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State still plans mail-in voting

By DAN NAKASO Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii officials say they plan to follow state law requiring mail-in voting this year while lawsuits proceed over President Donald Trump’s executive order that critics say would give the federal government unprecedented control over U.S. elections despite the Constitution’s guarantee that Congress and each state hold that authority. State Attorney General Anne Lopez announced April 3 that Hawaii had joined acoalition of 19 attorneys general in suing…Read more

Homeless count dips slightly on Big Island

By STEFAN VERBANO Hawaii Tribune-Herald The number of people experiencing homelessness in Hawaii County dropped slightly over the past two years, according to data released Wednesday by a group of social service agencies. At a press conference in Kailua-Kona, Bridging the Gap Hawaii – a coalition dedicated to ending homelessness on the neighbor islands – unveiled the 2026 Homeless Point in Time Count data from surveys conducted in late January. During the surveys, volunteers and outreach…Read more

Bill paves way for Young Brothers’ regular rate hikes

By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser Interisland cargo rates at Hawaii’s regulated monopoly service provider Young Brothers Ltd. could be going up in July after a 26% hike approved in November. The state Legislature passed a bill last week sought by the company to force the state PublicUtilities Commission to apply an automatic inflation-linked rate increase in each of the next two fiscal years beginning July 1. If enacted by Gov. Josh Green, Senate Bill 2694 would require the PUC to…Read more

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