Scheduled increases in the minimum wage will come too late now that Congress has passed Trump's tax and budget bill.

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The Big Island police chief may have done too much damage to his relationship with the community. Poor Ben Moszkowicz. No one ...

Six shooting incidents over the Fourth of July weekend on Oʻahu, a majority on the Westside, left half a dozen people injured ...

More residents drown on the North Shore of Oʻahu than almost anywhere else in the state. Even as the county ramps up ...

After the tragic explosion in Āliamanu took six lives on New Year’s Eve, Civil Beat took a deep look at Hawaiʻi’s illegal ...

Lawmakers are wary about giving the education department more money and control over construction funds after leaders have ...

In his book “ Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health ,” Ivan Illich criticized modern medicine in ...

Domestic violence advocates and attorneys say ongoing vacancies at the Domestic Violence Action Center contribute to the ...