Gov. Josh Green has imposed spending restrictions on state departments, which means new money to help fix problems at CWS ...

Staffers didn't intervene or contact authorities after a 10-year-old boy complained he was sexually assaulted by another ...

Drought isn’t the only climate-driven disaster hitting cities. But it may be the most insidious of the natural threats ...

There are protections in place for historic buildings in Hawaiʻi, although a new law allows some reviews to be sidestepped.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation launched its Energy Security and Waste Reduction Plan to reduce ...

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Her death leaves a void on the ideologically split nine-member council as it confronts major housing policy decisions.

Social media is amplifying conflicts and normalizing bad behavior as teens film fights and post them online to draw hundreds ...

In many cases, the business interests of the Big Five evolved rather than vanished. The problems they sometimes caused ...

But a decade later, Hawaiʻi lags far behind leading states in using renewables. And far more than any other state, Hawaiʻi ...

The state is creating a relief fund to cover costs for some — and will consider tapping into a $200 million contingency fund.

While the state government formalizes its plans to help SNAP recipients, local assistance organizations are stepping up, too.