After falling out with Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi a year and a half ago, former Ocean Safety Chief John Titchen is interested in getting his job back.

The Department of Justice wants to join the cruise ship industry’s lawsuit against the state over a new tax on passengers visiting the islands.

October’s celebration honored and reclaimed a history once nearly erased.

In response to a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision, case files in one of Hawaiʻi’s most notorious child abuse cases were unsealed. They reveal how the state and experts ignored multiple warnings before Ariel Sellers died.

It does not adequately support individual justice and home ownership peace of mind.

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, but the effort tends to involve familiar faces.

OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a “tired tactic colonizers have used for generations.”

Outgoing PUC Chair Leo Asuncion gave no reason for leaving before his term is up.

Without immediate action, the industry faces a bloodbath next year.

Programs providing targeted outreach to Native Hawaiian and Filipino survivors are among those facing cuts.