For years, West Oahu residents have been asking for more police officers. This week, Interim Chief Rade Vanic told the police commission more will be coming — permanently. On Wednesday, July 17, ...

Former state House Speaker Scott Saiki is now Hawaii’s insurance commissioner. The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs announced Saiki’s appointment Wednesday. Saiki, who lost his House ...

Thomas Newsom, president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, has been named president of Pittsburg State University, ...

Former state House Speaker Scott Saiki is now Hawaii’s insurance commissioner. The state Department of Commerce and Consumer ...

See the most recently available median household income figures for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. average.

A rare Republican occasionally breaks through to hold statewide office, although it hasn’t happened since Gov. Linda Lingle’s ...

As with many races in Democratic-leaning districts, the campaign in the 9th Congressional District, which covers a swath of Chicago’s North Side and suburbs from Evanston west to Algonquin, is shaping ...

A high-altitude plateau on the Big Island is the only place in Hawaii where thousands of ground forces can practice firing ...

An appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.

Hawaii’s Legislature abolished a prior Office of the State Fire Marshal in 1979, leaving counties to largely handle fire safety for the last 46 years.

Hawaii Volcano Observatory, NOAA face big changes with new round of cuts State Representative Diamond Garcia was Ward’s Chief of Staff before being elected to serve District 42.

The Hawaii State Judiciary needs money to design a new courthouse in Wai­mea, add a District Court judge in Kona and address a “critical shortage” of court-appointed counsel in criminal and ...