Not only is an elected official's health the public's business, her colleagues are misunderstanding aging and dementia.

The state has become increasingly reliant on emergency hires in recent years, but educational leaders are split on what role ...

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Maui County Council member Yuki Lei Sugimura is trying to unseat Mayor Richard Bissen in a closely watched race this election.

The consensus was not that artificial intelligence should be banned forever or embraced, but rather critically understood.

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Hawaiʻi has long championed innovation and the arts, from ʻIolani Palace’s early adoption of electricity to the 1967 Art in ...

The lieutenant governor is only now reporting money she received four years ago as a bribery scandal continues to roil the ...

Direct primary care is a burgeoning business model that bypasses insurance. If widely adopted, it could lessen the state's dire shortage of primary care doctors — or make things worse.

A Maui County Council committee on Tuesday voted to kill a bill that would have authorized Mayor Richard Bissen to re-up a ...

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New statements by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke make "no sense whatsoever," a local attorney says, and deserve an investigation free ...