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The state Legislature designated September as Hawaiian History Month and separately made the first Friday of May Laulau Day, ...

Four rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals have been returned to the wild, according to NOAA Fisheries. The endangered seals got ...

All U.S. and Hawai’i state flags will fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset today, May 15, at the state Capitol in ...

Flags fly at half-staff at the Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao. PC: County of Maui. At the direction of the President of ...

According to a state survey conducted by a previous commission in 2023, most preferred symbols for the revised seal included the shape of Massachusetts, the coast or shoreline, or right whales. Many ...

License plates will now feature five characters with the words “electric vehicle” stacked vertically in front.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening ...

The Trump administration filed lawsuits against four states Thursday in an effort to halt their plans to hold fossil fuel ...

After lawmakers killed a Hawaii sports betting bill, ending hopes the state could see legal sportsbooks in 2025, proponents hope to reintroduce a legalization proposal in 2026. April 25 ...

Spokespeople for Democratic Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez confirmed the state filed its lawsuit ... waste sites — “a transparent monetary-extraction scheme.” ...