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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.

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.

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.

"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.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie says he will work with the University of Hawaii's Board of Regents to "chart our next steps" to choose a new president for the 10-campus system following President M.R.C. Greenwood 's announcement that she will retire in September.

EMILY's List is endorsing Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in her bid to unseat Sen. Brian Schatz , giving her a potentially big boost in the race.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie is in the midst of a three-island jaunt to start his campaign for re-election in 2014.

Many people were surprised when the 2010 Census revealed that 120,000 people in Hawaii identified themselves as having Hispanic heritage, about 9 percent of the state's residents.

With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of Transportation today celebrated the start of approximately $750 million in improvement projects for the Honolulu International Airport, as part of the statewide Hawaii... With the groundbreaking for a new Aloha Air Cargo facility, the state Department of ... (more)

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

This is a country in which the drive to make standardized testing more important and to assess teachers on the basis of those tests, no matter how flawed they are, is so strong that New York tried to make a boy take a standardized test while he was in the hospital getting ready for brain surgery and Florida law is requiring a boy born with only a ... (more)

The subtropical urban tree care program at Windward Community College is part of the two-year-old C3T Hawaii program at the University of Hawaii community colleges.

Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

The Hawaii Senate has approved a bill to require adults to always wear seat belts when riding in cars on public highways.

U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii says she plans to run against fellow Democrat and incumbent U.S. Sen.

On April 17, members of the Hawaii State Teacher's Association ratified the latest contract with the State after two years of negotiations.

The facade, or archway, of the 86-year-old memorial built as a monument to Hawaii's World War I veterans would be restored and moved about 50 feet mauka to make way for the beach.

Herewith, "Mostly Politics'" first post-2012 winners and losers column - occasioned by last week's news that Colleen Hanabusa has decided to run against Brian Schatz next year to fill the two years remaining of the late Daniel K. Inouye's term in the United States Senate.

The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill requiring background checks for people who are registering guns that they purchased in other states.