Tourists—and local residents—who book hotel rooms and cruise ship cabins will begin providing $90 million to $100 million annually in new funding for Hawaii to adapt to climate change and prevent ...

A rainbow, or ānuenue, lights up the sky mauka of Wailuku town. PC: Brian Perry 5.10.24 ...

Speaker of the House Nadine Nakamura listens during session inside the House chamber. The state Legislature gave final ...

The state is suing oil companies, including Chevron, Shell and Aloha Petroleum, for using fossil fuels that destroy Hawaii's ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM A packed gallery listened as lawmakers voted on bills Wednesday during the Senate session at the state Capitol. 1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM ...

Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session ...

A bill scheduled for House and Senate votes on Wednesday would add an additional 0.75% to the daily room rate tax starting ...

Attorneys for victims say the proposal could leave future fire victims empty-handed while supporters say they wanted to ...

Hawaii Governor Josh Green is turning attention to entities he thinks also need to pay up for the deadly and destructive ...

House and Senate conference committees are recommending final passage of House Bill 1001, which provides more than $800 ...

Hawaii legislative leaders have agreed to fully fund the state’s share of Maui wildfire damage claims slated to be paid out over four years. A select group of lawmakers in the House and Senate agreed ...

It’s not often that applause breaks out in the audience after a vote at the Hawaiʻi Legislature, but that happened Tuesday afternoon.