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With representatives of the state Departments of Transportation and Health, county police departments and traffic safety advocates standing in support, Gov.

Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds say administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie will sign two significant traffic safety bills into law Monday, one requiring all front- and back-seat occupants of a vehicle to buckle up, his office announced.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff alongside the national flag in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

A bill sitting on Gov. Neil Abercrombie's desk could increase competition for Hawaii pharmacies and make it easier for some residents to receive their medications.

Hawai`i Electric Light Company is seeking to expand geothermal operations on both the east and west sides of the island and state and local government sources say there are more plans for developing the industry.

Teams from King Kekaulike and Molokai high schools will be competing in the "It's Academic Hawaii" quiz program, which will be televised on KFVE, Channel 5, beginning this month.

The state's $7.25-an-hour wage for the lowest-paid workers has not been raised since 2007.

"Back then as a freshman, you were meant to be seen and not heard, you know, you were put in the corner," the 80-year-old Maui native said in a recent interview with The Maui News.

Service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam salute as the casket carrying Air Force Capt.

Governor Neil Abercrombie has released $30-thousand to close out the Kealakaha Stream Bridge Replacement project.

She told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that her retirement wasn't related to the athletic department's botched attempt to hold a fundraiser concert headlined by Stevie Wonder.

After encouraging University of Hawaii West Oahu graduates to move up as they move on, M.R.C. Greenwood is moving on as well.

The 2013 legislative session produced a mixed bag of results for Governor Neil Abercrombie.

With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of Transportation today celebrated the start of approximately $750 million in improvement projects for the Honolulu International Airport, as part of the statewide Hawaii... With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of ... (more)

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

The House and Senate on Tuesday had given Gov. Neil Abercrombie the votes he needed to place a constitutional amendment on the November 2014 ballot asking voters whether public money can be spent on private preschool.

This is a country in which the drive to make standardized testing more important and to assess teachers on the basis of those tests, no matter how flawed they are, is so strong that New York tried to make a boy take a standardized test while he was in the hospital getting ready for brain surgery and Florida law is requiring a boy born with only a ... (more)

Maui County paramedics know that in their line of work, a few minutes can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.

The subtropical urban tree care program at Windward Community College is part of the two-year-old C3T Hawaii program at the University of Hawaii community colleges.