The governor should veto a misguided measure legislators passed in reaction to a teen’s tragic death.

The tax cut bill on the governor’s desk would slash tax collections by billions of dollars, money that could help with the affordable housing shortage, Maui recovery and more.

Advocates have been pushing the state for years to increase how often it tests popular swimming and surfing beaches for harmful bacteria.

Bills to provide funding for long-term air and water quality monitoring failed to pass as a new study cites growing health concerns from the fires.

Hawaii legislators want to give each county $50,000 to address feral chickens. Some say it’s not enough.

Green says the state cannot afford to put another $300 million into the budget reserve fund, which already has about $1.5 billion.

A House working group found a long list of things Hawaii needs to do to protect itself from fire, but many of those recommendations will fall to the new state fire marshal to implement.

The shaka is one thing, but a different kind of salute was given to serious ethics reform by lawmakers this year.

Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz and Rep. Kyle Yamashita take different approaches to crafting the state budget.

Hawaii has some of the strongest laws in the United States governing historic burial locations, but lawmakers say more needs to be done to protect privately owned historic areas.