The $7 million approved by lawmakers Tuesday is less than half of the $15 million requested by the Senate in March.

The national association supporting owners of some of Hawaii’s premier commercial locations spent $126,000 in two months — but a bill to tax them is still alive.

The federal government has allocated $345 million to control flooding of the canal, but key lawmakers have balked at approving $125 million in local matching funds.

The vote was unanimous in favor of the governor’s nomination to head the state land department.

Ticketing drivers caught on camera removes the human element of a police officer considering the circumstances. Ready for more rear-enders?

A stubborn insistence on sticking with flawed nominee Nolan Espinda seems to value loyalty over leadership.

Hawaii lawmakers are assessing whether there is support for reviving a bill allowing Alexander & Baldwin continued water access on Maui that was once declared dead.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs hasn’t received an increase in revenues from the ceded trust lands in more than a decade.

Efforts to address the effects of a warming planet on a vulnerable island state have mostly fallen short this session.

Attorney General Clare Connors had no worries heading into a vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee.