Legislation to slash arts spending could even end the Kamehameha Day parades.

As parent frustration and aggression escalates in schools, the Hawaii Department of Education grapples with how to keep employees safe while respecting families’ rights.

A legislative proposal would provide inmates at the Women’s Community Correctional Center with the opportunity to care for vulnerable kittens.

The Kohala Ditch was built in the early 1900s to water sugarcane fields, then it fed ranches and small farmers’ operations. But it has languished since breaking in 2021.

Government accountability advocates say that proposed changes are not needed because the nearly 50-year-old law is not that difficult to follow.

Collected fees would go toward helping convert cesspools by Hawaii’s 2050 deadline.

Because it lacked appropriations, Judiciary Chair David Tarnas said the legislation was “fatally flawed.”

House Finance Committee Chairman Kyle Yamashita says the state general fund had a surplus of $1.34 billion heading into this year’s session.

A legislative proposal would allow nonprofit groups to take over abandoned cemeteries, including Pearl City’s infamous 100-year-old Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.

Two bills being considered by the Legislature would increase the legally required minimum liability coverage, which could boost the cost of premiums.