The state has rarely penalized passengers for not declaring banned plants or animals despite serious concerns about invasive ...

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Sales have increased in recent months, but real estate agents say sellers of burned-down homes have no other choice.

A recent Civil Beat “Data Dive” found that around 80% of Hawaiʻi’s 24,000 federal employees work for the Department of ...

Proposed legislation will not create a financial burden for the state while helping employers and employees weather difficult ...

The case is one of only two felony prosecutions as a result of the Department of Law Enforcement's Illegal Fireworks Task ...

The utility's bid to shore up its financial footing with a fund that covers and caps future wildfire liability is backfiring ...

More than seven years after Hawaiʻi passed a law meant to address the problem, the number of people leaving prison and jail ...

Jared Make is vice President of A Better Balance, a national nonprofit legal advocacy organization that's worked to pass 14 statewide paid family and medical leave laws, among other protections that ...

Narcissists do not necessarily fear shame or criticism. Rather, they have a disordered way of thinking that simply requires a ...

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A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public ...