A controversial bill would cut top superintendent positions from the DOE and increase community input in schools. Some families say the change is long overdue.

Lawmakers are pushing for the education department to create more hands-on and project-based learning opportunities for students.

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.

Senators are troubled by what they see as slow progress from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, which is struggling to find staff to keep invasive species at bay.

The Republican caucuses have grown in the Legislature thanks to the 2024 election.