Utility regulators have given Hawaiian Electric Co. the green light to pursue its first major rate increase in more than five ...

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Critics who claim that Senate Bill 897 falls short of holding utilities accountable don’t understand the rapidly evolving ...

The legislation was opposed by gun-rights advocates who warned that hunters and Native Hawaiians would be harmed by the ...

President Trump has said he wants to deport hardened criminals. But on Hawaiʻi, agents are snaring undocumented children and ...

The state watchdog could get behind a more modest increase if public utility regulators investigate the interisland shipper's ...