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Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and ...

A new study finds the same waʻa settled both Hawaiʻi and Easter Island, carrying genes that leave some at risk of rare ...

Public records requests can reveal information that would never appear in official news releases. But there is no guarantee agencies will hand the information over.

The audit followed Civil Beat reporting that found irregularities in the state’s kauhale initiative. In a rush to stem an ...

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier says he believes he was put on leave because of what he says are investigations into corruption in the mayor's office.

On Kaua‘i, neighbors are repairing each other’s roofs, delivering meals and using their own equipment to clear roads.

Incumbent At-Large Trustee Keoni Souza trailed former City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson in the Primary Election.

An impact report led the council to demand an audit of how $30 million had been spent. Now they are worried about starving ...

Voters will have the opportunity to make the penalty for impeachment on par with the penalty for being recalled by voters.

Francis Lum turned 90 years old on October 2. He was a star athlete at Punahou School in the 1950’s. Together with his partner, Leona Pereza, who is a competitive paddler and weightlifter, Lum stays ...

At a rally scheduled for Sunday in Oʻahu, a candidate for the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives is enticing potential voters ...