Neil Abercrombie News

Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced this week that nearly $26 million will go toward various public housing program site improvements.

A national nonprofit is cheering Hawaii's new law that prohibits people from holding cellphones and other portable electronics while driving.

St. Joseph Elementary School third-grader Aiden Tyrin is the grand prize winner for Hawaii in the 14th annual nationwide Dr.

CQ Roll Call Defense and Foreign Policy Editor Kevin Whitelaw alerts us to the Navy's announcement that one of its next destroyers will be named for the late Hawaii Sen.

In Thursday's Farm Team column , Roll Call reports that former Hawaii Reps. Ed Case, a Democrat, and Charles K. Djou, a Republican, may be looking to come back to Congress this cycle in the Aloha State's 1 The seat is being vacated by Democratic Rep.

The Hawaii Department of Health has given the green light to Sunrise Capitol Inc., doing business as Kauai Clams, to become the first Hawaii company in 26 years to farm and sell shellfish.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Monday signed the two measures into law. One establishes a statewide ban on the use of cellular phones and other mobile devices while driving, and another requires that the driver and all passengers in a vehicle be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while on public roads.

The Today show played tourist in Hawaii Monday, offering viewers a view of the Islands, packing in nearly every cliche - from dashboard hula girls to grass skirts - during the three-hour broadcast.

With representatives of the state Departments of Transportation and Health, county police departments and traffic safety advocates standing in support, Gov.

Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds say administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie will sign two significant traffic safety bills into law Monday, one requiring all front- and back-seat occupants of a vehicle to buckle up, his office announced.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff alongside the national flag in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

A bill sitting on Gov. Neil Abercrombie's desk could increase competition for Hawaii pharmacies and make it easier for some residents to receive their medications.

Hawai`i Electric Light Company is seeking to expand geothermal operations on both the east and west sides of the island and state and local government sources say there are more plans for developing the industry.

Teams from King Kekaulike and Molokai high schools will be competing in the "It's Academic Hawaii" quiz program, which will be televised on KFVE, Channel 5, beginning this month.

The state's $7.25-an-hour wage for the lowest-paid workers has not been raised since 2007.

"Back then as a freshman, you were meant to be seen and not heard, you know, you were put in the corner," the 80-year-old Maui native said in a recent interview with The Maui News.

Service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam salute as the casket carrying Air Force Capt.

Governor Neil Abercrombie has released $30-thousand to close out the Kealakaha Stream Bridge Replacement project.

She told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that her retirement wasn't related to the athletic department's botched attempt to hold a fundraiser concert headlined by Stevie Wonder.