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The state previously set a Dec. 31 deadline to reach a deal but it now says enough progress has been made to keep negotiations going.

Two new associate justices don bigger robes and the legislative session begins.

The number of deaths involving law enforcement in Hawaii was higher than in 2022.

Media mogul David Black, who merged Honolulu’s two daily newspapers, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada.

Doctors and mental health advocates have been calling for changes in how Hawaii cares for the mentally ill for generations.

This wide-ranging week in news focused on guns and housing, less than smooth sailing in the ocean and at the Legislature, as well as a pair of police chiefs and mayors.

The state says the initiative will now cost $60 million after a previous contract to develop the new financial system failed.

The Capitol building came briefly to a standstill, two of the state’s university presidents sat down for conversations and the stark neglect of some of our schools were all in our viewfinders this week.

Two inmates were found unresponsive in their cell, and one of them died in an apparent fentanyl overdose.

Seven people have been arrested but none charged in a case that’s been active for several years.