Honolulu Council Chair Tommy Waters is taking advantage of an ambiguity in the City Charter and hoping the courts don’t rule against his effort to get reelected.

If you’re on the ballot in Hawaiʻi in 2026, there’s a survey coming your way. It’s a chance to tell voters where you stand on key issues.

Large fields of candidates are also vying to be mayor of Maui and Kauaʻi and to fill open seats in the Legislature.

A divided County Council is moving forward with plans to let voters decide if a county manager system would work better for the Big Island.

This election will bring new faces — and possibly a progressive majority — to the county’s nine-member lawmaking body.

The council wants to approve the county’s next long-term guiding document before the November election brings new members on board.

Leo Caires says he was wrongfully terminated after reporting county fraud.

Pacific Resource Partnership has become a major player in the state’s most important political races.

More than a dozen groups are calling on the Honolulu Charter Commission to disregard recommendations to kill a proposal to make food an inalienable right.

Bribery charges are being considered, Luke’s attorney confirmed.