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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While Hawaiʻi ‘s voters still overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidates last November, they sent more Republicans to the ...

Legislators passed a historic new green fee. They also kicked some of Hawaiʻi's most daunting environmental challenges down ...

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Efforts to increase Hawaiʻi’s traditionally low voter turnout got mixed results this session. House Bill 408 passed, ...

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If you have not traveled on Hawaiian Airlines to the Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, in the last three years, you ...

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

Congratulations on getting through session. Here’s a puzzle to help you wind down.

Before ending the regular session for the year, lawmakers stashed away money to shield Hawaiʻi from federal budget cuts.