... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....

... Nitta v. HMSA has brought unprecedented attention to the systemic barriers that Hawaii''s healthcare providers face ....

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....

... money chairs’ macabre tradition ....

... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....

... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ ....