Hawaii closes final coal-powered plant in push to be 100 percent renewable
The last coal plant in Hawaii, operated by AES Corporation, has been taken offline as the state wants to shift to solely using renewable energy sources by 2045.
Hawaii lawmakers pass bill to raise minimum wage to $18 per hour
Hawaii lawmakers passed a measure Tuesday to increase the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2028.
Lawmakers call for 100-year-old law that makes US gas shipping more expensive to be waived
After Biden banned Russian oil imports this week amid Putin's invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers are calling for the president to waive the Jones Act, a century-old law that critics deride as protectionist because it requires all oil and cargo shipped between U.S. ports to be on American built vessels with an American crew.
Illinois woman busted on Hawaii trip for fake COVID-19 card
An Illinois woman was busted Saturday for allegedly using a phony COVID-19 vaccine card with a glaring typo to travel to Hawaii, a report said.
Hawaii's Dem governor asks travelers to stay away amid COVID surge: ‘Not a good time’
Hawaii Gov. David Ige is urging tourists not to travel to the islands due to a surge in coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.