... The Hawai‘i Regulatory Licensing Reform Act requires that professions should be regulated only when reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of consumers of their services ....

"...very difficult and demanding challenge,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi....

... The range is scheduled to remain closed until the completion of a berm renovation project, which is expected to begin next month and be completed a month later ....

... Statewide, 651,550 were employed and 27,650 unemployed in August ....

... many people in Hawaii have for years been blaming the state’s housing crisis on “outsiders” ....

... Senate votes on nominations ....

... families’ leading reason for removing their students from public schools is for relocation to mainland states ....

... A Bank of Hawaii officer oversaw major UH investment management contracts after dropping a $1000 contribution into Governor David Ige’s 2018 reelection campaign ....

... An amendment seeks to subsidize homebuyers, leaving open whom would qualify and how much taxpayers would be in for ....

"...The same money driving up housing prices, buying up our land, and pushing out local families is the same money [Green] has used and is using to fund his campaign. I will never accept this as being good for Hawaii...."

... Hawaii has the most expensive home prices in the nation ....

... analysis of county procurement records shows that since 2012, Choy’s firm received more than 40 non-bid Maui County contracts valued at around $20 million ....

“Ghost guns in particular present a threat to Hawaii and are increasingly showing up in our investigations...."

... The goal is to increase high school student ridership on county bus services so that underutilized school buses can be reassigned to restore canceled and consolidated routes ....

... Election Conspiracy Theorists and Trump Backed MAGA Republicans On The Ballot In Hawaii ....

... many government watchdog entities appear to have been willfully ignoring, or even tacitly approving, some of Hawaii’s most egregious corruption scandals, according to Randy Roth ....

... median weekly and annual earnings for 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds ....

... there is still a significant chunk of the population that is hesitant to get the vaccine ....

...The plan will guide Hawaiʻi’s public higher education, 10-campus system for the next six years....

“...I want to thank these individuals for stepping forward. Through this new stewardship model, I believe we can find a way for science and culture to coexist on Mauna Kea in a mutually beneficial way,” said Gov. Ige....