2+ hour, 58+ min ago  (745+ words) The Legislature does a poor job following up on what lawmakers want and whether it actually happens. As the state legislative session enters its closing weeks, a familiar reminder has surfaced: in Hawai'i, what lawmakers create and what actually gets…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) The last two fatal helicopter accidents in Hawai'i occurred on Kaua'i. Multiple agencies were responding Thursday to the scene of a helicopter crash near Kalalau Beach on Kaua'i's remote North Shore. Injuries were reported among the four passengers and one…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1685+ words) Let The Sunshine In By Patti Epler, Chad Blair But a few significant issues failed to generate much interest this year as legislators scurried to meet the crossover deadline. Lawmakers have largely stayed the course they set out in January…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (1173+ words) Lawmakers combine forces to push measures helping women, kids and working families. Rep. Scot Matayoshi has been trying to ban flavored vaping, session after session, with little to show for it. Speaking to local media at the State Capitol late…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (577+ words) By Waldemar Ramos Ortiz Cultural and social expectations can further complicate recognition of both anxiety and substance use. In clinical practice across Hawai'i, a consistent and often overlooked pattern emerges among people seeking mental health care: many are functioning well…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1327+ words) Hawai'i's governor would make a perfectly fine presidential candidate if we want to pretend this is still politics as usual. On a sweltering New Orleans'evening in July, the final night of the 2028 Democratic National Convention,'the party chair introduces its…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (850+ words) Maui police provide more details and release body cam footage from the fatal shooting of an officer last week. The bullet that killed Maui police officer Suzanne O came from a ghost gun and penetrated about an inch above her…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (367+ words) A female officer was shot and killed responding to a call of a man with a gun on Friday night. PAIA " A Maui police officer died following a shooting in Paia Friday. It happened on Baldwin Avenue near Heritage Hall....

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (787+ words) Applicants should start seeing a difference soon, the mayor says, thanks to new technology. Honolulu will start issuing building permits faster this fall with the help of technological upgrades, including artificial intelligence, Mayor Rick Blangiardi said at a Civil Beat…...