DOE wants more support in keeping unwanted visitors off its campuses, but families say school playgrounds are an important ...

Not everyone living on agricultural land is a farmer. But state agencies have struggled to distinguish the genuine food producers from the hobby farmers looking for a tax break.

The 2024 tax cut bill, Act 46, began as a solid idea. Gov. Josh Green’s proposal would have adjusted for inflation, expanded child care credits, and helped ALICE households. By the time it passed, ...

An empty homes tax could raise revenue while nudging vacant units back into the city and county’s housing supply.

Since 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has imposed speed restrictions on ships 65 feet and longer when they pass through areas that North Atlantic right whales ...

Farmers spent Saturday wading through their properties, trying to pick up the pieces from crops and livestock lost during ...

: At 4:40 a.m. Saturday the city sent out an alert ending the evacuation notice, stating that water levels were consistent at ...

Until serious initiatives are implemented by the government and civil society, federal and state public record laws will fail ...

But a few significant issues failed to generate much interest this year as legislators scurried to meet the crossover ...

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

Drones and ShotSpotter and even more surveillance cameras are invading our privacy and need effective oversight.

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