A stage production about a Hawaiian musician who we can thank for inventing the sound of the steel guitar and slack key has been back for a second season. HPR talked to Moses Goods, who is credited with writing the production, about taking this show on the road.

While the focus of Lahaina’s recovery efforts so far has been rebuilding homes, commercial property owners are ready to rebuild too, and some are frustrated with the process. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol talked with some of those owners, as well as county officials, to better understand the challenges.

HPR spoke with Democratic state Rep. Della Au Belatti about renewed calls for Gov. Josh Green to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate an unnamed "influential lawmaker" who was allegedly handed money in a paper bag in 2022.

State lawmakers are moving along a measure meant to facilitate film production on agricultural land, though some film advocates worry it could add more bureaucracy to the process.

For the Hawaiian Humane Society, the 2026 legislative session could be a path toward stricter animal welfare regulations, harsher penalties for mistreatment, and opportunities for combating animal overpopulation.

House Bill 1694 creates a tax credit to encourage the production of sustainable aviation fuel, a lower-carbon alternative to conventional jet fuel.

A movement in Canada is having an impact on Hawaiʻi as more Canadians choose not to travel to the Islands. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

About 842 “ultra luxury” homes on Hawaiʻi Island are worth at least $4 million, and the county’s lawmakers could add a new, higher property tax tier for them.

Lawmakers have deferred a bill that would have set up the infrastructure to regulate a recreational marijuana program. It’s one of several pieces of marijuana legislation that have stalled this legislative session.

A push to ban commercial aquarium fishing in Hawaiʻi originally came from Hawaiʻi County, where it received nearly unanimous support. Now at the state level, the movement has received dozens of testifiers against it.