Heavy-rail lines have much higher capacities because train lengths are limited only by platform lengths, which in most cases is 8 to 11 cars. But Honolulu is building a heavy-rail line whose platforms are only long enough to allow four 60-foot cars....

One-time lump sum payment of $2000 for all active, full-time licensed teachers....

The clearance paves the way for an anticipated final closing before the end of the second quarter....

...that 95-year-old law has become a key bargaining chip in one of the world’s largest trade accords....

"I don't think we should get all agitated and upset when there's an effort to look at the Jones Act," Murkowski said....

Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....

Since 1990, Roll Call has been tracking the potential influence each state has on national affairs....

...HB321, SD2 proposes a 15% gross proceeds tax and a 10% special sales tax on so-called 'medical' marijuana sold in Hawaii....

...projects will take place in West Hawai‘i, West Maui, and He’eia (O’ahu)....

House and Senate conferees met today to begin negotiations on a final version of HB500, the state budget bill....

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has continued to urge Governor Ige and University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner to address the outstanding legal i$$ue$ involved in the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope before the moratorium on construction is lifted....

On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States in a long-simmering dispute over Cuba....

The number of homeless individuals on Oahu is 4,903, a 4% (191) increase over 2014. The percentage of those who are unsheltered is 40% (1,939), the highest percentage since these data were collected in 2009....

...the ōpe‘ape‘a, or Hawaiian hoary bat, flew through the Senate, glided through the House of Representatives, and will land on Governor Ige's desk in the attic of the Capitol Building....

The aquarium fishermen even at loss of income have willingly agreed to the new laws and plan to have continuing dialogue with DAR....

The humpback whale is currently listed as endangered throughout its range. The proposed rule finds that ten of those 14 populations do not warrant ESA listing....

Modest Innovators need improvements in several policy and other foundational criteria to better create an environment for innovative companies to thrive....

Fifteen states are betting they can convince more doctors to accept the growing number of patients covered by Medicaid with a simple incentive: more money....