About 45% of HIEMA’s civil service jobs are vacant, forcing the agency to use temporary and exempt employees to fill in.

A vendor has been unable to meet contract requirements after two years and nearly $8 million. Meanwhile, a separate contract with the same company is running two years late.

Prison developer CoreCivic says it will decide if it will compete for the $900 million project based on ‘the specific requirements’ of the solicitation.

Purchasing new firefighting vehicles and drastically reducing fuel for fires reduction would be priorities.

Almost nothing is known about the actions of the public officials who handed over Ariel Sellers to the Waimanalo couple accused of killing her.

Nani Medeiros’ move comes amid extended personal attacks in person and on social media.

In the meantime, Carlos Valdez lost custody of his son in a case that sheds light on the state’s procedure for deciding whether to label parents as abusers.

Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents are scheduled to stand trial early next year.

The facility has been spending $2 million to $3 million per quarter on overtime since the pandemic.

The mother of a Waimanalo girl allegedly murdered by the couple who adopted her says she is sober and working to prevent the state from putting her newborn son into the same system.