A package of state bills would extend living-expense benefits, speed advance payments and change replacement-cost rules — proposals lawmakers say grew out of the Maui wildfire experience.

A Senate housing panel advanced SB2194, a bill that would require recipients of Rental Housing Revolving Fund money to reinvest surpluses into more housing, invoking a ‘Vienna model’ approach.

Sunny and warm today; a strong cold front late Friday, February 6 could bring heavy rain, gusts to 35 mph and coastal flooding.

Warning-level surf and a coastal flood statement are in effect through midweek; inland Honolulu will be warm and mostly sunny with highs near 81°F.

A federal judge handed Leonard Gutierrez more than 28 years after prosecutors said he ran a trans‑Pacific pipeline that funneled meth, fentanyl and carfentanil into Hawaiʻi.

A police‑run mobile clinic is stopping at Kalama Park each Monday to deliver medical checkups, benefits help and pet care to Kīhei’s unhoused residents.

Dozens of community‑run family‑learning programs in Hawaiʻi could shut this summer as federal grants stall, leaving thousands of families and early educators in limbo.

Hawaii's Judiciary is offering Court Interpreter Orientation Workshops in 2026 for multilingual individuals, which require registration and cover several islands.

Three people, including two children, were seriously injured in a minivan crash in Honolulu and were hospitalized. EMS responded quickly; the road has since reopened.

A Waiʻanae kūpuna council proposed a tiny‑home kauhale on a state parcel along Farrington Highway; supporters cite local need while neighbors and officials object.

A new Honolulu City Council bill would speed occupancy of empty affordable units by trimming bureaucracy and prioritizing local families. Implementation and exemptions remain key hurdles.

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team won their fourth straight game, beating CSUN 64-55, with a comeback led by Bailey Flavell who scored 17 points.

As the 2026 session opens, Hawaii's education debate centers on math coaches, meal expansions and fixing school transportation. Lawmakers are pitching classroom supports alongside services.