Politics

April 9, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Mom-and-pop businesses across Hawaii could close their doors and consumers will soon face higher prices for everyday items after President Donald Trump announced an across-the-board minimum 10...

April 8, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A bill proposing a 2-cent increase in the state cigarette tax that would boost funding for the University of Hawaii Cancer Center passed its first hearing before a key Senate committee Monday...

April 7, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A crowd that one member estimated to be about 2,500 people braved blustery weather conditions on Saturday to express their displeasure and objections over recent actions and announced plans by...

April 6, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the country on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and a wide range of his administration’s actions, inc...

April 6, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

LIHUE — Hawaii Governor Josh Green, M.D., has ordered all flags to fly at half-staff in honor of the unwavering service of former Representative Gene Ward.

April 3, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Key Hawaii Republicans offered differing viewsw of President Donald Trump three months into his second term, with some continuing their full support while others are hearing from constituents...

April 2, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

On the last day of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed a resolution today that recognizes the heritage, culture and contributions of Indigenous wome...

April 2, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

LIHUE — Ambassador of Portugal Francisco Duarte Lopes from Washington, D.C., and the Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco Filipe Ramalheira stopped off at the County of Kauai on a...

April 1, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

State Attorney General Anne Lopez is leading a multi­state legal battle to block the Trump administration in its attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, joining 20 other at...

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Gov. Josh Green has reversed course on a controversial path to fill a state water commission seat reserved for a traditional Native Hawaiian water management expert.

March 31, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

MANILA — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on Friday and pledged to deploy adva...

March 29, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Hawaii lawmakers have been busy this year assessing whether there should be more or fewer ways to earn state income tax credits, a year after approving historic tax cuts that ramp up through 2...

March 27, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have promised sweeping changes to the U.S. military.

March 26, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

An unusually high number of state House members — Rep. Chris Todd counts “at least” 14 out of 51 — are juggling long days and often long nights this legislative session...

March 25, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson, a Cornell University professor who grew up on Saipan, has devoted his life to studying the ocean and how people in the Pacific depend on the fish in it to fe...

March 25, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The last bill aimed at controlling and reducing the population of feral chickens across Hawaii died this week in the Legislature, once again, as residents remain divided over whether the ubiqu...