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Hawaii lawmakers voted to give judges more leniency in sentencing residents busted for marijuana possession in 1969. Nearly a ...

Everybody loved this measure as it flew through the Legislature, but it still died mysteriously in the session’s final days.

It took an unprecedented disaster on Maui to spur the House and Senate into action. Let’s keep the mojo going, because so ...

Experts say regulating contractor donations along with publicly financed elections could go a long way to taming corruption.

Hawaii Senate President Ron Kouchi was for years among the closet allies of Milton Choy, the recently convicted businessman ...

Civil Beat is a small nonprofit newsroom that provides free content with no paywall. That means readership growth alone can’t ...

At least one top executive candidate wants to see what happens to Lori Kahikina before considering a rail job.

Sine die at the Capitol and a rally at the University of Hawaii end a week that began with hundreds of bicyclists on the ...

Despite a settlement reached two years ago, Hawaiian petrels continue to be harmed by bright lights at Grand Wailea in violation of federal law, plaintiffs allege. A new lawsuit is seeking to ...

The opening of Kulia Academy in Kalihi comes at a time when many other schools in the state are grappling with how to ...

Mario Siatris is eager for the government to clear his Lahaina property of fire debris so he can inch one step closer to ...