A measure enacted Thursday by Gov. Josh Green that reduces by nearly half the retirement benefits for future judges comes at a time when the state Judiciary is struggling to find qualified judges, ...

Water safety advocates cheered the passage of Sharkey’s Law, named after 5-year-old Charlotte “Sharkey” Schaefers who drowned ...

Hawaii’s medical marijuana market is set to expand under a new law that allows for more patients and for dispensaries to sell ...

The governor’s office in a statement said that capital improvement funding financed by general obligation bonds could be used ...

At a legislative hearing on June 23, lawmakers gave little confidence that the HTA could operate competently because of the board. By Tuesday’s Spotlight Now, Green said that he ...

Hawaii is already an expensive visitor destination. Rising hotel rates, up 29% in 2024 compared to 2019, coupled with the ...

Gov. Josh Green signed the state's $40 billion two-year budget into law on Monday. But he reduced it by about $110 million.

A plan to make states share the cost of food benefits got warped by an apparent effort to win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski ...

Hawaii Governor Josh Green enacts a $39.5 billion budget for 2026 and 2027, focusing on infrastructure and critical ...

A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S.

Hawaii’s governor on Monday signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal fireworks in the islands after a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a case concerning a lawsuit over the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of ...