Gov. Josh Green and Hawaiʻi's attorney general have vowed to fight the lawsuit against Hawaiian homelands eligibility.

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The retired Army colonel has been active on the frontlines of protest, from the Iraq War to Gaza, from Cuba to Minneapolis, ...

If Hawaiʻi County's general plan finally passes this week it could set in motion an effort to improve public transit, make ...

Members of the public had little opportunity to comment on the raises, which are paid for with their tax dollars.

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The state blames a bureaucratic hurdle for its failure to follow a federal law requiring it to report abuse and serious injuries in childcare settings. After Cynthia King’s nearly 4-month-old baby ...

Leniker Thomas is an international graduate student from Vanuatu at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, where he studies linguistics, American Sign Language and sociolinguistics. Aloë Afo is from Tahiti ...

Chad Blair is the politics editor for Civil Beat. You can reach him by email at cblair@civilbeat.org or follow him on X at @chadblairCB. Thanks to the struggles of an unpopular White House, top Dems ...

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