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The state Department of Education has planned another $14.5 million in reductions, in addition to $31.5 million in cuts announced by state Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto last week.

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle and 500 scholars, educators, government officials and business leaders will meet in Bali, Indonesia, next month for an international conference on building diversity.

Hoku Scientific Inc. said yesterday it has signed agreements with the state Department of Transportation to install photovoltaic power systems at four Hawaii airports.

Five thousand miles is a long way to travel in support of a candidate, but Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii, made the trip to New Hampshire this week to voice her support for Republican presidential nominee John ...

A Maui resident who claims to be the king of Hawaii and own Iolani Palace was arrested by state authorities today.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a Hawaii case involving efforts by the state to sell so-called ceded lands to developers.

Beginning Wednesday, Hawai'i's Food Stamp Program will be known officially as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Welcome to the Tuesday Lite Notebook, where we rip the little tags off of life that say "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law" and fold, spindle and mutilate the issues of the day.

About two dozen protesters shouted "Rex Johnson has to go!" in unison as they carried placards and marched today down Waikiki's Kalakaua Avenue - in the heart of Hawai'i's tourist mecca.

The state Department of Education proposed $31.5 million in budget cuts yesterday that would eliminate resource teachers, support staff and tutoring positions as well as reducing funding for athletics, but ...

The Hawaii Tourism Authority may postpone a special board meeting to decide whether to keep Rex Johnson as its CEO and president.

AirMed Hawaii announced today that one of its King Air C-90 aircraft with a medical flight crew is now stationed at Hilo International Airport to provide transports for patients of Hilo Medical Center and other ...

In recognition of National Public Lands Day, Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge will offer a fee-free weekend tomorrow and Sunday.

The State Commission on Water Resource Management was preparing Wednesday to act on what some members called a historic decision to put at least 12 million gallons a day of water back into five East Maui stream ...

Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union as the 49th and 50th states. Americans born after statehood probably do not know that the debate regarding statehood had its contentious moments.

Gov. Linda Lingle is heading to the mainland this week and next for a trip that includes a six-state campaign swing for the Republican presidential ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Lingle says the state is financially able to wait and see how the markets react over the next couple of weeks as the federal government puts forward a plan to get Wall Street back on track.

After a mostly uninterrupted climb since July 2006 when statewide hotel rates first passed $200, Hawaii hotels have begun to significantly trim rates to offset double-digit losses in occupancy.

National Public Lands Day is on September 27, a day when all across the country volunteers will be engaged in building trails, planting trees, removing trash and invasive plants in an effort to improve and ...

The state can't afford high-technology tax credits currently in place because of low tax revenues, Gov.