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But they are declining to advance provisions that would have defunded the stadium and given the money to the University of ...

Economists struggle to predict the fallout, while tourism, construction and retail businesses seek their own paths through ...

A recent analysis of judiciary data by the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice found that from 2018 to 2023 ...

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The salary increases were recommended by a commission filled with former -- and current -- government officials.

Then-Gov. David Ige, right, and his attorney general, Doug Chin, filed a major lawsuit against the first Trump administration ...