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Bill offering relief to primary care doctors fails to advance
February 23, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
A legislative bill backed by many of Hawaii’s primary care physicians to improve health care in the state has failed this session.
Hawaii lawmakers look to space for economic diversification
February 23, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
Two bills pending at the Legislature aim to help a California company launch payloads via rocket into space at low cost from a winged booster ship towed high into the sky by plane.
Family, community honor late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Saturday’s memorial service for the late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane was a celebration of life that ran the gamut of human emotion with remembrances eliciting both tears and laughter.
Bills to protect reef fish from poaching advance
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
House Bill 2101 would ban the capture and sale of aquatic fish from Hawaii’s native reefs only for those doing so on behalf of the commercial pet trade, while Senate Bill 2078 would make poaching for aquariums a criminal penalty punishable by jail time and fines of up to $1,000 per fish.
Banyan Drive redevelopment bills advance in Legislature
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Legislation to facilitate redevelopment of Hilo’s Banyan Drive — once an East Hawaii crown jewel, now a picture of dilapidation and disrepair — continues to move in both the state House and Senate, but not without contention.
It’s been a wet month so far in East Hawaii, but drought persists
February 20, 2026 | 3 MIN READ
February is the shortest month of the year, but this month has been long on rainfall in East Hawaii.
State bill would fund a sanctuary pilot program for homeless women, children
February 20, 2026 | 4 MIN READ
Homeless women and children under age 18 would be able to live in their vehicles or in a communal tent on government-sanctioned land that would offer security, case management and bathroom and laundry services under a Senate bill under consideration at the state Legislature.
Police seek three ‘armed and dangerous’ suspects from Ocean View
February 18, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
Police are seeking the public’s help to locate three people who are wanted on active arrest warrants and “should be considered armed and dangerous.”
State lawmakers try to tackle Hawaii’s teacher shortage
February 18, 2026 | 7 MIN READ
A measure that would create a new five-year state permit for visiting international teachers has drawn strong support from the state Department of Education as well as immigrant and educator advocates, as Hawaii continues to grapple with a persistent teacher shortage.
Kona coffee worker back home after ICE arrest
February 18, 2026 | 3 MIN READ
A 42-year-old Captain Cook man who was locked up more than five months by the federal government without charges or bond was freed late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii said Tuesday.
Demand soars for loan relief to keep health care workers in Hawaii
February 17, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Hawaii’s Health Education Loan Repayment Program continues to draw thousands of applicants as the state struggles to address a deepening shortage of health care workers.
Military wants Hawaii to be a hub for Pacific arms manufacturing
February 17, 2026 | 9 MIN READ
As the U.S. military eyes China, it has big plans for arms manufacturing in the Pacific — and Hawaii sits at the center of its vision.
Banyan Drive in spotlight
February 17, 2026 | 6 MIN READ
A pair of bills to facilitate the redevelopment of Banyan Drive in Hilo are scheduled for committee hearings this week.
UPDATE: Wind Advisory extended; Hawaiian Electric could still ‘proactively shut off power’
February 16, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
UPDATED 10 a.m. today
Initial ‘Green Fee’ projects are caught in funding dilemma
February 16, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Gov. Josh Green is proposing to use debt instead of new special tax revenue to pay for an initial 18 “Green Fee” environmental improvement projects costing $42.2 million.
Questions over Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke likely to inspire challengers
February 16, 2026 | 7 MIN READ
No elected officials or long-time political observers who spoke to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser could think of a sitting statewide Hawaii politician who has been in a situation like Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke finds herself now.
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