Tens of thousands of legal migrants were cut off from Medicaid eligibility in 1996.

Some travel to the Mexican border to replace documents that are essential to accessing jobs, housing and even driver’s licenses.

The Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission says these migrants should receive access to Medicaid and other benefits they are now denied.

The agency relies on a database system built in the 1980s to track applicants, and has struggled with outdated technology and limited staffing.

Amy Agbayani, an immigrant from the Philippines, is well-known among political leaders and the Filipino community as a fierce advocate for improved access to higher education.

The FSM wants the U.S. Department of State to investigate labor conditions at a pork processing facility.

The governor says the rules will help ease Hawaii’s affordable housing crisis.

Honolulu’s immigration court doesn’t have any designated nonprofits that provide free legal services to unauthorized immigrants.

The state Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed the information on OHA’s support for demonstrators against the Thirty Meter Telescope.

The census will determine revenues for many programs, including those that serve Native Hawaiians.

New census data shows that the poverty rate is down from last year but that Hawaii residents still struggle with the high costs of housing and other necessities.

The casualties include stronger security at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base and a new machine gun range on Guam.