Rachelle Wilson Tollemar is a lecturer in Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature — and ...

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The lawsuit against the well-endowed Hawaiian school insists the goal is to force racial integration but there's more of an ...

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The leadership of both chambers must be shown it will be politically costly if they ignore public opinion this time.

The state Elections Commission has asked the Legislature to revert to in-person, same-day voting. But experts say voting by mail is safe and popular.

Again, during an unannounced visit in 2024, state inspectors found no fire drill documentation present for November 2023 or December 2023. A written plan of corrective action, signed in January 2025, ...

Hawaiʻi was one of two dozen states that filed suit over the administration's plans to freeze food assistance payments.

The ruling instructs the FDA to consider relevant evidence the agency allegedly disregarded. In the meantime, the restrictions remain in place.

Citing Civil Beat’s investigation of a jail diversion program known as Act 26, a group of senators is asking the health ...

The state board that licenses private security guards has broad authority to certify people who apply, even if their personal history raises red flags.

The Boettcher Estate in Kailua includes 4 acres of beachfront property and a crumbling house that once was owned by a wealthy ...