The nearly $100 million facility would work in conjunction with seven proposed telescopes near the summit of Haleakalā. The lab and data center are expected to be completed early next year.

Only 2 in 10 AAPI adults approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, which most see as a top issue in the upcoming election.

An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.

In the previous cases, one defendant changed her plea to guilty and another faces a December trial

In an interview with Civil Beat, Hawaiʻi’s senior senator explains why Congress needs to set up AI safety rules now before something “horrifying” happens.

Hawaiʻi-based immigration judges have ordered attorneys and their clients from as far as Texas and Alaska to travel to appear in person in Honolulu’s court.

The rivals in this seat for Congress are both focused on Native Hawaiian homesteads, but have differences on that and several other issues.

The ruling is unlikely to affect Hawaiʻi, since state use of the federal SAVE program is voluntary. But voting rights advocates here voiced disappointment.

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.

Education advocates worry that proposed rule changes to Head Start could reduce families’ access to education and developmental programs for young children.