Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Tuesday that the state has agreed to pay $328 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by 2,700 Native Hawaiians who languished on a waitlist to receive homestead leases and suffered other harms from the mismanagement of the Department Hawaiian Home Lands.

Two rows of new barracks were unveiled at the Pohakuloa Training Area during a ceremony held Tuesday.

Decision-making on the final draft of a bill to reorganize the management of Maunakea will take place Thursday.

A community organization has filed a lawsuit against the county, Mayor Mitch Roth and Public Works Director Ikaika Rodenhurst, alleging the closure of Waipi‘o Valley Road to all but a handful of people is unlawful.

A potential $300 tax rebate for most Hawaii taxpayers faces one final hurdle in the state Legislature.

A pair of bills moving through the County Council will carve out 1% of property tax revenues each year and dedicate the money to an expanded range of programs to increase affordable housing.

Students throughout Hawaii now have the chance to name one of two cameras headed to the moon.

Landlords and other property managers would be allowed to question the validity of assistance animals under a new bill passed by the state House and Senate on April 21. This would include therapy, comfort and other emotional support animals.

The overall winner at the 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition is from Kauai, but the halau has roots in Hilo.