On the Garden Isle, an essential ingredient to the Mai Tai, lūʻaus and many local dishes is in short supply, driving businesses to buy out Costco’s weekly supply in minutes.

Buying the land could keep it out of developers’ hands forever but some say the $39 million price tag may be too hefty for Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi’s food security is already weak. Nearly one-third of children in the state live in a food insecure home and the demand for food banks is on the rise.

The Attorney General is uneasy about such protections, fearful they would break interstate commerce rules.

Business coalition asks for state tax credits to launch eco-friendly aviation fuel refining, but time is running out.

The state has rarely penalized passengers for not declaring banned plants or animals despite serious concerns about invasive species.

Fallout from the scarab beetles’ invasion into urban Honolulu remains unknown, but the damage so far is “pretty bad,” according to one expert.

Federal officials told Hawaiʻi nonprofits to delete references to climate change and Biden’s clean energy law from their websites.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers are considering regulating kratom and banning sales to minors. But kava advocates want an outright ban.

State lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban the sale of raw ahi in retail establishments unless it carries a label that says the country where the tuna was landed.