The Department of Education’s failure to provide detailed travel records is part of a broader pattern of poor record-keeping for Hawaiʻi schools, lawmakers and government transparency advocates say.

The mayors decided against asking the Legislature for a 20-year extension of the general excise tax surcharge for rail and other transportation projects to allow time for more due diligence.

Alvin Jardine fought for nearly a decade to be paid under the state’s wrongful conviction compensation law. He died before receiving payment.

Some lawmakers are questioning the administration’s plan to fund the projects through a combination of the new fee and bonds.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will need billions in additional revenue to provide homes for the roughly 30,000 Hawaiians on its waitlist.

The 77-year-old lawmaker is trying to defuse concerns that she suffers from an illness that is affecting her performance.

State lawmakers are taking up a bill this week that would create a low-interest loan program.

The settlement calls for a $600,000 payment to the estate of Brian Kimo O’Gorman after he suffered heart failure while withdrawing from methadone.

Longtime Sen. Michelle Kidani may be leaving office early amid concerns about whether she is mentally fit.

Now that the bill-filing deadline has passed, here’s our handy roadmap for following hundreds of government accountability and political reform bills proposed for the 2026 session.