The case is the first in at least 40 years in Hawaiʻi involving a noncitizen.

As it pushes to move cases through courts faster, the Trump administration fired a local judge without explanation.

Fund would use existing property tax revenues to support programs to help people who experience food insecurity access locally produced food products.

Police officials say department doesn’t participate in immigration enforcement anyway.

While fears of retaliation blocked similar bills last year, reaction to national events and realities of local enforcement eased passage of immigrant legislation in 2026.

The latest housing report from the University of Hawaiʻi notes some improvements in the market but authors say they are small and slow.

New report projects population trends will lead to increased demand for affordable housing for kūpuna and says that departures of younger residents are creating a hole in the workforce.

Advocates and lawmakers are pressing forward on other bills to limit police cooperation with immigration enforcement.

Fed up with declining pay, drivers try and organize politically, seek lawmakers’ help.