The legislative session was punctuated by an arrest in yet another child death, but lawmakers did not act on recommendations ...

Hawaiʻi will receive $700 million under a settlement with two major pharmaceutical companies that failed to properly label a ...

The Legislature funded minor workforce development initiatives but did not invest much in diversifying the local economy.

The federal government will no longer track the nation's costliest natural disasters. A local solution can fill some of the ...

Housing advocates unsuccessfully pushed for bills that would have given cash incentives for deed restrictions that require a ...

Advocates for working families are concerned that bad things are coming with federal cuts and hoped the Legislature would do ...

It highlighted key barriers to developing renewable energy – permitting challenges, regulatory hurdles, funding gaps, utility ...

Hawaiʻi has been recruiting teachers from the Philippines for several years to address the state's ongoing teacher shortage.

The Legislature rejected most of the Hawaiian advocates proposals to put more money and initiatives to help get people off ...

This one’s for us aging hippies. And our kids, since we made them listen to our music. Unfortunately, being named a finalist ...

After replacing Finance Committee chair Kyle Yamashita, Chris Todd promises to reform how the House handles money bills.

A trope is a figure of speech. The most common legislative figure of speech is “it needs more study” and its first cousin, ...