A proposed statewide public financing program for political campaigns was once again shot down Wednesday, even as a raft of election reform measures remain alive.

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The Commission on Salaries on Thursday will consider finalizing recommendations that would give the governor a series of pay ...

State senators voted 25-0 to approve and send to the House of Representatives a bill that would make Nov. 28 La Ku ‘oko ‘a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, as Hawaii’s 14th official state holiday. The ...

J's nod to March Madness, readers will vote to narrow down their favorite Daytona-area pizzerias in round-by-round, ...

Hawaii’s congressional delegation has long supported the East-West Center, but even their influence may not be enough to ...

A bill that would generate new revenue for the state to address climate change and reduce the risk of future wildfires by ...

“America’s Favorite Teacher” may be awarded to a Big Island educator dedicated to teaching keiki through the revitalization of biodiversity in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiian culture had long been repressed Thompson ... (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights ...

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.), while defending her vote to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Thursday, urged her fellow Democrats to hold themselves to a higher standard. Pointing to Congress’s low ...

Ten House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Thursday, rebuking the 11-term ...

With House Bill 1308 passing through house committees in Hawaii, the prospect of legalized online sports betting in the Aloha ...