On Friday, about 400 cars lined up to get canned food, bread, fruits and vegetables from a pop-up distribution event in Waipiʻo. Passengers in dozens of cars had to be put on waitlists because they didn’t register online.

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.

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.

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.

This recent recovery was the operation’s fifth mission since it began in 2020, and it has recovered more than 40 young people in the past five years.

Gov. Josh Green also announced on Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s The Conversation that the state will provide $250 one-time payments to SNAP recipients on or before Nov. 14.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs approved over $6 million for a program to help Native Hawaiian beneficiaries impacted by the suspension of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.

Gordon Zane of the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about vacation rentals not in compliance with the transient accommodations tax.

Maui County Councilmember Natalie "Tasha" Kama died Sunday night at Maui Memorial Medical Center. She was 73.

Republican state Sen. Brenton Awa announced his run for Congress, putting him in the race for the second congressional district against incumbent Rep. Jill Tokuda, a Democrat.