U.S.-flagged ships are generally more expensive to both operate and build than foreign ones. And those costs are especially damaging to states that are supplied by sea, such as Hawai‘i.

Proposals have made it halfway through the legislative session, and some advocates are cautiously optimistic that legislation ...

An initiative to make transit free for all youth across Hawaiʻi that had raised supporters’ hopes appears dead, a victim of ...

Hawaiʻi's proposal to acquire the dam, and have taxpayers foot the bill for repairs, let the company off the hook.

The marine aquarium fishery in Hawai‘i has historically been among the most sustainable fisheries on the planet. We can simply look to the data from the state Division of Aquatic Resources to ...

Chris Jury is a researcher at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology. His work focuses on global change and local stressor challenges on coral reefs.

Supporters say the 2-acre parcel can grow taro, be used to educate kids and teach people about food sustainability in Hawaiʻi ...

A stack of bills under consideration by lawmakers would increase taxes or impose new levies on cars, liquor, real estate, capital gains and more.

Several bills over the years have been pared back to studies and advocates are impatient. But the state says it must get it ...

Alec Weiker is a master’s student at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa researching policy related to the Compact of Free Association agreements and COFA citizens living in the United States. He has ...

While there is little data on the exact number of COFA citizens with commercial driver’s licenses, FMCSA data points to around 7,600 Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian CDL drivers in the U.S. in ...

Compact of Free Association citizen residing in Kansas City, Missouri. He advocates and blogs about current issues concerning COFA citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of ...