The Hawaii Government Employees Association is endorsing Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen in his 2026 re-election campaign. The association represents 35,000 state and county public employees, ...

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An ethics panel has reprimanded and fined state Sen. Brenton Awa for using state resources to encourage voters to elect his ...

In a Hamtramck mayoral election decided by just 6 votes, 37 ballots weren't counted. Now, the losing candidate is suing to have them counted.

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Behn faces GOPer Matt Van Epps. It’s a Republican district. But political observers are watching the race to gauge potential ...

Tennessee special election results could test Trump's strength ahead of 2026 midterms as Democrat Aftyn Behn challenges ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028. He says the “hand to hand combat” of partisan politics will struggle after President ...

State lawmakers and voting­-rights advocates gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday to oppose a recent recommendation from the Hawaii Elections Commission to eliminate universal mail-in voting and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii’s mail-in voting system works and is here to stay. That message was from several state lawmakers, after the election commission voted to get rid of it, citing a lack of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Supporters of Hawaii’s mail-in voting system rallied at the Hawaii State Capitol Thursday to keep the system in place. State lawmakers and community advocates came together ...

The state Legislature will be asked to ban wildly popular mail-in voting and return to one-day, in-person voting as a majority of Hawaii Elections Commission members continue to echo election doubts ...