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Six months into the fiscal year, tax collections are running more than 7% ahead of last year’s pace.

The Legislature is expected to consider a bill this session to create a new state entity that would oversee recreational and medicinal cannabis as well as industrial hemp.

Housing is shaping up to be a much-debated issue this coming legislative session with ideas focusing on increasing urban density.

More than 112,000 pounds of illegal fireworks were seized in December, but many people had supplies stockpiled from earlier in the year.

With elections looming, 2024 could be the most consequential year ever or it may change nothing at all.

Capital Improvement Program funding for schools has increased in recent years, but the department’s spending has been unable to keep pace.

The deputy water commissioner told one state lawmaker he didn’t want to be ‘an obstacle.’ But he’s not commenting publicly.

The governor revives the idea of a “green fee” levied on tourists that would help offset the impact of climate change.

A final report identifies dozens of legislative proposals to ensure that another Lahaina fire does not occur. But if one does, Hawaii will be better prepared.

A report from Department of Human Services to the federal government paints a grim picture, but the state plans to award extra pay to try to attract more workers.