There tend to be many misconceptions about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits, formerly and colloquially known as food stamps. Here are a few, and what that means for Hawaiʻi residents.

About 160,000 residents are on the verge of losing $60 million in federal food benefits, and local food banks and other nonprofits are gearing up for a spike in demand for their services.

The Maui Hub connects residents with farmers to directly distribute produce through an online marketplace. A lot of their Maui customers use SNAP benefits, and they’re already reporting a drop in sales.

The ongoing government shutdown and imminent suspension of SNAP benefits are driving people to call the 211 hotline for help, said Jennifer Pecher, vice president of AUW's 211 Community Response Programs.

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.

Hawaiʻi is facing a growing workforce shortage concern for the state’s construction industry. The solution lies in Generation Z — more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

The short film, written and directed by Hawaiʻi-based filmmaker Katrin York, follows a surfing family on Oʻahu's North Shore.

A federal judge in Hawaiʻi has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management.

After more than a century, cultural artifacts from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are being returned to their home islands.

The state is moving forward with two different relief programs to fill the gap left by the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Gov. Josh Green shared the latest.