Hugs and lei were plentiful as Reps. Trish LaChica, left, and Linda Ichiyama embraced as Reps. Jenna Ta­ke­nouchi, second ...

It’s debatable how well the 2025 Legislature took care of constituents, but lawmakers diligently looked after themselves.

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

Here is the status of major bills following the end of Hawaii’s annual 60-day legislative session on Friday. The bills listed ...

State senators from country and neighbor island districts rose up to kill an effort to ban assault rifles Wednesday at the ...

The election to replace Durbin as the Democratic whip won't happen until after the 2026 midterms, but Schatz is wasting ...

Lawmakers in Hawaii overwhelmingly passed legislation this week to restrict police pursuits to the most serious crimes following a San Francisco Chronicle investigation that revealed more than 3,300 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State senators from country and neighbor island districts rose up to kill ... so they can be stopped by police, argued Senate Judiciary chair Karl Rhoads.

Hawaii’s annual legislative session came to an end Friday with lawmakers congratulating themselves, while some good ...

who have been speaking to other members about ... who’s going to win the Senate, who’s going to get this, is a mistake.” Schatz, a former lieutenant governor of Hawaii, succeeded Sen.