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The lawsuit against the well-endowed Hawaiian school insists the goal is to force racial integration but there's more of an ...

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The leadership of both chambers must be shown it will be politically costly if they ignore public opinion this time.

The state Elections Commission has asked the Legislature to revert to in-person, same-day voting. But experts say voting by mail is safe and popular.

Hawaiʻi was one of two dozen states that filed suit over the administration's plans to freeze food assistance payments.

A $1.5 million investment from the American Journalism Project will jumpstart our plans to increase neighbor island coverage, ...

The Hawaiʻi Food Assistance Program will give $250 to every current food stamp recipient in the state — automatically placing ...

The Boettcher Estate in Kailua includes 4 acres of beachfront property and a crumbling house that once was owned by a wealthy ...

Citing Civil Beat’s investigation of a jail diversion program known as Act 26, a group of senators is asking the health ...

A new program offers Hawaiʻi seniors guaranteed admissions to nine University of Hawaiʻi campuses, but advocates say more ...

It was Kamehameha’s third-largest scholarship offering for non-KS students, behind aid for college students and preschoolers.