Bills primarily serving Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi counties often struggle to gain traction, but a major housing bill has promise.

Flooding damaged elevators in the 16-story building. Repair of the main passenger elevator will take months.

Few departments met the official 10% goal last year. While cost, quality and lack of consistent supply are concerns, the current pace doesn’t bode well for the larger push to wean the islands off imported food.

Changes could touch 760,000 HMSA members and their doctors.

Direct primary care is a burgeoning business model that bypasses insurance. If widely adopted, it could lessen the state’s dire shortage of primary care doctors — or make things worse.

The union representing Hawaiʻi and California employees wants Kaiser to return to the bargaining table.

State pilot program to help connect people with services on Oʻahu expected to begin later this month for Molokaʻi and in February for Lānaʻi.

Neighbor islands bear the brunt of the growing shortage, which contributes to uneven costs and poorer care.

Even before President Donald Trump took office, transgender patients in Hawaiʻi were struggling to get insurance to cover some treatments. Now it’s getting worse.

Scientists say the problem is the president and his health secretary are often doing just the opposite by relying on preliminary studies, fringe science or just hunches to make claims, cast doubt on proven treatments or even set policy.