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Scheduled increases in the minimum wage will come too late now that Congress has passed Trump's tax and budget bill.

Hawaiʻi island police chief Ben Moszkowicz thought he was going to be the new acting Honolulu police chief, so he sent a memo ...

In celebration of Independence Day, a reflection on our country's foundational document and what it should mean to us today.

This one might take you a little while. But, hey, it’s Sunday on a holiday weekend. Time to relax! Now more than ever, local ...

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

Six shooting incidents over the Fourth of July weekend on Oʻahu, a majority on the Westside, left half a dozen people injured ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: After the tragic explosion in Āliamanu took six lives on New Year’s Eve, Civil Beat took a deep look at Hawaiʻi’s illegal fireworks problem. With new fireworks laws in place ...

Now more than ever, local news is a vital community resource: connecting neighbors, uplifting voices and sharing information ...

Council members spent most of the day behind closed doors in executive session, but spent the final hour questioning ...

In his book “ Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health ,” Ivan Illich criticized modern medicine in ...