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Yet another state audit takes the Department of Health to task over its deposit beverage program. It's time for the ...

For decades, one of the state's main agencies to help the public has been understaffed and lacking in authority.

Now more than ever, local news is a vital community resource: connecting neighbors, uplifting voices and sharing information ...

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

Donovan Dela Cruz voted four times in favor of passing a bill designed to protect māmaki tea, even though he owns a māmaki tea business. No other senators declared conflicts either.

This is all part of a one-year celebration of the park’s 10th anniversary, also launched by Ogura, which started with a ...

Last month, Civil Beat published a Community Voice that called for the governor to veto the passage of Senate Bill 1322, ...

Developers of much-needed affordable housing are supposed to get permits approved or denied within three months. It's taking ...

The number of residents who die each year is surprising, even to lifeguards. And the danger is not limited to inexperienced ...

A dishonest public worker and his partners slurped up millions of dollars by illegally manipulating a complex system of ...

The State Historic Preservation Division hasn't adequately explained why it now supports the stairs' removal, the suit says.