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Throughout the coming year, Civil Beat will be examining the challenges facing Hawaii’s disappearing middle class, including the political barriers that have long stymied improvement.

The state continues to suffer from a youth vaping epidemic, experts say.

A clause in the former coach’s contract stated he would owe the university $800,000 if he resigned.

House Bill 1591 clarifies the public’s First Amendment right to film or photograph law enforcement.

A citizens’ commission has consolidated 135 ideas on how to refine county governance into 40 Maui County Charter amendment proposals. Now it wants the public’s help to finalize the list for voters.

When it comes to livestock in Hawaii, cattle is king. But there’s another animal with plenty of promise, especially for small farmers.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige made a pitch for refunding $110 million to state taxpayers in his final State of the State speech, but is unclear how the money would be distributed, or when.

Lynn Mariano is a retired veteran who calls himself a uniter.

Lawmakers want the public to weigh in this session on the bills that matter most to their communities.

Kalaupapa’s last living leprosy patients confront state-mandated social isolation policies that continue to prohibit visits by family and friends.