The added protection for the environmentally and culturally sensitive area in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is set to take effect in March.

California will ultimately get lots of help from Washington but some GOP lawmakers want to tie wildfire assistance to policy strings. Hawaii had to wait more than a year for aid to be approved after ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office Monday, has been highly critical of California officials’ efforts to prevent ...

Owner, Brittney Haitsuka, made her dreams a reality. She joined Brittni Friedlander on Wake Up 2Day to talk about her Volkswagen coffee stop, Coffee Cruiser.

US Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02), who begins her second term serving constituents of Hawaiʻi’s Second Congressional District said ...

Some former members of Congress say their new roles in state or local office come with more influence and a better qualify of life.

A bill related to the demolition of the historic Lahaina Library and Spring House that was ravaged by the 2024 Lahaina ...

The country’s 119th Congress will convene with one major task at hand: the election of the House Speaker. Representative Ed Case shares his thoughts and how last ...

Representatives Ed Case, Jill Tokuda and Senator Maizie Hirono were sworn into their new terms in Washington on Jan. 3. The ...

There’s some good arguments,’ one Republican senator tells The Independent ahead of Trump’s return to Capitol Hill ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation's ...

WASHINGTON (Island News) -- After Mike Johnson swore in, the rest of Congress also gave their oath of office, including Hawaii U.S. Representatives Ed Case and Jill Tokuda. The Republican Party ...