States, including Hawaiʻi, have seen a decline in vaccination rates and experts fear the virus has regained a foothold in the United States.

Conservative justices seemed skeptical of the state’s argument for restricting the carrying of guns on private property.

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics are sparking debate over federal agents’ authority to enter private property.

Health care providers fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children. 

Unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes are causing fundamental shifts in scientific research and outcomes.

Christmas itself was known for feasting and drunkenness – and it lasted nearly six weeks.

The law makes a few exceptions to its protection of free speech — not liking what you hear isn’t one of them.

From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning through legislation or state education boards.

Despite a post-Covid reset to lean into Hawaiian culture and volunteering, those aspects of visiting the islands are sparse in new HTA materials.