Regional News

Thu, Jan 20, 2022 7:38 AM

There are over 170 different fields of study tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau in which undergraduate students can earn a...

Wed, Jan 19, 2022 5:59 PM

(The Center Square) – The Hawaii Legislature will consider a minimum wage hike and an increase in the food tax credit, House...

Wed, Jan 19, 2022 5:34 AM

(The Center Square) – Hawaii has allocated $870 million of the $1.6 billion it received from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)...

Wed, Jan 19, 2022 3:47 AM

In the continuation of a longer-term trend stretching back over a decade, the number of births in the U.S. fell by 4% in 2020,...

Fri, Jan 14, 2022 11:13 AM

(The Center Square) – Hawaii will receive $339 million over the next five years to repair the state's 84 bridges that are in...

Thu, Jan 13, 2022 5:00 AM

(The Center Square) – U.S. Navy officials told a Congressional subcommittee that well over $250 million has been spent...

Fri, Jan 7, 2022 7:45 AM

(The Center Square) – Carnival's Grand Princess will sail into Honolulu harbor at 6 a.m. Sunday, marking the first time a cruise...

Wed, Jan 5, 2022 10:18 AM

Nearly half a million Americans annually die as a result of smoking, the leading cause of preventable death in the United...

Tue, Jan 4, 2022 7:58 AM

(The Center Square) – Officials with Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) are offering inmates $25 if they get their...

Sun, Jan 2, 2022 2:39 PM

(The Center Square) – Hawaiian officials could be more transparent about how federal COVID-19 relief is being spent, according...

Thu, Dec 30, 2021 3:48 AM

Communities and police departments across the United States are grappling with rising rates of deadly violence, as the U.S....

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 9:52 AM

(The Center Square) – A hearing officer has sided with Hawaiian officials and said in his order the U.S. Navy must empty fuel...

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 4:02 AM

Life expectancy is one of the most important and commonly cited indicators of population health -- and in the United States,...

Thu, Dec 23, 2021 11:35 AM

(The Center Square) – New weekly unemployment claims increased by 291 in Hawaii to 1,615 for the week ending Dec. 18, according...

Thu, Dec 23, 2021 3:03 AM

College and university students in the class of 2020 faced the worst -- and most uncertain -- job market the U.S. had seen in...

Tue, Dec 21, 2021 9:04 AM

A 2019 report from the Federal Reserve found that nearly one in every four American adults have no retirement savings. During...

Tue, Dec 21, 2021 8:46 AM

(The Center Square) – Hawaii Gov. David Ige said he will ask state lawmakers to deposit $1 billion into the state’s Emergency...

Wed, Dec 15, 2021 1:12 PM

(The Center Square) – Hawaii County has received $500,000 from the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billion Build...

Tue, Dec 14, 2021 8:29 AM

(The Center Square) – With already low levels of economic freedom and shrinking personal freedom, Hawaii ranked as one of the...

Mon, Dec 13, 2021 10:19 AM

(The Center Square) – Navy officials said the contamination of water from the Red Hill supply was a one-time incident, but...