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The negotiations follow a seven-day strike from nurses and certified nurse aides, who are demanding higher wages and better work conditions.

The state Department of Health has investigated more than 220 uncertified care homes in the last four years. Eleven have been shut down, and more than $2 million have been collected in fines. A law to bar the referral or transfer to unlicensed care facilities became effective this month, with $1,000 penalties for each day of infractions.

Hawaiʻi Rep. Jill Tokuda hopes to highlight the state with the advent of the Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus. The caucus is in its recruiting phase now, a large step considering the group was last active about a decade ago.

Hawaiʻi residents between the ages of 72 and 79 will be able to renew their driver's license for a four-year period starting next week.

During President Donald Trumps state of the union speech--lots of attention was given to the Border Wall and the threat of another government shutdown,…

K?puna in an affordable housing complex in Kaka‘ako were given quite the scare last week. They received notices that their rent would soon increase – some…