Lawmakers are considering whether the kauhale program deserves even more money and what controls to put on it.

Staff turnover at Hawaiʻi County has stalled the use of new measures meant to penalize property owners with illegal junkyards and derelict cars.

There is effectively one attorney on Oʻahu handling all the petitions for getting severely mentally ill people treatment through a court order. The mayor says that needs to change.

The state is working to increase childhood immunization rates amid growing concern about the rising number of cases nationally.

A new emergency rule would allow students to receive the measles vaccine without giving up their religious exemptions in schools.

Analysts, scientists, academics and journalists succumbed to a conventional wisdom based on fear and the view that the only thing important was saving lives.

The Benefits Eligibility Solution’s contract cost has nearly doubled and it’s years overdue, as the state grapples with mistakes and a $10.9 million fine.

Residents asked the city to make the intersection safer after a woman was killed there in 2019, but the city said no changes were needed. Since then, more people have been hit.

The legal battle comes as the Legislature debates a bill that would allow pharmacists on neighbor islands to remotely supervise services at rural medical clinics.

A pair of national experts will determine what is needed to improve services for mentally ill inmates. Then lawmakers will be asked to fund the fixes.