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May 23, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday set forth their vision for how to “make America healthy again” with the release of...

May 23, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A panel that forecasts state tax revenue that funds Hawaii government operations on Wednesday downgraded projections for the next three fiscal years amid swirling uncertainties over federal po...

May 22, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by the U.S. Interior Department that it would evaluate a request from...

May 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Big Island health professionals are concerned changes to U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules for COVID-19 vaccines could limit their availability for healthy people under 65 who get vaccin...

May 22, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

NEW YORK — Twelve U.S. states asked a federal court on Wednesday to halt President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, arguing that he overstepped his authority by...

May 22, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — New emails document how a top aide to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ordered analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating President Dona...

May 22, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Once 2021 Kealakehe graduate Gareth Warren got the call he always dreamed of, he wasn’t sure how to initially react.

May 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threat...

May 21, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of COVID vaccines by adults older than 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, but will require additional studies before app...

May 21, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The efforts by Republicans in Congress to alter SNAP benefits has the potential to negatively impact about 42 million people nationwide who receive food stamps for groceries, including over 40...

May 20, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court in a trio of rulings expected in the coming weeks appears inclined to extend its trend of taking an expansive view of religious rights while potential...

May 20, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii households, with higher electricity rates than the rest of the nation, could benefit from any help available to keep those bills down.

May 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A controversial commercial development on the famous black sand beaches of Big Island has been stalled by foreclosure.

May 19, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A controversial proposal to build a resort development in Punaluʻu appears to be dead.

May 19, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday.

May 19, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill, which had been stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts, won approval from a key congressional...