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The state tourism authority is asking the Legislature for funding to rebrand Hawaii and attract visitors who might volunteer to plant trees, clean beaches and care for taro patches.

Lawmakers will also consider proposals to expand access to mental health care, create new jobs and fund higher education programs in Hawaii.

It’s difficult to project the cost of fighting these fires even as the threat they pose increases, officials say.

A class of student reporters, most of them college seniors, have already produced stories out of the Legislature’s opening day.

The Senate includes affordable housing and more services for the homeless on its priority list.

The original plan was that private security would help with mask and vaccination requirements as the Capitol reopened. Then omicron hit.

The university says it needs the funds to make up for severe budget cuts last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The investigative committee has received hundreds of new pages of documents to review.

Hawaii residents pump millions of dollars a year into southern Nevada’s economy. Would any of that money come home if Hawaii legalizes gambling?

When things were not looking great for students at Ka‘u High & Pahala Elementary School, the teachers took their lessons to the region’s roots — agriculture.