Despite the investments, advocacy groups say cracks remain in the state’s safety net. 

But the state senator in charge of budgeting said positions that were eliminated have been vacant for years.

When Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz’s pet legislation faced opposition from Rep. Nicole Lowen, he suddenly intervened with the power to make or break her bills.

Advocates applauded a series of clean transportation bills passed this year but said the initiatives face a long road ahead.

Hawaii joins 15 other states that ensures more First Amendment protections for student journalists.

Why give people barely enough to cover a couple of cheap tires when the Legislature could have chipped away at its endless to-do list?

Hawaii is the last state in the country to set up minimum qualifications for its law enforcement officers.

Lawmakers did an abrupt — and secretive — about-face as the session ended when they revamped a bill putting limits on some renewable energy sources.

Many Hawaii residents living in apartment buildings and other multi-family dwellings lack direct access to electric vehicle charging stations.

A bill extending more First Amendment protections to student journalists and their advisers awaits Gov. David Ige’s signature.