In May 2021, City Clerk Glen Takahashi stood before the Honolulu City Council in a hearing to explain why he should keep his ...

Voting not only means something political to someone like me, but it is also very much a cultural experience. Understanding the extreme honor I have in being able to vote, it fills me with pride ...

There’s a lot to like about Hawaii’s all-mail-balloting system, at least in theory. Every registered voter gets a ballot that ...

A recount of the House 39 votes continued into Thursday night. It was the only race that changed based on the final ballots, according to state Elections Chief Scott Nago. By law a recount can be ...

The overall message was he did better here. He did better everywhere.” This year’s elections also saw Hawaii Republican gains at the state Legislature, adding three incoming representatives to ...

Kids Voting Hawaiʻi recently gave students in public, charter and private schools the opportunity to vote in a statewide ...

The racist texts that have pinged the phones of Black Americans after this election show that not even the children are safe.

Republicans are set to net two seats in the House, improving their numbers to eight. Meanwhile, Samantha DeCorte is winning ...

The Hawaii State Legislature has more Republicans today than it has in decades thanks to the popularity of Donald Trump, even ...

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hundreds of people—some registering the same day as they exercised their right to vote—lined up outside Honolulu Hale on Election Day Tuesday. GEORGE F. LEE / ...

LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Hundreds of people—some registering the same day as they exercised their right to vote—lined up outside Honolulu Hale on Tuesday. Stay updated on Hawaii and ...

Most of the House and Senate Republicans represent districts in West Oahu, along with two of the nine members of the City Council.