The Legislature this year passed a bill to cancel unpaid medical debt for lower-income Hawaiʻi residents.

Hawaiʻi allowed the shipping company to keep the money while awaiting a rate increase but now wants millions more in penalties and interest.

Fed up with declining pay, drivers try and organize politically, seek lawmakers’ help.

Several bills over the years have been pared back to studies and advocates are impatient. But the state says it must get it right.

Mayor Rick Blangiardi pledged Wednesday night to make city services work faster for Oʻahu’s residents.

New research shows housing displacement and income loss were central drivers of psychological harm.

Hawai‘i residents are getting older and more of us are living with disabilities, according to the latest census data.

State authority says market conditions and project requirements put Aloha Homes on the shelf. Sen. Stanley Chang says the Kakaʻako development remains underway.

The Charter Commission held a first hearing Monday of a proposal to create a food security fund using property tax revenue.

The report was produced at a time when food security was bad in Hawaiʻi. But now, advocates say, it’s even worse.