Gov. Josh Green and lawmakers may face some tough budget decisions later this year as they try to respond to any federal ...

Leaders of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recently downplayed the impacts of Trump’s move because it keeps the commercial fishing ban intact within 50 miles of shore of the ...

Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive plan to address Hawaiʻi's overreliance on imported foods and the growing number of ...

Federal data shows a decline in students staying home for college. The University of Hawaiʻi is trying to reverse that trend.

The uncomfortable truth is that Hawaiʻi likely has thousands more homeless people than the narrow definition used in the ...

The removal of short-term rentals in West Maui from the Minatoya list is not just a policy change — it’s a chance to reclaim ...

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University of Hawaiʻi study has followed 2,000 people since 2022. This year includes after-effects of Maui wildfires ...

The mother of convicted racketeering boss Mike Miske, who died last year, had been seeking guardianship of his granddaughter.

After wrapping work on “Lilo & Stitch” last March, Jason Fitzgerald packed up his life in Hawai‘i and moved to Atlanta – not ...

Two street Oʻahu street problems featured by Civil Beat are now in various stages of repair. After 18 months of going from ...

Peter Sabonis is the director of human rights-based development at Partners for Dignity and Rights. He has worked with community groups on equitable development in Baltimore and Minneapolis, and ...