The new law against hiring, supervising or contracting with relatives doesn’t apply to the Legislature or the court system.

Critics question the decision to suspend laws to streamline the approval process for development.

Officials blamed supply chain and technical issues.

Not everything he originally proposed made it into the tax relief bill. He said those omissions will be revisited in the future.

Hawaii’s IT agency has been asking for funding to move but some state officials think it’s better to wait years for a new proposed tech center to be built.

The lieutenant governor is walking back her request for a bailout from the state budget office.

Hawaii caseworkers struggle to keep up with federal requirements to meet with foster kids every month, data shows.

The overage comes as Luke, the former longtime House Finance chair, is poised to more than double her office budget to more than $2.3 million for the next fiscal year.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were dumped on the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, which now has one year to spend most of it.

Bobby Aiu, the ex-husband of Sen. Donna Kim, disregarded procedures at the DEA, blasted his bosses to the governor, dressed down members of the public and even sued his brother over a horse.