Hawaii is second only to Virginia in the amount of money that flows into the state through Defense Department spending.

Mark Bennett, the former state AG under Hawaii’s last Republican governor, received bipartisan accolades during his Senate confirmation hearing.

While President Trump’s proposed cuts would have hurt the Aloha State, a new budget deal increased funding for many programs.

Prosecutor Jill Otake, who once had a shot at the job under Obama, takes her first step toward confirmation in the Trump era.

UPDATED: The shutdown is having varying effects on the operations of Hawaii’s national parks and the Pearl Harbor monument.

Filipinos have become the state’s largest ethnic group, in part because of family-based immigration policies.

The announcement was praised by by Hawaii’s two Democratic senators, Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono.

Barry Myers is Trump’s nominee to head NOAA but the Hawaii senator says he is “questionable choice.”

Judge Derrick Watson says the Trump administration continues to ignore requirements imposed by federal courts.

A federal judge in Honolulu is asked to block the new version of the administration’s attempt to halt entry to the U.S. from eight countries.