HPR News Staff

HPR is following the races for U.S. Congress, Hawaiʻi governor and lieutenant governor, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and county seats. Here's where things stand.

Mokulele Airlines plans to start the flights between the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole on Hawaiʻi Island and Kahului Airport on Maui on Oct. 1, 2026.

A grand jury indicted Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and four others on felony bribery charges stemming from an alleged 2022 incident.

The Legislature appropriated $3 million to start the Hanai Memory Network Program.

Gov. Josh Green has signed two bills into law on Tuesday that ensure people are protected and have tools for artificial intelligence use. The bills take effect immediately.

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people. Most of the deaths occurred in Sarangani province due to a landslide. The quake struck Monday, causing buildings to collapse and triggering small tsunamis.

State Department of Human Services Director Ryan Yamane, a former state lawmaker, sent an email to staff Tuesday that he was retiring that day.

A Maui County pilot program on Moloka’i is offering homeowners up to $100,000 in exchange for deed restrictions on their property.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announced that she will take a leave of absence, without pay, indefinitely. Gov. Josh Green has named Keith Regan, the state comptroller, as acting lieutenant governor.

Luke ends her campaign a few months after she denied being the "influential lawmaker" who took $35,000 in a paper bag during a meeting cited in a federal bribery case.