The HTA board questioned Mufi Hannemann earlier this week about gatherings at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center that involved two of his organizations.

A state audit has triggered an investigation of whether the HTA board chair’s nonprofits inappropriately received free food and use of state facilities from his own agency.

They say uncertainty and danger stem from the president’s policies on tariffs, government operations and immigration.

Hotel and lodging owners and operators say an increased visitor tax is not the right way to support climate mitigation efforts.

The scam involves tourists who buy what they think are discounted tickets to Hawaiʻi attractions, sold by scammers. In the end, the tourists take the tours but the companies don’t get paid.

Gov. Josh Green’s push for tourists to help fund climate mitigation is just the latest round of a debate that goes back nearly a century.

Parcels next to the Hoakalei Resort in Ewa were a hot topic at the Honolulu City Council’s final hearing on the overhauling of its Land Use Ordinance.

This year’s Native Hawaiian Convention focused on how Hawaiians have played a much bigger role in shaping policy.

Union jobs including flight attendants, pilots and mechanics, will be protected.

Housekeepers and other staff at top hotel chains in Waikiki and Kauai joined thousands of hotel workers on strike in other cities as contract talks stalled.