evacuate her family inland ...

The real question is not whether discretion exists, but who exercises it, under what standards and with what consequences.

Two Democrats and a nonpartisan candidate are on the primary ballot. Three candidates are running in the Aug. 8 primary ...

State House candidate for an urban Honolulu seat faces no opposition. The incumbent member for State House District 25, representing the communities of Ala Moana, Kaka‘ako and Downtown Honolulu, is ...

Two Democrats face off to represent the urban Honolulu district. Longtime incumbent Donna Kim, who was first elected to State Senate District 14 in 2000, is running again for the office that ...

The County Council chairman has raised more than his colleagues, including a former two-term mayor. Kaua‘i County Council Chair Mel Rapozo is outraising and outspending fellow council member and ...

"With the number of growing homeless encampments and more gangsters filling our streets, we need solutions now." ...

Every day on Oʻahu, the U.S. Navy pumps an average of 1.7 million gallons of water from the Red Hill well, filters it, and ...

It’s now up to the AG to decide whether to prosecute Sylvia Luke and some of her campaign staffers for alleged campaign ...

A little-noticed section in a bipartisan housing bill could accelerate new construction after major disasters.