The power company says it was Maui that failed to control vegetation and fumbled the response that allowed devastating fires to sweep through Lahaina in August.

Defendants in a federal corruption case including former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro and businessman Dennis Mitsunaga were acquitted on bribery charges after defense attorneys argued that pay-to-play is a common…

Here’s what it means for the debate over getting rid of pennies.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a new workplace anti-discrimination law that was passed by Congress with wide bipartisan support, has become fodder in the abortion rights battle between Republican-led states…

(Getty Images) May is Women’s Health Month and also features Mother’s Day. This is an opportunity to draw attention to the needs of pregnant and parenting people who experience substance…

The Maine state flag flies outside the State House in Augusta. (Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) For its 2023-24 Voice of Democracy audio essay competition, the Veterans of Foreign Wars…

Henry Redman/States Newsroom After an initial refusal by an Upper Peninsula canvassing board to fulfill its duties, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson have issued…

Townshend centenarian Richard Jackson eyes mementos of his World War II service in the U.S. Army’s 100th Infantry Division. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger TOWNSHEND — Local veteran Richard Jackson’s World…

The Simsbury mother felt like she had exhausted all the options. They’d tried repeated psychiatric hospitalizations to help her adopted daughter. They’d tried a wide variety of therapy methods. They’d…

From left, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island; Lori Lodes, executive director of Climate Power; and U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove,…