Tourism has been at the heart of Hawaiʻi's economy since the 1970ʻs. The visitor industry has gone through different phases ...

The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee narrowly advanced a measure that would tax properties left vacant by up to 3%. A ...

Lahaina educators received monetary thanks for their extraordinary commitments to their students in the wake of the wildfires. And as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, there’s also a housing ...

What can we learn about the environment from mele? HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks with a researcher working to shine a ...

The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s new technology has allowed the code review process to decrease to just ...

The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser. In August, a landmark ruling found Google had violated antitrust laws by creating an illegal monopoly. Federal ...

Wherever you live, there's likely a theater or children's museum near you that's being supported, in part, by the federal government. Thousands of arts organizations across the country receive grants ...

FILE: The Hallowbaloo Festival returned to Chinatown on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Kelsey Kukaua Medeiros is an associate editor for Pacific Business News.

Scott Bessent, the little-known Wall Street investor who became one of President-elect Donald Trump's top economic advisers, has been nominated to be the next treasury secretary in Trump's new ...

Monica Loui looks up at the steep hillside above Kula Sandalwoods Inn and Café. That’s where the fire ripped through last ...