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Both the House speaker and Senate president have introduced bills to keep the Legislature meeting at least some of the time ...

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If you’re a parent and you take your kids to a New Year’s party or a Fourth of July picnic and you spot someone lining up stacks of illegal aerials somewhere behind the buffet table, you grab your ...

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A woman is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Upcountry Maui. Maui Police said the incident began at about 3:45 p.m.

This week in photos features a final salute to a firefighter, a surprise announcement for a local educator, a storm’s aftermath and the rebuilding of Lahaina. Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader ...

Former Hawaii lawmaker Suzanne Chun Oakland remembers arriving at school one morning in 1977 to an eerie buzz. She had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu’s McKinley High ...

All four arrested Friday were parents who set off fireworks at the party with their children, according to police. Police arrested another four people Friday in connection with the deadly New Year ...