A new audit from the Government Accountability Office raises questions about whether federal agencies have been doing their jobs to hold Micronesian grantees accountable.

Longtime leader Kitty Simonds has been recruiting a replacement, although she said she hasn't yet decided when she's going to retire.

State Court Judge Shanlyn Park and Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Smith both fit President Joe Biden's mold for judgeships as he tries to diversify the federal bench.

A bipartisan congressional group spent a day in Lahaina on Saturday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Smith is the president's nominee, the White House says.

SBA loan limits were substantially hiked only a week before the destructive fires.

Real estate purchases by anonymous shell companies can distort appraisals and tax assessments.

The company's founder, Christopher Dawson, is part of a well-known Hawaiian family that has many ties in business, political and social circles in Hawaii.

President Joe Biden appointed Ka'ai to lead his initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. She sat down with Civil Beat this week to talk about her work.

Officials with the Dawson companies would only say they are cooperating with the federal investigation so it's unclear what the case is about.