Instead of committing Hawaiʻi to a future of continued mass incarceration, we can invest back into our communities and restore people who do harm to being functioning members of society. Doing so will make us all safer and healthier.

In a statement emailed to The Independent, the Senatorial candidate says he returned the materials later, but has no excuse for his behavior.

Hanabusa's public relations firm says the candidate does not support the NextEra takeover of Hawaiʻi’s energy portfolio despite the Florida company dumping money into her campaign.

The law declares that “the state of Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people” and “the actualization of the right of national self-determination in the state of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.”

Coalition’s letter to the federal and Hawaiʻi state governments charges United States’ militarism with the perpetuation of violence and oppression across the Pacific.

With Governor Ige's signature, SB3095 will become law and Hawaiʻi will lead the nation in establishing pesticide regulatory policy that protects the health and safety of its people and environment.

The committee voted to gut a criminal justice reform bill and replace it with a bill looking at hurricane-resistant school structures with no input from advocates or the community.

Activists have been fighting for years for a comprehensive pesticide regulation bill. Now one is heading to a final floor vote after passing through conference committee.

Hawaiʻi residents discuss plans to prevent nuclear holocaust as the Trump Administration “gears up for imminent war with North Korea.”

Pōhakuloa, like other important places across the Asia-Pacific region, is home to a military base with live fire training.

“The Alt-Right is Killing People” examines the deadliness of the alt-right movement and its spread from underground Internet culture to mainstream exposure.

Ikaika Hussey enters the race for Honolulu City Council in the 6th District.

And the primary reason is because most jailed people cannot afford to post bail.

Reps. Ito and Tokioka just lost their leadership positions on the House veterans committee, and it might have been because of a planned coup to overthrow House leadership.

Two separate, pending court cases reveal a lack of respect for Hawaiʻi’s indigenous language as an equal and legitimate alternative to English.

The governor claims to have eliminated favoritism and pay-to-play cronyism in state government.

Under the guise of enforcing voter fraud protections—and with a gutted Voting Rights Act doing little to stop them—conservatives in power appear to be doing everything they can to suppress minority votes.

Inside the governor's supplemental budget proposal are requests for money meant to crack down on the houseless and to explore private prison options

The petty, partisan and blatantly hypocritical move to try and save Trump's tax plan by blocking the will of the Alabama voters should come as no surprise.

The FBI is investigating the judge who sent Meek Mill back to prison for minor probation violations from almost nine years ago. Mill’s case is hardly unique.