The House also intends to create a panel to review existing laws and propose ethics and campaign finance reforms.

Amid a new push for change, critics say the process surrounding legal campaign contributions urgently needs to be reformed.

J. Kalani English and Ty Cullen admitted they took tens of thousands of dollars to promote or kill legislation favorable to a contractor.

A Maui production’s controversial casting of the county film commissioner in a television movie has prompted an attempt to ban such hires.

Lawmakers are considering a proposal to move the Molokai Education Center to higher ground and cover relocation costs.

The co-chairs of a working group tasked with fixing an almost 19-year-old problem are taking two different approaches.

Rather than “stimulating the economy” by giving tax refunds, it would have been better if those taxes hadn’t been imposed in the first place.

It’s illegal for counties to require fire sprinklers in single-family homes and duplexes in Hawaii. A new draft law would change that.

Gov. David Ige wants to take advantage of a budget surplus to give $100 each to Hawaii taxpayers and their dependents.

Lawmakers are also considering reopening the State Capitol.