The Board of Education is preparing to select the next Department of Education superintendent in front of the public.

Hawaii is the last state in the country to set up minimum qualifications for its law enforcement officers.

The Legislature made some progress this year in increasing government transparency, but leading politicians say there is still much more work to be done.

Updated: Longtime Maui Sen. Roz Baker is one of three veteran senators and several House members who are departing this year.

Hawaii lawmakers passed almost every proposal they said they would in a rare session bolstered by billions of dollars in extra revenue.

Other measures approved Tuesday would settle claims by Hawaiians on the homelands waitlist, and require judges to release some petty, non-violent offenders without bail.

Lawmakers also gave the nod to a flurry of other bills, such as extending agricultural leases and expanding the search for geothermal resources.

House Bill 2510 also makes a state earned income tax credit refundable. Meanwhile, many taxpayers could soon get a $300 tax rebate.

Amid historic funding agreements for Hawaiians, lawmakers race to reach a compromise on dozens of measures ahead of key legislative deadlines.