Hawaiʻi is about to start paying its lawmakers a lot more money. In some other states that has meant more months in session ...

The Office of Information Practices has finally formally acknowledged court rulings on hiring, firing and evaluating top ...

The Hawaiʻi congressman has drawn a couple of high-profile challengers in the 2026 election. But they seem to be running ...

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

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The 1% increase on tourist taxes would go to the Hawaiian Home General Loan Fund which can be used for developing land, ...

The actress and other stars are rebooting a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood.

Building on their work with Yosihiko Sinoto a half-century ago, the archaeologists have reunited at Bishop Museum.

Civil Beat has been named the best overall news site in Hawaii for 14 years in a row by the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter.

Representatives of Nānākuli High and Intermediate School say they have been left out of Oʻahu's upcoming school resource ...

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Ph.D. candidate in linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa and a graduate of Pūnana Leo o Kawaiahaʻo, Punahou School and Princeton University. Her research explores how Hawaiian-English ...