A Hawaii bill giving counties expanded authority to regulate and limit short-term rentals (STRs) got a push to the finish line Tuesday as Gov. Josh Green pledged to sign the bill. A day later, legislators took Senate Bill 2919 past that line, giving it final approval. Read more
Voters, you have been served. Notification cards confirming registration for the ballot box are on their way across Hawaii’s electorate. Read more
The Haiku Stairs are slated for removal, with full-scale operations beginning in about a week — and so, predictably, trespassers intent on taking the challenging climb on the Windward side one last time have proliferated. Read more
The conflicts at the top of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation grow increasingly worrisome, especially since the rail project itself must stay on track. Read more
Changes are coming to Waimea Valley, with support from a $4.3 million federal grant — though work isn’t expected to begin until next year. Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running under the We the People party, will appear on the Hawaii ballot, making this the third state so far to give RFK ballot access. Read more
One of the first new laws out of the 2024 Legislature establishes a suicide prevention and awareness month, though which month that will be remains to be determined. Read more
Donors from Hawaii and around the world — about 250,000 of them — have responded to the call for assistance to those affected by the Aug. 8 fire that burned through Lahaina, contributing to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund. Read more
A new national poll finds that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. are more confident in the accuracy of scientific findings on climate change than the U.S. adult population. Read more
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The saga of Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa is an integral part of Molokai’s, and this state’s, history. Read more
It’s a history-making gift: A Maui High School graduate who asked to remain anonymous has committed $10 million as an endowment gift to the school’s foundation Read more
And then there was one … or none. Read more
In a welcome update to the Legislature’s conference committee process, each committee’s lead House chairperson is now required to clearly summarize the purpose and content of a bill before the vote is taken. Read more
After years in discussion and months to familiarize the ag industry with it, the grand opening on Friday of the Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center was a noteworthy event. Read more
The power outage that hit East Honolulu due to Sunday afternoon’s bad weather didn’t just leave some 13,000 customers in the dark for hours. Read more
Cases of travel-related dengue are on the rise, with one reported in Haleiwa on Saturday. Just days earlier, the state Department of Health logged another case on Oahu, with a total of four reported statewide since January. Read more
To all tax procastinators out there: Today is the deadline to file your federal income tax return. Read more
Developers of the Kalaeloa surf park and the state are facing a lawsuit over plans to siphon 7 million gallons of fresh water from a local aquifer to fill a 5-acre wave pool. Read more
Those of us who lived through Hawaii’s golden age of sumo launched by Akebono are surely stunned by the death of Chad Rowan, just 54. Read more
With Hawaii’s dire shortage of health-care professionals, the efforts to train the next generation of providers have to ramp up at an early stage. Read more
The long-awaited replacement electrons are on the way. Read more
