The state has the highest child care costs in the nation, and the number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth is on the rise.

China supplies products for many Hawaiʻi businesses that would be affected by the Trump administration’s 10% tariff.

Roughly 1 in 7 Hawaiʻi men over the age of 65 drank excessively in 2022.

Most federal employees in Hawaiʻi work in the defense sector, but about 5,000 work for other agencies that could be affected by cutbacks under the Trump administration.

The Salt Lake explosion was only part of a significant increase in fireworks-related injuries across the state, emergency room records show.

High school students in the islands reported lower rates of bullying and drug abuse than peers on the mainland, but fell behind them in other health measures.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to turn to traditional or cultural practices as a substitute for conventional medicine. Their health outcomes remain poor compared to white people.

One country is behind an increase in foreign ownership of Hawaiʻi’s dwindling agricultural land holdings. Hint: It’s not China.

Census data released earlier this month reflects some of the housing challenges that existed even before the Lahaina fire.

The backlog of cases in U.S. immigration courts has tripled since 2017 and is at record levels in Hawaiʻi. Most involve immigrants from China.