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Voters may be forced to wait in line this election season after the death of legislation that would have funded more county ...

Most people who are frustrated with the influence of corporate money in our politics have been told the same thing for 16 ...

Stuff got saved to be reused in practical ways. A 50-gallon drum, a plastic bucket that held senbei cookies, a Folger’s ...

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

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Honolulu officials had planned to hold a press conference to provide updates on the storm Friday afternoon, but canceled it ...

Public schools, parks, libraries and most government offices on Oʻahu will close amid forecasts of heavy rain and strong ...

The state House proposed an assortment of potential tax increases for the Senate to consider, but senators buried almost all ...

The bill would create a new low-interest loan program to help eliminate some of the 80,000 cesspools leaking millions of ...

Bills to support families at risk for intervention by Child Welfare Services and fund domestic violence training for ...