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April 12, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

After Hawaii confirmed its first measles case in years, the state Education and Health departments are ramping up vaccination efforts, focusing on thousands of students who remain noncompliant...

April 12, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s intelligence committee on Thursday said he suspected a task force formed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was p...

April 11, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Homeschooled Hawaii children might be required to appear periodically in public school if an idea discussed Wednesday by a legislative panel trying to prevent child abuse is realized.

April 11, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

AARP Hawaii announced Thursday in a press conference that the Social Security Administration has given the nonprofit an assurance that the planned April 14 elimination of customer service over...

April 11, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, overcoming opposition...

April 10, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Less than 1% of Hawaii’s adults 20 and older are licensed to carry a concealed handgun in public.

April 10, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

CHICAGO — U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts say the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from go...

April 10, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly reversed course on steep global tariffs that have roiled markets, upset members of his own party and raised fears of a recession...

April 9, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Many local government employees in Hawaii may be able to rent or buy taxpayer-subsidized housing if a bill pending at the Legislature becomes law.

April 9, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday urged the public to get vaccinated against measles after the discovery of a case Monday in a child under 5 on Oahu.

April 9, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

“I got to tell you, best start ever. You heard it. Best start ever.”

April 8, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

As the Trump administration pushes efforts to end the war in Ukraine and shift its attention to the Pacific, the Russian navy’s Pacific fleet has been asserting its presence.

April 8, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Hiloverse, the dance team from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Performing Arts Department, has been selected to appear at the 2025 American College Dance Association’s national...

April 8, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

The powerful Hawaii Carpenters Union has launched a high-stakes campaign against Hawaiian Electric Co. over wildfire liability legislation that has driven a deeper wedge between Hawaii’s...

April 7, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Four students from Waiakea Intermediate School will be the only team representing the Big Island in May at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas.

April 6, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON/JUPITER, Fla. — U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on...