WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. -- The question of practical slavery in Hawaii, which every one thought had been settled, again took up the major part of the debate on the bill today, in consequence of a ...

The list of annual state holidays in Hawaii could grow by one under legislation that easily passed a milestone last week.

State senators voted 25-0 to approve and send to the House of Representatives a bill that would make Nov. 28 La Ku ‘oko ‘a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, as Hawaii’s 14th official state holiday. The ...