Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is taking about $50 million from vacant city positions in a proposed $5.09 billion city budget that anticipates higher inflation and growing expenses, but little revenue growth.

House Bill 644 would prohibit the sale, distribution or use of single-use plastic ware that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl — also known as PFAS.

Not having access to electricity during a blackout can make you feel — literally and figuratively — powerless. The Power Back Project is working to help Maui community members keep their essential devices online during outages.

Some beaches in New Caledonia were closed to swimming as officials used the practice of “shark culling” in waters off the capital of Nouméa. This was the result of a fatal shark attack at a tourist spot.

Author Jasmin ʻIolani Hakes discusses her new novel, "The Pōhaku," a story following centuries of Hawaiian history, family legacy, and a mystical stone guarded by generations of women.

Mark Glick, chief energy officer of the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, explains how the Strait of Hormuz shutdown affects Hawaiʻi's crude oil shipments from the Middle East.

Adopted after "Operation Babylift," Devaki Murch and Steven George spoke with HPR about being adopted by American families.

State lawmakers are advancing a controversial bill that would cap the number of public school complex area superintendents in Hawaiʻi.

"Calabash" by Manini Collective is an inaugural exhibit that will show several paintings and sculptures by seven artists, with many finishing up their artworks this week.

A new measure would set an income limit for the renewable tax credit. In order to qualify, an individual cannot make over $250,000 a year, with joint filers capped at $350,000.