Anita Hofschneider

Some bills are still alive, with their fate to be decided in conference committees.

Lowered revenue forecasts are deflating hopes during a legislative session that started with the potential for real change.

While DHHL moves forward with housing plans, the relatively new Homestead Housing Authority says it can help, too.

The absence of the Hawaii Community Development Authority board at a public hearing did not sit well with developers.

Bills that have sailed through the Legislature so far would boost taxes on the wealthy to pay for tax breaks for low-income families.

Hawaii payday lenders will continue to be able to charge an annual interest rate of 459 percent.

An elderly woman was hit by a garbage truck, and the lawsuit contends the city fails to train and supervise its refuse truck drivers.

The representative from the Big Island also wants to fund a study of the impact of chlorpyrifos on pregnant women in Hawaii.

Honolulu says it will upgrade its procedures for handling storm water discharges two years after massive sewage overflows made national headlines.

The Senate passed a bill to reduce the interest rates of payday loan companies, but House leaders aren’t saying what they’ll do.

The Board of Education says grant money to help pay for the search is also back on track after Darrel Galera backed out.

Critics say that the data now available online isn’t very meaningful because it’s not comprehensive.