There can be no real progress until there are incentives to encourage entrepreneurship and private enterprise.

Honolulu prosecutors pushed for a bill that would make ghost guns illegal. Now it faces its first test since becoming law.

Hawaiʻi requires high school seniors pay off school debts before donning a cap and gown. Not all families can afford to.

Council members at first wanted to trim the budget. Instead they added programs to help residents struggling to make ends ...

Now more than ever, local news is a vital community resource: connecting neighbors, uplifting voices and sharing information ...

The effort to help struggling students at the University of Hawaiʻi is led by volunteer faculty and staff. Other states ...

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi brought an estimated 50,000 people together Monday to remember their loved ones with a ...

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new "green fee" that the governor signed into law today.

Gov. Josh Green wanted the money to go into special environmental funds. Instead, lawmakers retain a say in how it's spent.

The city has made it easier to sign up, but many owners are still flying under the radar even in areas like Waikīkī and Ko ...

Big Island groups worked with state agencies to open the cherished waters of Kealakekua Bay to spearfishing invasive fish.

Darius K. Kila serves House District 44, which includes the communities of Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, and Mā‘ili. As a Native Hawaiian legislator, he is a member of the Native Hawaiian Affairs Caucus and ...