House leaders say they will consider increasing capital gains and state income taxes on high earners in an effort to restore targeted cuts.

Hawaii's Legislature is considering whether to seek reimbursement for the cost of rescue operations for people who ignore warning and no trespassing signs.

Honolulu police arrested Hawaii state Rep. Sharon Har late Monday, alleging she was going in the wrong direction on Beretania Street.

While the proposal would increase wages to $12 an hour by 2022, labor advocates also want to raise the wage to $17 by 2026.

Lawmakers want to prevent sitting LG’s from holding second jobs, a ban that already applies to governors and mayors. That could impact Josh Green, an M.D. who works two weekends a month at a Big Island hospital.

When there's no money to argue over, the Legislature starts getting into other people's business.

The proposal follows House Speaker Scott Saiki's call for the University of Hawaii to be ousted from its management role.

Magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are already banned in Hawaii for handguns, but not for rifles.

Hawaii is one of only two states with no legal form of gaming. Bills have been introduced and rejected year after year.

The Hawaiian Home Lands director had called proposed amendments to the measure a "glimmer of hope" but now says that flicker is dead.