Advocates argue a lower BAC level is an effective deterrent and makes roads safer overall.

Yoga mats, sweatpants, face masks and photos were all part of our survival strategies.

However, the chairs of the Senate and House Hawaiian affairs committees are proposing two different approaches to providing housing options to certain DHHL beneficiaries.

The task of moving people away from the coast faces a hurdle: economic complexities.

Important lessons can be learned by examining what has taken place since the release of the report, which warned of "a rising tide of mediocrity."

When the public business of democracy is conducted in darkness, shady deals are more common and corruption can flourish.

The Kobayashi Group is moving ahead with a 43-story residential high rise that will take the place of 124 rental units on Kapiolani Boulevard.

The governor should be using his medical training and his whiteboard to inspire us all to be healthier.

The Paeahu solar farm, located in a dryland forest, would operate a short distance from a residential subdivision.

Big Island Chief Judge Judge Robert Kim, who toured the packed facility in January, has been refusing to send some defendants to the jail, letting them await trial at home.

Joy San Buenaventura was nowhere to be found the day her colleagues deadlocked over the contested gubernatorial nominee.

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The longtime Life of the Land leader reflects on decades of pushing his clean energy and environmental justice agenda.

Sunshine bills and rule changes are not enough if powerful legislators are allowed to rule over fiefdoms at the Capitol.

Hawaii knows what needs to be done and the state has invested in progress. But it's not enough.

A federal judge considered several motions in the high-profile murder and conspiracy case, including removing Miske's longtime attorney.

Republican Rep. Elijah Pierick has been widely criticized after questioning the display of a pride flag at a middle school .

Meanwhile, Kali Watson was approved to lead Hawaiian Home Lands while Keith Regan was confirmed as state comptroller.