Tommy Johnson told the oversight coordinator that neither he nor his staff will attend the meetings, though they’ll engage in other ways.

It took extensive digging and luck to find the kind of information about the unpublicized case that’s readily available on other states’ websites and is crucial to improving the child welfare system.

The pandemic drew attention to the need to scrap the state’s 1980s-era mainframe, but it’s still around. Now, it’s hampering claims related to Lahaina.

The Department of Public Safety is trying to determine the scope of the problem, and what it will take to fix it.

The killing of a nurse last week happened outside the main secure facility, but it cast a spotlight on concerns about staff safety.

The public is invited to weigh in on which areas lack high-speed service. Those areas will be the top priority for funding.

The state is reassessing the effort to upgrade its business registration system after it was found to be flawed.

About 45% of HIEMA’s civil service jobs are vacant, forcing the agency to use temporary and exempt employees to fill in.

A vendor has been unable to meet contract requirements after two years and nearly $8 million. Meanwhile, a separate contract with the same company is running two years late.

Prison developer CoreCivic says it will decide if it will compete for the $900 million project based on ‘the specific requirements’ of the solicitation.