The bill falls short of what advocates hoped for, but they're celebrating a step forward nonetheless and asking the governor to sign it.

The Hawaiʻi Ratepayer Protection Act empowers the PUC to set strong, well-informed policies and encourages the utility to ensure clean energy for all of Hawaiʻi’s residents at reduced electrical rates.

The newly launched Kupuna Caregivers Program will help working caregivers pay for vital support services for their elderly charges.

Governor Ige has said he intends to increase Hawaiʻi’s food-production capacity. However, sprawling housing developments like Hoʻopili continue to put this goal further out of reach.

The National Endowment for the Humanities will award $90,000 to the Mānoa Heritage Center in Honolulu through a new Native American language revitalization initiative.

Mayor Caldwell introduces bill to require retrofitted sprinkler systems in residential high-rises for fire safety.

No specific dates have been set for the special session and no rail funding mechanism has been agreed upon yet.

The complaint accuses the state agency of failing to execute its duties by approving agrochemical industry permits without adequate environmental review.

Currently, graduate students at UH are the only state-employed workers that are not permitted to unionize or collectively bargain with their employer.

Hawaiʻi residents call on Hawaii Gas to drop Liquified Natural Gas as part of a global movement to "break free" from fossil fuels.

The nonprofit says that the proposed program fails to live up to lawmakers’ vision for dramatically expanding access to clean energy in Hawaiʻi.

Eighteen state lawmakers sent a joint letter to state and federal regulatory agencies insisting the “real danger” of contamination to drinking water not be ignored.