The facility has been spending $2 million to $3 million per quarter on overtime since the pandemic.

The mother of a Waimanalo girl allegedly murdered by the couple who adopted her says she is sober and working to prevent the state from putting her newborn son into the same system.

The Maui Emergency Management Agency didn’t see the sirens as a viable tool to warn Lahaina’s people about the incoming blaze.

The lawsuit by the estate of Isabella Kalua says the state advocated her adoption by her foster parents despite multiple reports of suspicious injuries by doctors and others.

Most agree Gov. Josh Green’s emergency proclamation on housing was bold; whether it will achieve its intended goal is far from clear.

The new law against hiring, supervising or contracting with relatives doesn’t apply to the Legislature or the court system.

Critics question the decision to suspend laws to streamline the approval process for development.

Officials blamed supply chain and technical issues.

Not everything he originally proposed made it into the tax relief bill. He said those omissions will be revisited in the future.

Hawaii’s IT agency has been asking for funding to move but some state officials think it’s better to wait years for a new proposed tech center to be built.