An injunction by a youth-sports group canceled Oahu’s flag-football season days before play began, affecting about 160 teams and hundreds of keiki.

Lawmakers want to extend emergency‑hire permits from three to five years to keep teachers in hard‑to‑staff Hawai‘i classrooms, but research and licensing officials warn of tradeoffs.

Devan Caulk, 21, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to producing child pornography and coercing a minor online.

Sen. Kurt Fevella introduced SB 3195 to let Medicaid and Medicare Part D cover FDA‑approved GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, setting off a debate over access and cost.

Senators advanced two bills this week that would limit corporations from spending to influence Hawaii elections and clarify the powers granted to artificial entities. Lawmakers say the measures protect voters' voices.

A 93-year-old woman was struck while crossing a marked crosswalk in Liliha Wednesday morning and later died. Police say the driver stayed at the scene and investigators are probing the crash.

Pacific Current is winding down after selling the Mahipapa biomass plant on Kauai, a facility that supplied roughly 10% of the island's electricity.

A 72-year-old man was struck and later died after a car reversed out of a Kalihi driveway Tuesday night, Honolulu police say.

The Honolulu City Council advanced a resolution urging state approval of the GEMT Medicaid program to reduce ambulance co‑pays for low‑income residents.

Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez led 40 state attorneys general in a letter urging Congress to back the Senate Kids Online Safety Act and to reject House language that could preempt state protections.

HCDA paused presales for a proposed 377‑unit Kakaako leasehold tower as lawmakers weigh changes to owner‑occupancy rules and financing hurdles.

A Ward Village penthouse at Anaha closed for $14.5M — about $1.3M under ask. The two-level, five-bedroom home includes a private rooftop pool and roughly 6,700 sqft.

A six‑bedroom Kūkiʻo estate in Kona closed for $38.25M, the highest‑priced home sale on record inside the gated golf and beach community. The 7,876‑sq‑ft property sits on nearly an acre and overlooks Kua Bay.