Neil Abercrombie News

Five weeks after stepping down, Patricia McManaman is returning to her post as director of the state Department of Human Services on Monday, Gov. Neil Abercrombie's office said Friday.

The Hawaii Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor has scheduled a another hearing on Circuit Judge Michael Wilson 's nomination to the state Supreme Court after more questions were raised about the reasons for Wilson's "unqualified rating" by the Hawaii State Bar Association at Thursday morning's nomination hearing.

These systems provide critical first responder and public safety communications infrastructure.

And I'm Paula Akana. It was just last June when a snapshot of the state's economy showed an 844-million dollar surplus..

More than a thousand people rallied at the state capitol today- to support early childhood education.

Three debates will be held in July and the dates have not been set for two others, which will be televised by KITV and Hawaii News Now.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission chairwoman is being investigated for allegedly illegally building and operating a Hanalei bed and breakfast for more than a decade, the Kauai Garden Island newspaper reported Tuesday.

Crenscia Galiza, left, a member of the Lanakila Kitchen staff, works with trainee Anjelyn Bueno, who was hired by Zippy's Restaurants, in this 2013 file photo.

The fee would help prop up the financially troubled Hawaii Health Connector, which could run out of money to pay its bills by year's end.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett applauds a choir at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center during a Jan. 29 news conference in Philadelphia.

Today, meet Rep. Colleen Hanabusa , candidate for U.S. Senate. Hanabusa is challenging Sen. Brian Schatz in the most intriguing Democratic primary of the cycle .

Gov. Neil Abercrombie appointed Wooley, an attorney known as an environmental advocate, to the post on Thursday.

There's definitely interest in Hawaii in Japan, China, and Korea, but Hawaiian Airlines hasn't caught on as the carrier of choice - and higher hotel prices aren't helping things, either.

The Hawaii State Bar Association is calling the governor's state Supreme Court nominee "unqualified."

The University of Chicago is reaching out to potential rivals in a bid to land the Barack Obama presidential library and museum, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

It's not that everything's coming up roses for the Republican Governors Associationa but they're getting some encouraging numbers.

A Keaau couple reported being the target of three telephone scams within two weeks.

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When I was putting together my recent "what's new in Hawaii" piece for the Chronicle's semiannual special Hawaii travel section, I omitted the news that Waikiki's International Market Place was closing for redevelopment Today, Taubman Centers ceremonially broke ground on the site for a new, 360,000-square-foot commercial center, scheduled to open ... (more)