Native Hawaiians will have to comply with the new work requirements in President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act, despite facing significant obstacles to employment and healthcare.

A Civil Beat series starting today examines the people caught up in Hawaiʻi’s most severe drug problem, how it started and what’s being done about it.

Hawaiʻi was ground zero for smoking methamphetamine in the U.S. Today, it’s the only place where meth is far deadlier than opioids — yet the state has been slow to act.

After nearly a year of research and reporting, Civil Beat will launch the first in an ongoing series on Tuesday.

The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine is using a new high-tech human patient simulator to train future doctors.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers approved some of the country’s most restrictive vaping regulations. Some doubt it will prompt youth to kick the habit.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has snuffed out sales of mood-altering smokes and gummies derived from hemp.

The public may never know key details about how Sina Pili was able to keep working with children as police investigated her for her daughter’s death.

A new policy puts Hawaiʻi on par with other states.

Dr. Andrew Choy is one of few pediatric dentists in the Hilo area accepting Medicaid. Parents who say he’s traumatized their kids now drive four hours round trip to visit someone else.