Although city rules currently allow council pay to be docked for unexcused absences, there is no definition for what that means.

Council chair flexes to keep a more aggressive proposal off the agenda.

The proposals have pitted two Native Hawaiian organizations against each other.

A divided County Council is moving forward with plans to let voters decide if a county manager system would work better for the Big Island.

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say HECO can sidestep rules years in the making.

The council wants to approve the county’s next long-term guiding document before the November election brings new members on board.

North Shore residents evaluated cesspool alternatives as part of a federal grant allowing a Kaua‘i nonprofit to study the area’s groundwater and engage residents.

Hawai‘i County Council members are struggling to tackle an issue that residents say is ruining the community.

The education department offered more money for specialists serving autistic students on the neighbor islands. Four years later, it’s retracting its offer.

Hawai‘i County Council is weighing the mayor’s budget request to build more housing before finishing an evacuation route in Waikōloa.