Hawaiian Electric Co. and the Hawaii Farm Bureau say that the potential rates may not be fair.

Oahu residents will choose among more than 500 candidates to sit on 36 boards representing the island’s neighborhoods.

Five senators voted “no” on the renomination, saying the department needs to go in a new direction.

The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice analyzed the demographics of workers who could be impacted by an increase.

Funding for kupuna care programs were some of the outstanding big ticket items that weren’t included in the state’s operating budget in March.

The $7 million approved by lawmakers Tuesday is less than half of the $15 million requested by the Senate in March.

The national association supporting owners of some of Hawaii’s premier commercial locations spent $126,000 in two months — but a bill to tax them is still alive.

After being outpolled by Trevor Ozawa by margins of 22 and 41 votes in prior contests, Tommy Waters won by 1,004 in the special election.

The maintenance worker on Kauai faces ethics charges and is expected to be fined $4,500.

UPDATED:  A Senate committee harshly criticized Nolan Espinda’s leadership of Hawaii’s prisons and the Sheriff Division.

Attorney General Clare Connors had no worries heading into a vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Committee members grow frustrated during a second hearing on the renomination of Nolan Espinda as director of the Department of Public Safety.