Experts say large payouts, like the $12.5 million settlement approved in March, do not usually lead to systemic change.

But education advocates said the Legislature did little to address problems such as school bus driver shortages, fire safety ...

Free Market Ventures had offered to drill one or more deep water wells and sell the water to the county for 30 years for use ...

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ...

As grand jury witnesses, the defendants claimed to remember little about their thousands of dollars of political giving.

Professional surfers sharing photos of cracked helmets and stories about dangerous wipeouts on social media are helping ...

A Hawaii prisoner has died after he was apparently attacked and later found unresponsive in his cell with injuries on ...

The agency has found available housing but is struggling to get people to move in. On Friday, it ends its support for the ...

Sports leagues are proliferating while the number of fields remains stagnant. One solution: Letting leagues play on school ...

The short-handed panel desperately needs more members, but a lawsuit is pending over the county's selection process.

The former state legislator complained he is being singled out by the commission and that his case has been mishandled.

Fire and emergency personnel are putting new protocols in place for responding to wildfires, but are also warning that people ...