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Competing plans, competing styles and competing for votes! The two main Democratic candidates for governor outlined their visions today for the next four years.

As longtime Democrats, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Sen. David Ige largely share the same vision when it comes to things like public worker pay raises, transportation and agriculture.

Waiakea Intermediate School Principal Heather Dansdill stand next to the school marquee that gives the dates for the first day of the new school year on a recent afternoon in front of the school.

Democratic candidates David Ige and Neil Abercrombie press their cases in two in-person jousting matches held on Hawaii island ~~KAILUA-KONA In their final face-to-face encounters before the Democratic primary, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and state Sen. David Ige on Tuesday quarreled over taxes, preschool and leadership style but did not identify any new ... (more)

The governor's office has released more than $1.25 million in capital improvement grant funds to the Girl Scouts of Hawaii for improvement projects at camp facilities on three islands.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is keeping his ballot secret as he casts his vote in Hawaii's primary election.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie seems to understand why people go bonkers for Google Glass.

Hawaii is already ahead of most of the nation when it comes to tackling skin cancer.

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In a gubernatorial debate on Hawaii's Big Island, Gov. Neil Abercrombie ping-ponged between praising his opponent, state Sen. David Ige, for things they accomplished together and chastising him for having less experience with the issues.

The people of Tanohata Village, in the Iwate Prefecture, on Japan's northeast coast "are slowly, but surely walking on the path to recovery as a united body," according to Tanohata Village Mayor Hiroshi Ishihara.

Construction is booming in Honolulu. Unemployment is at 4.4 percent, the lowest since before the recession.

An affordable rental loft complex for artists in Kakaako and an affordable housing complex for seniors in Mililani Mauka are the recipients $4 million in federal and state low-income housing credits that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation awarded Thursday.

The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on Tuesday announced the award of six grants designed to strengthen local small businesses through training programs.

In this Nov. 11, 2011 file photo, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie welcomes President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they arrive at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The release of $500,000 by Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Tuesday and the anticipated release of another $1.75 million approved by the state Legislature will facilitate the new Lanai Community Health Center facility's groundbreaking, hopefully in September, with possible completion by the middle of 2015, said the executive director of the center.

AARP Hawaii is sponsoring a debate between Gov. Neil Abercrombie and state Sen. David Ige from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission says 73 out of 203 candidates for state elective office failed to file the required financial disclosure statement by the July 18 deadline.

By now, you've seen the TV commercial for Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie 's re-election campaign in which he plays a cab driver who is thrilled as his two passengers point out good things going on around Oahu.

The Hawaii State Department of Health will begin posting new color-coded placards at Oahu restaurants starting Monday as part of the state's new "Food Safety Code" signed into law by Gov. Neil Abercrombie earlier this year.