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In a compromise that could help candidates for governor in 2010 with fundraising, state House and Senate negotiators agreed yesterday to rel...

"A handful" of people in the Islands — including one arriving from Mexico — are being tested for swine flu, state health officials...

The Hawaii State Department of Health issued an alert to doctors statewide on Monday urging them to watch for swine flu in patients. Hawai...

Lawmakers in the House want to abolish the Hawaii Health Systems Corp. and temporarily move the 13 public hospitals back to the state Health...

Ikaika Anderson wrapped up a short, costly race for the Honolulu City Council seat representing Kailua, Kane'ohe and Waimanalo by captur...

Ignoring Gov. Linda Lingle's veto threat, the state House and Senate voted yesterday to raise taxes to help balance the state's budg...

Honolulu residents have been registering guns this year at a blistering pace that, if kept up, would result in 18,900 firearms registered th...

What, me worry? I live in Hawaii. The islands' laid-back charm and no-rush attitude are known around the world, but a new study may conf...

An approaching cold front will shift winds from southwest and west ahead of it, to north and northeast after the passage, the National Weath...

HILO -- Bearing signs saying, “Spread my work ethic, not my wealth,” “Stop the Spending,” and I.O.USA,” taxpayers rallied in seven Hawaii ci...

News Flash! Tip of the hat to Robert H. Thomas for getting us the opinion fast: http://www.inversecondemnation.com/files/07-1372-1.pdf U.S. ...

HONOLULU -- Clean elections advocates have launched a video contest to get the word out about two initiatives currently being considered in ...

So, what’s it gonna be? Governor or Congress- man? By 10 a.m. Saturday, it will all become clear. Or as clear as politics gets, anyway. A fe...

HONOLULU – There is a saying that no bill is dead while the Legislature is in session, and one establishing civil unions is no exception. Bu...

HONOLULU -- Car alarms, leaf blowers, construction. Neighborhood bars. Motorcycles. Noise pollution is a big problem on Oahu, and every year...

HONOLULU -- Hawaii banks are more solid than financial institutions in most other states, according to an online comparison project created ...

Hawaii isn’t the best or the worst, but is smack in the middle of a recent report rating states on the openness of government documents. The...

By Edwin Bender Our democracy's infrastructure is crumbling, just as our roads, water systems and sewers are deteriorating across the co...