Changing of the guard: Alameda, Roth discuss outcome of the mayoral race
“I’m looking for a team that’s got my kind of energy, that’s connected to the community.”
Harris says she concedes the election, but not her fight
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris formally acknowledged her loss to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday in a defiant and emotional speech, defending her campaign as a fight for democracy that she would continue, even if not from the Oval Office.
Four out of five ballot questions pass
The voters of Hawaii voiced their strong support for same-sex marriages in Tuesday’s General Election.
Republicans clinch control of the Senate
WASHINGTON — Republicans seized control of the Senate in Tuesday’s voting, picking up at least two Democratic seats and protecting their own embattled lawmakers to end four years of Democratic control.
Trump claims ‘powerful mandate’ after Fox News projects he has won US presidency
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
Despite bomb threats and disinformation, a fairly smooth election
Americans navigated a fraught voting landscape on Election Day as a largely smooth voting process early in the day went on to be buffeted by bomb threats, widespread disinformation and unabated anxiety over the election system.
Alameda to become Hawaii County mayor
Hawaii County has elected a new mayor.
Big Island incumbents all retain seats in Legislature
The Big Island’s delegates in the state Legislature kept their seats Tuesday after cruising to easy victories.
Behind the election anger may be something else: Lingering COVID grief
LOS ANGELES — When Americans voted in the last presidential election, people were profoundly isolated from their friends and loved ones. Tens of millions of schoolchildren were still learning virtually, and office workers were hunkered down at home, experiencing the world through their smartphones and laptops.
Man guilty of manslaughter addresses victim’s family
A 21-year-old Kailua-Kona man who pleaded no contest to manslaughter in August for a 2022 traffic crash that killed a 63-year-old woman told a judge Monday he has “a heavy heart, fully aware of the gravity” of his actions.
A grim Trump and an upbeat Harris end the race hitting opposite notes
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris closed out their campaigns Monday in starkly different moods: The former president, appearing drained at arenas that were not filled, claimed that the country was on the brink of ruin, while the vice president promised a more united future as energized supporters chanted alongside her, “We’re not going back.”
Harris and Trump battle to the wire in swing states, Times/Siena polls find
The presidential race appears to be hurtling toward a photo finish, with the final set of polls by The New York Times and Siena College finding Vice President Kamala Harris showing new strength in North Carolina and Georgia as former President Donald Trump erases her lead in Pennsylvania and maintains his advantage in Arizona.
Coast Guard members, civilians honored for Lahaina heroism
A vivid Trump-Harris contrast in campaign’s grueling final days
It was the final Sunday of the campaign for president, and Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were continuing to race across battleground states in their search for support. But in message and demeanor, Harris, the Democrat, and Trump, the Republican, could not have been more different.
Weary, troubled and nervous: Americans flood the early vote
An anxious America, weary from a vitriolic campaign season and worried about the state of the nation’s democracy, is voting with determination, with roughly 75 million people having cast ballots in the early voting period.
Hotel occupancy dips below 70% for first time since January 2022
Big Island voters will help decide county, state and federal contests
The General Election will be held Tuesday, and Big Island voters will have the opportunity to choose Hawaii County’s next mayor, along with state senators and representatives, County Council members, and of course the U.S. president.
Trump and Harris offer night-and-day views of the economy
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump swept through Southern battleground states Saturday, outlining sharply divergent economic messages for voters in areas where the presidential race remains in a dead heat.
1 in 4 child deaths after ER visits are preventable, study finds
The morning after Phyllis Rabinowitz brought her newborn daughter home from the hospital, she knew something was terribly wrong. The baby, Rebecca, had thick mucus, trouble breathing and lethargy unlike anything Rabinowitz had seen in her first child.
Xenophobia and hate speech are spiking heading into the election
The last time there was a presidential election, the country was coming off a summer of protests in favor of greater racial equality. Support for increased immigration was at the highest level ever polled.
