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House committee advances solar tax credit bill

HONOLULU (AP) — The House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection has moved forward a bill to amend Hawai`i...

(KPUA - Ken Hupp) Governor Neil Abercrombie could announce who will succeed the late Hawai`i U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye as ea...

Governor congratulates Te'o as Heisman runner-up

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has congratulated Hawaii-born Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o for fin...

State to run Hawaii County polls for election

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii state elections officials say they will run the polls in Hawaii County during the November elect...

Big Island clerk apologizes for primary problems

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi says she's sorry and takes responsibility for problems that led ...

Hawaii gov calls for elections oversight review

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says there should be a review of elections oversight after primary polls o...

Hawaii coffee no longer needs to be certified

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii-grown coffee will no longer need to be inspected and certified.Gov. Neil Abercrombie's offic...

Early Childhood Learning

Governor Neil Abercrombie has signed legislation that ends junior kindergarten in 2014, and establishes a state Office of Ear...

Flags at half-staff today for former state Senator Yee

Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered all national and Hawaii flags at state offices and agencies to be flown at half-staff from ...

Environmentalists calling for bag bill vote

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's first lady, environmental groups and retailers are calling on state lawmakers to vote on a...

Hawaii offers teachers a deal; union wants talks

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says the latest contract proposal by the union representing Hawaii public school teachers is &qu...

Hawaii offers teachers a deal; union wants talks

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says the latest contract proposal by the union representing Hawaii public school teachers is &qu...

Disaster declaration for vog damage renewed

HONOLULU (AP) — Continuing vog has caused extensive damage to Big Island vegetable crops, like leafy greens, orchards, ...

Hawaii Gov. proposes $5M for watershed protection

Gov. Neil Abercrombie is proposing that Hawaii spend $5 million to protect watersheds in the upcoming fiscal year.Abercro...

Hawaii organ transplant facility funding approved

A legislative conference committee wasted no time advancing a bill Monday that funds a kidney and liver transplant facility i...

State: Gov't, teachers near end of dispute

HONOLULU (AP) — State officials say they've reached an "agreement in principal" with public school teachers i...

4 Hawaii couples readying for civil union ceremony

HONOLULU (AP) — Shortly after the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, Gary Bradley and Paul Perry will be among the f...

Hawaii gov aide pleads no contest in bar case

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii governor's special assistant has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge that he was into...

House Majority Leader to be Gov.'s chief of staff

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii House Majority Leader Rep. Blake K. Oshiro is leaving the state Legislature to serve as Gov. Nei...

Hawaii families receive Gold Star Family plates

HONOLULU (AP) — The mother of an Army lieutenant killed in Afghanistan is one of the first to receive a new Hawaii li...

Governor to announce broadband Internet initiative

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie is due to announce an initiative on broadband Internet access. The governor is sc...

Hawaii Sheriff Division may get its own department

HONOLULU (AP) — A new Hawaii law calls for the state to consider moving the Sheriff Division to its own state departmen...

HI law allows state to sell government buildings

HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii government buildings may be sold to private investors and leased back to the state under a law signed by...

At-risk Hawaii homeowners may apply for aid

HONOLULU (AP) — Emergency mortgage assistance is being offered to Hawaii homeowners at risk of foreclosure due to une...

Hawaii on-bill solar financing measure signed

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed a law that moves the state toward a system where residents coul...

Gov to sign law recognizing native Hawaiian rights

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie is expected to sign a bill into law recognizing the first people of Hawaii.The bi...

Hawaii governor signs 6 bills into law

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed six more bills into law, including one that prohibits restraining pris...

Hawaii governor: Final contract offer to teachers

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie says his administration has made its final offer to the state teachers union on a...

Hawaii governor signs law to expand broadband

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed legislation aimed at expanding high-speed Internet access aro...

Abercrombie and staff to meet with public

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz and their top advisers are meeting with residents...

Abercrombie signs 15 measures into law

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed 15 measures into law.The measures, all signed Monday, include a bill w...

Abercrombie signs tax bills into law

HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed into law most of the tax increases passed by the state Legislature. The...

Hawaii gov asks for Aloha Stadium board to resign

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants new management of aging Aloha Stadium, and he's asking its board to ...

Hawaii gov asks for Aloha Stadium board to resign

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants new management of aging Aloha Stadium, and he's asking its board to ...

Hawaii hurricane savings likely to be emptied

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Budget Director Kalbert Young says the state will likely exhaust its hurricane relief savings to...