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.

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.

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.

Every member of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature filed financial disclosure forms on time, as required by law—apparently grounds for a literal award.

Within today's House committee chair shuffle lies the very real potential for an impending leadership shakeup.

Brower’s disparaging words and dehumanizing actions toward those experiencing houselessness in Hawaiʻi make him a controversial choice to chair the committee.

The socially conservative politician’s continuing crusade against the state’s comprehensive new sexual education policy risks public health of Hawaiʻi’s children.

While the State Senate has become more progressive, this is yet another example of the State House moving in the opposite direction.

In an attempt to get a GMO-labeling bill heard this session, Rep. Jessica Wooley turned to a legislative maneuver that many agree is an unsavory tactic.

The House labor committee's draft of the minimum wage increase bill is pitched as a compromise, but still favors small business owners over their employees.

House Bill 1889 is widely supported—but not by some of the very people who it would supposedly protect.

A bill that would have given the state broader authority to preempt county ordinances it finds inconvenient, such as those restricting biotech, failed to find enough support to pass through the senate agriculture committee.