Gov. Josh Green announced the appointment of Ryan Kanaka‘ole as acting chair and director of the Hawaii Department of Land ...

The state was awarded over $188 million through a national rural healthcare transformation program to strengthen the care ...

Hawaii has been awarded nearly $190 million in federal funding to augment rural health care under President Donald Trump’s ...

Gov. Josh Green has proposed a $10.8 billion state budget that would help the state respond to on-going cuts in federal ...

WASHINGTON – If infectious disease outbreaks such as measles or bird flu explode into larger-scale emergencies, Hawaii could begin screening visitors to the state, as it did during the COVID pandemic, ...

Across the country, new laws dealing with artificial intelligence, healthcare, the climate, and a variety of other areas are ...

A slate of new laws will go into effect in states across the country beginning Jan. 1. From Hawaii imposing a tax on tourists ...

Hawaii’s minimum wage goes up $2 an hour today — to $16 from $14 — amid other new state laws in 2026 that include America’s ...

HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill Wednesday legalizing gay marriage in Hawaii, the state that kicked off a national discussion of the issue more than two decades ago. Now, the island ...

MAUI, Hawaii − The number of fatalities from the catastrophic fires in Maui reached 55, officials confirmed Thursday. The toll will probably surpass 60 and make the disaster the deadliest since Hawaii ...

Hawaii’s Democratic governor moved to strengthen abortion protections in the state on Tuesday, issuing an executive order prohibiting officials on the islands from cooperating with states attempting ...

Heavy rain prompted evacuations in the state. At least half a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed, officials said. By Johnny Diaz Gov. David Ige of Hawaii on Tuesday declared a state of emergency ...